Freddie Gilroy (Belfast)

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1 - all rights reserved This page has been brought to you by Click on the image above to visit our site Freddie Gilroy (Belfast) Active: Weight classes fought in: bantam Recorded fights: 31 contests (won: 28 lost: 3) Born: 7th March 1936 Fight Record 1957 Feb 9 Derek McReynolds (Old Colwyn) WKO1 Ulster Hall, Belfast Source: Boxing News 15/02/1957 page 11 Gilroy 8st 6lbs 8ozs Feb 23 Danny McNamee (Dundee) WKO2(8) Ulster Hall, Belfast Source: Boxing News 01/03/1957 page 11 Gilroy 8st 6lbs 12ozs McNamee 8st 7lbs 4ozs Mar 16 Jackie Tiller (Manchester) WPTS(6) King's Hall, Belfast Source: Boxing News 22/03/1957 page 5 Gilroy 8st 6lbs 8ozs Tiller 8st 9lbs 4ozs Attendance: Mar 30 Jim Cresswell (Glasgow) WKO2(8) Ulster Hall, Belfast Source: Boxing News 05/04/1957 page 12 Gilroy 8st 6lbs Cresswell 8st 9lbs 4ozs

2 Apr 13 Terry McHale (Liverpool) WKO2(8) Ulster Hall, Belfast Source: Boxing News 19/04/1957 page 12 Gilroy 8st 7lbs 4ozs McHale 8st 9lbs May 22 Archie Downie (Glasgow) WKO2 Firhill Park, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 31/05/1957 pages 8 and 9 Gilroy 8st 5lbs 8ozs Downie 8st 7lbs 4ozs Jun 26 Jose Alvarez (Spain) WRSF5 Firhill Park, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 07/05/1957 page 4 Gilroy 8st 6lbs 4ozs Alvarez 8st 9lbs 8ozs Oct 5 George O'Neill (Belfast) WRSF7(8) Ulster Hall, Belfast Source: Boxing News 11/10/1957 page 7 Gilroy 8st 7lbs O'Neill 8st 10lbs Promoter: George Connell 1958 Mar 8 Pierre Cossemyns (Belgium) WKO4(10) King's Hall, Belfast Source: Boxing News 14/03/1958 page 4 Gilroy 8st 5lbs 4ozs Cossemyns 8st 6lbs 8ozs May 21 Kimpo Amarfio (Ghana) WPTS(8) Kelvin Hall, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 30/05/1958 page 7 Gilroy 8st 9lbs 10ozs Amarfio 8st 6lbs 6ozs Promoter: Sammy Docherty Jun 30 George Bowes (West Hartlepool) WPTS(10) Engineers Club, West Hartlepool Source: Boxing News 04/07/1958 page 7 (British Bantamweight Title Eliminator) Bowes boxed for the British Bantamweight Title Gilroy 8st 4lbs Bowes 8st 4lbs 1ozs Sep 17 Johnny Morrissey (Newarthill) WRTD8(12) Kelvin Hall, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 26/09/1958 page 12 (British Bantamweight Title Final Eliminator) Morrissey boxed for the British Featherweight Title 1963 and was Scottish Area Bantamweight Champion Gilroy 8st 3lbs 12ozs Morrissey 8st 4lbs 12ozs Oct 29 Jose Luis Martinez (Spain) WPTS(8) Kelvin Hall, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 07/11/1958 page 5 Gilroy 8st 8lbs Martinez 8st 7lbs 8ozs

