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 Peter Waterman (Clapham) Active: 1952-1958 Weight classes fought in: Recorded fights: 46 contests (won: 41 lost: 3 drew: 2) Fight Record 1952 Dec 2 Wally Webb (Dagenham) WKO1(6) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing News 10/12/1952 page 4 Waterman 9st 11lbs 12ozs Webb 9st 10lbs 1953 Jan 5 Tommy Organ (Bethnal Green) WKO1(6) Manor Place Baths, Walworth Source: Boxing News 14/01/1953 pages 10 and 11 Waterman 9st 12lbs 8ozs Organ 10st 3lbs 4ozs Promoter: Ron Johnson Jan 20 Tony Brazil (Brighton) WRSF3 Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 28/01/1953 pages 4 and 5 Waterman 9st 13lbs Brazil 9st 13lbs 8ozs
Feb 24 Jack Armstrong (Gold Coast) DRAW Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 04/03/1953 page 5 Waterman 10st 1lbs 8ozs Armstrong 10st 4lbs Apr 20 Laurie Davies (Nigeria) WPTS Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 29/04/1953 pages 5 and 13 Waterman 9st 13lbs Davies 9st 13lbs 8ozs Oct 6 Ron Ball (Harrow) WRSF4 Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 14/10/1953 pages 4 and 15 Waterman 10st 1lbs 4ozs Ball 10st 2lbs 4ozs Nov 2 Bert Middleton (Kettering) WKO3 Church Road Baths, Croydon Source: Boxing News 11/11/1953 page 12 Waterman 10st 3lbs 12ozs Middleton 10st 3lbs 4ozs Nov 17 Johnny Hunt (Northampton) WRSF2 Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 25/11/1953 pages 4 and 5 Waterman 10st 2lbs 12ozs Hunt 10st 5lbs 12ozs 1954 Jan 11 Pat Guttridge (Bow) WRSF2(8) Town Hall, Wembley Source: Boxing News 20/01/1954 page 11 Waterman 10st 4lbs 8ozs Guttridge 10st 5lbs cut eye Feb 23 Algar Smith (Stoke Newington) WRSF3 Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 26/02/1954 page 5 Waterman 10st 5lbs 4ozs Smith 10st 6lbs 8ozs Mar 29 Pat Guttridge (Bow) WRTD3(8) Church Road Baths, Croydon Source: Boxing News 02/04/1954 page 12 Waterman 10st 3lbs Guttridge 10st 5lbs 8ozs Apr 26 Peter Smith (Huddersfield) WPTS(8) Town Hall, Stoke Newington Source: Boxing News 30/04/1954 page 12 Waterman 10st 4lbs Smith 10st 8lbs May 18 Johnny Carrington (Nottingham) WRSF3(8) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 21/05/1954 pages 12 and 13 Carrington boxed for the Midlands Area (North) Lightweight Title 1950. Waterman 10st 5lbs 8ozs Carrington 10st 6lbs 4ozs Promoter: Stan Baker Jun 3 Jack Thornbury (Covent Garden) WPTS(8) Town Hall, Wembley Source: Boxing News 11/06/1954 page 11 Waterman 10st 5lbs 4ozs Thornbury 10st 6lbs 12ozs swollen eye Oct 12 Santos Martins (Nigeria) WPTS(6) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 15/10/1954 pages 3 and 5 Waterman 10st 5lbs 12ozs Martins 10st 8lbs
Nov 2 Boswell St Louis (Trinidad) WPTS(8) Seymour Hall Baths, Marylebone Source: Boxing News 05/11/1954 page 5 Waterman 10st 6lbs 12ozs St Louis 10st 4lbs Dec 1 Bernie Newcombe (Dagenham) WKO4(8) Seymour Hall Baths, Marylebone Source: Boxing News 10/12/1954 page 10 Waterman 10st 6lbs 12ozs Newcombe 10st 6lbs 1955 Jan 31 Jackie Keogh (Chester-le-Street) WRSF2(8) High Road Baths, Leyton Source: Boxing News 04/02/1955 page 11 Waterman 10st 7lbs 4ozs Keogh 10st 6lbs Referee: Jack Hart Mar 22 Paul King (Torquay) WRSF3(8) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 25/03/1955 pages 8, 09 and 12 King boxed for the Western Area Lightweight Title 1954. Waterman 10st 7lbs 10ozs King 10st 7lbs Apr 12 Gilbert Ussin (France) WRSF6(8) Romford Road Baths, West Ham Source: Boxing News 15/04/1955 page 11 Waterman 10st 8lbs 12ozs Ussin 10st 7lbs Apr 29 Roy Baird (Birmingham) WRSF2(8) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing News 06/05/1955 pages 8 and 9 Baird was Northern Ireland Area Welterweight Champion 1954-56. Waterman 10st 6lbs 4ozs Baird 10st 4lbs 6ozs May 24 Theun Brommer (Holland) WKO1 Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 27/05/1955 pages 8 and 9 Waterman 10st 7lbs 8ozs Brommer 10st 7lbs 8ozs Jun 14 Boswell St Louis (Trinidad) WRSF5(8) Ice Rink, Streatham Source: Boxing News 17/06/1955 page 4 Waterman 10st 8lbs St Louis 10st 7lbs 14ozs Jul 19 George Happe (Bethnal Green) WRTD2 Ice Rink, Streatham Source: Boxing News 22/07/1955 pages 4 and 5 Waterman 10st 8lbs 2ozs Happe 10st 8lbs 8ozs Sep 6 Raphael Da Sylva (Portugal) WKO2(8) Ice Rink, Streatham Source: Boxing News 09/09/1955 pages 4 and 5 Waterman 10st 7lbs 4ozs Da Sylva 10st 8lbs Sep 19 Bill Wooding (Birmingham) WKO2(8) Perry Barr Greyhound Stadium, Birmingham Source: Boxing News 23/09/1955 page 4 Wooding was Midlands Area Welterweight Champion 1953-56. Waterman 10st 6lbs 4ozs Wooding 10st 6lbs Wooding sub for Ben Buker Oct 3 Sandy Manuel (Nigeria) WPTS(8) Ice Stadium, Nottingham Source: Boxing News 07/10/1955 pages 8 and 9 Waterman 10st 8lbs 8ozs Manuel 10st 1lbs 4ozs
