Eddie Carson (Edinburgh)

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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 Eddie Carson (Edinburgh) Active: Weight classes fought in: Recorded fights: 84 contests (won: 55 lost: 25 drew: 3 other: 1) Fight Record 1945 Dec 15 Bobby McDonald (Glasgow) WPTS(10) Grove Stadium, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 19/12/1945 page Jan 26 Billy Moore (Clydebank) WKO3 Grove Stadium, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 30/01/1946 page 16 Feb 10 Jackie McCall (Jarrow) WKO8(10) Grove Stadium, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 13/02/1946 page 16 Apr 6 Dan McGoldrick (Airdrie) DRAW(10) Grove Stadium, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 10/04/1946 page 14 May 2 Barney Hughes (Liverpool) WPTS(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 08/05/1946 page 15 Jun 10 Terry McGowan (Londonderry) WRTD10(10) Kilmarnock Source: Boxing News 19/06/1946 page 14

2 Jun 20 Bobby Boland (Dundee) LPTS(10) Aberdeen Source: Boxing News 26/06/1946 page 15 Boland boxed for the British Bantamweight Title Jul 11 George Parkes (Dundee) WPTS(10) Aberdeen Source: Boxing News 17/07/1946 page 15 Aug 6 Bobby McDonald (Glasgow) WPTS(10) Aberdeen Source: Boxing News 14/08/1946 page 14 Sep 12 Jimmy Dunn (Glasgow) LPTS(6) Eldorado Stadium, Leith Source: Boxing News 18/09/1946 page 14 Dunn was Scottish Area Featherweight Champion Promoter: Charles Black Sep 28 Jim Cater (Glasgow) WPTS(10) Grove Stadium, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 02/10/1946 page 15 Oct 12 Paul Jones (Newcastle) WRSF3 Grove Stadium, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 16/10/1946 page 15 cut eye Nov 21 Jackie King (Belfast) LPTS(8) Edinburgh Source: Boxing News 27/11/1946 page 15 King boxed for the Northern Ireland Welterweight Title Dec 17 Jimmy Stewart (Edinburgh) LPTS(10) Edinburgh Source: Boxing News 01/01/1947 page 12 Stewart boxed a British Flyweight Title Eliminator Dec 26 Billy Baker (Newcastle) WPTS(8) New St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing News 01/01/1947 page Jan 31 Willie Rigby (Southport) LRTD4 Tower Circus, Blackpool Source: Boxing News 12/02/1947 page 11 Carson 8st 3lbs Rigby 8st 5lbs Aug 7 Jim Clinton (Croy) WPTS(6) Kirkcaldy Source: Boxing News 13/08/1947 page 15 Sep 6 Jim Kelly (London) WKO2 City Hall, Perth Source: Boxing News 24/09/1947 page Jan 31 Jackie Briers (Belfast) WRSF5(6) Grove Stadium, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 04/02/1948 page 16 Briers was Northern Ireland Area Flyweight Champion Carson 8st 0lbs Briers 8st 3lbs 2ozs Feb 28 Billy Birch (Belfast) WKO4(8) Grove Stadium, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 03/03/1948 page 16 Carson 8st 5lbs Birch 8st 1lbs 1ozs

