Dick Corbett (Bethnal Green)

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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 Dick Corbett (Bethnal Green) Active: Weight classes fought in: fly to light Recorded fights: 184 contests (won: 131 lost: 36 drew: 17) Born: 28th September 1908 Died: 3rd March 1943 Manager: Ted Broadribb Fight Record 1926 May 20 Kid Roberts (Bethnal Green) WRSF5(6) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 26/05/1926 page 220 May 23 Harry Williams (Bethnal Green) WRSF4(6) Manor Hall, Hackney Source: Boxing 26/05/1926 page 222 Jun 13 Young Dennis (Bow) WRSF2(10) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 16/06/1926 page 269 Jul 8 Bert Freeman (Battersea) WPTS(6) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 14/07/1926 page 333 Referee: Jim Kenrick Jul 25 Young Riley (Bethnal Green) DRAW(10) Manor Hall, Hackney Source: Boxing 28/07/1926 pages 364 and 365 Aug 15 Phil Durley (Notting Hill) WRSF10(10) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 18/08/1926 page 412 Sep 5 Bert Freeman (Battersea) WPTS(12) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 08/09/1926 pages 46 and 47

2 Sep 12 Bill Huntley (Lambeth) WRSF6(10) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 15/09/1926 page 68 Sep 26 Young Riley (Bethnal Green) DRAW(10) Manor Hall, Hackney Source: Boxing 29/09/1926 page 108 Sep 30 Young Riley (Bethnal Green) DRAW(10) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 06/10/1926 page 127 Referee: Ted Kid Lewis Oct 24 Arthur Cunningham (Camden Town) WPTS(10) Manor Hall, Hackney Source: Boxing 27/10/1926 page 188 Nov 11 Billy Gibson (Bermondsey) WDSQ6(10) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 17/11/1926 page 247 Nov 14 Bert Gallard (Mile End) WPTS(10) Manor Hall, Hackney Source: Boxing 17/11/1926 page 248 Dec 16 Kid Rich (Bethnal Green) WPTS(10) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing Referee: W Izzard 1927 Jan 23 Bert Kirby (Birmingham) WPTS(10) Manor Hall, Hackney Source: Boxing 26/01/1927 page 412 Kirby was British Flyweight Champion Jan 24 Fred Hinton (Forest Gate) WPTS(10) Alcazar, Edmonton Source: Boxing 26/01/1927 page 410 Feb 13 Billy Gibson (Bermondsey) WPTS(10) Manor Hall, Hackney Source: Boxing 16/02/1927 page 460 Feb 21 Harry Scott (Hoxton) WPTS(10) Pitfield Street Baths, Hoxton Source: Boxing 23/02/1927 page 8 Referee: Sid Ackland Mar 2 Kid Rich (Bethnal Green) WPTS(15) Pitfield Street Baths, Hoxton Source: Boxing 09/03/1927 page 41 Mar 7 Bert Kirby (Birmingham) LPTS(8) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 09/03/1927 pages 39 and 40 Mar 15 Tommy Hughes (Bloomsbury) WRTD3(12) Roman Road Baths, Bow Source: Boxing 23/03/1927 pages 74 and 75 Promoter: Jack Greenstock Apr 10 Bert Kirby (Birmingham) LPTS(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 13/04/1927 page 128 Apr 11 Frank Wiggins WRSF8(8) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 13/04/1927 pages 125 and 126 Apr 28 Johnny Edwards (Bermondsey) WPTS(12) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 04/05/1927 page 176 May 8 Bert Kirby (Birmingham) LPTS(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 11/05/1927 page 200

