Bill, what ever got you into promoting womens boxing in the 70s?
Bill: It was out of reluctancy. In about 1975, Ted Walker, who is now deceased at the age of 75, was a manager and promoter in Carson City, Nevada. Walker had started in Montana. He is the one who told me that he had a girl that was working out in a gym. Walker told me that her name was Caroline Svendsen. Walker told me that she was tending bar, and that when he saw her, he liked what he saw. Walker had Svendsen apply for a Nevada Boxing license with the Nevada Boxing Commission, but was turned down. They threatened to sue the commission, and the second time around, they issued Svendsen a boxing license. Walker thought that it was something that I could help her with, because we were having regular shows at the Hyatt in Lake Tahoe. Svendsen became the first woman to not only get her boxing license, but box at the Hyatt. TL Fox: What kind of response did you get from the public and the patrons at the Hyatt in Lake Tahoe when you ran this first woman’s bout? Bill: We got a good response.
