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1911
unidentified woman boxer poses
for camera...
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1922
These were women from Germany
that were trained to box...Jack Dempsey owned this photo and had let a
news source publish it....Dempsey was very impressed with these women.
according to the article written about this group.. |
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1920's
Vickie Baum working out in the
1920's |
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1929
WBAN has located photos of
various women who posed at hitting bags....
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1937
Even in the 1930's you could see
some fascination with women wearing boxing gloves, as you can see from
the cover of this magazine..... |
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1949
JoAnn Hagen of Akron, Ohio, left, world's 126-pound champ,
brings crowd of 4, 000 roaring to its feet with wicked left hook to
Pat Emerick's face in six-round bout in Cincinnati. |
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1950's
One of the most noted women in
the 1950's was none other than Barbara Buttrick and Kugler...They
broke many barriers in their time in the sport... |
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1970's
Films came out in the 1970's
that featured amateurish women, boxing each other....Surprisingly, two
talented boxers came from this background in the sport...which
included Diane Syverson and Kim Maybee..... |
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1974
Young girls were involved in the
sport as early as 1973...This was one of the "Junior Missy Gloves"
participants...
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1975
Need us not forget about this
pioneer, Marion Bermudez, excellent in Martial Arts and Boxing....She
entered the Golden Gloves tournament in Arizona and stopped her first
Male opponent... |
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1976
Lavonne Ludian, a 21-dealer from
Las Vegas, was extremely popular as a boxer...she drew large crowds.
Clint Eastwood was a special friend of Ludian's who would attend her
fights... |
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1977-78
There were some real "knockouts"
in the 1970's...which included tall and lean blond bombshell Diane
Syverson....She did not stay in the sport very long, but she gained
popularity when she entered the sport... |
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1978-79
Another popular boxer on the
scene, Karen Bennett from Las Vegas....Bennett took on some very tough
fights, including her quick dispatching of Bonnie Prestwood of
Indiana... |
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1978
You here so much about Dallas
Malloy and her legal battle to fight in the amateurs in 1993, but no
one realizes that Ginger Kaufman and other women first fought in
sanctioned amateur competition in 1978! |
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1979
Bam Bam Smith was reported as
the first woman to box in New York...NO Christy Martin was NOT
the first to fight in New York....Boxers WAY before her fought in New
York..... |
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1980's
Louise Loo, a lil' spitfire in
the 1980s....the sport was moving right along with these pioneer
boxers... |
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1980's
Shirley "Zebra Girl"
Tucker...probably considered the best woman boxer in her era, besides
Gracie Casillas...Tucker took on the California Athletic Commission on
two issues.. longer rounds, and the right to fight men.... |
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1984
Cathy "Cat" Davis was the good,
the bad, and the ugly of the sport....She did a lot to promote the
sport, but worked with a questionable manager who managed her...WBAN will tell more
on this when and If Cat will tell us the scoop...WBAN has been in
contact with her.. |
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2002
The first historic women's amateur boxing championship tournament in Wisconsin
held at Marinette on June 1-2, 2002. Willy Price,
promoter of the event and head coach of the Peshtigo Boxing Club, said he is
giving women their own event that will lead to regional and national
tournaments. |
