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 Terry Downes (Paddington) Active: 1957-1964 Weight classes fought in: Recorded fights: 44 contests (won: 35 lost: 9) Fight Record 1957 Apr 9 Peter Longo (Covent Garden) WKO1 Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 12/04/1957 pages 8 and 9 Downes 11st 2lbs 8ozs Longo 11st 3lbs 12ozs Apr 30 Jimmy Lynas (Coventry) WRSF3(8) Manor Place Baths, Walworth Source: Boxing News 03/05/1957 page 13 Downes 11st 5lbs 8ozs Lynas 11st 6lbs Referee: Tommy Little May 14 Dick Tiger (Nigeria) LRTD6(8) Town Hall, Shoreditch Source: Boxing News 17/05/1957 page 12 Downes 11st 3lbs 8ozs Tiger 11st 8lbs 14ozs Jun 4 Alan Dean (Birkenhead) WRSF4(8) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 07/06/1957 pages 8 and 9 Downes 11st 6lbs Dean 11st 4lbs 8ozs Referee: Eddie Maguire
Jun 18 Sammy Hamilton (Belfast) WRSF3(8) Ice Rink, Streatham Source: Boxing News 21/06/1957 page 7 Hamilton boxed for the Northern Ireland Middleweight Title 1956. Downes 11st 6lbs Hamilton 11st 4lbs 8ozs Jun 25 John Woolard (Glasgow) WRSF7(8) Town Hall, Shoreditch Source: Boxing News 28/06/1957 page 12 Downes 11st 5lbs Woolard 11st 6lbs Referee: Bill Williams Sep 17 Lew Lazar (Aldgate) WPTS(8) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 20/09/1957 pages 4 and 5 Lazar boxed for the British Welterweight Title 1954 and boxed for the British Middleweight Title 1956 and was Southern Area Middleweight Champion 1955. Downes 11st 5lbs Lazar 11st 3lbs 12ozs Oct 1 Derek Liversidge (Retford) WRSF2(8) Town Hall, Shoreditch Source: Boxing News 04/10/1957 page 7 Liversidge boxed for the Midlands Area Middleweight Title 1959. Downes 11st 2lbs Liversidge 10st 11lbs 12ozs Referee: Pat Floyd Oct 28 Eddie Phillips (Edinburgh) WRSF3 High Road Baths, Leyton Source: Boxing News 01/11/1957 page 11 Downes 11st 3lbs Phillips 11st 2lbs 12ozs Referee: Eddie Maguire Nov 16 Les Allen (Bedworth) LPTS(8) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing News 22/11/1957 pages 8 and 9 Allen boxed a British Middleweight Title Eliminator 1954 and 1955 and was Midlands Area Middleweight Champion 1953-58. Downes 11st 4lbs 10ozs Allen 11st 7lbs 12ozs Dec 10 George Lavery (Belfast) WKO5(8) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 13/12/1957 pages 8 and 9 Lavery was Northern Ireland Area Middleweight Champion 1955-56. Downes 11st 7lbs 12ozs Lavery 11st 9lbs Dec 19 Hamouda Bouraoui (Tunisia) WRSF4(8) Town Hall, Shoreditch Source: Boxing News 27/12/1957 page 5 Downes 11st 5lbs Bouraoui 11st 8lbs damaged nose 1958 Jan 7 Serge Leveque (France) WRSF4(8) Town Hall, Shoreditch Source: Boxing News 10/01/1958 page 6 Downes 11st 6lbs 8ozs Leveque 11st 10lbs
Jan 28 Freddie Cross (Nuneaton) LRSF6 Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 31/01/1958 pages 8 and 9 Cross boxed a British Middleweight Title Eliminator 1958 and was Welsh Area Featherweight Champion 1957. Downes 11st 6lbs 4ozs Cross 11st 6lbs Referee: Jack Hart cut eye Feb 25 Dennis Booty (Stepney) WRSF3 Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 28/02/1958 pages 8 and 9 Downes 11st 6lbs 4ozs Booty 11st 5lbs 12ozs Mar 17 Ben Salah Farhat (Tunisia) WRSF4(8) High Road Baths, Leyton Source: Boxing News 21/03/1958 page 7 Downes 11st 6lbs 8ozs Farhat 11st 7lbs Referee: Bill Williams Apr 15 Tuzo Portuguez (Costa Rica) WPTS(8) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 18/04/1958 pages 9 and 8 Downes 11st 6lbs 12ozs Portuguez 11st 8lbs 12ozs Jun 3 Pat McAteer (Birkenhead) WPTS(10) Stadium, White City Source: Boxing News 06/06/1958 pages 8 and 9 McAteer was British and British Empire Middleweight Champion 1955-58. Match made at 11st 8lbs Jul 15 Constant Alcantara (North Africa) WRTD3 Ice Rink, Streatham Source: Boxing News 18/07/1958 page 7 Downes 11st 6lbs Alcantara 11st 7lbs 8ozs Alcantara sub for Jean Ruellet(France) Sep 30 Phil Edwards (Cardiff) WRSF13(15) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 03/10/1958 pages 8 and 9 (British Middleweight Title) Edwards boxed for the British Middleweight Title 1958 and 1960 and was Welsh Area Featherweight Champion 1957-58. Downes 11st 4lbs 8ozs Edwards 11st 4lbs 4ozs Referee: Bill Williams Nov 4 Mohammed Taibi (Morocco) WRSF3 Seymour Hall Baths, Marylebone Source: Boxing News 07/11/1958 page 7 Downes 11st 5lbs Taibi 11st 5lbs 8ozs Dec 9 Spider Webb (USA) LPTS(8) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing News 12/12/1958 pages 8 and 9 Downes 11st 5lbs 8ozs Webb 11st 4lbs 8ozs 1959 Feb 24 Michel Diouf (France) LRTD5(10) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing News 27/02/1959 pages 4 and 5 Downes 11st 5lbs 12ozs Diouf 11st 6lbs 8ozs cut eye
