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(SEPT 23) WBAN reported on September
23, 2008, that it had been reported in the Boxing News Magazine,
that on November 16, 2008, it would be a landmark date in the
history of women’s boxing, when Britain had it’s first ever
all-women’s boxing card. The event took place at the Heritage Hotel
in Derby, United Kingdom. The promoter was Clifton Mitchell, a long
time advocate of women’s boxing.
In the article they stated that Juliette Winter, Angel McKenzie,
and Laura Saperstein were to be featured on the card. In the main
event, Mitchell was trying to make a fight between Saperstein and
Lindsey Scragg.
The card in fact had six pro bouts on the card. Three women's
bouts, and Three male bouts. Bantamweight Juliette Winter, 117, won
by points in a six-round bout over Zsofia Bedo, 120; welterweight
Sara Davis won by points over Angel McKenzie, in a six-rounder; and
super featherweight Suzanne Hemsley, pro debut, won a four-round
bout by points over Lana Cooper.
Setting the record straight, this was not a "history First" in
Britain.
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