Month: December 1977

Copyrighted article:  Reno Evening Gazette, December 7, 1977, Page 68 -Sports Editor – Steve Sneddon The big fellow in the USA jacket looked genunely enthused about the fights.  He congratulated the fighters.  And he marveled at their ring abilities.  Before Tuesday Night’s fights at the Hyatt Lake Tahoe Hotel, Greg Page, the No. 1 ranked

Copyrighted Photo:  WBAN purchased the copyrights to photo of Shirley Tucker –All Rights Reserved. On Tuesday night,  December 6, 1977, at the Hyatt Lake Tahoe Hotel, in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, there was a professional boxing card, featuring four female bouts on the card.  This was a history-first for female boxing in the state of Nevada.