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 Jack Kirby (Birmingham) Active: 1922-1944 Weight classes fought in: Recorded fights: 219 contests (won: 105 lost: 79 drew: 35) Fight Record 1922 Nov 27 Sam Brown (Birmingham) LPTS(6) Drill Hall, Sparkbrook Source: Boxing 29/11/1922 page 249 1924 Feb 25 Jack Heywood (Oldbury) W(6) Victoria Baths, Aston Source: Boxing 05/03/1924 page 63 (Featherweight novice competition semi-final) Mar 3 Horace Dudley (Quarry Bank) LPTS(10) Aston Source: Boxing 12/03/1924 page 80 (8st competition final) Mar 15 Billy Burns (Walsall) WDSQ3(6) Parsons' School of Boxing, Walsall Source: Boxing 19/03/1924 page 94 Promoter: Bob Parsons
Apr 7 Leslie Tonks (Aston) DRAW(8) Argyle SC, Birmingham Source: Boxing 16/04/1924 page 157 Jun 23 Tank Fowler (Birmingham) DRAW(6) Corn Exchange, Birmingham Source: Boxing 25/06/1924 page 313 Referee: Jack Pow Promoter: Bowerman & Massey Dec 10 Tom Upton (Birmingham) WKO2(6) Kent Street Baths, Birmingham Source: Boxing 17/12/1924 page 302 Dec 31 Sid Hipkins (Aston) LPTS(6) Kent Street Baths, Birmingham Source: Boxing 07/01/1925 page 351 1925 Oct 26 Sam Shaw (Walsall) WPTS(10) Victoria Road Baths, Birmingham Source: Boxing 28/10/1925 page 184 Nov 16 Sam Shaw (Walsall) WPTS(12) Victoria Road Baths, Birmingham Source: Boxing 18/11/1925 page 234 Nov 25 Ralph Morris (Birmingham) LPTS(6) Public Hall, Evesham Source: Boxing 02/12/1925 page 272 Referee: J Murphy Promoter: Evesham Servicemen's Club Nov 30 Young Snowball (Northampton) WPTS(12) Victoria Road Baths, Birmingham Source: Boxing 02/12/1925 page 264 Dec 10 Frank Davis (Birmingham) WPTS(12) Kent Street Baths, Birmingham Source: Boxing 16/12/1925 page 304 1926 Jan 14 Frank Davis (Birmingham) WKO7(12) Baylis-Wiley BC, Tyseley Source: Boxing 20/01/1926 page 383 Feb 3 Tom Fitzpatrick (Birmingham) WDSQ7(12) Kent Street Baths, Birmingham Source: Boxing 10/02/1926 pages 14 and 15 Feb 15 Frank Davis (Birmingham) W 2(10) Drill Hall, Wolverhampton Source: Boxing 24/02/1926 page 46 Feb 17 Tom Fitzpatrick (Birmingham) WPTS(12) Kent Street Baths, Birmingham Source: Boxing 24/02/1926 pages 46 and 47 Feb 25 Young Lippo (Kings Norton) WPTS(12) Baylis-Wiley BC, Tyseley Source: Boxing 03/03/1926 page 64 Mar 10 Ralph Morris (Birmingham) WPTS(12) Kent Street Baths, Birmingham Source: Boxing 17/03/1926 pages 94 and 95 Mar 18 Sam Shaw (Walsall) WPTS(15) Town Hall, Walsall Source: Boxing 24/03/1926 pages 110 and 111 Mar 31 Jerry Walker (Long Eaton) WPTS(12) Kent Street Baths, Birmingham Source: Boxing 07/04/1926 page 143
May 31 Johnny Gordon (Aldgate) WPTS(6) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing Jun 12 Len Fowler (Birmingham) LKO11(15) Hippodrome, Aston Source: Boxing 16/06/1926 page 272 Oct 11 Ralph Morris (Birmingham) WPTS(10) Kent Street Baths, Birmingham Source: Boxing 13/10/1926 page 142 Nov 8 Sam Shaw (Walsall) WPTS(15) Woodcock Street Baths, Birmingham Source: Boxing 10/11/1926 page 220 Referee: Nat Mawby Dec 13 Tom Fitzpatrick (Birmingham) DRAW(15) Woodcock Street Baths, Birmingham Source: Boxing 15/12/1926 page 313 Dec 26 Frank Berrill (Manchester) WPTS(15) Sussex Street Club, Salford Source: Boxing 1927 Jan 13 Bert Mills (Birkenhead) WDSQ2(10) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 19/01/1927 pages 396 and 397 Referee: WJ Farnell Jan 17 