This Day in Boxing History…

Birthday

1973 Retired champion Vonda "All-American Girl" Ward was born in Cleveland, Ohio, USA

1998 Yamileth "Yeimi" Mercado was born in Mexico

History of Women's Boxing

1996 Christy Martin fights Deirdre Gogarty. This fight is considered the birth of modern professional women's boxing in the US. Martin gets the 6-Round Unanimous Decision victory over Deirdre Gogarty