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by Malissa Smith


  P

  Prestage, Stacey, 1.1-1.2

  Prestwood, Bonnie, 1.1-1.2

  Prime Time Live, 1

  Prince Henry, 1

  Princess Henry, 1.1-1.2

  “

  “Princess Red Star” See Kibby, Theresa

  P

  prizefighting and 1700s, 1.1-1.2 , 2.1-2.2 , 3.1-3.2

  and women in antebellum United States, 1.1-1.2

  See also boxing See also women’s boxing

  Professor Boscoe’s Boxing and Wrestling Show, 1

  pugilism See boxing See women’s boxing

  Pyramid Promotions, Inc., 1

  Q

  Queensbury Rules, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5

  Quilhuis, Mike, 1

  R

  Randall, Frankie, 1 , 2

  Rafferty, Lu, 1

  Raiko, Fujin, 1.1-1.2 , 2

  rasso-boxing, 1 See “lady” wrestling

  Reis, Yvonne, 1

  Reed, Manard, 1

  Reese, Teela, 1.1-1.2 , 2

  Regent Hotel & Casino, 1

  Reid, David, 1.1-1.2

  Remington, Leslie, 1

  Revenge: The Rematches, 1 , 2

  Richards, Tex, 1

  Riche, “Lady Estella”, 1

  Richie, Willie, 1

  Riggs, Bobby, 1

  Rijker, Lucia, 1 , 2.1-2.2 , 3 , 4.1-4.2 , 5 , 6 , 7.1-7.2 , 8 , 9.1-9.2 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15.1-15.2 , 16.1-16.2 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20.1-20.2 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 and Arum, Bob, 1.1-1.2 , 2 , 3.1-3.2 , 4 , 5

  and DeShong, Andrea, 1.1-1.2

  and kickboxing, 1 , 2.1-2.2 , 3

  and Martin, Christy, 1.1-1.2 , 2 , 3 , 4.1-4.2 , 5.1-5.2 , 6 , 7.1-7.2

  and Million Dollar Baby, 1.1-1.2

  and Shadow Boxers, 1 , 2

  and “The Blue Bear”, 1.1-1.2

  Rijker, Lucia “The Dutch Destroyer” See Rijker, Lucia

  Riley, Don, 1.1-1.2

  Riley, “Mickey”, 1

  Riley, Mickey “The Singing Boxer”, 1.1-1.2 , 2

  T

  The Ring, 1 , 2 , 3.1-3.2 , 4 , 5

  R

  Ring 30, 1

  Rivest, Michael, 1.1-1.2

  Roach, Freddie, 1.1-1.2

  Roberts, Ann, 1 , 2.1-2.2

  Roberts, Rich, 1

  Robinson, Melinda, 1.1-1.2 , 2

  Robinson, Sugar Ray, 1

  Rodania, Larry, 1 and Tonawanda, Jackie, 1.1-1.2

  Rodriguez, Blanca “The San Antonio Rose”, 1.1-1.2

  Rodriguez, Burt, 1.1-1.2

  Rodriguez, Lilli, 1

  Rodriguez, Michelle, 1

  Rodriguez, Toni Lear, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4.1-4.2 , 5.1-5.2 , 6

  Roller Derby, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4

  Roehm, Vera, 1.1-1.2 , 2.1-2.2

  Roehm, Will, 1

  Rogge, Jacques, 1 See also Olympic Games: International Olympic Committee (IOC)

  ropewalk See Waterbury Rope Works

  Rosario, Mickey, 1

  Rosenbaum, Paul, 1

  Rosey the Riveter, 1

  Ross, Alice, 1

  Ross, Libbie See Ross, Libby

  Ross, Libby (Libbie), 1 , 2.1-2.2 , 3

  Rothstein, Judge Barbara, 1

  Rough House Rosie, 1 , 2

  Rousey, Ronda, 1

  RTÉ Sports Person of the Year Award, 1 , 2

  Ruane, Miles, 1

  Rumble in the Jungle, 1 , 2

  Ryan, Flora, 1

  Ryan, Police Inspector, 1

  S

  Saccurato, Ann, 1 , 2

  Sahara Tahoe Hotel and Casino, 1 , 2.1-2.2

  Salamone, Melissa “Honey Girl” See Del Valle, Melissa “Honey Girl” (Salamone)