3 May 17 Kid Rich (Bethnal Green) WPTS(15) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 24/05/1927 page 228 Jun 23 Kid Rich (Bethnal Green) WRTD7(15) Skating Rink, Ilford Source: Boxing 28/06/1927 page 349 Match made at 8st combined purse 50 Jul 10 Jim Haddon (Birmingham) WPTS(15) Manor Hall, Hackney Source: Boxing 12/07/1927 page 401 Aug 7 Billy Moss (Sheffield) LPTS(15) Manor Hall, Hackney Source: Boxing 09/08/1927 page 490 Sep 4 Billy Boulger (Canning Town) WRSF12(15) Manor Hall, Hackney Source: Boxing 06/09/1927 page 70 Match made at 8st 2lbs Promoter: Harry Abrahams 25 a side Sep 19 Digger Pugh (Australia) WRSF6(15) Alcazar, Edmonton Source: Boxing 20/09/1927 page 107 Sep 25 Harry Hill (Birmingham) LRSF2(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 27/09/1927 page 130 Oct 16 Vic Wakefield (Eccles) WPTS(15) Manor Hall, Hackney Source: Boxing 18/10/1927 page 188 Promoter: Harry Abrahams Nov 8 Billy Boulger (Canning Town) LDSQ14(15) Roman Road Baths, Bow Source: Boxing 15/11/1927 page 250 Nov 27 Harry Ellis (St George's) WPTS(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 29/11/1927 page 282 Dec 5 Tiny Smith (Sheffield) WPTS(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 06/12/1927 page 300 Dec 15 Harry Hill (Birmingham) DRAW(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 20/12/1927 page Jan 1 Vic Wakefield (Eccles) WPTS(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 03/01/1928 page 362 Jan 15 Johnny Croxon (Notting Hill) WRSF15(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 17/01/1928 page 394 Jan 22 Eddie Pinn (Marylebone) WPTS(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 24/01/1928 page 410 Feb 6 Terence Morgan (Newport) WPTS(8) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 07/02/1928 page 444 Morgan was Welsh Area Bantamweight Champion

4 Feb 15 Kid Connor (Portsmouth) WRTD5(15) Baths, Fulham Source: Boxing 21/02/1928 pages 474 and 473 Promoter: Alf Defries injured arm Feb 27 Andre Gleizes (France) WRSF10(10) Queens Hall Source: Boxing 28/02/1928 page 492 Referee: Frank Collis Mar 12 Joe Chapman (Chadderton) WRSF3(8) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 13/03/1928 page 524 Apr 16 Johnny Croxon (Notting Hill) LPTS(8) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 18/04/1928 page 604 Jun 3 Johnny Croxon (Notting Hill) WKO14(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 06/06/1928 page 715 Jun 21 Andre Gleizes (France) DRAW(15) Paris France Source: Record published in Boxing News in the 1960s Jul 22 Lew Pinkus (Mile End) LPTS(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 25/07/1928 page 28 Sep 6 Joe Greenwood (Bolton) WDSQ4(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 11/09/1928 page 134 Match made at 8st 6lbs Sep 11 Lew Sullivan (Liverpool) WRSF4(10) Breck Park Greyhound Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 18/09/1928 page 151 Promoter: Lew Bonner Attendance: approx 3500 Sep 30 Young Jackie Brown (St George's) WPTS(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 02/10/1928 page 181 Oct 14 Teddy Bennett (Kings Cross) WRSF14(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 16/10/1928 page 212 Oct 21 Leopold Cortvrant (Belgium) WRSF8(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 23/10/1928 pages 228 and 227 Nov 11 George Williams (Treherbert) WPTS(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 13/11/1928 page 278 Williams was Welsh Area Bantamweight Champion Nov 25 Lew Pinkus (Mile End) WPTS(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 27/11/1928 pages 309 and 308 Dec 3 Billy Boulger (Canning Town) LPTS(15) Baths, East Ham Source: Boxing 04/12/1928 page 329 Dec 30 Francois Vandeleene (France) WRSF3 Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 02/01/1929 page 385 Referee: Jack Hart 1929 Jan 6 Billy Boulger (Canning Town) LDSQ2(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 09/01/1929 page 403

