www.boxinghistory.org.uk - all rights reserved This page has been brought to you by www.boxinghistory.org.uk Click on the image above to visit our site Harry Corbett (Bethnal Green) Active: 1921-1936 Weight classes fought in: fly to welter Recorded fights: 226 contests (won: 146 lost: 52 drew: 25 other: 3) Born: 14th February 1904 Manager: Ted Broadribb Fight Record 1921 Sep 25 Barney Brown (St George's) WPTS(6) Manor Hall, Hackney Source: Boxing 28/09/1921 page 102 Sep 26 Jack Landon (St George's) WPTS(6) Manor Hall, Hackney Source: Sporting Life Oct 16 Albert Knight (Stoke Newington) WPTS(6) Manor Hall, Hackney Source: Boxing 19/10/1921 page 153 Referee: Ted Kid Lewis Oct 27 Billy Pinn (Marylebone) LPTS(10) Tredegar Road Drill Hall, Bow Source: Boxing 02/11/1921 page 187 Referee: Joe Palmer Oct 30 Albert Knight (Stoke Newington) LDSQ4(6) Manor Hall, Hackney Source: Boxing 02/11/1921 page 187 Oct 31 Joe Gibson (Shoreditch) WPTS(6) Pitfield Street Baths, Hoxton Source: Boxing 02/11/1921 pages 184 and 185 Referee: Ted Kid Lewis Promoter: messrs Broadribb & Harris
Nov 6 Harry Mason (Leeds) LPTS(6) Manor Hall, Hackney Source: Boxing 09/11/1921 page 201 Mason was British Lightweight Champion 1923-24 and 1925-28 and European Lightweight Champion 1923 and British Welterweight Champion 1925-26 and 1934. Nov 14 Harry Bell (Hackney) LPTS(10) Manor Hall, Hackney Source: Sporting Life Dec 1 Arthur Spenceley (Deptford) WPTS(10) Tredegar Road Drill Hall, Bow Source: Boxing 07/12/1921 page 254 Referee: Joe Palmer Dec 11 Albert Knight (Stoke Newington) WRTD5(6) Manor Hall, Hackney Source: Boxing 14/12/1921 page 269 Dec 22 Harold Burchall (Liverpool) WRSF5 Tredegar Road Drill Hall, Bow Source: Boxing Dec 25 Young Clark (Hackney) WKO2(6) Manor Hall, Hackney Source: Boxing 1922 Jan 1 Jack Landon (St George's) WPTS(6) Manor Hall, Hackney Source: Boxing 04/01/1922 page 308 Jan 2 Bobby Ward (Hackney) WPTS(6) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 04/01/1922 page 305 Referee: Ted Broadribb Jan 15 Ben Treloar (Hackney) WPTS(6) Manor Hall, Hackney Source: Boxing 18/01/1922 page 341 Jan 30 Johnny Murton (Plymouth) LRTD8(10) Pitfield Street Baths, Hoxton Source: Boxing 01/02/1922 page 368 Promoter: Jim Harris Feb 2 Wally Trainer (Forest Gate) WPTS(10) Baths, Bow Source: Boxing 08/02/1922 page 388 Referee: Johnny Summers Promoter: Joe Causton Feb 12 Harry Reynolds (Homerton) WPTS(6) Manor Hall, Hackney Source: Boxing Feb 18 Teddy Benton (Kingsland) WPTS(10) Mansfield Street Baths, Haggerston Source: Boxing 22/02/1922 page 28 Referee: J Thwaites Promoter: Jim Harris Attendance: poor Feb 26 Teddy Benton (Kingsland) LPTS(10) Manor Hall, Hackney Source: Boxing 01/03/1922 page 45 Feb 27 Jimmy Spiers (Hoxton) WPTS(10) Tredegar Road Drill Hall, Bow Source: Boxing 01/03/1922 page 40 Promoter: messrs Collinson & Hague-Moss Mar 9 Young Sullivan (Kings Cross) WPTS(6) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 15/03/1922 page 75 Mar 13 Wally Trainer (Forest Gate) WPTS(10) Pitfield Street Baths, Hoxton Source: Boxing 15/03/1922 pages 72 and 73
Mar 26 Teddy Conway (Hackney) DRAW(6) Manor Hall, Hackney Source: Boxing 29/03/1922 page 110 Apr 9 Jim Robinson (Stepney) WKO8(10) Manor Hall, Hackney Source: Boxing 12/04/1922 page 141 Apr 11 Wag Bennett (Millwall) WPTS(6) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 19/04/1922 page 160 Apr 16 Arthur Lloyd (Camberwell) WPTS(10) Manor Hall, Hackney Source: Boxing 19/04/1922 page 152 Apr 20 Billy Pinn (Marylebone) LPTS(6) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 26/04/1922 page 172 (Flyweight Belt competition 1st series) Apr 22 Harry Miller (St Luke's) WPTS(10) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 26/04/1922 page 172 Apr 24 Arthur King (Hackney) WRTD4(6) Tredegar Road Drill Hall, Bow Source: Boxing 26/04/1922 page 169 May 8 Arthur Selby (St George's) WRTD7(15) Tredegar Road Drill Hall, Bow Source: Boxing 10/05/1922 pages 200 and 