Tag: Lady Tyger Trimiar

What was said about women’s boxing in 1979?

SO WHAT DID THEY SAY IN THE NEWS IN JULY 13, 1979 from a report about the ALL-FEMALE Boxing Card in California? Dulcie Lucas fighting on all female boxing card – 1979 This is what was said in 1979: “FEMALE BOXING is a Natural for television. Boxing has proven to be a highly-skilled, telegenic sport. Female

One on One Interview: Lady Tyger Trimiar

One on One Exclusive Interview with Lady Tyger Trimiar – by Sue TL Fox – February 23, 1999   T.L.Fox: What has been happening lately in your life? Lady: I just got featured in an article with VIVE Magazine, February issue. Actually, the article is about a current amateur fighter by the name of Alciver,

Lady Tyger Trimiar: She Had a Dream – by Sue TL Fox

Lady Tyger—She had a dream. . .since the age of 10 years old, she visited the neighborhood gyms and watched fighters spar with each other. She watched boxing on television. One day she told people at the gym that she wanted to be a boxer, and to have a trainer. Lady Tyger remembers that when

Woman Boxer Goes on a month long hunger strike against Don King….1987!

Lady Tyger Trimiar, former World lightweight champion, made headlines in April of 1987, when she went on a “hunger strike” for over a month, losing 30 lbs., in protest to how women boxers were treated and paid. Her hunger strike was directed at infamous DON KING. Two other female fighters were also on a hunger

Pioneer Female Boxer: Sue “KO” Carlson

Sue Carlson donated her boxing gear to a historical museum:  documendation-of-boxing-license  historical society-collects-boxing-gear -2    historical society-collects-boxing-gear-3 It is Monday, January 23, 1978, and in the Minneapolis Auditorium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, history is being made.  Minnesota’s [reported] first professional women’s boxing match is being featured as a preliminary event on an otherwise all male fight card.

1976: Lady Tyger Trimiar to rematch Diane Syverson

On (about) August 12, 1976, Lady Tyger Trimiar rematched with Diane Syverson in a four round bout.  The two returned to the Olympic Auditorium, in Los Angeles, California in a four-round welterweight bout.   We do not have a confirmed results on this at this time. Just two weeks ago, Syverson, of Los Angeles, won a

Boxing Match: Lady Tyger Trimiar vs. Margie Dunson – February 26, 1976

On Thursday, February 26, 1976, in Portland, Maine, Lady Tyger Trimiar fought Margie “KO” Dunson.  According to the Newport (R.I.) Daily News, dated February 27, 1976, Friday, they reported the following.  “For Marian Trimiar, who is known in the ring as “Tyger or “Black Kojak”, 22 years old, defeated Dunson, 25 years old,  by a