5 Jan 27 Minty Rose (Belfast) WPTS(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 30/01/1929 page 450 Rose boxed for the Welsh Bantamweight Title Feb 4 Kid Socks (Bethnal Green) WPTS(15) Pitfield Street Baths, Hoxton Source: Boxing 06/02/1929 page 469 Socks boxed for the British Flyweight Title Feb 21 Lew Pinkus (Mile End) WPTS(10) Crystal Palace, Sydenham Source: Boxing 27/02/1929 pages 509 and 508 Feb 25 Francois Morrachini (France) WPTS(15) Pitfield Street Baths, Hoxton Source: Boxing 27/02/1929 page 512 Match made at 8st 6lbs Mar 4 Willie Metzner (Germany) WPTS(15) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 06/03/1929 page 526 Mar 25 Packey McFarland (Dublin) DRAW(15) Pitfield Street Baths, Hoxton Source: Boxing 27/03/1929 page 568 Match made at 8st 8lbs Corbett 8st 6lbs Referee: Jim Kenrick Apr 8 Packey McFarland (Dublin) LPTS(15) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 10/04/1929 pages 597 and 596 Match made at 8st 8lbs May 2 Nipper Pat Daly (Marylebone) LPTS(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing 08/05/1929 pages 655, 656 and 657 Corbett 8st 6lbs Daly 8st 5lbs 4ozs Aug 2 Pinkey Silverburg WPTS(15) Brisbane Australia Source: BoxRec Aug 14 Petey Sarron DRAW(15) Brisbane Australia Source: BoxRec Sep 7 Johnny Green WPTS(15) Melbourne Australia Source: Yorkshire Post Oct 10 Reg Cameron WRTD10 Brisbane Australia Source: Record published in Boxing News in the 1960s 1930 Jan 22 Wyndham Blake (Penygraig) WRTD7(8) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing 29/01/1930 pages 480 and 481 Feb 18 Emile Pladner (France) WPTS(12) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing 26/02/1930 pages 543 and 544 Match made at 8st 8lbs Mar 20 Alf Kid Pattenden (Bethnal Green) WPTS(12) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing 26/03/1930 pages 607 and 608 (British Bantamweight Title Eliminator) Pattenden was British Bantamweight Champion Apr 13 Jules Bodson (Belgium) WDSQ10(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 16/04/1930 page 657

6 May 22 Willie Smith (South Africa) WPTS(15) Olympia, Kensington Source: Boxing 28/05/1930 pages 754 and 755 (British Empire Bantamweight Title) Sep 28 Young Johnny Brown (St George's) DRAW(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 01/10/1930 page 215 Brown boxed for the British Bantamweight Title Oct 28 Benny Sharkey (Newcastle) WPTS(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing 05/11/1930 page Apr 12 Petit Biquet (Belgium) WPTS(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 15/04/1931 page 663 May 5 Jean Locatelli (Royton) WRSF7(15) Promenade Pier Pavilion, Plymouth Source: Boxing 13/05/1931 page 734 Promoter: Les Eastlick Jun 6 Willie Smith (South Africa) WPTS(15) Johannesburg South Africa Source: Boxing Jun 27 Willie Smith LPTS(15) Johannesburg South Africa Source: BoxRec Sep 7 Teddy Baldock (Poplar) WPTS(12) Greyhound Stadium, Clapton Source: Boxing 09/09/1931 pages 164 and 165 Baldock was British Bantamweight Champion 1928 and and British Empire Champion Attendance: Dec 21 Johnny King (Manchester) WPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 23/12/1931 page 4 (British Bantamweight Title) King was British Bantamweight Champion and and British Empire Bantamweight Champion Attendance: May 2 Dick Burke (Liverpool) DRAW(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 04/05/1932 page 9 Burke boxed a British Featherweight Title Eliminator Match made at 8st 9lbs Aug 1 Young Johnny Brown (St George's) WRTD2(15) Football Ground, Southend Source: Boxing 03/08/1932 page 9 Match made at 9st Sep 25 Johnny Peters (Battersea) WDSQ4(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 28/09/1932 page 8