201 Jul 2 George Lindsay (Poplar) WPTS(10) Manor Hall, Hackney Source: Boxing 05/07/1922 page 331 Jul 23 Young Riley (Bethnal Green) WRTD5(10) Manor Hall, Hackney Source: Boxing 26/07/1922 page 380 Aug 3 Arthur Lloyd (Camberwell) WPTS(10) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 09/08/1922 page 414 Aug 28 Patsy Crawford (USA) WPTS(10) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 30/08/1922 page 41 Sep 14 Patsy Crawford (USA) WPTS(10) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 20/09/1922 page 91 Sep 17 Dan Trainer (Hoxton) ND6(6) Manor Hall, Hackney Source: Boxing 20/09/1922 page 91 Sep 18 Jack Hinton (Forest Gate) WRTD6(10) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 20/09/1922 page 90 Referee: Jack Goodwin Sep 24 Harry Ford (Westminster) WPTS(6) Manor Hall, Hackney Source: Boxing 27/09/1922 page 107 (Boxing' Bantamweight competition 2nd series) Sep 25 Arthur Lloyd (Camberwell) WPTS(10) Manor Hall, Hackney Source: Sporting Life Sep 29 Phil Myers (Hackney) WPTS(10) Tredegar Road Drill Hall, Bow Source: Boxing 04/10/1922 page 124 Promoter: Harry Morris
Oct 9 Phil Myers (Hackney) WPTS(10) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 11/10/1922 page 137 Referee: Jack Goodwin Oct 9 Harry Pullen (Blackfriars) DRAW(10) Tredegar Road Drill Hall, Bow Source: Boxing 11/10/1922 page 137 Referee: Jack Goodwin Promoter: Harry Morris Nov 6 Frank Morgan (Bethnal Green) WPTS(15) Pitfield Street Baths, Hoxton Source: Boxing 08/11/1922 pages 200 and 201 Referee: S Nyman Nov 20 Sid Franks (Billingsgate) WPTS(15) Pitfield Street Baths, Hoxton Source: Boxing 22/11/1922 page 233 Nov 24 Johnny Lester (St George's) WPTS(10) Baths, Haggerston Source: Sporting Life Dec 4 Len Jay (St George's) WPTS(15) Pitfield Street Baths, Hoxton Source: Boxing 06/12/1922 page 265 Dec 13 Kid Harris (Canada) LPTS(15) Manor Hall, Hackney Source: Boxing 20/12/1922 page 298 Dec 18 Joe Chalk (Southampton) DRAW(15) Pitfield Street Baths, Hoxton Source: Boxing 20/12/1922 pages 296 and 297 Dec 26 Harry Hart (Blackfriars) DRAW(15) Central AC (Radical Club), Finsbury Source: Boxing 27/12/1922 page 312 Promoter: Fred Richmond 1923 Jan 15 Harry Miller (St Luke's) WPTS(10) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 17/01/1923 page 360 Jan 19 George Nolan (Kings Cross) DRAW(10) Manor Hall, Hackney Source: Boxing 24/01/1923 page 380 Nolan sub for Kid Harris who was billed to meet Corbett over 15 rds Feb 8 Mike Branstone (Stepney) WPTS(10) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 14/02/1923 page 427 Feb 12 Albert Hicks (Stepney) WPTS(10) Drill Hall, Bow Source: Boxing 14/02/1923 page 425 Referee: Sam Russell Feb 14 Harry Pullen (Blackfriars) WPTS(10) People's Palace, Mile End Source: Boxing 21/02/1923 page 443 Promoter: Moss Deyong Feb 26 Len Jay (St George's) DRAW(15) Drill Hall, Bow Source: Boxing 28/02/1923 pages 457 and 464 Mar 18 Teddy Maybury (Clapham) WPTS(10) Manor Hall, Hackney Source: Boxing 21/03/1923 page 507
Apr 9 Harry Pullen (Blackfriars) WPTS(15) Ex-Servicemen's Club, Shoreham Source: Boxing 18/04/1923 page 576 Promoter: Alf Mansfield and Major GF Sexton Apr 16 Bert Marsh (Clerkenwell) WPTS(15) Pitfield Street Baths, Hoxton Source: Boxing 18/04/1923 page 569 Referee: S Nyman Apr 26 Charlie Rogers (Balham) DRAW(10) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 02/05/1923 page 26 Jun 15 Frankie Ash (Plymouth) LPTS(15) Cosmopolitan Gymnasium, Plymouth Source: Boxing 20/06/1923 page 144 Ash boxed for the World Flyweight Title 1923. Jun 24 Mike Branstone (Stepney) WPTS(10) Manor Hall, Hackney Source: Boxing 27/06/1923 page 156 Jul 14 Ted Treloar (Bethnal Green) WRSF4(10) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 18/07/1923 page 204 Aug 2 Arthur Lloyd (Camberwell) WRTD6(10) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 08/08/1923 page 252 Sep 20 Charlie Rogers (Balham) WPTS(10) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 26/09/1923 