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3 unusual facts about Eva Shain


Eva Shain

New York State Athletic Commissioner John R. Branca announced that he would have all three judges be women for the October 1984 middleweight title fight between Marvelous Marvin Hagler and Mustafa Hamsho, saying "This fight needs some publicity".

Eva Shain (c. 1918 – August 19, 1999) was an American boxing judge who was one of the first female judges in New York and became the first woman to judge a heavyweight championship bout when she was one of the judges at the 1977 fight between Muhammad Ali and Earnie Shavers in 1977 at Madison Square Garden.

Shain was asked to judge the September 29, 1977 fight between Muhammad Ali and Earnie Shavers at Madison Square Garden just a few hours before the fight began.



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