7 Oct 10 Johnny King (Manchester) LPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 12/10/1932 page 7 (British Bantamweight Title) Referee: Jimmy Wilde Nov 27 Bob Lamb (Sunderland) WPTS(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 30/11/1932 page Jan 19 Billy Gannon (Liverpool) LPTS(15) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 25/01/1933 page 7 Match made at 9st Feb 12 Tommy Hyams (Kings Cross) WDSQ4(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 15/02/1933 page 7 Hyams boxed for the Southern Area Featherweight Title 1933 and boxed for the Southern Area Lightweight Title Match made at 9st Referee: CH Douglas Feb 26 Tommy Hyams (Kings Cross) WPTS(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 01/03/1933 page 7 Match made at 9st Apr 16 Louis Botes (South Africa) LPTS(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 19/04/1933 page 8 Jun 11 Francois Machtens (Belgium) DRAW(12) Speedway Stadium, Lea Bridge Source: Boxing 14/06/1933 page 8 Jul 3 Bobby Leitham (Canada) LPTS(10) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 05/07/1933 pages 5 and 7 Sep 11 Len Beynon (Swansea) WPTS(15) Vetch Field, Swansea Source: Boxing 13/09/1933 page 11 (British Bantamweight Title Eliminator) Beynon boxed a British Bantamweight Title Eliminator three times in 1933 and again in 1934 and 1936 and was Welsh Area Bantamweight Champion and 1934 and Sep 14 Francois Machtens (Belgium) WPTS(15) Lane's Club, Marylebone Source: Boxing 20/09/1933 page 10 Sep 28 Bob Lamb (Sunderland) WPTS(15) Drill Hall, Bethnal Green Source: Boxing 03/10/1933 page 10 Oct 5 Tony Butcher (Liverpool) WRSF12(12) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 10/10/1933 page 12 Oct 14 Fred Davidson (Spitalfields) WRSF5(12) Arena, Maidenhead Source: Boxing 17/10/1933 page 12 Oct 22 Dave Crowley (Clerkenwell) WPTS(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 24/10/1933 page 10 Crowley was British Lightweight Champion 1938.

8 Nov 2 Terence Morgan (Newport) WRSF10(12) Drill Hall, Bethnal Green Source: Boxing 08/11/1933 page 10 Nov 10 Arly Hollingsworth (Sheffield) WRSF4(12) Pitfield Street Baths, Hoxton Source: Boxing 15/11/1933 page 15 Hollingsworth boxed a British Bantamweight Title Eliminator Nov 19 Dave Crowley (Clerkenwell) LPTS(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 22/11/1933 page 10 Dec 15 Benny Sharkey (Newcastle) WPTS(12) Pitfield Street Baths, Hoxton Source: Boxing 20/12/1933 page Jan 14 Billy Gannon (Liverpool) WPTS(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 17/01/1934 page 10 Feb 12 Johnny King (Manchester) WPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 14/02/1934 page 16 (British and Empire Bantamweight Title) Mar 4 Francois Machtens (Belgium) WPTS(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 07/03/1934 page 13 Mar 15 Jim Maharg (Glasgow) WRTD11(15) Adelphi Club, Glasgow Source: Boxing 21/03/1934 page 15 Maharg boxed for the British Flyweight Title 1932 and was Scottish Area Flyweight Champion and Scottish Area Bantamweight Champion Match made at 8st 9lbs Apr 5 Jim Cowie (Dundee) WPTS(12) Adelphi SC, Glasgow Source: Boxing 11/04/1934 page 15 Cowie was Scottish Area Featherweight Champion Match made at 9st 2lbs Jun 27 Seaman Tommy Watson (Newcastle) LPTS(12) Greyhound Stadium, Wandsworth Source: Boxing 04/07/1934 page 11 Watson was British Featherweight Champion Match made at 9st 2lbs Aug 20 Johnny King (Manchester) DRAW(15) Stadium, Clapton Source: Boxing 22/08/1934 page 8 (British Bantamweight Title) Referee: CB Thomas Oct 22 Johnny King (Manchester) DRAW(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 24/10/1934 page 8 Nov 25 Dave Finn (Stepney) WPTS(10) Pavilion Theatre (Arena), Whitechapel Source: Boxing 28/11/1934 page 12 Finn was Southern Area Lightweight Champion 1945.

