First All-Women Boxing Event in the World – February 11, 1979 – Elimination Rounds for the World Championships held the following July of 1979

On February 11, 1979, in Hawthorne, California, the First All-Women Boxing Event took place in the world. It was Elimination Rounds for the World Championships that would be held in July of 1979.

WBAN has in our archive the videos of some of the bouts that took place that night.  Here is the following:  Lady Tyger Trimiar at 135 lbs and Carlotta Lee at 134 lbs. Lady Tyger gave and took terrific punishment and the fight went the full 6 rounds with Lady Tyger decisioning Carlotta.

It was the last bout of the evening.  Lady Tyger Trimiar at 135 lbs and Carlotta Lee at 134 lbs. Lady Tyger gave and took terrific punishment and the fight went the full 6 rounds with Lady Tyger won by decision by points. In the report at that time by Alastair Segerdal he wrote the following: “Sammy Sanders of Western Promotions who ran the big evening’s boxing – “I accomplished what I set out to do….. to prove that ladies do not need the support of men on the same card. The so-called weaker sex can stand on their own.” Sammy knows what he’s talking about – he has had 30 years of experience in boxing and was a fighter himself in the early fifties. The Hawthorne bouts were a world premiere of Elimination Matches for the Women Boxing Board World Championships.” “From this will emerge the fights and crowning of the first true title-holders even in women’s boxing. In the editorial of the “WBB News”, they proudly state that – “Above all, we feel that boxing fans everywhere, in the United States, in Europe and the far corners of the world will find that the sport of women boxing is, and will be, the sport of the future. Ratings by the Women Boxing Board are as accurate and fair as possible. The board is proud to be a part of this new look in boxing. Women’s boxing is and will be a major force in the world’s most popular sport, boxing. Women’s boxing is the new look in boxing and the WBB is proud to be there at the beginning.” Both the World Women’s Boxing Association (The WWBA) and the Women’s Boxing Board (The WBB) now give actual World Wide Ratings for the girls. [Dated February 11, 1979].

In an excerpt of a report we have on file with WBAN, they wrote the following:

“Said Sammy Sanders of Western Promotions who ran the big evening’s boxing – “I accomplished what I set out to do….. to prove that ladies do not need the support of men on the same card.  The so-called weaker sex can stand on their own.”   Sammy knows what he’s talking about – he has had 30 years of experience in boxing and was a fighter himself in the early fifties. The Hawthorne bouts were a world premiere of Elimination Matches for the Women Boxing Board World Championships.

From this will emerge the fights and crowning of the first true title-holders even in women’s boxing.   In the editorial of the “WBB News”, they proudly state that – “Above all, we feel that boxing fans everywhere, in the United States, in Europe and the far corners of the world will find that the sport of women boxing is, and will be, the sport of the future. Ratings by the Women Boxing Board are as accurate and fair as possible. The board is proud to be a part of this new look in boxing.

Women’s boxing is and will be a major force in the world’s most popular sport, boxing. Women’s boxing is the new look in boxing and the WBB is proud to be there at the beginning.”

Both the World Women’s Boxing Association (The WWBA) and the Women’s Boxing Board (The WBB) now give actual World Wide Ratings for the girls.”