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 Ellaway (Liverpool) Active: 1950-1958 Weight classes fought in: Recorded fights: 73 contests (won: 51 lost: 21 drew: 1) Fight Record 1950 Jul 13 Eric Metcalfe (Northwich) WRTD3(6) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 19/07/1950 page 13 Ellaway 10st 10lbs Metcalfe 10st 12lbs cut eye Aug 10 Roy Johnson (Liverpool) WPTS(4) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 16/08/1950 page 13 Ellaway 10st 11lbs Johnson 10st 9lbs Oct 12 Ray Dixon (Salford) LDSQ3 Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 08/11/1950 page 12 Ellaway 11st 3lbs Dixon 11st 4lbs Nov 3 George Day (Hull) WRTD1 Tower Circus, Blackpool Source: Boxing News 15/11/1950 pages 10 and 11 Ellaway 11st 5lbs 8ozs Day 11st 7lbs 12ozs dislocated shoulder
Nov 9 Ray Dixon (Salford) WPTS Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 22/11/1950 page 12 Ellaway 11st 3lbs Dixon 11st 2lbs Dec 14 Frank Priest (Northampton) LKO1 Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 27/12/1950 page 14 Ellaway 11st 4lbs Priest 11st 4lbs 1951 Feb 8 Ernie Conner (Manchester) WKO3 Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 14/02/1951 page 14 Ellaway 11st 2lbs Connors 11st 7lbs Mar 8 Pat Ryan (Widnes) WKO1 Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 14/03/1951 page 14 Ellaway 11st 4lbs Ryan 11st 4lbs Mar 19 Jackie Scott (Preston) WKO1 Public Hall, Preston Source: Boxing News 28/03/1951 page 13 Ellaway 11st 8lbs Scott 11st 8lbs 8ozs 14 secs inc count Mar 29 Jackie Jones (Bolton) WKO2 Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 11/04/1951 page 10 Ellaway 11st 6lbs Jones 11st 7lbs Apr 12 Frank Priest (Northampton) WKO2 Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 18/04/1951 page 13 Ellaway 11st 7lbs Priest 11st 6lbs Apr 19 Ken Richardson (Retford) WKO3(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 25/04/1951 page 13 Ellaway 11st 8lbs Richardson 11st 11lbs May 3 Gordon Nichols (Batley) WKO2 Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 09/05/1951 page 14 Ellaway 11st 6lbs Nicholls 11st 11lbs May 17 Jimmy Longton (Chorley) LDSQ3(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 23/05/1951 page 13 Ellaway 11st 4lbs Longton 11st 6lbs Jun 7 Jimmy Longton (Chorley) LPTS(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 20/06/1951 page 10 Ellaway 11st 8lbs 8ozs Longton 11st 5lbs 7ozs 25 a side Jul 5 Billy Taylor (Preston) WKO1(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 11/07/1951 page 7 Ellaway 11st 7lbs Taylor 11st 0lbs Jul 19 Bob Cleaver (Borough) LKO6(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 25/07/1951 page 13 Ellaway 11st 6lbs Cleaver 11st 2lbs 12ozs
Aug 16 Jackie Brown (Belfast) WKO2(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 22/08/1951 page 14 Ellaway 11st 4lbs 8ozs Brown 11st 6lbs Aug 30 Jackie Brown (Belfast) WRSF3(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 05/09/1951 pages 13 and 14 Ellaway 11st 5lbs 14ozs Brown 11st 7lbs Sep 13 Eddie Webb (Jamaica) WKO3(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 19/09/1951 page 13 Ellaway 11st 5lbs 8ozs Webb 11st 2lbs Oct 11 Jimmy Redgewell (Ashford) WRSF1(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 17/10/1951 page 13 Ellaway 11st 7lbs Redgewell 11st 5lbs Oct 18 Dick Langley (Peckham) WKO2(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 24/10/1951 page 14 Ellaway 11st 6lbs 8ozs Langley 11st 4lbs Nov 1 Ron Cooper (Pyle) WKO8(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 07/11/1951 page 13 Cooper was Welsh Area Middleweight Champion 1952. Ellaway 11st 8lbs Cooper 11st 6lbs 8ozs Dec 13 Koffi Kiteman (Gold Coast) WPTS(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 26/12/1951 page 11 Ellaway 