Bert Morris (Birmingham) WPTS(15) Woodcock Street Baths, Birmingham Source: Boxing 19/01/1927 page 394 Feb 4 Jim Birch (Barnsley) LPTS(15) Marathon Stadium, Preston Source: Boxing 09/02/1927 page 446 Feb 14 Len Fowler (Birmingham) LPTS(15) Woodcock Street Baths, Birmingham Source: Boxing 16/02/1927 pages 456 and 457 Feb 14 Billy Kid Hughes (Maesteg) WPTS(15) Drill Hall, Cardiff Source: Western Mail Hughes was Welsh Area Flyweight Champion 1933. Feb 17 Bert Mills (Birkenhead) WRSF5(10) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 23/02/1927 page 11 Feb 24 Pte. Dai Evans (KSLS) DRAW(10) Music Hall, Shrewsbury Source: Boxing 02/03/1927 page 32 Promoter: Bill Stephens Mar 7 George Lyons (Northampton) WPTS(15) Baths Assembly Hall, Coventry Mar 9 Tom Fitzpatrick (Birmingham) WPTS(15) Scala, Evesham Source: Boxing 16/03/1927 page 64 Referee: Jimmy Wilde Mar 21 Albert Dando (Hednesford) WPTS(15) Woodcock Street Baths, Birmingham Source: Boxing 23/03/1927 page 73 Apr 2 Billy McCormick (Coventry) WPTS(15) Baths Assembly Hall, Coventry
Apr 4 Harold Ratchford (Oldham) WPTS(12) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 06/04/1927 pages 108 and 109 May 16 Len George (Custom House) LPTS(8) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 18/05/1927 pages 212 and 213 Jun 23 Nel Tarleton (Liverpool) LRSF11(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 28/06/1927 page 351 Tarleton was British Featherweight Champion 1931-32 and 1934-36 and British Featherweight Champion 1940-47 and British Empire Featherweight Champion 1940-45. Jul 14 Dom Volante (Liverpool) LRTD8(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 19/07/1927 page 425 Volante boxed a British Lightweight Title Eliminator 1932. Match made at 8st 8lbs Aug 1 Billy Shea (Aberavon) LPTS Crystal Palace, Sydenham Source: Boxing 03/08/1927 page 470 (Bantamweight competition final) Promoter: JT Hulls Aug 1 Dick Pretlove (Marylebone) WPTS Crystal Palace, Sydenham Source: Boxing 03/08/1927 page 470 (Bantamweight competition 1st series) Promoter: JT Hulls Aug 1 Billy Boulger (Canning Town) WPTS Crystal Palace, Sydenham Source: Boxing 03/08/1927 page 470 (Bantamweight competition 2nd series) Promoter: JT Hulls Oct 10 Bill Stimpson (Tipton) LPTS(10) Walsall Source: Boxing 18/10/1927 page 191 Promoter: Bob Parsons Dec 1 Billy Beason (Birmingham) WKO(15) Woodcock Street Baths, Birmingham Source: Boxing 06/12/1927 page 303 (Midlands Featherweight Title) Full house of 2500 10 a side Dec 12 Bob Sharkey (Leeds) DRAW(15) Woodcock Street Baths, Birmingham Source: Boxing 20/12/1927 page 336 Dec 19 Arnold Kid Sheppard (Ferndale) DRAW(10) Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham Source: Boxing 29/12/1927 page 351 Referee: Tec Broadribb Dec 26 Ted Cullen (Mansfield) LRSF7(15) Baths Assembly Hall, Coventry Source: Boxing 03/01/1928 page 367 Promoter: Wal Henry
