Eva Shain
Boxing judge
About Eva Shain
Lived 1918 – 1999 (aged 80–81). Eva Shain was an American boxing judge.
Eva Shain (November 24, 1917 – 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. Ali was the unanimous winner, with Shain giving the champion 9 of 15 rounds.
In her career, she judged thousands of fights. She retired in 1998.
A resident of Fort Lee, New Jersey, Shain died at age 81 on August 19, 1999, of cancer at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center. She had a daughter and son from an earlier marriage.
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Who was Eva Shain?
Boxing judge
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Eva Shain was born in 1918.
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Eva Shain died on 19 August 1999.
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Eva Shain was a boxing judge.
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Eva Shain was American.
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