11st 8lbs 4ozs Kiteman 11st 7lbs 8ozs 1952 Feb 14 Jackie Marr (Australia) WPTS(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 27/02/1952 page 10 Ellaway 11st 8lbs Marr 11st 6lbs 4ozs Apr 10 Joe Maseko (South Africa) LKO5(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 23/04/1952 page 10 Ellaway 11st 12lbs 10ozs Maseko 11st 10lbs 12ozs May 22 Jeff Tite (Spratton) WPTS(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 28/05/1952 pages 13 and 14 Tite boxed for the South East Area Welterweight Title 1949 and boxed for the Southern Area Welterweight Title 1951 Ellaway 11st 7lbs Tite 11st 1lbs 1953 Nov 19 Jack Johnson Cofie (Gold Coast) WPTS(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 25/11/1953 page 13 Ellaway 11st 3lbs Kofie 11st 8lbs
Dec 11 Bert Sanders (Kilburn) WRSF8(8) Tower Circus, Blackpool Source: Boxing News 16/12/1953 page 14 Ellaway 11st 3lbs 8ozs Sanders 11st 7lbs 8ozs 1954 Jan 8 Bob Cleaver (Borough) WRTD2(8) Tower Circus, Blackpool Source: Boxing News 13/01/1954 page 14 Ellaway 11st 4lbs Cleaver 11st 4lbs 8ozs cut eye Jan 28 Roy Agland (Tiryberth) LPTS(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 05/02/1954 page 12 Agland was Welsh Area Featherweight Champion 1952. Ellaway 11st 4lbs 8ozs Agland 11st 5lbs Feb 18 Bruce Crawford (Thornaby) WRSF1(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 26/02/1954 page 11 Crawford boxed a British Middleweight Title Eliminator 1952. Ellaway 11st 5lbs 4ozs Crawford 11st 10lbs Mar 12 Les Allen (Bedworth) LPTS(8) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing News 19/03/1954 pages 4 and 5 Allen boxed a British Middleweight Title Eliminator 1954 and 1955 and was Midlands Area Middleweight Champion 1953-58. Ellaway 11st 3lbs 12ozs Allen 11st 6lbs Apr 1 George Roe (Wolverhampton) WPTS(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 09/04/1954 page 11 Roe was Midlands Area Middleweight Champion 1952-53. Ellaway 11st 3lbs 8ozs Roe 11st 6lbs 4ozs Apr 22 Willie Armstrong (Port Glasgow) LKO6(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 30/04/1954 page 11 Armstrong was Scottish Area Middleweight Champion 1951. Ellaway 11st 5lbs Armstrong 11st 9lbs Jul 29 Bob Cleaver (Borough) WPTS(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 06/08/1954 page 11 Ellaway 11st 6lbs 8ozs Cleaver 11st 4lbs 8ozs Sep 2 Gino Rossi (Italy) LRSF5(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 10/09/1954 page 11 Ellaway 11st 7lbs Rossi 11st 6lbs 12ozs cut eye Oct 28 George Roe (Wolverhampton) WKO4(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 05/11/1954 page 11 Ellaway 11st 5lbs 8ozs Roe 11st 8lbs Roe sub for Michael Stack(Leamington)
Nov 18 Tom Meli (Belfast) WKO7(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 26/11/1954 page 8 Meli was Northern Ireland Area Middleweight Champion 1951-55 and Northern Ireland Area Light-Heavyweight Champion 1952. Ellaway 11st 7lbs Meli 11st 8lbs Dec 16 Gino Menozzi (France) WPTS(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 24/12/1954 pages 8 and 9 Ellaway 11st 7lbs 12ozs Menozzi 11st 7lbs 1955 Jan 20 Leo Starosch (Austria) WPTS(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 28/01/1955 page 11 Ellaway 11st 6lbs 8ozs Starosch 11st 5lbs Mar 3 Andre de Keersgieter (Belgium) LKO3(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 11/03/1955 page 11 Ellaway 11st 7lbs 4ozs de Keersgieter 11st 5lbs 14ozs Apr 14 Jimmy King (USA) DRAW(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 22/04/1955 page 10 Ellaway 11st 7lbs 12ozs King 11st 1lbs May 12 Johnny Read (Norwood) LDSQ2(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 20/05/1955 page 10 Ellaway 11st 6lbs 8ozs Read 11st 6lbs 12ozs May 19 Johnny Read (Norwood) WKO3(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 