1928 Jan 7 Albert Dando (Hednesford) DRAW(15) Ryle's Market, Smethwick Promoter: Tom Jukes Jan 28 Len Tiger Smith (Birmingham) DRAW(10) Kyrle Hall, Birmingham Source: Boxing 31/01/1928 page 431 Smith boxed for the British Welterweight Title 1934. Feb 8 Tommy Gardner (Gloucester) LPTS(15) Market, Smethwick Source: Boxing 14/02/1928 page 464 Promoter: Lancelot Lloyd Feb 13 Arthur Davis (Bedford) WPTS(15) Baths Hall, Kettering Source: Northampton Daily Chronicle (Midlands Featherweight Title) Referee: Eugene Corri Feb 27 Jack Cooper (Birmingham) DRAW(15) Woodcock Street Baths, Birmingham Source: Boxing 06/03/1928 page 510 Mar 5 Len Tiger Smith (Birmingham) LPTS(15) Ryle's Market, Smethwick Source: Boxing 13/03/1928 page 527 Mar 14 Jim Learoyd (Leeds) LPTS(15) Market, Smethwick Source: Boxing 20/03/1928 page 543 Learoyd was Northern Area Lightweight Champion 1931-32 and 1932-33. Promoter: Ted Salmon Mar 19 Saverio Turiello (Italy) DRAW(15) Baths, Kettering Source: Sporting Life May 28 Frank Marks (Northampton) WPTS(4) Crystal Palace, Sydenham Source: Harold Alderman (Boxing Historian) (Open Featherweight competition final) Promoter: J T Hulls May 28 Albert Hicks (Stepney) WPTS(4) Crystal Palace, Sydenham Source: Harold Alderman (Boxing Historian) (Open Featherweight competition semi-final) Promoter: J T Hulls May 28 Chummy Higgs (Woolwich) WRTD2(4) Crystal Palace, Sydenham Source: Harold Alderman (Boxing Historian) (Open Featherweight competition 1st series) Promoter: J T Hulls Jul 1 Len Fowler (Birmingham) LPTS(15) Market, Smethwick Source: Boxing 04/07/1928 page 781 Jul 23 Sam Shaw (Walsall) WPTS(10) Greyhound Stadium, Wolverhampton Source: Boxing 01/08/1928 page 48 Match made at 8st 10lbs Promoter: Bob Pearson(Walsall) Attendance: 3000
Jul 27 Frank Marks (Northampton) WPTS(15) Drill Hall, Northampton Source: Northampton Daily Chronicle Referee: Ted Coveney(London) Promoter: H Frisby Sep 30 Arnold Kid Sheppard (Ferndale) DRAW(12) Ryle's Market, Smethwick Source: Boxing 02/10/1928 page 186 Oct 8 Tom Cartwright (Tipton) WPTS(12) Navigation Street Arena, Walsall Source: Boxing 16/10/1928 page 218 Promoter: Bob Parsons Oct 21 Albert Dando (Hednesford) DRAW(10) Ryle's Market, Smethwick Source: Boxing 23/10/1928 page 233 Promoter: Arthur Stratton Nov 5 Len Tiger Smith (Birmingham) DRAW(12) Walsall Source: Boxing 13/11/1928 page 283 Promoter: Bob Parsons Nov 13 Tom Cartwright (Tipton) WPTS(10) Ryle's Market, Smethwick Source: Boxing 20/11/1928 page 299 Promoter: Arthur Stratton Nov 28 Len Tiger Smith (Birmingham) LPTS(15) Kent Street Baths, Birmingham Source: Boxing 04/12/1928 page 330 (Midlands Featherweight Title) Dec 2 Tommy Dexter (Sheffield) WPTS(12) Market, Smethwick Source: Boxing 04/12/1928 page 331 Dec 3 Len George (Custom House) WPTS(15) Victoria Baths, Nottingham Source: Boxing 12/12/1928 page 347 Dec 11 Arnold Kid Sheppard (Ferndale) WPTS(15) Ryle's Market, Smethwick Source: Boxing 19/12/1928 page 363 Dec 17 George Rose (Bristol) LPTS(10) Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham Source: Boxing 24/12/1928 page 376 Rose was West of England Welterweight Champion 1931. Dec 26 Ernie Bicknell (Doncaster) WRTD13(15) Ryle's Market, Smethwick Source: Boxing 02/01/1929 page 390 Dec 31 Harry Corbett (Bethnal Green) LRSF8(15) Victoria Baths, Nottingham Source: Boxing 09/01/1929 page 406 Corbett was British Featherweight Champion 1928-29. Referee: Fred Eastburn Promoter: Nottingham SC 1929 Jan 7 Mick Hill (Tooting) WPTS(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 09/01/1929 page 404 Hill boxed for the British Bantamweight Title 1925. Jan 25 Peter Donaldson (Leith) DRAW(12) Scottish Stadium, Govan Source: Boxing 30/01/1929 page 455 Donaldson boxed for the Scottish Featherweight Title 1929.
