Dallas Malloy

Dallas Malloy is an American boxer remembered for a legal and sporting first. Raised in Bellingham, Washington, she was denied an application by USA Boxing because she was female. She sued, and U.S. District Judge Barbara Rothstein granted a preliminary injunction that allowed her to box. In October 1993 Malloy defeated Heather Poyner in the first sanctioned amateur boxing match between two women in the United States. USA Boxing lifted its ban on women's boxing later the same year, so the bout is often treated as a turning point for the women's side of the sport. Malloy also appeared as herself in the opening scene of the film Jerry Maguire, where Tom Cruise's character talks about her. The article gives no birth year, and the description claims nothing beyond what it states about her bout, the court case, her upbringing and her film appearance.