page 107 Oct 2 Barney O'Malley (Poplar) WRTD12(15) Lower Stanley Hall, Highgate Source: Sporting Life Referee: Jack Swift Oct 7 Harry Hart (Blackfriars) LPTS(10) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 10/10/1923 page 138 Referee: Moss Deyong Oct 18 Arthur Lloyd (Camberwell) WRTD7(15) Lower Stanley Hall, Highgate Source: Boxing 24/10/1923 pages 169 and 170 Referee: Frank Hilton Promoter: Sam Baws & Fred Handley Nov 5 Wal Jordan (Peckham) WPTS(10) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 07/11/1923 page 199 Nov 8 Mike Branstone (Stepney) WPTS(10) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 14/11/1923 page 218 Referee: Charles Barnett Nov 19 Bert Marsh (Clerkenwell) WDSQ6(10) Pitfield Street Baths, Hoxton Source: Boxing 21/11/1923 page 232 Promoter: Jim Harris Dec 17 Albert Jeal (Croydon) WPTS(10) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 19/12/1923 pages 297 and 298 Corbett 8st 5lbs 8ozs Jeal 8st 5lbs 8ozs
Dec 26 Harry Hart (Blackfriars) WRTD8(10) Pitfield Street Baths, Hoxton Source: Boxing 26/12/1923 page 314 Referee: S Nyman Promoter: Jim Harris 1924 Jan 10 Kid Nicholson (Leeds) LPTS(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 16/01/1924 page 366 Nicholson boxed for the British Bantamweight Title 1928. Match made at 8st 6lbs Jan 28 Billy Hindley (Horwich) LPTS(15) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 30/01/1924 page 396 Hindley boxed for the British Featherweight Title 1926. Match made at 8st 6lbs Corbett 8st 5lbs Hindley 8st 5lbs 12ozs Feb 25 Young George Spiers (Hoxton) LPTS(10) Manor Hall, Hackney Source: Boxing 27/02/1924 page 41 Promoter: Harry Abrahams Mar 6 Albert Hicks (Stepney) WPTS(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 12/03/1924 page 70 Match made at 8st 6lbs Mar 24 Len Fowler (Birmingham) WKO12(15) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 26/03/1924 page 104 Match made at 8st 6lbs 50 a side Apr 3 Teddy Murton (Plymouth) WPTS(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 09/04/1924 page 138 Match made at 8st 6lbs Apr 11 Harry Pullen (Blackfriars) WPTS(8) Kings Hall, Hackney Source: Boxing 16/04/1924 page 155 May 12 Johnny Cuthbert (Sheffield) LPTS(15) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 14/05/1924 page 216 Cuthbert was British Featherweight Champion 1927-28 and 1929-31 and British Lightweight Champion 1932-34. Match made at 8st 6lbs Aug 7 Mick Hill (Tooting) WPTS(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 13/08/1924 page 11 Hill boxed for the British Bantamweight Title 1925. Aug 23 Billy Colebourne (Liverpool) WPTS(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 27/08/1924 page 44 Match made at 8st 9lbs Sep 20 Viaud Apollon (France) WPTS(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 24/09/1924 page 108 Match made at 8st 9lbs Corbett 8st 8lbs 8ozs Apollon 8st 6lbs 8ozs
Sep 27 Billy Colebourne (Liverpool) WRSF10(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 01/10/1924 page 123 Match made at 8st 9lbs Corbett 8st 9lbs Colebourne 8st 11lbs Oct 23 Len Fowler (Birmingham) WPTS(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 29/10/1924 page 186 Match made at 8st 6lbs Corbett 8st 8lbs 4ozs Fowler 8st 5lbs 8ozs Referee: Moss Deyong Nov 17 Johnny Brown (St George's) WPTS(15) Pitfield Street Baths, Hoxton Source: Boxing 19/11/1924 pages 232 and 233 Brown was British, European and British Empire Bantamweight Champion 1923-28. Match made at 8st 6lbs Referee: Pat O'Keefe Promoter: Jack Callaghan 50 a side Dec 15 Frankie Ash (Plymouth) WRTD8(15) Pitfield Street Baths, Hoxton Source: Boxing 17/12/1924 page 297 Match made at 8st 8lbs 1925 Jan 5 Len Oldfield (Leeds) WPTS(15) Pitfield Street Baths, Hoxton Source: Boxing 07/01/1925 pages 344 and 345 Match made at 8st 8lbs Jan 15 Victor Ferrand (Spain) WKO8(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 21/01/1925 page 380 Match made at 8st 8lbs Corbett 8st 8lbs Ferrand 8st 