  Salters, Christy Renea (Christy Martin), 1 See also Martin, Christy “The Coal Miner’s Daughter”

  Sam McKeowne’s Boxing and Wrestling Show, 1

  Sanchez, Armando, 1

  Sanders, Mary Jo, 1

  Sanders, Sammy, 1

  Saunders, Bert, 1 , 2

  Saunders, Nell, 1 , 2.1-2.2 , 3.1-3.2 , 4 See also Harland, Rose

  Savate, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4

  Scaramozi, Jimmy, 1

  Schmeling, Max, 1

  Schmitz, Heather, 1 See also women’s boxing: first female death in the ring See also Zelentes, Becky

  Schnall, Ida, 1.1-1.2

  Sckavone, Nick, 1 , 2

  Segerdal, Alastiar, 1

  Sekules, Kate, 1 , 2 , 3

  Serrano, Cindy, 1

  Serrano, Laura, 1.1-1.2 , 2.1-2.2 , 3 , 4 and Gogarty, Deirdre, 1.1-1.2

  and Martin, Christy “The Coal Miner’s Daughter”, 1 , 2.1-2.2

  Shadow Boxers, 1 , 2 , 3

  Shain, Eva, 1

  Shane, Bobbi, 1 , 2

  Sharp, Gov. Milton, 1

  Shavers, Ernie, 1 , 2 , 3

  “

  “She Bee Stingin” See Ali, Laila

  S

  Sheppard, Glenn, 1

  Shields, Claressa, 1 , 2.1-2.2 , 3 , 4.1-4.2 , 5.1-5.2 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11.1-11.2 , 12.1-12.2

  Shock, Ed, 1.1-1.2

  Short, Captain Martin, 1 , 2

  Siciliano, Al, 1

  Sidoroff, Margaret, 1

  Silva, Mario, 1

  Silver, Jean, 1

  Silverglade, Bruce, 1.1-1.2 , 2.1-2.2 , 3.1-3.2 See also Gleason’s Gym

  Silver Slipper Casino, 1 , 2.1-2.2 , 3 , 4.1-4.2 , 5

  Simon, Sam, 1.1-1.2

  Simos, Harry, 1 , 2

  Simpson, Dr. Russ, 1.1-1.2

  T

  The Simpsons, 1

  S

  Smith, Candy, 1

  Smith, Connie, 1 , 2 , 3

  Smith, Connie (AKA Ernestine Jones), 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 See also Jones, Ernestine “Queen Steen”

  Smith, Gary, 1.1-1.2

  Smith, “Gunboat”, 1

  Smith, Gwen, 1

  Smith, Howard, 1 , 2

  Smith, Len, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 See also Buttrick, Barbara

  Smoger, Steve, 1

  Sneddon, Steve, 1 , 2

  Snyder, Tom, 1

  Soloman, Stanley N., 1 , 2

  Somers, Lizzie, 1.1-1.2

  Sower, Paddy, 1.1-1.2

  Spa Fields and London Spa, 1.1-1.2

  Sparring Club of Philadelphia, 1

  Spann, John (Leslie), 1 , 2 and first female world boxing championship (1888), 1.1-1.2

  See also Leslie, Hattie

  Spann, Libbie See Leslie, Hattie

  Spaulding, Ida, 1

  Spencer, Mary, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5.1-5.2 , 6

  Spew Fields See Spa Fields and London Spa

  Spinks, Michael, 1

  Sporn, Libbie See Leslie, Hattie

  Sports Illustrated, 1 , 2 , 3

  Sports Superstars, 1

  Sprandel, Dennis, 1

  Stack, Mari, 1

  Stanger, Ronald, 1

  Stafford, Milllie, 1

  Stanwyck, Barbara, 1

  Stark, Frank, 1

  T

  The Steve Allen Show, 1 , 2

  S

  Stevens, Edwin, 1

  Stevenson, Vern, 1 , 2 , 3.1-3.2 , 4.1-4.2

  Steward, Emanuel, 1 , 2

  Stewart, Dick See Stewart, Richard (Dick)

  Stewart, Alf, 1

  Stewart, Hattie, 1 , 2.1-2.2 , 3.1-3.2 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8