Jan 30 Charlie Chew (Aberdare) WPTS(15) Kent Street Baths, Birmingham Chew boxed for the Welsh Featherweight Title 1929. Feb 11 Francois Machtens (Belgium) WPTS(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 13/02/1929 page 484 Mar 21 Kid Nicholson (Leeds) WPTS(6) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing 27/03/1929 pages 565 and 566 Nicholson boxed for the British Bantamweight Title 1928. Apr 14 Tom Cartwright (Tipton) DRAW(12) Rink, West Bromwich Source: Boxing 17/04/1929 page 615 Apr 21 Drummer Hartin (Coventry) WPTS(10) Palais de Danse, Bearwood Source: Boxing 24/04/1929 pages 632 and 631 Hartin sub for Kid Berry(London) May 18 Nel Tarleton (Liverpool) LPTS(6) Rink, West Bromwich Source: Boxing 22/05/1929 page 684 Promoter: Arthur Stratton Jun 2 Jim Ashley (Stepney) LPTS(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 05/06/1929 pages 710 and 709 Jun 9 Ginger Jones (Ammanford) LPTS(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 12/06/1929 page 719 Jones boxed a British Featherweight Title Eliminator 1930 and was Welsh Area Featherweight Champion 1929-32. Jun 16 Bugler Harry Lake (Plymouth) WRSF12(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 19/06/1929 page 5 Lake was British and British Empire and European Bantamweight Champion 1923. Jul 7 Tom Cartwright (Tipton) LPTS(10) Palais de Danse, West Bromwich Source: Boxing 10/07/1929 page 45 Kirby sub for Walter Wright(Huddersfield) Jul 21 Jack Stone (Coalville) WPTS(10) Walsall Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Aug 4 Len Tiger Smith (Birmingham) WPTS(15) Rink, West Bromwich Source: Boxing 07/08/1929 page 92 (Midlands Featherweight Title) Sep 14 Alf Kid Pattenden (Bethnal Green) LRTD9(15) Holmeside, Sunderland Source: Boxing 18/09/1929 page 180 Pattenden was British Bantamweight Champion 1928-29. Kirby 8st 10lbs Pattenden 8st 12lbs Sep 18 Ernie Bicknell (Doncaster) LRTD7(15) Rink, West Bromwich Source: Boxing 25/09/1929 page 197 Nov 3 Joe Greenwood (Bolton) LPTS(15) Rink, West Bromwich Source: Boxing 06/11/1929 page 294 Nov 7 Jim Crawford (Wrexham) LPTS(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 13/11/1929 page 307 Crawford boxed for the Welsh Featherweight Title 1930.
Dec 2 Con Lewis (Bethnal Green) WRTD7(15) Pitfield Street Baths, Hoxton Source: Boxing 04/12/1929 page 356 Match made at 9st Kirby 9st 2lbs 8ozs Lewis 9st 0lbs Lewis waived forfeit after Kirby weighed in over agreed weight Dec 15 Harold Ratchford (Oldham) LPTS(15) Rink, West Bromwich 1930 Mar 8 Danny Veitch (Sunderland) LPTS(15) Holmeside, Sunderland Source: Boxing 12/03/1930 page 582 Mar 28 Joe Greenwood (Bolton) WPTS(12) Majestic Rink, Preston Source: Boxing 02/04/1930 page 627 Attendance: 3000 May 4 George Wallins (Birmingham) DRAW(15) Palais de Danse, West Bromwich Source: Boxing 07/05/1930 page 712 Wallins boxed for the Southern Area Bantamweight Title 1931. May 11 Albert Dando (Hednesford) LRTD15(15) Wolverhampton Street Stadium, Walsall Source: Boxing 14/05/1930 page 728 Jul 28 Joe Greenwood (Bolton) DRAW(15) Rink Market, Smethwick Source: Boxing 30/07/1930 page 73 Aug 3 Sam Walters (Nottingham) WPTS(10) Wolverhampton Street Stadium, Walsall Source: Boxing 06/08/1930 page 91 Aug 9 Billy Beason (Birmingham) DRAW(10) Cannon