Written by Christopher Benedict “Wow—Lookie Here For The First Time In Texas” screamed the bold-type print on the fight poster. Above small black and white photos depicting Barbara Buttrick and Phyllis Kugler (whose first name is misspelled as Phyliss), the ballyhoo advertising the October 8, 1957 boxing card at San Antonio’s Municipal Auditorium promised that “These
written by: Christopher Benedict (An elderly Polly with heavyweight contender Jack Doyle) As an esteemed pioneer of women’s boxing in the 1950s, Barbara Buttrick, known as England’s Mighty Atom of the Ring, broke a good deal of new ground in her heyday. Being a nonagenarian has done little to impede Barbara’s ability or desire to
Written by Christopher Benedict “Whatever you do,” Nancy Thompson famously warns her boyfriend Glen in A Nightmare on Elm Street, “don’t fall asleep.” Playing opposite a then-unknown Johnny Depp in the franchise’s original slasher flick, Heather Langenkamp portrayed Nancy Thompson, ultimately going toe-to-toe with the Christmas-sweater-wearing Elm Street boogeyman in three movies while becoming one of
(OCT 11) On October 6, 2023,at the International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame event, at the Orleans Hotel & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada, at our pre-celebration day of the “Night of the Stars” event, WBAN presented three mini-WBAN Belts with a case to three prominent pioneer female boxers for the first time in the
The Boxing Writers Association of America would like to proudly announce that Lance Pugmire is the 50th recipient of the Nat Fleischer Award for Excellence in Boxing Journalism that was first presented by the Boxing Writers Association of America in 1972. A 30-year newspaperman who grew up reading daily dispatches by prior Fleischer winners Norm
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
In March of 1993, Dallas Malloy became the first female to challenge the USA Boxing’s bylaw in a federal court. Her dream was to box against other women in the Olympic Games, a goal attainable only as a member of USA Boxing. For months she trained without any immediate hope of competing. Malloy’s lawsuit
Wanda Countiss was born and raised in the Washington, DC area. She attended and graduated Gwynn Park Senior High where she was Senior Class President. Wanda was taught by her village at a young age to be a strong Afro American female. She presently lives in Fort Lauderdale, Florida with her true loves; Godfrey, Ralphfelle and her adorable
In the top left photo, Reid lands a left to Therese Robitaille’s chin, Copyrights: The Whig-Standard, dated July 30, 1991; and in the bottom right photo Robitaille (left) backs away from a right delivered by Reid, copyrights: Rob Cowperthwaite/The Kingston Whig-Standard/Postmedia Network.] Jenny Reid, born in Calgary, Alberta and raised in Toronto, Ontario, she was