Suit, Exercise
Object number2010.18.2 a,b
Manufacturer
Everlast Sporting Goods Manufacturing Company
Date2006
OriginTaiwan
MediumPolyester
Credit LineGift of Tika Hemingway
DescriptionBoxing suit consisting of tank top and boxing shorts. Tank top is blue polyester. Shorts are blue with vertical white stripes down sides; small slits up sides. White elastic waistband.DimensionsMeasured laying flat(a) Height: 28 ; Width of shoulders: 13
(b) H: 21.125 ; W at waist: 13.5
Inscriptions(b)
Printed vertically on proper right bottom, "USA".
Marks(a)
Printed in white below neckline: "EVERLAST".
Logo on top back.
Tags in collar have text "EVERLAST" and "L / MADE IN TAIWAN / RN 85984".
(b)
Center of outer waistband: patch, "EQUIPMENT AND APPAREL / EVERLAST / EST. 1910 / NEW YORK, NEW YORK".
Two tags on inner waist line have text "EVERLAST / SINCE 1910" and other tag has text on obverse: "100% POLYESTER / L / MADE IN TAIWAN / RN 85984" and reverse has washing instructions.
Historical NotesBoxing suit worn at the USA Boxing National Championships in 2006. Hemingway came to boxing in an unusual way - bumping into trainer Reverend Sheldon Stoudemire on the street one night, and with no prior experience or interest in the sport, asking him to train her. She set her goals the first day in the gym, to be a world champion boxer, and since that night, Tika Hemingway has never looked back. She competed in her first national championship in 2006, and won, then added a gold medal at the Pan-American games, a silver medal at the World Games, and another USA Boxing belt at the 2009 national championships. As of 2010, Hemingway continues to train, hoping to represent her country in the 2012 Olympic games. When not in the ring, she studies criminal justice and mentors young girls sharing the lessons that boxing has taught her, "discipline, hard work, and respect." This donation documents the growing involvement of women in boxing, as well as the career of a local boxer.
Previous owner
Tika Hemingway
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Everlast Sporting Goods Manufacturing Company
Everlast Sporting Goods Manufacturing Company
2002