On December 1, 2001, WBAN got an opportunity to interview Bob Halloway who was a close friend of pioneer female boxer, Joann Hagen, the only boxer to defeat Barbara Buttrick in the ring. Holloway had some great tidbits of “behind the scenes” in regards to Hagen and her boxing career. TL Fox: When did
Update: WBAN has just discovered that the first-ever women’s boxing bout to take place in the history of the sport took place on September 10, 1954 – between Barbara Buttrick vs. Joann Hagen. McADAM, New Brunswick—what is believed to be the SECOND ever female bout in Canada, was schedule on June 1, 1959. The female
Joann Hagen in another Fight Barbara Buttrick, of Waterloo, fought and lost to Joann Hagen [Full name: JoAnn Verhaegen] of Indianapolis, in an eight round bout by a decision. This fight was the first national televised fight with female boxers. The fight drew 1,200 boxing fans. At this time in 1954, Hagen was recognized as the
Jo Ann Hagen, a very famous female boxer from the 50’s had a mixed boxing match with Norm Jones and defeated him in a four-round decision in Michigan City in 1952. If any boxing match should be declared the “first” the Hagen/Jones fight was the closest to equivalency of that honor… Hagen was also on
In Huntington West Virginia, it was reported in a news source dated June 21, 1950, published a boxing bout between Jo Ann Hagen, of South Bend, vs. Nancy Parker, of Chicago. The two fought in or about this time on a Monday night prior to this write up, and said that Hagen won the bout.
JOANN HAGEN, a fighter in the fifties, was the only female to defeat Barbara Buttrick. HAGEN was a tall, beautiful blond-haired woman. She was very graceful in her movements when she boxed in the ring. Some interesting tidbits on Hagan (from The Police Gazette-June 1950), Hagen had appeared on the Steve Allen Show in November