BoxRec

I was watching a tape of the Laila Ali-Jacqui Frazier fight last night and they interviewed a lady who was supposedly the pioneer of female boxing in the 70s--her name was Jackie Tonawanda. She had to fight in court for a license, and supposedly her record was 36-1 (36). I can't find her on this site, though. Were her fights unofficial, even though she had a lisense?

'page, I don't think her record appears here because , to my knowledge, none of her bouts were officially sanctioned by any legitimate athletic commission. Plus there was a lot of speculation that many of her victories were actually "works".

Also, wasn't she the female boxer that knocked out a male karate fighter in MSG during one of those big ASIAN WORLD OF MARTIAL ARTS extravaganzas that they put on there annually throughout the '70s?

Anyone else remember that?

jackie born jean jamison took on her mothers tonawanda name who was full blooded cherokee indian she was born in 1933 and her mother died before she was a year old so her and all her brothers and sisters were put in foster care but jean got adopted by a family called garrett but i spent alot of time with her as a young girl and she and aunt edna were my favorite aunts and i miss her very much