"My girlfriend can't wrestle, but you should…

“My girlfriend can’t wrestle, but you should see her box” is a jocular saying about wrestling and boxing—with a sexual innuendo—that has been printed on many images. The boxing pun was posted on the newsgroup alt.sex on March 24, 1990.

Google Groups: alt.sex
SEX GAMES
Whoyalookinat?,,,
3/24/90
From article <19…@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU>

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> Strip Wrestling.
^^^^^^^^^—- My girlfriend can’t wrestle, but you should see her box!
😊 😊 ;-} (sorry, couldn’t pass it up!)

Google Groups: alt.cult-movies.rocky-horror
FRAMINGHAM?!?!
Art Laurie
1/31/95
(...)
That girl can’t wrestle, but you should see her box.

Google Groups: rec.humor
Best bumper stickers
TEEJ2
4/13/95
“Honk if you’re Jesus”
“My wife can’t wrestle but you should see her box.”

Google Groups: alt.punk
She Can’t Wrestle, But You Should See Her Box…
Joe Shit The Ragman
6/29/99
Allowing for the ebb and flow of most alt.punk message syndromes, this is a regional seasonal unfriendly reminder to take the contest YES THE CONTEST seriously (seriously the man says). If you’ve missed it, the

Twitter
Jim McCormick‏
@JimFormation
I’ve never seen her wrestle, but I’d love to see her box.
9:57 AM - 29 Apr 2008

Twitter
Alan‏
@MrMacintosh
my girlfriend can’t wrestle, but you should see her box
1:00 PM - 22 Jul 2008

Google Books
The Mammoth Book of One-Liners
Edited by Geoff Tibballs
London, UK: Constable & Robinson Ltd
2012
Pg. ?:
My girlfriend can’t wrestle, but you should see her box!

Google Books
The Class of 67:
College, love and social change in the shadow of Vietnam
By Forrest Brandt
BLoomington, IN: AuthorHouse
2013
Pg. 275:
He did enjoy, “I got a gal in old Fort Knox, she can’t wrestle, but you ought to see her box.”

Reddit—Oneliners
My girlfriend can’t fight, but you should see her box. (self.oneliners)
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