Football Ground, Coseley Source: Boxing 13/08/1930 page 107 Aug 24 Evan Lane (Treorchy) LPTS(4) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 27/08/1930 page 135 ('Boxing' Featherweight belt competition - 1st series) Lane boxed for the Welsh Lightweight Title 1933. Sep 13 Dan Martin (West Bromwich) WPTS(10) Hippodrome, Aston Source: Boxing 17/09/1930 page 187 Sep 14 Sam Walters (Nottingham) LPTS(10) Navigation Street Arena, Walsall Sep 19 Wally Brown (Birmingham) WPTS(10) Swan Gymnasium, Bilston Source: Boxing 24/09/1930 page 203 Oct 19 Joe Bull (Blackfriars) LPTS(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 22/10/1930 page 263 Oct 27 Billy Cain (Birmingham) DRAW(15) Rink Market, Smethwick Source: Boxing 29/10/1930 page 277 Nov 5 Billy Beason (Birmingham) LPTS(15) Kent Street Baths, Birmingham Source: Boxing 12/11/1930 page 315 Nov 30 Jose Girones (Spain) LKO3 Barcelona Spain
Dec 26 Roy Beresford (Burslem) LRTD2(15) Rink Market, Smethwick Source: Boxing 31/12/1930 page 428 1931 Jan 26 Bert Taylor (Birmingham) LPTS(15) Rink Market, Smethwick Source: Boxing 04/02/1931 page 508 Feb 2 Tommy Dexter (Sheffield) DRAW(15) Bradford Source: Yorkshire Post Feb 22 Jack Ellis (Todmorden) LPTS(12) NSB, Royton Source: Boxing 25/02/1931 page 554 Feb 23 Tommy Dexter (Sheffield) WPTS(15) Olympia, Bradford Source: Yorkshire Post Mar 13 Billy Beason (Birmingham) WPTS(10) Drill Hall, Bilston Mar 20 Albert Dando (Hednesford) WPTS(10) Stadium Club, Handsworth Source: Boxing 25/03/1931 page 619 Mar 22 Tommy Dexter (Sheffield) DRAW(12) Batley and Dewsbury NSC, Batley Source: Yorkshire Post Apr 14 Billy Beason (Birmingham) WKO6(10) Rink Market, Smethwick Source: Boxing 22/04/1931 page 683 Promoter: Tom Jukes Apr 26 Albert Dando (Hednesford) WPTS(10) Navigation Street Arena, Walsall Source: Boxing 25/04/1931 page 699 Apr 28 Alec Law (Smethwick) LPTS(10) Rink Market, Smethwick Source: Boxing 06/05/1931 page 716 May 1 Jack Lawrence (USA) WDSQ3(10) Stadium Club, Handsworth Source: Boxing 06/05/1931 page 716 May 8 Albert Dando (Hednesford) WPTS(10) Drill Hall, Bilston Source: Boxing 13/05/1931 pages 732 and 733 Jun 7 Drummer Hartin (Coventry) WPTS(10) Navigation Street Arena, Walsall Source: Boxing 10/06/1931 page 796 Jun 27 George Reynolds (Wolverhampton) WPTS(10) Ross Assembly Rooms, Blackheath Source: Boxing 01/07/1931 page 12 Promoter: Tom Jukes Jul 6 George Reynolds (Wolverhampton) DRAW(10) Drill Hall, Wednesbury Source: Boxing 08/07/1931 page 21 Jul 17 Billy Beason (Birmingham) WPTS(10) Drill Hall, Bilston Source: Boxing 22/07/1931 page 62 Jul 28 Harry Davis (Worcester) DRAW(12) Rink Market, Smethwick Source: Boxing 05/08/1931 page 94 Aug 28 Len Wickwar (Leicester) WRTD2(10) Drill Hall, Bilston Source: Boxing 02/09/1931 page 158
Sep 14 Bert Taylor (Birmingham) LPTS(12) Kent Street Baths, Birmingham Source: Boxing 16/09/1931 page 183 Sep 16 George Reynolds (Wolverhampton) WPTS(10) Drill Hall, Wednesfield Source: Boxing 23/09/1931 page 204 Sep 18 Billy Beason (Birmingham) LPTS(10) Drill Hall, Bilston Source: Boxing 23/09/1931 page 205 Sep 28 Billy Beason (Birmingham) WPTS(10) Anstice Memorial Hall, Madeley Source: Shrewsbury Chronicle Referee: George Bryan Promoter: Bert Burrows Oct 5 Mickey Walker (Shrewsbury) LPTS(10) Anstice