  Stewart, Richard (Dick), 1.1-1.2 See Stewart, Hattie

  Stille, Fred, 1

  Stillman’s Gym, 1

  Stillman, Lou, 1

  Stinson, Carol, 1

  St. John, Mia, 1.1-1.2 , 2 , 3.1-3.2 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9.1-9.2 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13.1-13.2 , 14 , 15 and Arum, Bob, 1.1-1.2 , 2 , 3

  and King, Don, 1.1-1.2

  and Martin, Christy, 1 , 2 , 3.1-3.2 , 4 , 5.1-5.2

  St. Louis Exhibition and World’s Fair (1904), 1

  St. Louis Olympic Games (1904) See Olympic Games

  Stokes, Elizabeth See Stokes, Elizabeth Wilkinson

  Stokes, Elizabeth Wilkinson, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8.1-8.2 , 9 , 10 , 11

  Stokes, John, 1


  Stone, Dakota, 1.1-1.2

  Strayer, Frank R., 1

  Streisand, Barbra, 1

  Sugar, Burt, 1.1-1.2

  Sullivan, James E., 1

  Sullivan, John L., 1 , 2 , 3 , 4.1-4.2 , 5

  Svendsen, Caroline, 1 , 2.1-2.2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7.1-7.2

  Swank, Hilary, 1 See Fitzgerald, Maggie See Million Dollar Baby

  Swedish Amateur Boxing Association, 1

  Syzmanski, “Battling”, 1 , 2

  Syverson, Diane, 1 , 2.1-2.2 , 3.1-3.2 , 4 , 5

  T

  Talmage, Dr. Thomas De Will, 1.1-1.2

  Takatsuki, Masako “Taka-Chan”, 1 , 2.1-2.2

  Tampler, Bruce, 1

  Tapia, Luis, 1

  Tate, Mischa, 1

  Taylor, Mary Agnes See Burns, Polly

  Taylor, James (Thornton), 1.1-1.2

  Taylor, Katie, 1 , 2.1-2.2 , 3.1-3.2 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9.1-9.2

  Taylor, Peter, 1 See also Taylor, Katie

  Taylor, Suzanne, 1

  Ten Goose Boxing Club, 1 1 See also Goosen, Joe,

  Tennens, Nat, 1.1-1.2

  Tennison, Roy, 1

  “

  “Terrible Turk” See Mahir, Sabri

  “Texas Mamie” See Donavan, Mamie Winston

  T

  Thomas, Cath, 1.1-1.2 , 2

  Thomas, Champ, 1 , 2

  Thomas, Jo Jo, 1 , 2 , 3

  Thompson, Jerry, 1

  Thrilla’ in Manila, 1 , 2

  Tidwell, Randy, 1 , 2

  Tillet, Maurice “The French Angel”, 1

  Title IX, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4

  Time magazine, 1

  The Today Show, 1 , 2 , 3

  Tomah, “Princess” Tona, 1 , 2

  Tonawanda, Jackie, 1 , 2 , 3.1-3.2 , 4.1-4.2 , 5 , 6.1-6.2 , 7 , 8 , 9 and Larry Rodania, 1.1-1.2

  and lawsuit, 1.1-1.2 , 2.1-2.2

  Toney, James, 1.1-1.2 , 2

  Toole, F. X., 1 See also Million Dollar Baby

  Torlopova, Nadezda, 1 , 2 , 3

  Torres, Ana Maria, 1

  Top Rank, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7.1-7.2 , 8 , 9

  toughman/toughmen contests, 1 , 2 , 3.1-3.2

  toughwoman/toughwomen contests, 1 , 2 , 3.1-3.2 , 4 , 5 , 6 and Martin, Christy, 1.1-1.2 , 2.1-2.2 , 3

  and death of Stacy Young in 2003, 1.1-1.2

  See also Young, Stacey

  Tower Manuscript, 1

  Townsend, Arlene, 1

  Trimiar, Lady Tyger, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4.1-4.2 , 5 , 6.1-6.2 , 7 , 8.1-8.2 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12.1-12.2 , 13 , 14 , 15.1-15.2 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19.1-19.2 , 20 , 21 , 22 and Friends of Lady Tyger (FOLT), 1

