Category: Barbara Buttrick

Barbara Buttrick Gains IWBHF Honors – Press Release/Bernie McCoy

    PORTLAND, OR–(May 6, 2014) Barbara Buttrick, 84 year old Englishwoman and ground breaking pioneer in the sport of Women’s boxing, has been elected to the initial class of the newly established International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame. She will be inducted, along with six other female honorees, at a ceremony on July 10 in

The International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame Announces the 2014 Inductees

(APR 18) PORTLAND, OR-  The  International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame has announced it’s initial class of inductees who will be honored at an induction ceremony and brunch on July 10th in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Further  details will be announced prior to the ceremony. The seven inductees,  Barbara Buttrick, Bonnie Canino, Christy Martin,  Regina Halmich,  Christy Halbert, Lucia Rijker  and  Jo-Ann Hagen (posthumous)]

Barbara Buttrick – Pioneer Female Boxer

 NATIVES By “Michelle Genz” /April 12, 1998 – The Miami Herald   – It’s nearly impossible to imagine former women’s boxing champion Barbara Buttrick with a bloody nose, harder still to imagine the diminutive English-accented 68-year-old bookkeeper bloodying someone else’s. But as “The Mighty Atom of the Ring,” she not only bloodied but broke three noses

Fight Report: Sumya Anani vs. Britt VanBuskirk

    Fight Night at the Seven Feathers with Sumya “Island Girl” Anani Facing Britt VanBuskirk for a GBU World Title – By Sue TL Fox – Photo credit – Sandy Goldberg CANYONVILLE (OCT 21, 2001) Last night at the Seven Feathers Hotel and Casino Resort, held an action-packed night of boxing. The house was

1957: Barbara Buttrick fights Phylis Kugler in San Antonio, Texas

She defeated Phyliss Kugler in a six-rounder for the world bantamwieght title on October 8, 1957 at the Municipal Auditorium in San Antonio, Texas. Tickets sold for $1.50 and 3.75.  Buttrick won the fight by decision. WBAN’s Media Library Collection/Original on File – donated to WBAN: The Glove publication/Dec. 1980 More on Buttrick:  In 1949,

Video Clip on Pioneer Boxer Barbara Buttrick – 1949

  Copyrights: British Pathe British Pathe describes the short video about female boxer from the past Barbara Buttrick that she is typing, hitting a punch ball, and that Micky Woods makes her stand on a side and hit the punch ball.  It is described as follows:  “Barrbara then copies him. SV. Feet skipping. SV. Barbara