7lbs Referee: Moss Deyong Feb 23 Johnny Brown (St George's) LRTD16(20) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 25/02/1925 pages 39 and 40 (British Bantamweight Title) Corbett 8st 5lbs Brown 8st 5lbs 12ozs Referee: J H Douglas Mar 12 Bugler Harry Lake (Plymouth) WRTD11(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 18/03/1925 page 92 Lake was British and British Empire and European Bantamweight Champion 1923. Match made at 8st 11lbs Corbett 8st 11lbs 4ozs Lake 8st 10lbs 4ozs Referee: Moss Deyong Apr 2 Young Bull (Castleford) WRTD3(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 08/04/1925 pages 140 and 141 Match made at 9st Corbett 9st 0lbs Bull 8st 13lbs 12ozs Referee: Moss Deyong May 21 Jules de Keyser (Belgium) WRTD3(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 27/05/1925 page 253 Match made at 9st 10lbs Corbett 9st 9lbs de Keyser 9st 9lbs 8ozs
Jun 4 Albert Malaise (Belgium) WPTS(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 10/06/1925 pages 284 and 285 Match made at 9st 10lbs Corbett 9st 8lbs Malaise 9st 9lbs Jun 9 Jules Alveral LPTS(12) Paris France Source: Sporting Life Jun 25 Antoine Ascensio (France) WRSF7(8) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing 01/07/1925 pages 327, 329 and 330 Promoter: Harry Jacobs Jul 4 Raymond Perrier (France) WRTD8(10) The Dome, Brighton Source: Boxing 08/07/1925 page 350 Promoter: Harry Preston Jul 27 Edouard Vleetschower (Belgium) WRSF15(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 29/07/1925 page 392 Aug 9 Johnny Cuthbert (Sheffield) WPTS(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 12/08/1925 page 12 Aug 27 Charles Desmet (Belgium) LKO11(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 02/09/1925 page 61 Match made at 9st 4lbs Referee: S Saville 50 a side Oct 8 Battling Van Dyk (Holland) WPTS(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 14/10/1925 pages 156 and 157 Match made at 9st 4lbs Nov 2 Battling Van Dyk (Holland) DRAW(20) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 04/11/1925 page 200 Match made at 9st 4lbs Corbett 9st 1lbs Van Dyk 9st 3lbs 4ozs Referee: Moss Deyong Nov 19 Andre Routis (France) WPTS(15) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing 25/11/1925 pages 245, 246 and 247 Nov 27 Albert Marchant (Salford) WRSF8(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 02/12/1925 page 270 Promoter: Albert Bird Attendance: 5000 Dec 17 Jack Dando (Manchester) WPTS(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing 23/12/1925 pages 309 and 310 Corbett 9st 1lbs Promoter: Harry Jacobs Dando sub for Paul Gay(France)
1926 Jan 11 Johnny Britton (Leeds) WRTD11(15) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 13/01/1926 pages 359 and 360 Jan 27 Billy Matthews (St James) WRTD10(15) Pitfield Street Baths, Hoxton Source: Boxing 03/02/1926 page 412 Matthews boxed for the European Featherweight Title twice in 1922. Referee: Sam Russell Promoter: Dorras & Morris 50 a side Feb 11 Jack Kid Berg (Whitechapel) WPTS(15) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing 17/02/1926 pages 24 and 26 Berg was British Lightweight Champion 1934-36 and World Junior Welterweight Champion 1930-31. Match made at 9st 4lbs Corbett 9st 2lbs Berg 9st 3lbs Feb 24 Mick Hill (Tooting) WPTS(15) Pitfield Street Baths, Hoxton Source: Boxing 03/03/1926 pages 60 and 61 Referee: CC Darby Mar 29 Johnny Curley (Lambeth) LPTS(20) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 31/03/1926 page 119 (British Featherweight Title) Curley was British Featherweight Champion 1925-27. Match made at 9st Apr 26 Jack Kid Berg (Whitechapel) DRAW(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 28/04/1926 pages 183 and 184 Match made at 9st 4lbs May 8 Edouard Mascart (France) DRAW(15) Paris France Source: Record published in Boxing News in the 1960s May 20 Battling Van Dyk (Holland) DRAW(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 26/05/1926 page 220 Match made at 9st 6lbs 50 a side Jul 8 Knud Larsen (Denmark) WPTS(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 14/07/1926 page 333 Aug 15 Johnny Cuthbert (Sheffield) DRAW(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 18/08/1926 page 412 Aug 29 Jack Kid Berg (Whitechapel) LPTS(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 01/09/1926 pages 26 and 27 Match made at 9st 3lbs