  and hunger strike, 1.1-1.2 , 2

  Trimiar, Marian “Lady Tyger” See Trimiar, Lady Tyger

  Trinidad, Felix, 1 , 2

  Tucker, Elizabeth, 1.1-1.2

  Tucker, Frankie, 1 , 2.1-2.2

  Tucker, Lonnie, 1 , 2

  Tucker, Shirley “Zebra Girl”, 1

  Turning Stone Resort & Casino, 1 , 2 , 3

  Turpin, Dick, 1

  Turpin, Kathleen, 1.1-1.2 , 2

  Turpin, Randy, 1

  TV Guide, 1

  “

  “Two ladies of pugilist spirit”, 1.1-1.2

  T

  Tyson, Mike, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5

  U

  Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), 1

  Underwood, Quanitta, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5.1-5.2 , 6.1-6.2 , 7.1-7.2 , 8.1-8.2 , 9

  Underwood, Queen See Underwood, Quanitta

  Urbec, Eddie, 1

  U.S. Olympic Team (1912) See Olympic Games

  USA Boxing, 1.1-1.2 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5.1-5.2 , 6 , 7 and Junior Olympics, 1

  and National Championships, 1

  and Olympic Trials Championships, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5.1-5.2

  U.S. Satellite Broadcasting, 1

  V

  Valencia, Louis “Red”, 1

  Van Herran, Gustave M. (Gus), 1.1-1.2 See also Jeanne La Mar

  Vanity Fair, 1

  Variety Artistes’ Federation (VAF), 1.1-1.2 , 2 , 3

  Vasquez, 1

  Ventura, Jesse, 1

  Verhaegen, Harvey, 1.1-1.2 See also Hagen, Jo Ann

  Verhaegen, Vic, 1.1-1.2 See also Hagen, Jo Ann

  Ver Hagen, Jo Ann See Hagen, Jo Ann

  Verhoef, Irma, 1

  Villian, Angelica, 1

  virago See amazons See women’s boxing: and amazon/amazonian boxing

  Volnova, Marina, 1 , 2

  Von Uffenbach, Zacharias Conrad, 1.1-1.2

  Voyage et Aventures, 1

  W

  Waldek, Ella, 1

  Walker, Ted, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4.1-4.2 , 5 , 6

  Walker, Mickey See Mickey Walker’s all-girl boxing troupe

  Wallberg, Frida, 1

  Warner, Lucie, 1 , 2

  Warrenbrand, Jane, 1 , 2

  Waterbury Rope Works, 1.1-1.2 , 2 , 3 , 4.1-4.2 , 5

  Watson, Jenny, 1

  WBBmagazine, 1

  Weaver, Doyle, 1

  Webb, Mary, 1

  Webber, Cora, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4

  Webber, Dora, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5

  Wells, Anita, 1

  Wells, Billie, 1

  Wells, Billy, 1

  Wells, Bombardier, 1

  Wells, Carrie, 1.1-1.2

  Welsh, Mary, 1

  West, B. W., 1

  West, Jack “Battling”, 1

  West, Kaliesha “Wild Wild”, 1 , 2 , 3

  West, Mae, 1 , 2

  Westlake, Eric, 1

  What’s My Line, 1

  “

  “White Collar” Boxing, 1 , 2 , 3

  A

  A Wife to Let, 1

  W

  Wild Card Gym, 1 , 2 , 3

  Wilde, Jimmy, 1

  Willford, Beau, 1.1-1.2

  Wilkinson, Elizabeth See Stokes, Elizabeth Wilkinson

  Wilkinson, Robert, 1

  Willard, Jess, 1.1-1.2 , 2

  Williams, Mabel, 1

  Williams, Mack, 1

  Williams, Morris “Mo-Man”, 1

  Will Roehm’s Athletic Girls, 1.1-1.2

  Witherspoon, Carla, 1

  Witte, Jeanette, 1

  Wolfe, Ann, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5

  T

  The Womanly Art of Self-Defense, 1

  W

  Women Boxing Archive Network (WBAN), 1 , 2 , 3

  women’s boxing and 1872 “first” fight, 1.1-1.2

  and abomination, 1.1-1.2

  and African-American women’s boxing, 1

  and amazon/amazonian boxing, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4.1-4.2 , 5.1-5.2 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10

