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 Billy Smith (Sunderland) Active: 1925-1931 Weight classes fought in: Recorded fights: 64 contests (won: 46 lost: 10 drew: 8) Fight Record 1925 Apr 6 Billy Tate (Sunderland) WPTS(6) South Shields Jun 27 Boy Tate (Sunderland) WPTS(6) Holmeside, Sunderland Source: Boxing 01/07/1925 pages 335 and 336 Jul 11 Kid Lyall (Shiremoor) WPTS(6) Holmeside, Sunderland Source: Boxing 15/07/1925 page 367 Jul 25 Boy Tate (Sunderland) WPTS(6) Holmeside, Sunderland Source: Boxing 29/07/1925 page 398 Aug 8 James Ireland (South Bank) WPTS(6) Holmeside, Sunderland Source: Boxing 12/08/1925 page 14 Referee: Jimmy Britt(Newcastle) Sep 12 Buck Dryden (Newcastle) WPTS(6) Holmeside, Sunderland Source: Boxing 16/09/1925 page 95 Referee: Jimmy Britt
Oct 31 Buck Dryden (Newcastle) WPTS(10) Holmeside, Sunderland Source: Boxing 04/11/1925 page 206 Nov 7 Boy Green (Sunderland) WPTS(6) Holmeside, Sunderland Source: Boxing 11/11/1925 page 222 Nov 28 Boxer Smith (New York) WRTD8(10) Holmeside, Sunderland Source: Boxing 02/12/1925 pages 270 and 271 1926 Jan 9 Billy Slattery (Accrington) WPTS(15) Holmeside, Sunderland Source: Boxing 13/01/1926 page 366 Feb 6 Harry Yates (Ashton) WPTS(15) Holmeside, Sunderland Source: Boxing 10/02/1926 page 13 Mar 13 Joe Chapman (Chadderton) WPTS(15) Holmeside, Sunderland Source: Boxing 17/03/1926 page 94 Apr 19 Young Dusty (Byker) WPTS(10) St James Hall, Newcastle Apr 24 Ernie Veitch (Lemington) LPTS(15) Holmeside, Sunderland Source: Boxing 28/04/1926 page 190 Jun 12 Young Dusty (Byker) WPTS(15) Holmeside, Sunderland Source: Boxing 16/06/1926 page 270 Jun 28 Kid Watson (Newcastle) LPTS(15) St James Hall, Newcastle Jul 17 Ernie Barker (Manchester) WPTS(15) Holmeside, Sunderland Source: Boxing 21/07/1926 page 350 Sep 18 Jack Slattery (Accrington) WPTS(15) Holmeside, Sunderland Source: Boxing 22/09/1926 pages 90 and 91 Oct 4 Frank Murphy (Hamilton) WPTS(15) St Mary's Street Hall, Edinburgh Source: Boxing 13/10/1926 pages 151 and 152 Promoter: Harold Bownas(Edinburgh) Oct 31 Kid Watson (Newcastle) DRAW(15) NSC, Leeds Source: Boxing 03/11/1926 page 210 Nov 8 Johnny Edwards (Bermondsey) WPTS(10) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 10/11/1926 page 219 Nov 20 Johnny Whitts (Mansfield) DRAW(15) Holmeside, Sunderland Source: Boxing 24/11/1926 page 270 Dec 1 Frank Murphy (Hamilton) LPTS(10) Waverley Market, Edinburgh Source: Boxing 08/12/1926 pages 294 and 295 Promoter: Nat Dresner Attendance: 20000 (as reported in The Sporting Life) 1927 Jan 15 Vic Wakefield (Eccles) LPTS(15) Holmeside, Sunderland Source: Boxing 19/01/1927 page 398
Jan 29 Kid Watson (Newcastle) DRAW(15) St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing 02/02/1927 page 431 Apr 16 Fred Bromley (Oldham) WKO6(15) Holmeside, Sunderland Source: Boxing 20/04/1927 page 146 May 2 Kid Watson (Newcastle) WPTS(15) Coliseum, Tyne Dock Source: Boxing 11/05/1927 page 202 May 15 Sandy McEwan (Aberdeen) WPTS(15) NSC, Leeds Source: Boxing 18/05/1927 page 219 May 28 Jack Kelly (Preston) WPTS(15) Holmeside, Sunderland Source: Boxing 31/05/1927 page 259 Referee: Ben Green Sep 19 Sandy McEwan (Aberdeen) WPTS(15) St Mary's Street Hall, Edinburgh Source: Boxing 27/09/1927 page 135 Oct 22 Jim Kelly (Calton) DRAW(15) Holmeside, Sunderland Source: Boxing 25/10/1927 page 206 Oct 29 Harry Stafford (Manchester) DRAW(15) St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing 01/11/1927 page 222 Dec 17 Billy Stones (Royton) WPTS(15) Holmeside, Sunderland Source: Boxing 20/12/1927 page 335 Dec 19 Johnny Smith (Edinburgh) WPTS(15) St Mary's Street Hall, Edinburgh Source: Boxing 29/12/1927 page 352 Smith was Scottish Area Bantamweight Champion 1929. Promoter: Harold Bownas 1928 Jan 21 George Greaves (Salford) LPTS(15) Holmeside, Sunderland Greaves boxed for the Northern Area Flyweight Title 1929. Feb 25 Joe Greenwood (Bolton) LPTS(15) Holmeside, Sunderland Source: Boxing 28/02/1928 page 491 Mar 3 Ernie Veitch (Lemington) WPTS(15) Coliseum, Tyne Dock Source: Boxing 06/03/1928 page 507 Mar 31 Billy Farrell (Winlaton) WPTS(15) Holmeside, Sunderland Source: Apr 28 Charlie McMillan (Glasgow) WPTS(15) Holmeside, Sunderland Source: Boxing 02/05/1928 page 638 Sep 15 Arly Hollingsworth (Sheffield) WRTD7(15) Holmeside, Sunderland Source: Boxing 18/09/1928 pages 154 and 153 Hollingsworth boxed a British Bantamweight Title Eliminator 1931. Oct 1 Tommy Croft (Oldham) WPTS(15) Rink, Consett Source: Boxing 09/10/1928 page 198 Oct 5 George Hill (Huddersfield) WPTS(15) St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing 09/10/1928 page 199
Dec 22 Tommy Cross (Bolton) WPTS(12) Holmeside, Sunderland Source: Boxing 02/01/1929 page 387 1929 Jan 26 Nipper Pat Daly (Marylebone) LPTS(15) Holmeside, Sunderland Source: Boxing 30/01/1929 page 451 Jul 13 Joe Myers (Oldham) WPTS(15) Holmeside, Sunderland Source: Boxing 17/07/1929 page 55 Myers boxed for the Northern Area Flyweight Title 1931. Aug 17 Len Fowler (Birmingham) DRAW(15) Holmeside, Sunderland Source: Boxing 21/08/1929 page 116 Sep 14 Pat Gorman (Wheatley Hill) WRTD13(15) Holmeside, Sunderland Source: Boxing 18/09/1929 page 180 Gorman boxed for the Northern Area Bantamweight Title 1931. Sep 28 Douglas Parker (Sunderland) WPTS(15) Holmeside, Sunderland Source: Boxing 02/10/1929 page 211 Parker boxed a British Lightweight Title Eliminator 1934 and was Northern Area Lightweight Champion 1933-34. Nov 2 Tiny Smith (Sheffield) WPTS(15) Holmeside, Sunderland Source: Boxing 06/11/1929 pages 292 and 291 Nov 7 Frank Traynor (Dublin) WPTS(12) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 13/11/1929 page 307 Nov 23 Benny Sharkey (Newcastle) WPTS(15) Holmeside, Sunderland Source: Boxing 27/11/1929 page 342 Nov 28 Terence Morgan (Newport) WKO2(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 04/12/1929 page 357 Morgan was Welsh Area Bantamweight Champion 1931-32. Match made at 8st 9lbs 1930 Apr 7 Benny Sharkey (Newcastle) LPTS(15) Queens Rink, West Hartlepool Source: Boxing 16/04/1930 page 659 Apr 27 Benny Sharkey (Newcastle) WPTS(12) NSC, Leeds Source: Boxing 30/04/1930 page 695 May 17 Danny Veitch (Sunderland) WPTS(15) Holmeside, Sunderland Source: Boxing 21/05/1930 page 742 May 31 Douglas Parker (Sunderland) WPTS(15) Holmeside, Sunderland Source: Boxing 04/06/1930 page 774 Oct 20 Jim Higgins (Hamilton) WPTS(15) New St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing 22/10/1930 page 260 Higgins was British and British Empire Bantamweight Champion 1920-22.
1931 Apr 4 Kid Socks (Bethnal Green) WPTS(15) New St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing 08/04/1931 page 649 Socks boxed for the British Flyweight Title 1926. Apr 13 Phineas John (Pentre) DRAW(15) New St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing 22/04/1931 page 681 John was Welsh Area Flyweight Champion 1929 and Welsh Area Bantamweight Champion 1929. Apr 27 Tom Cowley (Doncaster) LPTS(15) New St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing 06/05/1931 page 714 Jul 3 Billy Quinlan (Ammanford) DRAW(15) NSC, Middlesbrough Source: Boxing 08/07/1931 page 25 Quinlan boxed for the British Lightweight Title 1934 and was Welsh Area Lightweight Champion 1932-34. Jul 20 Billy Quinlan (Ammanford) LPTS(15) NSC, Middlesbrough Source: Boxing 29/07/1931 page 73 Oct 12 Bob Lamb (Sunderland) WPTS(15) New Market, Durham Source: Boxing 21/10/1931 page 12 Nov 29 Jim Bird (Gateshead) WPTS(12) NSC, Leeds Source: Boxing 02/12/1931 page 13 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