A History of Women's Boxing

by Malissa Smith

  wrestling, 1 , 2.1-2.2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 and Buttrick, Barbara, 1 , 2.1-2.2

  See also “lady” wrestling See also National Wrestling Association

  Wright, Alf, 1

  Wright, Bob, 1.1-1.2

  Wu, Dr. Ching-Kuo, 1 , 2 , 3.1-3.2 See also International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA)

  X

  Xena the Warrior Princess, 1

  Y

  Yeargrain, Juanita “First Lady of Boxing”, 1

  Yeargrain, Max, 1

  Young, Eva Jones, 1

  Young, Jimmy, 1

  Young, Madge, 1

  Young, Mae, 1

  Young, Stacy, 1.1-1.2 and first death due to toughwoman/toughwomen contest (2003), 1.1-1.2

  See also toughwoman/toughwomen contests See also women’s boxing

  Z

  Zeeb, Virginia, 1

  Zelentes, Beck, 1.1-1.2 See also women’s boxing: first female death in ring

  Zivic, Fritzie, 1

  Zivic, Helen, 1.1-1.2

  Zsuzanna, Szuknai, 1

  Zucker, Adolph, 1

  About the Author

  Malissa Smith first walked into the storied Gleason’s Gym in Brooklyn, New York, in January 1997. She has been boxing on and off ever since and maintains a popular blog about the sport—Girlboxing. Smith was awarded her master’s in liberal studies from SUNY Empire State College in March 2012. Her final thesis project, Boundaries in Motion: Women’s Boxing, discussed the complex relationship between gender and women’s boxing and was the genesis of A History of Women’s Boxing. She lives and works in Brooklyn, New York, with her family and writes frequently on the topic of women’s boxing.