Sep 18 Knud Larsen (Denmark) LPTS(15) Copenhagen Denmark Source: Record published in Boxing News in the 1960s Oct 5 Edouard Mascart (France) LPTS(15) Paris France Source: Record published in Boxing News in the 1960s Nov 4 Benny Deaf Burke WRTD12(15) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing 10/11/1926 pages 217 and 218 Corbett 9st 1lbs 8ozs Burke 9st 2lbs Referee: Alf Bowman Nov 14 Johnny Cuthbert (Sheffield) LDSQ3(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 17/11/1926 page 248 Nov 28 Johnny Cuthbert (Sheffield) LPTS(20) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 01/12/1926 pages 283 and 284 Dec 16 Francois Sybille (Belgium) LPTS(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing Referee: Sam Russell 1927 Frank McAloran (Belfast) DRAW(15) Source: British Boxing Yearbook 1986 McAloran boxed for the Northern Ireland Featherweight Title 1935. Feb 13 Jack Hyams (Stepney) WPTS(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 16/02/1927 page 460 Hyams boxed for the British Middleweight Title 1937 and was Southern Area Middleweight Champion 1936-38 and Southern Area Light-Heavyweight Champion 1938-39 and 1941. Match made at 9st 1lb combined purse 200 Feb 21 Louis LeFevre (Belgium) WRSF9(15) Pitfield Street Baths, Hoxton Source: Boxing 23/02/1927 page 8 Referee: Sid Ackland Mar 6 Young Clancy (St George's) LDSQ6(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 09/03/1927 page 42 Match made at 9st 1lb Referee: Sam Russell combined purse 200 Apr 10 Sam Steward (Lewisham) WPTS(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 13/04/1927 page 129 Steward was British Lightweight Champion 1928-29. Match made at 9st 9lbs
Apr 24 Phil Bond (Lambeth) WKO4(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 27/04/1927 page 160 Match made at 9st 9lbs Apr 28 Sam Steward (Lewisham) WPTS(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 04/05/1927 page 176 May 22 Billy Palmer (St George's) WDSQ7(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 24/05/1927 page 230 Match made at 9st 9lbs combined purse 250 May 29 Battling Van Dyk (Holland) WPTS(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 31/05/1927 page 254 Jun 12 Teddy Baker (Bermondsey) WRSF5(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 14/06/1927 page 303 Baker boxed for the British Lightweight Title 1925. Jul 28 Louis Saerens (Belgium) WRSF10(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 03/08/1927 pages 468 and 469 Sep 29 Nick Perazio (Italy) WRSF11(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 04/10/1927 page 150 Oct 6 Henri Scillie (Belgium) WDSQ8(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing 11/10/1927 pages 162, 165 and 166 Referee: Sam Russell Oct 24 Paul Leukemans (Belgium) WRTD8(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 25/10/1927 page 202 Nov 7 Louis Saerens (Belgium) DRAW(15) Antwerp Belgium Source: Western Evening Herald and Western Evening News (Plymouth) Nov 24 Jan Scheffers (Holland) WPTS(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 29/11/1927 pages 281 and 282 Match made at 9st 9lbs Dec 25 Jack Donn (Stepney) DRAW(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Record published in Boxing News in the 1960s 1928 Jose Martinez (Spain) DRAW(15) Source: British Boxing Yearbook 1986 Jan 5 Francois Linglez (France) DRAW(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 10/01/1928 pages 381 and 382 Match made at 9st 9lbs Jan 19 Horace Barber (Leicester) WPTS(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 24/01/1928 page 413 Match made at 9st 9lbs Referee: Tom Gamble
