Tina Chiari

Tina Chiari
Born	about 1957 Italy
Nationality	Italian
Height	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Weight	118 lb (53.5 kg; 8.4 st)
Wrestles for	LGIS (Old)
Years active	1976 - 1979
Assumed Competitive Female Wrestling Record
Wins	10
Losses	11
Draws	6
Assumed Competitive Mixed Wrestling Record
Other information

Tina Chiari was a founding member of the original incarnation of the Liberal Girls International SportClub - otherwise known as LGIS (Old) - a female boxing and wrestling organisation founded in Munich, Germany in 1976. It promoted a ground-breaking vision - that girls who were enthusiastic about female combat, and who wanted to fight semi-professionally in public settings, could do so topless in properly arranged events and tournaments.

The company was formed in 1976 by Fred Strothmann and Erich Klinger together with Angie who was the nominated club captain and one of the core membership of ten or so who were regular performers throughout the lifetime of the club. The initial group of fighters, including Tina began several months of wrestling and boxing training in 1976, and on January 31st 1977 eight active members of the group entered the ring in the centre of the "Donauhalle" of Ingolstadt (about 60km north of Munich) in front of 700 spectators to take part in the inaugural event which launched the organisation. The main group divided into two groups of four, each of which staged a mini-tournament - wrestling and boxing. Angie won the boxing competition while Heidi Ranke, later to become a fearsome boxer, won the wrestling with a convincing win over Karin.

Throughout the duration of the clubs existence Tina is reckoned to have boxed in around twenty-seven bouts, winning ten of them and drawing several others. She was a most courageous fighter since she was a small girl and was therefore usually conceding both height and weight to her opponents. One of her most memorable fights was her match against arch-rival Angie in Munich 1979 where she gave her opponent a beating before knocking her out - this was also the final boxing match for both girls.

Like nearly all the group members, she retired from the female fighting scene with the demise of the LGIS organisation.

Competitive female boxing record

A list of Tina Chiari's competitive F/F boxing matches. This list is not complete.

Date	Producer	Video Title	Opponent	Result	Rules	Clothes	Comments	Links	Pic
1977	LGIS (Old) via ASFilm	BX1011-2	Christel	TKO	Boxing	Topless	Tina was matched against a powerfully-built opponent, but despite being floored twice she continued to battle and eventually put Christel on the canvas with the bout halted by the referee at that point	Link to match
1977	LGIS (Old) via ASFilm	BX1011-4	Karin Heck	TKO	Boxing	Topless	Tina's tactic of repeatedly rushing into the attack failed against Karin's effective counter-punching, and she was knocked down at least three times before the match was halted	Link to match
1977	LGIS (Old) via ASFilm	BX1011-6	Heidi Ranke	TKO	Boxing	Topless	Tina and Heidi staged a brutal slugfest with both girls handing out and receiving punishment, but Tina took some particularly savage punches. After she was knocked down for a third time the referee decided she was unable to defend herself and stopped the fight	Link to match
1979	LGIS (Old) via Rockin-Roxanne	LGIS Final Public Event	Angie Simons	KO	Boxing	Topless	Angie had forced Tina to take standing counts and looked set to win after 2 rounds, but in the third round Tina staged a dramatic comeback, twice forcing Angie into a corner and pummelling her relentlessly until she dropped to the canvas - Angie could not recover from the second knockdown and was counted out in what proved to be her final bout	Link to match

Gallery

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  Tina and Marlene pause during a sparring session

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  Tina floored by Marlene in a ring bout

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  Angie lands a punch on Tina

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  Tina pounds Anneliese

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  Tina triumphant after beating Anneliese

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  Tina dazed on the canvas

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  Tina recovering between rounds against Heidi

Relevant links

• LGIS profile

Acknowledgements

This page was constructed with assistance from Arbie (Count Herout), Merlin and Fred Dobbs