3 1959 Jan 10 Peter Keenan (Glasgow) WRSF11(15) King's Hall, Belfast Source: Boxing News 16/01/1959 page 3 (British Bantamweight Title) Keenan was British Bantamweight Champion and and British Empire Bantamweight Champion and European Bantamweight Title and Gilroy 8st 3lbs 12ozs Keenan 8st 5lbs 8ozs Mar 7 Jacques Columb (France) WRTD6(10) King's Hall, Belfast Source: Boxing News 13/03/1959 page 7 Gilroy 8st 6lbs 8ozs Columb 8st 6lbs 8ozs Attendance: Apr 15 Charles Sylla (France) WKO2(10) Kelvin Hall, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 24/04/1959 page 7 Gilroy 8st 8lbs 6ozs Sylla 8st 9lbs Jun 2 Al Asuncion (Philippinnes) WPTS(10) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing News 05/06/1959 pages 8 and 9 Gilroy 8st 7lbs Asuncion 8st 5lbs Promoter: Jack Solomons Sep 15 Mario D'Agata (Italy) WPTS(10) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing News 18/09/1959 pages 8 and 9 Gilroy 8st 8lbs D'Agata 8st 7lbs 4ozs Nov 3 Pierro Rollo (Italy) WPTS(15) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing News 06/11/1959 pages 8 and 9 (European Bantamweight Title) Gilroy 8st 4lbs 8ozs Rollo 8st 4lbs 4ozs Dec 5 Bernie Taylor (South Africa) WKO5(15) King's Hall, Belfast Source: Boxing News 11/12/1959 page 5 (British Empire Bantamweight Title) Gilroy 8st 5lbs 4ozs Taylor 8st 4lbs 3ozs 1960 Mar 19 Billy Rafferty (Glasgow) WRSF13(15) King's Hall, Belfast Source: Boxing News 25/03/1960 page 3 (British and Empire and European Bantamweight Title) Rafferty boxed for the British Bantamweight Title 1960 and Gilroy 8st 4lbs 12ozs Rafferty 8st 5lbs 4ozs Referee: Jack Hart Promoter: George Connell Apr 25 Ignacio Pina (Mexico) LPTS(10) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing News 29/04/1960 page 8 Match made at 8st 9lbs Promoter: Harry Levene

4 Oct 25 Alphonse Halimi (France) LPTS(15) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing News 28/10/1960 pages 8, 09 and 10 (World and European Bantamweight Title) Gilroy 8st 4lbs Halimi 8st 5lbs 10ozs Referee Phillippe de Backer (Belgium) 1961 Jan 31 Ugo Milan (Italy) WPTS(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 03/02/1961 pages 8 and 9 Match made at 8st 12lbs Gilroy 8st 11lbs 2ozs Milan 8st 6lbs 6ozs Promoter: Jack Solomons Mar 23 Billy Calvert (Sheffield) WPTS(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 31/03/1961 page 2 Calvert boxed for the British Featherweight Title 1963 and was Central Area Featherweight Champion Match made at 8st 12lbs Apr 12 Jackie Brown (Edinburgh) WKO4(10) Ice Rink, Paisley Source: Boxing News 21/04/1961 page 3 Brown was British and British Empire Flyweight Champion Match made at 8st 12lbs Referee: Frank Wilson Apr 29 Boualem Belouard (Algeria) WRSF7 King's Hall, Belfast Source: Boxing News 05/05/1961 page 3 Gilroy 8st 7lbs 8ozs Belouard 8st 6lbs 12ozs May 27 Pierre Cossemyns (Belgium) LRTD9(15) Palais des Sports, Brussels Belgium Source: Boxing News 02/06/1961 page 3 (European Bantamweight Title) Referee: Georges Goudre (France) 1962 Mar 3 Billy Rafferty (Glasgow) WKO12(15) King's Hall, Belfast Source: Boxing News 09/03/1962 page 8 (British and Empire Bantamweight Title) Gilroy 8st 5lbs Rafferty 8st 4lbs 12ozs Referee: Ike Powell Promoter: George Connell Jun 5 Rene Libeer (France) WPTS(10) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing News 08/06/1962 pages 8 and 9 Gilroy 8st 10lbs Libeer 8st 2lbs 12ozs Referee: Jack Hart Promoter: Jack Solomons Oct 20 Johnny Caldwell (Belfast) WRTD9(15) King's Hall, Belfast Source: Boxing News 26/10/1962 pages 8 and 9 (British and Empire Bantamweight Title) Caldwell was British Flyweight Champion and British and British

5 Empire Bantamweight Champion and World Bantamweight Champion Referee: Andy Smythe This record was researched and compiled by Miles Templeton and Richard Ireland. It may be published elsewhere provided full acknowledgement and a link to are included - all rights reserved This page has been brought to you by Click on the image above to visit our site We have a lot more information on this boxer, and for all of the boxers listed on this record. Please boxinghistory@hotmail.co.uk or phone for details