Feb 1 Archie Sexton (Bethnal Green) WPTS(15) Pitfield Street Baths, Hoxton Source: Boxing 07/02/1928 page 442 Sexton boxed for the British Middleweight Title 1933. Match made at 10st 4lbs Promoter: Harry Abrahams combined purse 150 50 a side Feb 26 Billy Streets (Portsmouth) WPTS(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 28/02/1928 page 491 Mar 12 Johnny Cuthbert (Sheffield) WPTS(20) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 13/03/1928 page 524 (British Featherweight Title) Corbett 8st 13lbs 8ozs Cuthbert 9st 0lbs Referee: JWHT Douglas Jun 21 Gustave Humery (France) WRTD5 Paris France Source: Record published in Boxing News in the 1960s Sep 11 Dom Volante (Liverpool) LPTS(15) Breck Park Greyhound Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 18/09/1928 page 151 Volante boxed a British Lightweight Title Eliminator 1932. Referee: Eugene Corri Promoter: Lew Bonner Attendance: approx 3500 Oct 14 Victor Crauc (France) WRSF7(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 16/10/1928 page 212 Nov 18 Jim Elzeur (Spain) WPTS(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 20/11/1928 page 293 Dec 18 Al Brown (Panama) LPTS(12) Cirque de Paris, Paris France Source: Boxing Dec 31 Jack Kirby (Birmingham) WRSF8(15) Victoria Baths, Nottingham Source: Boxing 09/01/1929 page 406 Referee: Fred Eastburn Promoter: Nottingham SC 1929 Jan 13 Jack Hyams (Stepney) LPTS(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 16/01/1929 pages 418 and 419 Match made at 9st 10lbs Feb 21 Johnny McMillan (Glasgow) WPTS(8) Crystal Palace, Sydenham Source: Boxing 27/02/1929 pages 509 and 508 McMillan boxed for the British Featherweight Title 1934 and was Scottish Area Featherweight Champion 1929. Mar 18 Johnny Cuthbert (Sheffield) DRAW(15) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 20/03/1929 page 552 (British Featherweight Title) Referee: C H Douglas Apr 15 Johnny Curley (Lambeth) WPTS(15) Pitfield Street Baths, Hoxton Source: Boxing 17/04/1929 page 613
May 16 Johnny Cuthbert (Sheffield) LPTS(15) Olympia, Kensington Source: Boxing 22/05/1929 pages 679, 680 and 681 (British Featherweight Title) Jul 20 Lou Bloom WDSQ12 Sydney Australia Source: Record published in Boxing News in the 1960s Sep 14 Norman Gillespie LPTS(15) Sydney Australia Source: Record published in Boxing News in the 1960s Nov 9 Len White (Australia) WKO8(15) Sydney Australia Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) 1930 Mar 6 Alf Howard (Liverpool) WRSF12(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 12/03/1930 page 578 (British Lightweight Title Eliminator) Howard was European Lightweight Champion 1930. Apr 13 Pierre Godart (Belgium) WRSF13(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 16/04/1930 page 657 Apr 29 Peter Donaldson (Leith) WPTS(12) Waverley Market, Edinburgh Source: Edinburgh Evening News Donaldson boxed for the Scottish Featherweight Title 1929. Attendance: about 800 May 8 Ralph Morris (Birmingham) WRSF11(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 14/05/1930 page 726 Sep 8 Camille Desmet (Belgium) WPTS(15) Alcazar, Edmonton Source: Boxing 10/09/1930 page 168 Sep 15 Haydn Williams (Blaengwynfi) LPTS(15) Alcazar, Edmonton Source: Boxing 17/09/1930 page 184 Williams was Welsh Area Lightweight Champion 1929. Sep 28 Alf Mancini (Notting Hill) LRTD8(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 01/10/1930 page 215 Mancini boxed for the British Welterweight Title 1928. Nov 6 Charlie Tonner (Birkenhead) WPTS(10) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 12/11/1930 page 312 Nov 25 Fred Webster (Kentish Town) LPTS(15) Pitfield Street Baths, Hoxton Source: Boxing 03/12/1930 page 359 Webster was British Lightweight Champion 1929-30. Dec 8 Len Tiger Smith (Birmingham) DRAW(15) Rink Market, Smethwick Source: Boxing 17/12/1930 pages 396 and 395 Smith boxed for the British Welterweight Title 1934.
