JoAnn Hagen, a fighter in the fifties, was the only female to defeat Barbara Buttrick. Hagen was a tall, beautiful blond-haired woman. She was very graceful in her movements when she boxed in the ring.

Some interesting tidbits on Hagan (from The Police Gazette-June 1950), Hagen had appeared on the Steve Allen Show in November 1956. The show is viewable at the Museum of TV and Radio in NYC.  According to Barry N., who sent in this information and had viewed the tape, said that the tape was "Pretty Wild" and that Hagen appeared with Phyllis Kugler, and they were billed as "Champion Women Boxers". The whole thing was played very tongue in cheek. First they both come out in evening dresses (Hagan is gorgeous).

Then they made them change into their boxing duds on stage, behind a screen! All the while Allen continued to interview them, coyly shielding his eyes with one hand. After they came out, Hagan sparred a little with Allen, who quickly gave up, then with Kugler. Hagan announced that she and Kugler were having a title match." (A special thanks to Barry for sending in this information.

After WBAN interviewed a past boyfriend of Hagen in 2001, we were contacted by a relative of Hagen that said that at that time, Hagen was in poor health, and then we were notified that she had passed away.