Oct 13 Valere Benedetto (France) WRSF8 Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 21/10/1955 pages 8 and 9 Waterman 10st 7lbs 4ozs Benedetto 10st 5lbs 12ozs Promoter: Harry Levene Nov 15 Peter King (Manchester) WDSQ2(10) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 18/11/1955 pages 4 and 5 (British Welterweight Title Eliminator) Waterman 10st 6lbs 4ozs King 10st 6lbs 4ozs Referee: Frank Wilson Dec 16 Roger Facqueur (France) WRSF3(10) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing News 23/12/1955 pages 5 and 12 Waterman 10st 6lbs 12ozs Facqueur 10st 7lbs 1956 Feb 7 Kid Gavilan (Cuba) WPTS(10) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 17/02/1956 pages 4 and 10 Waterman 10st 7lbs 4ozs Gavilan 10st 7lbs 8ozs Referee: Ben Green Attendance: 10600 Mar 20 Bruno Marestegan (France) WRSF6(10) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing News 30/03/1956 pages 4 and 5 Marostegan sub for Charles Odon Apr 24 Kid Gavilan (Cuba) LPTS(10) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing News 27/04/1956 pages 8 and 9 Match made at 10st 9lbs Waterman 10st 7lbs 8ozs Gavilan 10st 7lbs 4ozs Jun 5 Wally Thom (Birkenhead) WRTD5(15) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 08/06/1956 pages 8 and 9 (British Welterweight Title) Thom was British Welterweight Champion 1951-52 and 1953-56 and British Empire Welterweight Champion 1951-52 and European Welterweight Champion 1954-55. Waterman 10st 5lbs 12ozs Thom 10st 5lbs 12ozs Referee: Eugene Henderson cut eye Nov 20 Idrissa Dione (France) WPTS(10) Ice Rink, Streatham Source: Boxing News 23/11/1956 pages 8 and 9 Waterman 10st 7lbs 12ozs Dione 10st 8lbs 8ozs Dec 17 Frank Johnson (Manchester) WRTD10(15) Birmingham Source: Boxing News (British Welterweight Title) Johnson was British Lightweight Champion 1952-53 and British Light-Heavyweight Champion 1955-56 and British Empire Lightweight Champion 1953. Waterman 10st 5lbs 12ozs Johnson 10st 6lbs 5ozs
1957 Mar 12 Jimmy Croll (Dundee) WRSF4(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 15/03/1957 pages 8 and 9 Croll was Scottish Area Welterweight Champion 1955. Match made at 10st 9lbs Referee: Bill Williams Apr 2 Siegmund Jarych (France) WRSF4(8) Seymour Hall Baths, Marylebone Source: Boxing News 05/04/1957 page 5 Waterman 10st 9lbs Jarych 10st 7lbs Referee: Tommy Little May 30 Emilio Marconi (Italy) DRAW(15) Rome Italy Source: Boxing News 07/06/1957 page 7 (European Welterweight Title) Aug 3 Michel Francois (France) WRSF3(10) Football Ground, Poole Source: Boxing News 09/08/1957 page 4 Waterman 10st 9lbs 8ozs Francois 10st 10lbs Promoter: Sam Simons Aug 12 Nick Moos (Holland) WRSF2(10) Ice Rink, Southampton Source: Boxing News 16/08/1957 page 11 Waterman 10st 8lbs 8ozs Moos 10st 8lbs Referee: Bill Williams Sep 3 Ernst Zetmann (Germany) WKO6(10) Ice Rink, Streatham Source: Boxing News 06/09/1957 page 4 Waterman 10st 8lbs 12ozs Zetmann 10st 6lbs 4ozs Oct 22 Ben Buker (Spain) WPTS(10) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 25/10/1957 page 4 Waterman 10st 8lbs 4ozs Buker 10st 7lbs Nov 16 Boswell St Louis (Trinidad) LPTS(10) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing News 22/11/1957 pages 8 and 9 Waterman 10st 8lbs St Louis 10st 4lbs 4ozs Referee: Jack Hart 1958 Jan 28 Emilio Marconi (Italy) WRSF14(15) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 31/01/1958 pages 8 and 9 (European Welterweight Title) Waterman 10st 6lbs Marconi 10st 5lbs Referee: Cornelius Knol(Holland) Apr 15 Dave Charnley (Dartford) LRSF5(10) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 18/04/1958 pages 9 and 8 Charnley was British Lightweight Champion 1957-65 and British Empire Lightweight Champion 1959-62 and European Lightweight Champion 1960-61. Match made at 10st 9lbs
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