1931 Jan 12 Haydn Williams (Blaengwynfi) DRAW(15) Alcazar, Edmonton Source: Boxing 14/01/1931 pages 454 and 455 Match made at 10st 7lbs Jan 15 Cleto Locatelli (Italy) LRSF7 Paris France Source: Pugilato 1979 Feb 2 Haydn Williams (Blaengwynfi) WPTS(15) Alcazar, Edmonton Source: Boxing 04/02/1931 page 502 Feb 18 Charlie Tonner (Birkenhead) WKO8(15) Tower Stadium, New Brighton Source: Boxing 25/02/1931 page 553 Promoter: Johnny Best Feb 23 Lucien Lelong (France) WPTS(15) Alcazar, Edmonton Source: Boxing 25/02/1931 page 549 Mar 7 Harry White (Scunthorpe) WPTS(12) Hippodrome, Aston Source: Boxing 11/03/1931 page 587 Mar 19 Alf Howard (Liverpool) WPTS(15) Tower Stadium, New Brighton Source: Boxing 25/03/1931 page 616 Match made at 10st 7lbs Apr 28 Harry Corbett (Bethnal Green) WPTS(15) Promenade Pier Pavilion, Plymouth Source: Boxing 06/05/1931 page 717 Corbett was British Featherweight Champion 1928-29. Apr 28 Harry Corbett (Bethnal Green) LPTS(15) Promenade Pier Pavilion, Plymouth Source: Boxing 06/05/1931 page 717 Jun 27 Cecil Kid Como WPTS(12) Johannesburg South Africa Source: Record published in Boxing News in the 1960s Jul 25 George Purchase (South Africa) LPTS(15) Johannesburg South Africa Source: Larry Braysher (Boxing Historian) Purchase boxed for the Welsh Welterweight Title twice in 1936. Aug 8 George Purchase (South Africa) LPTS(12) Cape Town South Africa Source: Yorkshire Post Sep 21 Fred Webster (Kentish Town) LPTS(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 23/09/1931 page 197 Sep 28 Sam Walters (Nottingham) WKO3(15) Alcazar, Edmonton Source: Boxing 30/09/1931 page 214 Oct 4 George Rose (Bristol) LPTS(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 07/10/1931 page 232 Rose was West of England Welterweight Champion 1931. Oct 21 Bep Van Klaveren (Holland) LPTS(15) Colston Hall, Bristol Source: Boxing 28/10/1931 pages 14 and 15 (European Lightweight Title) Promoter: Captain Prince-Cox
Nov 2 Tommy Spiers (Alloa) LPTS(12) Scottish Stadium, Govan Source: Glasgow Evening Citizen Spiers boxed a British Lightweight Title Eliminator 1933 and 1934 and twice in 1935 and was Scottish Area Lightweight Champion 1934. Nov 22 Fred Webster (Kentish Town) LPTS(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 25/11/1931 page 7 Originally billed as British Lightweight Title Eliminator but Webster 5lb overweight Nov 30 George Purchase (South Africa) DRAW(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 02/12/1931 page 8 Match made at 9st 12lbs Dec 14 Len Tiger Smith (Birmingham) DRAW(12) Alexander Theatre, Birmingham Source: Boxing 16/12/1931 page 9 Dec 16 Moe Moss (Mile End) LPTS(6) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 23/12/1931 page 7 Moss boxed a British Welterweight Title Eliminator 1934. 1932 Jan 4 Harry Vaughan (Wales) LPTS(15) Alcazar, Edmonton Source: Boxing 06/01/1932 page 9 Jan 31 Chuck Parker (Barnsley) WPTS(12) Imperial Hall, Barnsley Source: Boxing 03/02/1932 page 10 Parker boxed for the British Welterweight Title 1936 and was Northern Area Welterweight Champion 1935-36. Feb 7 Phil Richards (St George's) WDSQ2(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 10/02/1932 page 7 Feb 8 Alby Kestrell (Cardiff) WPTS(10) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Kestrell was Welsh Area Lightweight Champion 1931-32. 1933 Jul 6 Ernie Higley (Bethnal Green) WPTS(12) Drill Hall, Bethnal Green Source: Boxing 12/07/1933 page 8 Aug 17 Tommy Lee (Canning Town) WKO7(12) Drill Hall, Bethnal Green Source: Boxing 23/08/1933 page 13 Sep 4 Ernie Higley (Bethnal Green) WPTS(12) St Andrews Hall, Bethnal Green Source: Boxing 06/09/1933 page 11 Sep 14 Curley Merritt (Silvertown) NC5(12) Drill Hall, Bethnal Green Source: Boxing 20/09/1933 page 11 Oct 2 Billy Peters (Becontree) DRAW(12) St Andrews Hall, Bethnal Green Source: Boxing 03/10/1933 page 16 Oct 16 Flutey Green (USA) WPTS(12) Bethnal Green Source: Boxing 17/10/1933 page 16
