Barbara Buttrick

Boxing Professional

Barbara Buttrick

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Barbara Buttrick

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Barbara Buttrick

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Barbara Buttrick

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Barbara Buttrick

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Barbara Buttrick

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Barbara Buttrick fight stats

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Boxing 12 (T)KOs

Barbara Buttrick fight records

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Boxing

30-1-1

Rating: 9.3/10. From 12 votes.

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Barbara Buttrick personal details

First Name	Barbara
Last Name	Buttrick
Nickname/s

Birth Name	-
Age	-
Date of Birth
Born	Hull, East Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Residence	Miami, Florida, United States

Status	Retired
Nationality	English
Weight class	Flyweight
Weight range	98 - 98lbs / 45 - 45kg
Preferred	98lbs / 45kg
Height	4ft 11in / 149cm
Reach	-

Barbara Buttrick martial arts details

Boxing	Professional World Champion

Barbara Buttrick fight history

Gloria Adams

Unanimous Decision

Boxing

10/…/59

North Miami Amrory, Miami, Florida, United States

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R4

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Phyllis Kugler

Unanimous Decision

Boxing†

10/08/57

Municipal Auditorium, San Antonio, Texas, United States

2:00

R6 / 6x2

Pro

World title • First ever women's Boxing World title fight

Phyllis Kugler

Draw

Boxing

08/31/57

Pompano Beach, Florida, United States

2:00

R4 / 4x2

Pro

……………………………………………………………………………………..

JoAnn Hagen

Unanimous Decision

Boxing

09/09/54

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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R8

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Barbara Buttrick’s Bio

Barbara Buttrick is a female boxer from Hull, East Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.

She began boxing at the age of 15 in the 1940s. She was the first female boxer to have a fight broadcast on national television, in 1954. In 1957, Barbara became the first ever women’s boxing World Champion. She also received the first ever Texas state Boxing license for a woman. Her career spanned 15 years before she retired in 1960.

Having originally met Muhammad Ali in the 1950s, they were both inducted in the same class to the Florida Boxing Hall of Fame, in 2010.

Since retiring, Barbara founded the International Women’s Boxing Federation in 1989, and the International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame.

Personal Life

Barbara was born in 1930.

She moved to the United States in 1952 to pursue more Boxing opportunities.

Barbara was four months pregnant with her first child when she officially announced her retirement in 1960. She is now a mother of two, and a grandmother to four.

Barbara has also worked as a ringside photographer.

Achievements

Boxing Titles

1957 - Boxing World Champion (first ever women’s Boxing World title)
Barbara held World titles at Flyweight and Bantamweight

Boxing Awards

2014 - International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee
2010 - Florida Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee
1990 - International Boxing and Wrestling Hall of Fame Inductee