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Sue TL Fox had the pleasure of covering two fight cards
with Barbara Buttrick
The first card that I
covered with Buttrick took place on April 22, 2001, at the Chinook Winds
Casino, in Lincoln City, Oregon, when Marischa Sjauw fought Lisa
Holywyne for a WIBF World title. Copyrighted photos by Sue TL Fox
Photo Credit: Sue TL Fox
In another card, I covered it with
Buttrick on October 20,
2013, at the Seven Feathers Casino, in Canyonville, Oregon, when Sumya
"Island Girl" fought Britt VanBuskirk.
Barbara
Buttrick, 92 years 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 Fort Lauderdale, FL, in conjunction with a scheduled national Female
Golden Gloves tournament. Buttrick, who founded the Women's
International Boxing Foundation (WIBF) in 1989, said from her home in
Miami, Florida, 'I'm very excited and proud to be chosen for the first
class of this Hall of Fame, which, I believe, going forward, will serve
as a lasting recognition of the athletes and others in the boxing
community who have contributed to and supported the sport of Women's
boxing."
Buttrick enters the IWBHF as one of six former professional fighters
being inducted in the initial class: Christy Martin, Lucia Rijker,
Regina Halmich and Bonnie Canino from the "modern" era of the sport, the
decades of 1990s and 2000, along with Jo-Ann Hagen, a boxer who competed
professionally at the same time as Buttrick, in the 1950s. Christy
Halbert, the seventh inductee also spent, what she describes as a "short
career" as in the professional ring, but is being honored, primarily, as
a highly sought after boxing coach and for the pivotal role she played
in the successful effort to get the sport of female boxing included in
the 2012 Olympics.
While it took the London Daily Mirror 53 years to correct the
prejudicial diatribe leveled, in it's pages, at Buttrick, the
International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame got it right the first time.
Buttrick was an overwhelming choice for inclusion in the initial class
of the Hall. It was, in part, recognition of the many hurdles Buttrick
overcame in her quest toward the professional boxing ring.
Photo Credit: Dalia Duran/IWBHF Board
Member
The
International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame inducted Barbara Buttrick in
July of 2014, in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. She was again inducted
into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in June 2022.
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