9 Dec 17 Phineas John (Pentre) WPTS(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing 19/12/1934 pages 8 and 9 John was Welsh Area Flyweight Champion 1929 and Welsh Area Bantamweight Champion Apr 25 Johnny McGrory (Glasgow) LPTS(12) Adelphi SC, Glasgow Source: Boxing 01/05/1935 page 13 (British Featherweight Title Eliminator) McGrory was British and British Empire Featherweight Champion Jun 16 Douglas Kestrell (Cardiff) WPTS(12) Temple Mills Stadium, Stratford Source: Boxing 19/06/1935 page 12 Jul 4 Spike Robinson (Belfast) WPTS(10) Grosvenor Park, Belfast Source: Boxing 10/07/1935 page 13 Jul 18 Cuthbert Taylor (Merthyr) WPTS(10) Drill Hall, Bethnal Green Source: Boxing 24/07/1935 page 12 Taylor was Welsh Area Bantamweight Champion Jul 29 Harry Edwards (Birmingham) WPTS(12) Market, Smethwick Source: Boxing 31/07/1935 page 10 Sep 9 Tommy Rogers (Willenhall) WPTS(10) Drill Hall, Wolverhampton Source: Boxing 11/09/1935 page 11 Rogers boxed a British Featherweight Title Eliminator 1933 and was Southern Area Featherweight Champion Sep 30 Danny Thomas (Morriston) WRTD8(10) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 02/10/1935 page 16 badly cut mouth Oct 6 Harry Edwards (Birmingham) WPTS(12) Hatherton Street Rink, Walsall Source: Boxing 09/10/1935 page 21 Oct 13 Fred Todkill (Reddish) WPTS(12) Junction Stadium, Miles Platting Source: Boxing 16/10/1935 page 23 Match made at 9st Oct 27 Hal Cartwright (Tipton) WDSQ6(12) Hatherton Street Rink, Walsall Source: Boxing 30/10/1935 page 18 Nov 4 Benny Sharkey (Newcastle) WPTS(10) Stadium Club, Holborn Source: Boxing 06/11/1935 page 13 Match made at 9st Nov 25 Teddy Rollins (Whitley Bay) WKO6(12) Devonshire Club, Hackney Source: Boxing 27/11/1935 page 14 Dec 10 Frank Barron (Sheffield) WRTD5(12) Devonshire Club, Hackney Source: Boxing 18/12/1935 page 24 Dec 23 Ronnie James (Swansea) DRAW(12) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Source: Boxing 01/01/1936 page 23 James was British Lightweight Champion

10 1936 Jan 7 Cuthbert Taylor (Merthyr) WPTS(10) Ulster Hall, Belfast Source: Boxing 15/01/1936 page 19 Match made at 9st 2lbs Promoter: Frank Goldstein Jan 20 Billy Charlton (Gateshead) WPTS(10) New St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing 22/01/1936 page 14 Charlton boxed for the Northern Area Featherweight Title 1937 and Feb 24 Dave Crowley (Clerkenwell) WPTS(15) Stadium Club, Holborn Source: Boxing 26/02/1936 page 13 (Southern Area Featherweight Title) Referee: Moss Deyong Mar 12 Maurice Holtzer (France) WPTS(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing 18/03/1936 page 16 Apr 27 Stan Jehu (Maesteg) WPTS(10) Stadium Club, Holborn Source: Boxing 29/04/1936 page 11 Jehu was Welsh Area Bantamweight Champion and Welsh Area Featherweight Champion and May 25 Benny Caplan (St George's) WPTS(15) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing 27/05/1936 pages 13 and 14 (Southern Area Featherweight Title) Caplan boxed for the British Featherweight Title 1938 and was Southern Area Featherweight Champion Referee: CH Douglas Promoter: Ted Broadribb Aug 16 Dick Titley (Walsall) WPTS(10) Hatherton Street Rink, Walsall Source: Boxing 19/08/1936 pages 22 and 23 Sep 20 Jean Locatelli (Royton) WKO4(10) Hatherton Street Rink, Walsall Source: Boxing 23/09/1936 page 18 Oct 11 Peter Clarke (Liverpool) WRSF8(12) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 14/10/1936 page 18 Oct 15 Phineas John (Pentre) WPTS(10) Baths, East Ham Source: Boxing 21/10/1936 page 14 Promoter: Pullum promotions Oct 29 Stan Jehu (Maesteg) WPTS(10) Baths, East Ham Source: Boxing 04/11/1936 page 16 Nov 2 Johnny Peters (Battersea) WPTS(10) Town Hall, Oxford Source: Boxing 04/11/1936 page 15 Nov 9 Ronnie James (Swansea) DRAW(8) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing 11/11/1936 pages 13 and 14 Promoter: Arthur Elvin Attendance: Nov 23 Cuthbert Taylor (Merthyr) WPTS(10) Stadium Club, Holborn Source: Boxing 25/11/1936 page 11

