About Kugler – a report by Sue Fox in 2002: “Matchmaker Johnnie Nate stands outside the Armory last Thursday night and tries to figure out why he was denied the rental of the building. Nate had scheduled a nine-bout amateur fight card for the building, but authorities in Indianapolis later cancelled him out. Nate believes it is
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,
Photo credit: Courtesy from the Kugler Family when she was inducted into the International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame in July of 2015 (posthumous) “Phyllis Kugler posthumously was inducted into the International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame in 2015. her whole family attended the event in honor of Kugler, and her granddaugther displayed her boxing