Barbara Buttrick went from typist to boxer in 1950s Britain When Barbara Buttrick started boxing in the late 1940s, women in the sport were regarded on a par with gamblers and prostitutes.

But how about Barbara Buttrick? You've probably never heard of the 4ft 11in gran from Hull, but she is one of the best fighters in the history of the sport. Her amazing achievements were finally ...

When Barbara Buttrick started playing soccer in the 1940s, society frowned upon girls playing sports. She didn’t pay attention to people’s comments, though, and one day as she cleaned her ...

The city of Miami Beach honored Barbara Buttrick with a proclamation for her work in advancing women's boxing. Buttrick made her mark back in 1959 by beating Gloria Adams at the North Miami Armory.

When she began her professional boxing career back in the 1940s, Barbara Buttrick was branded “monstrous” and “an insult to womanhood”. Now when she sees female fighters such as Nicola ...

This video can not be played Nicola Adams receives first women's boxing gold Adams may not know Barbara Buttrick, but her historic feat was built on the foundations laid by this pioneer of women's ...

Christy Martin, Lucia Rijker and Barbara Buttrick will make history in Canastota next June as the first female boxers inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Also going in as part of ...

For a decade Barbara Buttrick was the world’s unbeaten flyweight and bantamweight champion - scoring 12 knockouts. But when Barbara decided she take up boxing in the 1940s, her biggest battle ...

Barbara Buttrick went from typist to boxer in 1950s Britain When Barbara Buttrick started boxing in the late 1940s, women in the sport were regarded on a par with gamblers and prostitutes.