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ONE OF THE MOST VERSATILE AND TECHNICAL FEMALE BOXERS OF THE
1970'S AND 1980's
GWEN GEMINI, was one of the most
accomplished and versatile welterweight female boxers of the
70's and early 80's. She had the skills and finesse to mesmerize
any audience, who had the pleasure of watching her fight.
GEMINI had the boxing moves of a male fighter, with a strong
left jab, a dynamite left hook, and a tremendous right hand. She
had the "Ali" shuffle down to a science and moved very
skillfully in the ring.
GEMINI had a long reach, and her defense skills were very good.
With those combinations of attributes, she was a tough fighter
to hit.
Before women were able to fight sanctioned bouts in the states,
GEMINI and Tyger Trimiar would perform exhibition fights in
different states. When women were finally able to get boxing
licenses in some of the states, GEMINI was already ahead of the
game.
In 1976, GEMINI, 24 years old, came to Portland, Oregon, and
fought Theresa "Princess Red Star" Kibby at the Exposition
Center, and won the fight by a decisive four-round unanimous
decision.
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In 1977, GEMINI, returned to Portland, to fight
Sue "Tiger Lilly" Fox at the Exposition Center. The
fight ended in a draw. In July of 1977, GEMINI and FOX were invited to appear on the
Tom Synder Show with NBC and did a boxing exhibition/interview with him.
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In June of 1978, GEMINI then proceeded to Las Vegas and
skillfully took care of Lavonne Ludian in the fourth
round, when she knocked her out.
Some other highlights of GEMINI'S career was when she
fought Dulcie Lucas at the Hollywood Palladium on
September 8, 1978. GEMINI's record at that time was
10-3-3, that included exhibition fights. GEMINI won the
fight with Lucas with a split decision. GEMINI was
unofficially ranked #2 at the time, and Lucas was ranked
#1. Also, in the 80's Britt Van Buskirk defeated Gemini,
by a KO in the 3rd round.In November of 1982, GEMINI
fought Tyger Trimiar in a six-round sanctioned bout and
lost by a unanimous decision. According to news sources,
in 1982, female boxing was starting to lose it's appeal.
GEMINI can be credited with having played a significant
role in getting female boxing off the ground. She was
truly one of the great pioneers of female boxing.
WOMEN’S BOXING: THE TRANSATLANTIC
SCENE -British magazine, 1978
The news from
America is that the all girl boxing show on
September 5th, in Nevada, that we had hoped to
report on in this issue, sadly did not take
place but I have heard that there may be one
taking place in Los Angeles during November. So
far no information about this has reached
me.About that did take place in Los Angeles was
a match between Gwen Gemini and Dulcas Lucas at
the Hollywood Palladium, on September 8th 1978.
Gemini is 26 years old and one of the present
day pioneers of Women’s professional boxing. She
was one of the very first professional boxers
when she and Marion Trimiar traveled to several
States boxing exhibition bouts and must be
credited with having played a big hand in
getting this sport off the ground. She has been
boxing professionally now for four years and is
one of the most experienced women in the ring.
She has a good 10 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats
record to her credit and is as close to claiming
the welterweight title as one can get. Gwen
Gemini is unofficially ranked the number two
welterweight behind Dulcie Lucas who is number
one.
Gwen has just changed to a new manager but is
still being trained by Mari Westmoreland. Her
home town in Birmingham, Alabama where, when at
high school she competed in nearly every
sporting activity that was offered. People who
have seen Gemini in action say that she moves
like a male fighter. Her trainer says that she
is the best female fighter that he has seen and
that she has a strong left jab, a dynamite left
hook and a tremendous right hand. Her defense is
very good, she doesn’t get hit that often. Gwen
seems to have earned her number two ranking when
she knocked out Lavonne Ludian in the fourth
round in their Las Vegas bout in June.
Though
there is no official announcement of champions
yet Gwen Gemini’s first opportunity to stake her
claim to being the top contender in the
welterweight division is the match with Dulcie
Lucas. The only information that I have about
Lucas is that she comes from Los Angeles and is
undefeated in nine fights. She is rated a hard
puncher and this seems to be endorsed by the
fact that she also has a knockout win over the
hitherto top ranked welterweight Lavonne Ludian.
The difference between her victory and Gwen
Gemini’s over Ludian is that Lucas bombed
Lavonne in the first round. I have heard that
Ludian has now retired. The result of the match
on September 8th is that Gwen Gemini beat Lucas
on a split decision.As I mentioned earlier Gwen
Gemini was one of the earlier entries in Women’s
pro boxing along with Marion Trimiar.
Link to
More on Gwen:
http://www.wbanmember.com/1976-first-ever-female-boxing-bout-in-connecticut-trimiar-vs-gemini/
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