Nov 10 Billy Mack (Hoxton) WKO11(12) Pitfield Street Baths, Hoxton Source: Boxing 15/11/1933 page 15 Dec 21 Jerry Sands (Lambeth) DRAW(12) Drill Hall, Walthamstow Source: Boxing 27/12/1933 page 15 1934 Jan 11 Ginger Sadd (Norwich) LPTS(12) Corn Hall, Norwich Source: Eastern Daily Press (Norwich) Sadd boxed for the British Middleweight Title 1939 and was Eastern Counties Welterweight Champion 1935-36 and Eastern Area Middleweight Champion 1937 and 1948-49. Jan 14 Young Connolly (Stepney) WPTS(10) Stepney Source: Boxing 17/01/1934 page 10 Jan 26 China White (Northampton) WKO2(10) Osborne Social Club, Stepney Source: Boxing 31/01/1934 page 7 Feb 9 Charlie Jordan (Kingston) WKO6(10) Osborne Social Club, Stepney Source: Boxing 14/02/1934 page 10 Feb 25 Charlie Jordan (Kingston) WKO3(12) Osborne Social Club, Stepney Source: Boxing 28/02/1934 page 13 Mar 11 Jerry Sands (Lambeth) WPTS(12) Osborne Social Club, Stepney Source: Boxing 14/03/1934 page 13 Mar 21 Nick Lucas (Armenia) LPTS(12) Marine Gardens Pavilion, Folkestone Source: Harold Alderman (Boxing Historian) Referee: Reg Barber Promoter: Will Cozzi Mar 23 Sol Severns (Chesterfield) WKO8(12) Osborne Social Club, Stepney Source: Boxing 28/03/1934 page 13 Mar 24 Kid Brooks (Aldgate) WRSF11(12) Luna Park, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 28/03/1934 page 13 Mar 25 Jim Learoyd (Leeds) LPTS(12) NSC, Middlesbrough Source: Newcastle Daily Journal Learoyd was Northern Area Lightweight Champion 1931-32 and 1932-33. Apr 12 Ginger Sadd (Norwich) DRAW(12) Corn Hall, Norwich Source: Boxing Weekly Record 18/04/1934 page 15 Apr 22 Tuck Mason (Windsor) WPTS(10) Osborne Social Club, Stepney Source: Boxing 25/04/1934 page 12 Apr 25 Johnny Rigby (Camberwell) WPTS(12) Marine Gardens Pavilion, Folkestone Source: Harold Alderman (Boxing Historian) Promoter: Will Cozzi Apr 26 Benny Hinton (Stratford) NC11(12) Drill Hall, Bethnal Green Source: Boxing 02/05/1934 page 12 Apr 27 Sol Severns (Chesterfield) LPTS(12) Osborne Social Club, Stepney Source: Boxing 02/05/1934 page 12
May 4 Con Flynn (Islington) LPTS(12) Drill Hall, Bethnal Green Source: Boxing 09/05/1934 page 12 Promoter: Nat Wilson(ex Judaeans) May 24 Buster Osborne (Bethnal Green) WPTS(10) Bethnal Green Source: Boxing 30/05/1934 page 12 Jun 14 Flutey Green (USA) WRSF4(10) Bethnal Green Source: Boxing 20/06/1934 page 12 Jun 24 Ernie Higley (Bethnal Green) WPTS(10) Hackney Source: Boxing 27/06/1934 page 12 Oct 31 Stoker Scott (Chatham) WPTS(10) Marine Gardens Pavilion, Folkestone Source: Harold Alderman (Boxing Historian) Referee: W H Baines Promoter: Will Cozzi 1935 Aug 1 Dick O'Brien (Dagenham) LPTS(12) St Alphege Hall, Burnt Oak Source: Boxing 07/08/1935 page 13 1936 May 29 Harry Lightfoot (Hanley) LPTS(10) Devonshire Club, Hackney Source: Boxing Weekly Record 10/06/1936 page 23 Jun 19 Charlie Bint (Croydon) LPTS(8) Devonshire Club, Hackney Source: Boxing 24/06/1936 page 14 This record was researched and compiled by Miles Templeton and Richard Ireland. It may be published elsewhere provided full acknowledgement and a link to www.boxinghistory.org.uk are included www.boxinghistory.org.uk - all rights reserved This page has been brought to you by www.boxinghistory.org.uk 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 email boxinghistory@hotmail.co.uk or phone 07872 578596 for details