Tag: Barbara Buttrick

Fighters From the Fifties – Barbara Buttrick vs. Vivian Foster

Barbara Buttrick was on the fight scene a good many years.  In these photos, we see her in a private bout held in a carnival tent in Iowa.  In August of 1954.  Her opponent was Vivian Foster.  Despite the weight difference–Barbara only weighed 95 lbs., Vivian quit after a third-round knockout.  [This document is in

Jimmy Finn a true pioneer in the sport of Women’s Boxing!

Jimmy Finn, an icon in the history of women’s boxing had his roots in his addiction to running a gym, especially in his local village of Ballyfin in the midlands of Ireland.  Finn represented his club and county for decades and got into coaching, probably because nobody else was interested in supporting the girls who

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

The Glove: Amazing past historical events recorded in the December 1980 Magazine

WBAN has the original magazine in our Archive Library of documents In about 1980, Beverly Patrick, an advocate for women’s boxing was involved with the magazine called WBB Glove. She was the “Chairwoman” of the magazine and came from Virginia.  Also members involved in this magazine was photographer, Jack Pokress, from New York, and directors