Article by Christopher Benedict The Bendix plant that opened in South Bend, Indiana in 1923 quickly established itself as the world’s largest manufacturer of automobile brakes. The factory soon began to incorporate the engineering and production of power steering systems, in addition to aircraft landing gear and controls for reciprocating gas turbine, rocket, and nuclear
Historic article: article in the South Bend Tribune Magazine – estimated year 1956. The Article is by Sarah Lockkerbie. It talks about her eight years in boxing, and that sometimes she had to resort to wrestling when boxing was not allow. It also reports that she participated in CANADA’s FIRST EVENT of the kind, Stage
(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)]
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
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
Full Copyrights: Women’s Titlists, Circa 1949 The Press-Courier – April 12, 1972, page 8 In an article published on April 12, 1972, a woman with 10 children talks about her past boxing experience and claim that she was a former boxing champion from a November 1949 fight. Her name was Mrs. Lancaster, of Lancaster, Tennessee.
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