3 Mar 8 Ike Weir (Belfast) WRTD4 Hippodrome, Belfast Source: Boxing News 17/03/1948 page 12 Weir boxed for the Northern Ireland Flyweight Title Carson 8st 1lbs 4ozs Weir 7st 7lbs Mar 10 Billy Wells (Jamaica) WKO1(6) Dunfermline Source: Boxing News 17/03/1948 page 13 Mar 13 Paul Jones (Newcastle) WKO3(6) Grove Stadium, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 17/03/1948 page 16 Carson 8st 4lbs 4ozs Jones 8st 9lbs 14ozs Mar 16 Johnny Summers (Edinburgh) LRSF7(8) Edinburgh Source: Boxing News 31/03/1948 page 12 Summers boxed for the Scottish Flyweight Title 1946 and cut eye Apr 2 Bobby Magee (North Shields) WRTD1(6) Grove Stadium, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 07/04/1948 page 16 Carson 8st 10lbs 11ozs McGhee 8st 12lbs 8ozs Apr 10 Jack Duffy (Leeds) WKO2 Grove Stadium, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 14/04/1948 page 16 Carson 8st 11lbs 13ozs Duffy 9st 6lbs 2ozs Apr 23 Pat Cahill (Dundee) WKO1(8) Grove Stadium, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 28/04/1948 page 16 Carson 8st 8lbs 12ozs Cahill 8st 11lbs 7ozs May 9 Max Brady (Lurgan) WDSQ6(8) Grove Stadium, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 19/05/1948 page 15 Brady boxed for the Northern Ireland Bantamweight Title Carson 8st 7lbs 4ozs Brady 8st 7lbs 4ozs Jun 11 Willie Myles (Dundee) WKO1 Aberdeen Source: Boxing News 23/06/1948 page 12 Carson 8st 6lbs 6ozs Myles 8st 7lbs 5ozs Jun 19 Paul Irving (Carlisle) WKO1 Grove Stadium, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 30/06/1948 page 13 Carson 8st 5lbs 8ozs Irving 8st 10lbs Jul 15 Richie McCulloch (Glasgow) WPTS Kirkcaldy Source: Boxing News 28/07/1948 page 13 Aug 7 Andy McCulloch (Glasgow) WKO2(10) Grove Stadium, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 18/08/1948 page 15 (Scottish Area Flyweight Title Eliminator) Carson 8st 0lbs McCulloch 7st 12lbs 9ozs Aug 16 Dennis Stansil (West Hartlepool) WKO5 Falkirk Source: Boxing News 25/08/1948 page 16 Sep 11 Dickie Davies (Wigan) WRSF3 Grove Stadium, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 22/09/1948 page 12 Carson 8st 7lbs 12ozs Davies 8st 10lbs 4ozs

4 Oct 17 Johnny Smith (Clydebank) WKO2 Grove Stadium, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 27/10/1948 page 14 Smith boxed a British Lightweight Title Eliminator Carson 8st 7lbs Smith 8st 4lbs Oct 27 Benny Lacey (Glasgow) WRTD5 Pleasuredrome, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 10/11/1948 page 12 Nov 23 Jimmy Stewart (Edinburgh) LPTS(8) Music Hall, Edinburgh Source: Boxing News 08/12/1948 pages 11 and 12 Dec 17 Vernon Sollas (Jamaica) DRAW(6) Grove Stadium, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 29/12/1948 page 14 Carson 8st 8lbs 8ozs Sollas 8st 8lbs 12ozs Dec 20 Billy Hill (Chesterfield) WPTS(6) Town Hall, Hamilton Source: Boxing News 05/01/1949 pages 12 and 13 Carson 8st 9lbs Hill 9st 4lbs 12ozs Carson a late sub Dec 25 Willie Myles (Dundee) WPTS(6) Grove Stadium, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 05/01/1949 page 14 Carson 8st 8lbs 4ozs Myles 8st 9lbs 14ozs 1949 Jan 8 Johnny Noble (Lisburn) WKO1(6) Grove Stadium, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 19/01/1949 page 12 Carson 8st 9lbs 2ozs Noble 8st 9lbs 12ozs Feb 1 Willie Rigby (Southport) WRTD6(8) Music Hall, Edinburgh Source: Boxing News 16/02/1949 page 13 Carson 8st 5lbs 12ozs Rigby 8st 8lbs 2ozs Mar 9 Charlie Kerr (Glasgow) WKO11(12) Ice Rink, Paisley Source: Boxing News 23/03/1949 page 11 Kerr was Scottish Area Bantamweight Champion Carson 8st 3lbs 2ozs Kerr 8st 5lbs 12ozs Apr 20 Mickey McLaughlin (Belfast) WRSF5(8) Kelvin Hall, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 04/05/1949 page 13 McLaughlin boxed for the Northern Ireland Flyweight Title Carson 8st 3lbs 4ozs McLaughlin 8st 0lbs 13ozs May 4 Charlie Brown (Belfast) WPTS(8) Ulster Hall, Belfast Source: Boxing News 18/05/1949 page 12 Brown boxed for the Northern Ireland Featherweight Title Carson 8st 6lbs 8ozs Brown 8st 7lbs 8ozs May 23 Teddy Gardner (West Hartlepool) LPTS(8) Engineers Club, West Hartlepool Source: Boxing News 01/06/1949 page 12 Gardner was British and British Empire and European Flyweight Champion Carson 8st 5lbs Gardner 8st 4lbs