Memorial Hall, Madeley Source: Shrewsbury Chronicle Promoter: Bert Burrows Oct 14 Jack Tranter (Hednesford) WPTS(10) Drill Hall, Wednesfield Source: Boxing 21/10/1931 page 14 Oct 18 Charlie Chew (Aberdare) LRTD8(12) Palais de Danse, West Bromwich Source: Boxing 21/10/1931 page 14 Oct 29 Tommy Hyams (Kings Cross) LPTS(12) Stadium Club, Holborn Source: Boxing 04/11/1931 page 7 Hyams boxed for the Southern Area Featherweight Title 1933 and boxed for the Southern Area Lightweight Title 1938. Nov 20 Tom Goodall (Castleford) WPTS(10) Drill Hall, Bilston Source: Boxing 25/11/1931 page 13 Nov 30 Albert Dando (Hednesford) WPTS(10) Drill Hall, Wolverhampton Source: Boxing 09/12/1931 page 16 Dec 7 Norman Snow (Northampton) LPTS(10) Windmill Club, Rushden Source: Boxing 09/12/1931 page 10 Snow boxed for the British Welterweight Title 1940 and was Southern Area Lightweight Champion 1934-35 and Southern Area Welterweight Champion 1936-41. Dec 18 Charlie Rowbotham (Birmingham) LPTS(10) Stadium Club, Handsworth Source: Boxing 23/12/1931 page 13 Dec 29 Charlie Turnock (Hanley) DRAW(12) Rink Market, Smethwick Source: Boxing 06/01/1932 pages 12 and 13 1932 Jan 1 George Reynolds (Wolverhampton) DRAW(10) Drill Hall, Bilston Source: Boxing 06/01/1932 page 12 Jan 4 Mickey Walker (Shrewsbury) LPTS(10) Baths Hall, Wellington Promoter: Sam Powell Jul 19 Jack Skelly (Barnsley) WPTS(12) Rink Market, Smethwick Source: Boxing 27/07/1932 page 10 Kirby sub for Len Fowler
Jul 31 Alec Law (Smethwick) DRAW(10) Palais de Danse, West Bromwich Source: Boxing 03/08/1932 page 12 Aug 5 Sid Gould (Hull) DRAW(10) Drill Hall, Bilston Source: Boxing 10/08/1932 page 13 Aug 9 George Reynolds (Wolverhampton) DRAW(10) Rink Market, Smethwick Source: Boxing 17/08/1932 page 13 Sep 11 Peter Price (Worcester) LPTS(10) Palais de Danse, West Bromwich Source: Boxing 14/09/1932 page 10 Price boxed for the Southern Area Lightweight Title 1934. Sep 23 Cliff Hodgetts (Oldbury) LPTS(10) Ross Assembly Rooms, Blackheath Source: Boxing 28/09/1932 page 11 Promoter: Tom Jukes Sep 30 Pat Butler (Leicester) LRSF7(10) Drill Hall, Bilston Source: Boxing 05/10/1932 page 10 Butler was British Welterweight Champion 1934-36. Oct 23 Arnold Kid Sheppard (Ferndale) LDSQ5(12) Palais de Danse, West Bromwich Source: Boxing 26/10/1932 page 11 Promoter: Arthur Stratton Nov 2 Peter Price (Worcester) LPTS(10) Winter Gardens, Malvern Promoter: Wally Weston Frank Rudd & Harold Trigg Nov 20 Sid Gould (Hull) WPTS(10) Navigation Street Arena, Walsall Referee: Mark Ryan 1933 Jan 8 Bill Homer (Wolverhampton) WKO1(8) Palais de Danse, West Bromwich Source: Boxing 11/01/1933 page 10 (Midlands Featherweight competition 1st series) Jan 22 Len Wickwar (Leicester) LPTS(10) Palais de Danse, West Bromwich Source: Boxing 25/01/1933 page 12 Feb 5 Snowball Reynolds (Wolverhampton) LPTS(12) Palais de Danse, West Bromwich Source: Boxing 08/02/1933 page 14 (Midlands Featherweight competition semi-final) Feb 13 Phineas John (Pentre) LPTS(6) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 15/02/1933 page 9 (Open Featherweight competition) John was Welsh Area Flyweight Champion 1929 and Welsh Area Bantamweight Champion 1929. Feb 26 Cliff Hodgetts (Oldbury) WPTS(12) Palais de Danse, West Bromwich Source: Boxing 01/03/1933 page 13 Mar 5 Cliff Hodgetts (Oldbury) LDSQ4(12) Palais de Danse, West Bromwich Source: Boxing 08/03/1933 page 13
