Marian “Tyger” Trimiar

Marian Trimiar
Born (1953-08-15) August 15, 1953
Bronx, United States
Other names Lady Tyger[1][2]
Nationality American
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Weight 130 lb (59 kg; 9.3 st)
Division Lightweight
Reach 70.0 in (178 cm)
Style Boxing
Stance Orthodox
Professional boxing record
Total 14
Wins 12
By knockout 4
Losses 2
Other information
Boxing record from BoxRec

Marian “Lady Tyger” Trimiar is an American athlete who was a pioneer in Women's boxing. The 1979 World’s Women’s lightweight boxing champion, Trimiar was a vocal supporter of making the sport more accessible to women.[3] She fought in many exhibition matches before it became legal for women to fight in sanctioned bouts. Trimiar was the first woman to apply for a boxing license in New York State.[4]

Trimiar started seriously training at 18, after graduating from Julia Richman High School in Manhattan. She said she has fought a total of 25 official fights, winning all but four with an "off and on" career over the past 12 years. In 1979, she won the Women’s World lightweight championship from Sue "KO" Carlson in San Antonio, Texas.

Trimiar was sure that women’s boxing was going to be very big in a couple of years and she vocalized that belief to all that who would listen.[5] Little did she know or could have predicted that she would go through years of turmoil and disappointment in the sport of boxing.

In 1987, Trimiar started a month-long hunger strike to advocate for more money and better workings conditions for professional female boxers, even though she was protesting for others and not herself.[6][5]

Trimiar was the first woman to apply for a boxing license in New York State.[7] After a long lawsuit, Trimiar, Jackie Tonawanda, and Cathy "Cat" Davis were the first women to be issued a boxing license. They were side-by-side together at the same time to receive that license, even though Cat Davis, was physically "handed" her license first, they were actually all THREE issued a license at the same time. Because Cat Davis was handed her license first, she was pegged as the "First woman" to get her New York license, but in reality, Trimiar applied for her boxing license first with New York State, and technically should have received it first on that day.[8] She even protested the fact that Cat Davis was handed her license first, and the whole ordeal had suspicious racial overtones to it.[9]

Trimiar was truly one of the greatest female boxer in the 1970s and 1980s.

[10][11] She fought exhibitions fights before it was legal to box in sanctioned bouts. She fought from 1973 until 1987, accumulating over 25 professional bouts. Her fame in the 1970s and 1980s reached the Smithsonian Institution, when one day she received a letter from them, requesting remnants from her boxing days.

References

  1. ↑ Searcy, Jay (5 May 1974). "Lady Tyger,' 135 Pounds, Launches a Ring Career". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  2. ↑ Kirshenbaum, Edited by Jerry. "SCORECARD". Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  3. ↑ Darling, Lynn; Darling, Lynn (24 May 1979). "The Lady Is a Champ". Retrieved 5 May 2017 – via washingtonpost.com.
  4. ↑ Earned Stripes Vibe Mar 1999
  5. 1 2 "A former women's lightweight boxing champ said Sunday she... - UPI Archives". Upi.com. 1987-04-26. Retrieved 2016-06-14.
  6. ↑ "For These Women, a Heavy Right Is More Powerful Than Sisterhood". The New York Times. 21 April 1995. Retrieved 2016-06-14.
  7. ↑ "ESPN.com: BOXING - Historical Events in Women's Boxing". Assets.espn.go.com. Retrieved 2016-06-14.
  8. ↑ She's a Knockout!: A History of Women in Fighting Sports. Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  9. ↑ "The Women Boxers Who Fought for Their Right to Be Pro". Fightland.vice.com. Retrieved 2016-06-14.
  10. ↑ Smith, Malissa (2014). A History of Women's Boxing. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 120. ISBN 9781442229952. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  11. ↑ "It's Blazers for Fire, not Wheels (October 8, 1974)". Arcgives.chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2016-06-14.
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