11 1937 Jan 25 Ginger Roberts (Whitley Bay) WPTS(10) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing 27/01/1937 page 11 Roberts was Northern Area Welterweight Champion Feb 8 Jimmy Walsh (Chester) LPTS(10) Granby Halls, Leicester Source: Boxing 10/02/1937 page 12 Walsh was British Lightweight Champion Feb 21 George Marsden (Nottingham) WPTS(12) Palais de Danse, East Ham Source: Boxing 24/02/1937 page 13 Marsden boxed a British Bantamweight Title Eliminator Mar 3 Len Lemaux (Portsmouth) DRAW(10) Connaught Drill Hall, Portsmouth Source: Boxing 10/03/1937 page 18 Referee: Jim Kenrick Promoter: John Mortimer Mar 31 Spider Jim Kelly (Derry) LPTS(10) King's Hall, Belfast Source: Boxing 07/04/1937 page 20 Kelly was British and British Empire Featherweight Champion Referee: Jack Dare Apr 25 Billy Charlton (Gateshead) LPTS(10) Skating Rink, Cricklewood Source: Boxing 28/04/1937 page 18 May 20 Robert Disch (Holland) WPTS(10) Stadium Club, Holborn Source: Boxing 26/05/1937 page 14 Aug 9 Benny Caplan (St George's) LPTS(15) Stadium, Hackney Wick Source: Boxing 09/08/1937 page 11 (Southern Area Featherweight Title) Corbett 8st 13lbs 8ozs Caplan 8st 13lbs 12ozs Promoter: Benny Huntman Oct 10 Tommy Hyams (Kings Cross) WPTS(10) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 13/10/1937 page 13 Oct 21 Billy Murdoch (Whitehaven) LPTS(10) Stadium Club, Holborn Source: Boxing 27/10/1937 page 14 Corbett 9st 1lbs Murdoch 10st 3lbs Nov 24 Billy Charlton (Gateshead) LDSQ5(10) Olympia, Bradford Source: Boxing 01/12/1937 page 18 Dec 20 Johnny Cusick (Manchester) WPTS(12) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Source: Boxing 22/12/1937 pages 12 and 13 Cusick was British and British Empire Featherweight Champion Jan 30 Benny Caplan (St George's) WPTS(10) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 02/02/1938 page 13 Feb 8 Len Beynon (Swansea) LPTS(12) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Source: Western Mail