Mar 17 Kaiser Bates (Dudley) WRTD7(10) Arena, Lower Gornal Source: Boxing 22/03/1933 page 14 Mar 19 Arnold Kid Sheppard (Ferndale) LPTS(10) Navigation Street Arena, Walsall Source: Boxing 22/03/1933 page 13 Mar 20 Len Wickwar (Leicester) DRAW(12) King's Hall, Derby Source: Boxing 22/03/1933 page 8 Mar 28 Alex McFarland (Salford) WPTS(10) Rink Market, Smethwick Source: Boxing 05/04/1933 page 14 Apr 10 Norman Snow (Northampton) DRAW(12) Fanciers Club, Northampton Source: Northampton Daily Chronicle Match made at 9st 9lbs Referee: Bob Hayes Apr 12 Albert Heasman (Brighton) LPTS(12) Dome, Brighton Referee: Jimmy Wilde Apr 16 Kid Kelso (Hanley) LPTS(10) Palais de Danse, West Bromwich Source: Boxing 19/04/1933 page 13 May 20 Cuthbert Taylor (Merthyr) LPTS(15) Labour Stadium, Merthyr Source: Boxing 24/05/1933 pages 14 and 15 Taylor was Welsh Area Bantamweight Champion 1929. Jun 5 Ted Hinton (Dudley) DRAW(10) Sports Arena, Dudley Source: Boxing 14/06/1933 page 14 Jun 18 Arnold Kid Sheppard (Ferndale) WPTS(10) Palais de Danse, West Bromwich Source: Boxing 21/06/1933 page 13 Jun 25 Albert Heasman (Brighton) LPTS(15) Arena, Mile End Source: Boxing 28/06/1933 page 8 Jul 9 Arnold Kid Sheppard (Ferndale) WDSQ5(10) Palais de Danse, West Bromwich Source: Boxing 12/07/1933 page 11 Jul 14 Bert Cantor (Birmingham) WPTS(10) Drill Hall, Bilston Source: Boxing 19/07/1933 page 12 Jul 30 Lud Abella (Liverpool) WRTD8(12) Palais de Danse, West Bromwich Source: Boxing 02/08/1933 page 12 Aug 5 Fred Carpenter (Merthyr) WPTS(15) Labour Stadium, Merthyr Source: Boxing 09/08/1933 page 14 Sep 8 Charlie Ashcroft (Bewdley) WPTS(10) St Georges Hall, Bewdley Source: Stourport News Promoter: George Harrison Sep 9 Ginger Jones (Ammanford) LKO1 Labour Stadium, Merthyr Source: Western Mail Oct 22 Kaiser Bates (Dudley) WKO3(10) Palais de Danse, West Bromwich Source: Boxing 24/10/1933 page 11 Nov 17 Bert Cantor (Birmingham) WPTS(10) Baths, Coventry Source: Boxing 22/11/1933 page 12 Dec 6 Ted Sullivan (Sheffield) WPTS(15) Woodcock Street Baths, Birmingham
Dec 17 Gilbert Terry (Walsall) LPTS(10) Palais de Danse, West Bromwich Source: Boxing 20/12/1933 page 13 Dec 18 Al Valerio (Glasgow) WRTD8 Glasgow Source: Brian Strickland (Boxing Historian) Valerio boxed for the Scottish Welterweight Title 1937. 1934 Jan 3 George Reynolds (Wolverhampton) LPTS(15) Woodcock Street Baths, Birmingham Source: Boxing 10/01/1934 page 13 Jan 5 Cliff Hodgetts (Oldbury) WPTS(10) Workers Institute, Cradley Heath Source: Boxing 10/01/1934 page 11 Jan 26 Bert Cantor (Birmingham) LPTS(10) Cradley Heath Feb 7 Bert Taylor (Birmingham) WPTS(15) Woodcock Street Baths, Birmingham Source: Boxing 14/02/1934 page 12 Mar 14 Bert Taylor (Birmingham) DRAW(15) Woodcock Street Baths, Birmingham Source: Boxing 21/03/1934 page 17 Mar 22 Kaiser Bates (Dudley) WKO5(8) Birmingham Apr 16 Jack Cowdell (Smethwick) WPTS(10) Smethwick Source: Boxing 18/04/1934 page 10 Apr 17 Alec Law (Smethwick) WPTS(12) Smethwick Source: Boxing 25/04/1934 page 16 Apr 29 Evan Morris (Pontycymmer) LPTS(12) Town Hall, Oxford Source: Oxford Mail Morris boxed for the Welsh Featherweight Title 1933. Apr 