5 Jun 8 Ron Bissell (Rotherham) LDSQ7(8) Dens Park, Dundee Source: Boxing News 15/06/1949 page 13 Carson 8st 7lbs 15ozs Bissell 8st 6lbs 2ozs Attendance: Jun 23 Gus Foran (Liverpool) WPTS(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 29/06/1949 page 14 Foran was North Central Area Bantamweight Champion 1948 and Central Area Bantamweight Champion Carson 8st 6lbs Foran 8st 8lbs Aug 23 Norman Tennant (Dundee) LPTS(12) Ice Rink, Dundee Source: Boxing News 31/08/1949 page 14 (Scottish Area Flyweight Title) Tennant boxed a British Flyweight Title Eliminator in 1949 and 1950 and 1951 and was Scottish Area Flyweight Champion Carson 7st 11lbs Tennant 7st 13lbs 14ozs Oct 14 Jimmy Stewart (Edinburgh) WRSF6(12) Waverley Market, Edinburgh Source: Boxing News 19/10/1949 page 13 Carson 8st 5lbs 12ozs Stewart 8st 5lbs 13ozs Dec 23 Vic Herman (Glasgow) LPTS(8) Ice Rink, Paisley Source: Boxing News 04/01/1950 page 10 Herman boxed for the British Flyweight Title 1951 and was Scottish Area Flyweight Champion Promoter: Eddie Black 1950 Jan 31 Vernon Sollas (Jamaica) WPTS(8) Music Hall, Edinburgh Source: Boxing News 08/02/1950 page 12 Carson 8st 9lbs 10ozs Sollas 8st 6lbs 6ozs Carson sub for Jimmy Gill(Nottingham) Feb 14 Jimmy Webster (Canning Town) WPTS(8) Music Hall, Edinburgh Source: Boxing News 22/02/1950 page 13 Webster boxed a British Bantamweight Title Eliminator 1946 and 1947 and 1948 and was Southern Area Bantamweight Champion Webster 8st 6lbs 13ozs Mar 7 Ron Bissell (Rotherham) WPTS(8) Music Hall, Edinburgh Source: Boxing News 22/03/1950 page 10 Carson 8st 8lbs 15ozs Bissell 8st 8lbs Mar 28 Mick Day (Glasgow) WRSF8(8) Music Hall, Edinburgh Source: Boxing News 05/04/1950 page 13 Day 8st 9lbs 14ozs Promoter: George Miller

6 Apr 11 Tommy Proffitt (Manchester) LKO6 New St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing News 19/04/1950 page 12 Proffitt boxed a British Bantamweight Title Eliminator twice in Carson 8st 9lbs 8ozs Proffitt 8st 9lbs 8ozs May 10 Jackie Paterson (Glasgow) WKO2(8) Kelvin Hall, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 17/05/1950 page 12 Paterson was British and British Empire and European and World Champion from and Flyweight to Bantamweight between 1939 and Carson 8st 11lbs 4ozs Paterson 8st 9lbs May 23 Luis Romero (Spain) LPTS(10) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing News 31/05/1950 pages 12 and 13 Match made at 8st 8lbs Promoter: messrs Braitman & Ezra Sep 14 Arturo Paoletti (Italy) LPTS(8) Ice Rink, Ayr Source: Boxing News 27/09/1950 page 11 Carson 8st 8lbs Paoletti 8st 8lbs Promoter: Charlie Black Oct 3 Jim Dwyer (Glasgow) LPTS(8) Music Hall, Edinburgh Source: Boxing News 08/11/1950 page 12 Dwyer boxed for the Scottish Bantamweight Title Match made at 8st 8lbs Oct 16 Freddie Hicks (Bermondsey) LPTS(8) New St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing News 08/11/1950 page 12 Carson 8st 6lbs 8ozs Hicks 8st 7lbs 8ozs Nov 7 Manny Kid Francis (Gold Coast) WPTS(8) Music Hall, Edinburgh Source: Boxing News 22/11/1950 page 12 Nov 28 Billy Daniels (Bow) WPTS(8) Music Hall, Edinburgh Source: Boxing News 13/12/1950 pages 11 and 12 Carson 8st 7lbs Daniels 8st 9lbs 11ozs Dec 18 Ron Johnson (Bethnal Green) WRSF8(8) High Road Baths, Leyton Source: Boxing News 03/01/1951 page 10 Johnson boxed a British Bantamweight Title Eliminator Carson 8st 7lbs 12ozs Johnson 8st 6lbs 12ozs 1951 Jan 9 Manny Kid Francis (Gold Coast) WKO5 Music Hall, Edinburgh Source: Boxing News 17/01/1951 page 13 Carson 8st 6lbs 4ozs Frances 8st 7lbs 1ozs Jan 23 Roy Ball (Pontypool) WRSF5(8) Music Hall, Edinburgh Source: Boxing News 31/01/1951 pages 12 and 13 Ball boxed for the Welsh Bantamweight Title 1950 and 1951 and Carson 8st 7lbs 6ozs Ball 8st 6lbs 14ozs