12 Feb 13 Frank Hill (Barrow) WPTS(10) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 16/02/1938 page 13 Jun 10 Young Beckett (Pentre) WPTS(10) Kingsholm Rugby Ground, Gloucester Source: Boxing 15/06/1938 pages 16 and 17 Beckett boxed for the Welsh Flyweight Title Promoter: Capt A Prince-Cox Oct 9 Mitso Grispos (Greece) WPTS(10) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 12/10/1938 pages 13 and 14 Nov 30 Jack Carrick (Hull) WPTS(10) Hull Source: Boxing 14/12/1938 page 17 Carrick boxed a British Lightweight Title Eliminator 1939 and was Northern Area Lightweight Champion Dec 19 Fred Morris (Stepney) WPTS(10) Stadium Club, Holborn Source: Boxing 21/12/1938 pages 11 and 12 Morris was Southern Area Bantamweight Champion Jan 16 Ronnie James (Swansea) LPTS(12) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Source: Boxing 18/01/1939 page 13 Feb 2 Johnny Softley (Poplar) WPTS(10) Seymour Hall Baths, Marylebone Source: Boxing 08/02/1939 page 14 Mar 6 Mitso Crispos (Greece) WPTS(8) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing 08/03/1939 page 11 Corbett 9st 4lbs Crispos 9st 10lbs Apr 26 Frank Kenny (Glasgow) DRAW(10) Parkhead Arena, Glasgow Source: Boxing 03/05/1939 page 15 Kenny was Scottish Area Featherweight Champion and Promoter: Lieut. Wilson May 15 Joe Connelly (Glasgow) WPTS(10) Saracen Park, Glasgow Source: Boxing 24/05/1939 page Jan 15 Freddie Simpson (Basingstoke) LPTS(10) Sports Drome, Southampton Source: Boxing 17/01/1940 page 2 Feb 7 Tom Smith (Sunderland) LPTS(10) New St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing 14/02/1940 page 20 Smith boxed for the British Featherweight Title 1940 and was Northern Area Featherweight Champion Feb 12 Benny Caplan (St George's) LPTS(10) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing 14/02/1940 pages 10, 11 and 20 Mar 8 Len Beynon (Swansea) LRSF5(15) Stadium Club, Holborn Source: Boxing 13/03/1940 page 13

13 Mar 17 Len Beynon (Swansea) WDSQ3(10) Devonshire Club, Hackney Source: Boxing 20/03/1940 page 14 Sep 14 Dave Finn (Stepney) LPTS(8) Greyhound Stadium, Hendon Source: Boxing News 26/09/1940 page Jul 7 Douglas Kestrell (Cardiff) WPTS(10) Winter Gardens, Weston-super-Mare Source: Weston Mercury & Somersetshire Herald Jul 12 Warren Kendall (Tonyrefail) DRAW(10) Weston-super-Mare Source: Harold Alderman (Boxing Historian) Kendall was Welsh Area Lightweight Champion Sep 1 George Williams (Treherbert) WPTS(10) Market Hall, Barnstaple Source: Boxing News 11/09/1941 page 14 Corbett 9st 4lbs 5ozs Williams 9st 5lbs Nov 16 Mick Carney (Chester-le-Street) WPTS(8) Alexandra Theatre, Stoke Newington Source: Boxing News 20/11/1941 page 13 Carney 10lb heavier 1942 Jan 1 Jim Brady (Dundee) LPTS(10) Dundee Source: Boxing News 08/01/1942 pages 12 and 13 Brady was British Empire Bantamweight Champion Match made at 9st 3lbs Referee: Ben Green Jan 23 Warren Kendall (Tonyrefail) WPTS(12) Judges Hall, Trealaw Source: Boxing News 05/02/1942 pages 12 and 13 Corbett 9st 4lbs 8ozs Kendall 9st 2lbs Referee: Ben Hardwick(Tylorstown) Apr 5 Eric Dolby (Derby) WPTS(8) Alexandra Theatre, Stoke Newington Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) May 17 George Pull (Lowestoft) WPTS(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Liverpool Echo Pull was Eastern Area Featherweight Champion Jul 5 Gordon Ashun (Bootle) WPTS(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Jul 5 Gordon Ashun (Bootle) WPTS(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 16/07/1942 pages 11 and Jan 21 Ronnie James (Swansea) LDSQ5(10) Glasgow Source: Boxing News 04/02/1943 page 14 Feb 11 Jimmy Watson (Edinburgh) LPTS(10) Lime Grove Baths, Shepherds Bush

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