Jul 7 Andre Davier (France) WKO7(10) Ice Rink, Streatham Source: Boxing News 17/07/1959 pages 8 and 9 Downes 11st 6lbs 2ozs Davier 11st 1lbs 12ozs Sep 15 John McCormack (Maryhill) LDSQ6(15) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing News 18/09/1959 pages 8 and 9 (British Middleweight Title) McCormack was British Middleweight Champion 1959 and European Middleweight Champion 1961-62. Downes 11st 4lbs 6ozs McCormack 11st 6lbs Referee: Ike Powell Nov 3 John McCormack (Maryhill) WRSF8(15) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing News 06/11/1959 pages 8 and 9 (British Middleweight Title) Downes 11st 4lbs McCormack 11st 6lbs Referee: Andrew Smyth(Belfast) 1960 Mar 8 Carlos Vanneste (Belgium) WRSF4 Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing News 11/03/1960 pages 8 and 9 Downes 11st 5lbs 12ozs Vanneste 11st 6lbs 2ozs Promoter: Harry Levene Mar 24 Orlando De Pietro (USA) WKO4(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 01/04/1960 page 3 Downes 11st 5lbs 4ozs De Pietro 11st 7lbs 8ozs Promoter: Mickey Duff Jun 9 Richard Bouchez (Belgium) WKO2(10) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing News 17/06/1960 page 3 Downes 11st 8lbs Bouchez 11st 7lbs Referee: Jack Lord Promoter: Harry Levene Jul 5 Phil Edwards (Cardiff) WRTD12(15) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing News 08/07/1960 pages 4 and 5 (British Middleweight Title Downes 11st 4lbs 12ozs Edwards 11st 4lbs 8ozs Referee: Tommy Little Promoter: Harry Levene Oct 11 Joey Giardello (USA) WPTS(10) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing News 14/10/1960 pages 8 and 9 Downes 11st 6lbs 6ozs Giardello 11st 6lbs 8ozs Referee: Tommy Little Promoter: Harry Levene
1961 Jan 14 Paul Pender (USA) LRSF7(15) Arena, Boston USA Source: Boxing News 20/01/1961 pages 8 and 9 (World Middleweight Title) Downes 11st 6lbs Pender 11st 6lbs Mar 7 Willie Green (USA) WRSF3(10) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing News 10/03/1961 pages 8 and 9 Downes 11st 8lbs 12ozs Green 11st 8lbs 12ozs Referee: Tommy Little Promoter: Harry Levene May 2 Tony Montano (Mexico) WRTD5(10) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing News 05/05/1961 pages 8 and 9 Montano 11st 6lbs 4ozs Referee: Harry Gibbs Promoter: Harry Levene Jul 11 Paul Pender (USA) WRTD9(15) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing News 14/07/1961 pages 8 and 9 (World Middleweight Title) Downes 11st 4lbs 12ozs Pender 11st 5lbs Referee: Ike Powell Promoter: Harry Levene 1962 Apr 7 Paul Pender (USA) LPTS(15) Boston USA Source: Boxing News 13/04/1962 pages 8 and 9 (World Middleweight Title) May 22 Don Fullmer (USA) WPTS(10) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing News 25/05/1962 pages 8 and 9 Match made at 11st 8lbs Downes 11st 8lbs Fullmer 11st 7lbs Promoter: Harry Levene Sep 25 Sugar Ray Robinson (USA) WPTS(10) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing News 28/09/1962 pages 8 and 9 Downes 11st 7lbs Robinson 11st 5lbs Nov 13 Phil Moyer (USA) WRSF9(10) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing News 16/11/1962 pages 8, 09 and 12 Downes 11st 10lbs 10ozs Moyer 11st 11lbs Referee: Jack Hart Promoter: Harry Levene 1963 Mar 5 Jimmy Beecham (USA) WRSF9(10) Seymour Hall Baths, Marylebone Source: Boxing News 08/03/1963 pages 3 and 4 Downes 11st 9lbs 4ozs Beecham 11st 1lbs 12ozs Referee: Tommy Little Promoter: Ronnie Ezra
Oct 8 Rudolf Nehring (Germany) WKO3(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 11/10/1963 pages 8, 09 and 16 Match made at 12st 7lbs Downes 12st 5lbs Nehring 12st 3lbs 8ozs Promoter: Mike Barrett Nov 25 Mike Pusateri (USA) WRSF5(10) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing News 29/11/1963 pages 8 and 9 Downes 12st 1lbs Pusateri 11st 8lbs Referee: Fred Hampson Promoter: Harry Levene 1964 May 28 Eddie Zaremba (USA) WPTS(10) Kelvin Hall, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 05/06/1964 pages 6 and 7 Downes 12st 0lbs Zaremba 12st 5lbs Referee: Frank Wilson Promoter: Peter Keenan Nov 30 Willie Pastrano (USA) LRSF11(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing News 04/12/1964 pages 8 and 9 (World Light-Heavyweight Title) Downes 12st 3lbs Pastrano 12st 6lbs 12ozs Referee: Andrew Smyth (Belfast) Promoter: Harry Levene 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