7 Mar 21 Jim Dwyer (Glasgow) WPTS(12) Kelvin Hall, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 04/04/1951 page 5 Carson 8st 5lbs 3ozs Dwyer 8st 5lbs 14ozs Apr 30 Jackie Fairclough (Preston) DRAW(8) Public Hall, Preston Source: Boxing News 09/05/1951 page 12 Carson 8st 6lbs Fairclough 8st 5lbs 8ozs May 9 Amleto Falcinelli (Italy) WPTS(10) Firhill Park, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 16/05/1951 page 6 Carson 8st 6lbs 8ozs Falcinelli 8st 7lbs 3ozs Carson sub for Vic Herman Jul 31 Jimmy Webster (Canning Town) WPTS(8) Arena, Mile End Source: Boxing News 08/08/1951 page 14 Oct 23 Jean Sneyers (Belgium) LRSF7 Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 31/10/1951 pages 3 and 4 Carson 8st 6lbs 8ozs Sneyers 8st 7lbs 12ozs 1952 Feb 26 Billy Taylor (Stirling) WRSF2(8) Music Hall, Edinburgh Source: Boxing News 12/03/1952 page 11 Taylor boxed for the Scottish Bantamweight Title Carson 8st 5lbs 12ozs Taylor 8st 5lbs 12ozs cut eye May 19 Tommy Proffitt (Manchester) LPTS(8) Covered Market, Carlisle Source: Boxing News 28/05/1952 pages 11 and 12 Carson 8st 8lbs Proffitt 8st 8lbs Promoter: William Little Aug 20 Billy Taylor (Stirling) WKO10(12) Kelvin Hall, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 27/08/1952 page 7 Carson 8st 5lbs 7ozs Taylor 8st 4lbs Promoter: Alec Lucas Sep 17 Glyn Evans (Askern) LPTS(8) Kelvin Hall, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 24/09/1952 pages 13 and 14 Carson 8st 8lbs 1ozs Evans 8st 11lbs 12ozs Promoter: Alec Lucas Oct 9 Hogan Bassey (Nigeria) LPTS(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 15/10/1952 page 14 Carson 8st 8lbs 8ozs Bassey 8st 9lbs

8 1953 Aug 22 George O'Neill (Belfast) LPTS(8) Ulster Hall, Belfast Source: Boxing News 02/09/1953 page 11 O'Neill boxed for the British Bantamweight Title Carson 8st 8lbs 12ozs O'Neill 8st 8lbs 8ozs Oct 13 Hugh Riley (Edinburgh) WPTS(12) Eldorado Stadium, Leith Source: Boxing News 21/10/1953 page 12 (Scottish Area Flyweight Title) Riley boxed for the Scottish Bantamweight Title Carson 8st 5lbs 15ozs Riley 8st 5lbs 13ozs Dec 1 Jimmy Brewer (Kings Cross) WRSF7(8) Eldorado Stadium, Leith Source: Boxing News 09/12/1953 page 13 Carson 8st 7lbs 4ozs Brewer 8st 7lbs 1954 Feb 24 Peter Keenan (Glasgow) LPTS(12) Kelvin Hall, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 05/03/1954 page 10 Keenan was British Bantamweight Champion and and British Empire Bantamweight Champion and European Bantamweight Title and Carson 8st 5lbs 8ozs Keenan 8st 5lbs 3ozs Apr 7 Robert Cohen (France) LPTS(10) Kelvin Hall, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 16/04/1954 page 4 Carson 8st 8lbs Cohen 8st 8lbs Oct 26 Pedro Paris (Spain) LPTS(8) Eldorado Stadium, Leith Source: Boxing News 05/11/1954 page 10 Carson 8st 8lbs Paris 8st 7lbs 1955 Feb 22 Ola Enoch (Nigeria) LRSF4(8) Kelvin Hall, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 25/02/1955 page 11 Carson 8st 7lbs 9ozs Enoch 8st 6lbs Promoter: Sammy Docherty 1956 Mar 27 Hugh Riley (Edinburgh) NC6(10) Eldorado Stadium, Leith Source: Boxing News 06/04/1956 page 11 Carson 8st 5lbs 8ozs Riley 8st 6lbs Referee: Frank Wilson

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