29 Alby Kestrell (Cardiff) WPTS(12) Hatherton Street Rink, Walsall Source: Boxing 02/05/1934 page 15 Kestrell was Welsh Area Lightweight Champion 1931-32. Apr 30 Kid Sheppard (Northampton) WPTS(10) Smethwick Source: Brian Strickland (Boxing Historian) May 11 Evan Morris (Pontycymmer) DRAW(12) Town Hall, Oxford Source: Oxford Mail Sep 17 Fred Mitchell (Dartmouth) LRSF6(12) Corn Exchange, Bedford Source: Boxing Weekly Record 26/09/1934 page 15 Referee: Jack Hart Promoter: Donald Duncan Kirby sub for Billy Quinlan Oct 1 George Odwell (Camden Town) LKO1(12) Drill Hall, Islington Source: Boxing 03/10/1934 page 11 Odwell boxed a British Lightweight Title Eliminator 1937. Dec 3 Young Sharkey (Abingdon) WKO1 Town Hall, Oxford Source: Oxford Mail
Dec 5 Jack Hardiman (Smethwick) LPTS(15) Woodcock Street Baths, Birmingham Source: Boxing 12/12/1934 page 15 1935 Feb 11 Nobby Baker (Trealaw) LPTS(10) Public Hall, Worcester Source: Worcester Daily Times Baker boxed for the Welsh Lightweight Title 1930 and 1935. Feb 25 George Chaplin (Walsall) LPTS(12) Birmingham Source: Boxing 06/03/1935 page 15 Mar 26 Tommy Dowlais (Tredegar) DRAW(10) Drill Hall, Hereford Source: Boxing 03/04/1935 page 14 Apr 6 Joe Greenwood (Bolton) WKO3(10) Hippodrome, Aston Source: Boxing Weekly Record 10/04/1935 page 16 Apr 13 Garfield Searle (Penzance) LPTS(10) St John's Hall, Penzance Source: Cornish Post and Mining News Promoter: George Ford Apr 22 Fred Hipkiss (Birmingham) WRSF4(12) Banbury Source: Oxford Mail Aug 15 Jack Howard (Lancaster) LPTS(12) Winter Gardens, Morecambe Source: Boxing 21/08/1935 page 12 Sep 6 Nobby Baker (Trealaw) LPTS(15) Judges Hall, Trealaw Source: Boxing 11/09/1935 page 15 Nov 4 Sonny Lee (Leeds) LPTS(12) Co-op Hall, Darlington Source: Boxing Weekly Record 13/11/1935 page 24 Lee boxed a British Lightweight Title Eliminator 1935. Nov 29 Len Wickwar (Leicester) LPTS(10) Burton-on-Trent Source: Boxing 04/12/1935 page 20 Dec 5 Lud Abella (Liverpool) WPTS(10) Town Hall, Kidderminster Source: Boxing 11/12/1935 page 19 1936 Jan 9 Alex Alston (Preston) WPTS(15) Winter Gardens, Morecambe Source: Boxing 15/01/1936 page 18 Kirby sub for Jack Howard Nov 15 Len Tiger Smith (Birmingham) LPTS(12) Hatherton Street Rink, Walsall Source: Boxing 18/11/1936 pages 16 and 17 1937 Feb 8 Jack Hardiman (Smethwick) WPTS(10) Public Hall, Worcester Source: Boxing 17/02/1937 page 18 Promoter: W Andrews
Apr 3 Arnold Kid Sheppard (Ferndale) DRAW(12) Stadium, Scunthorpe Source: Boxing 07/04/1937 pages 15 and 16 Oct 14 Noah Turley (Dudley) WPTS(10) New Baths, Kidderminster Source: Boxing 20/10/1937 page 17 Referee: Dick Elwell Promoter: Tom Webster junior 1938 Jan 10 Billy Thomas (Deri) WPTS(12) King George's Hall, Blackburn Source: Boxing 12/01/1938 page 13 Thomas boxed a British Middleweight Title Eliminator 1934 and was Welsh Area Middleweight Champion 1934-35 and 1935-36. Feb 17 Billy Strange (Stanton Hill) WPTS(10) Jubilee Hall, Burton-on-Trent Source: Boxing 23/02/1938 pages 18 and 19 Mar 3 Mutty Brown (Sheffield) WKO4(10) Club, Tyseley Source: Boxing 09/03/1938 page 18 1944 Dec 11 Alf Pass (Birmingham) LPTS(8) Gosta Green Stadium, Birmingham Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) 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