  and antebellum United States, 1.1-1.2

  and banning exhibitions and boxing matches, 1.1-1.2

  and barbarism, 1

  and boxing booths (fairgrounds), 1 , 2 , 3 , 4.1-4.2

  and boxing daughters, 1.1-1.2 , 2.1-2.2 , 3.1-3.2 , 4.1-4.2 , 5.1-5.2

  and boxing films, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6.1-6.2 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12.1-12.2 , 13.1-13.2 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21.1-21.2

  and boxing skirts controversy (prior to London Olympic Games), 1.1-1.2

  and brutal; brutality, 1 , 2 , 3.1-3.2 , 4

  and disgraceful, 1 , 2

  and exclusion from amateurs, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5.1-5.2 , 6.1-6.2 , 7 , 8.1-8.2 , 9.1-9.2 , 10 , 11

  and feminizing boxing, 1

  and female boxing judges, 1 , 2

  and female boxing managers, 1.1-1.2

  and female spectatorship, 1 , 2 , 3.1-3.2 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7.1-7.2

  and first female boxing match at Henry Hill’s Variety Theater (1876), 1.1-1.2 , 2.1-2.2

  and first female death due to boxing (2005), 1.1-1.2

  and first female death due to toughwoman/women contest (2003), 1.1-1.2

  and first female world boxing championship (1888), 1.1-1.2

  and fitness; fitness craze, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4.1-4.2 , 5

  and foxy boxing, 1 , 2 , 3

  and “freak show”, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4

  and gender equality laws, 1

  an
d health effects, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4.1-4.2 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19

  and ladies sparring (1880s-1890s), 1.1-1.2

  and lesbianism, 1.1-1.2

  and Leslie-Leary fight, 1.1-1.2

  and Madison Square Garden, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10.1-10.2 , 11 , 12 , 13

  and mixed gender bout, 1.1-1.2 , 2.1-2.2 , 3.1-3.2 , 4

  and Olympic Games women’s weight categories, 1.1-1.2 , 2 , 3

  and “pink” boxing, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13.1-13.2 , 14

  and pregnancy, 1 , 2.1-2.2 , 3 , 4

  and self-defense, 1 , 2 , 3.1-3.2 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7.1-7.2 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12

  and subcultures, 1

  and twelve-round fights, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4

  and Weimer Germany, 1 , 2 , 3.1-3.2 , 4.1-4.2

  and women boxing writers, 1.1-1.2 , 2.1-2.2 , 3 , 4.1-4.2 , 5.1-5.2 , 6.1-6.2 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10

  and World War I, 1.1-1.2 , 2.1-2.2 , 3.1-3.2 , 4

  and World War II, 1.1-1.2

  See also boxing films (The Fighting Lady, Footlight Serenade, Girlfight, The Gordon Sisters, Honey Girl, The Main Event, Million Dollar Baby, Never Kick a Woman, My Great Grandmother Was a Boxer, Rough House Rosie, Shadow Boxers, The Womanly Art of Self-Defense, A Woman Who Fought Back) See also boxing training See also female spectatorship See also Olympic Games See also prizefighting See also toughwoman/toughwomen contests

  Women’s Boxing Board, 1 , 2

  Women’s Boxing Club, 1

  Women’s Boxing Federation (WBF), 1 , 2.1-2.2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6.1-6.2 , 7.1-7.2 , 8 , 9.1-9.2

  Women’s International Boxing Association, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4.1-4.2

  Women’s International Boxing Federation, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10

  Women’s Junior/Youth Boxing World Championships, 1

  Women’s World Boxing Association (WBBA), 1 , 2.1-2.2

  Wonder Woman, 1

  World Boxing Council (WBC), 1 , 2 , 3 , 4.1-4.2 , 5

  World Boxing Organization (WBO),

  Wood, Mickey, 1.1-1.2 , 2.1-2.2 , 3 , 4.1-4.2

  Woods, Charles “Babe”, 1.1-1.2 , 2

  Woods, Col. Joseph H., 1.1-1.2

  Woods, Tommy, 1

  Woods, Vickie, 1.1-1.2

  Woodman, Joe, 1

  Woodward, Vern, 1.1-1.2

  World Premier All Girls Boxing Show, 1 See also First California State Triple Crown

 

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