27/05/1955 page 10 Ellaway 11st 7lbs Read 11st 7lbs 4ozs 25 a side Jun 3 Lew Lazar (Aldgate) WPTS(8) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing News 10/06/1955 page 4 Lazar boxed for the British Welterweight Title 1954 and boxed for the British Middleweight Title 1956 and was Southern Area Middleweight Champion 1955. Ellaway 11st 6lbs 12ozs Lazar 11st 4lbs 12ozs Aug 18 Abe Quartey (Gold Coast) WPTS(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 26/08/1955 page 11 Ellaway 11st 7lbs 10ozs Quartey 11st 6lbs Sep 2 Martin Hansen (Liverpool) WPTS(8) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing News 09/09/1955 page 11 Hansen boxed for the British Middleweight Title 1957. Ellaway 11st 8lbs Hansen 11st 6lbs Sep 15 George Roe (Wolverhampton) WKO4 Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 23/09/1955 page 9 Ellaway 11st 6lbs 8ozs Roe 11st 7lbs
Oct 3 Ron Crookes (Sheffield) WKO2(8) Ice Stadium, Nottingham Source: Boxing News 07/10/1955 pages 8 and 9 Ellaway 11st 6lbs 12ozs Crookes 12st 5lbs 0ozs Crookes sub for Abe Quartey Oct 13 Sharkey Lewis (Jamaica) WKO2(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 21/10/1955 page 12 Ellaway 11st 7lbs 4ozs Lewis 11st 7lbs 8ozs Oct 27 Jean Ruellet (France) LPTS(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 04/11/1955 page 11 Ellaway 11st 5lbs 8ozs Ruellet 11st 2lbs 8ozs Nov 10 Kit Pompey (British Guiana) WPTS(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 18/11/1955 page 10 Ellaway 11st 7lbs 8ozs Pompey 11st 7lbs 4ozs Nov 28 Abe Quartey (Gold Coast) WPTS(8) Ice Stadium, Nottingham Source: Boxing News 02/12/1955 pages 8 and 9 Ellaway 11st 5lbs 7ozs Quartey 11st 7lbs 3ozs Dec 15 Fredi Teichman (Germany) WPTS(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 23/12/1955 page 10 Ellaway 11st 6lbs 14ozs Teichman 10st 11lbs Dec 30 Abe Quartey (Gold Coast) WRSF2(8) Tower Circus, Blackpool Source: Boxing News 06/01/1956 pages 8 and 9 Ellaway 11st 6lbs Quartey 11st 10lbs 1956 Feb 9 Jimmy Lyggett (Germany) WPTS(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 17/02/1956 page 11 Ellaway 11st 6lbs Lyggett 10st 11lbs 4ozs Feb 27 Eddie Thomas (South Africa) WRSF4(10) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing News 09/03/1956 page 4 Ellaway 11st 5lbs 8ozs Thomas 11st 5lbs 4ozs Apr 12 Lew Lazar (Aldgate) LPTS(12) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 20/04/1956 page 4 (British Middleweight Title Final Eliminator) Ellaway 11st 3lbs 4ozs Lazar 11st 3lbs 12ozs May 24 Serge Leveque (France) WPTS(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 01/06/1956 page 11 Ellaway 11st 4lbs 12ozs Leveque 11st 5lbs 4ozs Aug 2 Pat McAteer (Birkenhead) LPTS(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 10/08/1956 page 11 McAteer was British and British Empire Middleweight Champion 1955-58. Match made at 11st 8lbs
Sep 27 Martin Hansen (Liverpool) LRSF12(12) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 05/10/1956 page 5 (British Middleweight Title Eliminator) Ellaway 11st 6lbs Hansen 11st 5lbs Referee: Tommy Little 1957 Mar 4 Willie Armstrong (Port Glasgow) WPTS(8) New St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing News 08/03/1957 page 4 Ellaway 11st 10lbs 12ozs Armstrong 12st 3lbs 8ozs Mar 28 Willie Armstrong (Port Glasgow) LPTS(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 05/04/1957 page 4 Ellaway 11st 9lbs Armstrong 11st 13lbs May 6 Neville Rowe (Australia) WRSF8(8) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing News 10/05/1957 page 10 Match made at 12st 4lbs Ellaway 11st 9lbs Rowe 12st 7lbs 4ozs Referee: Jim Mahoney cut eye - Rowe paid forfeit Oct 17 Kit Pompey (British Guiana) WPTS(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 25/10/1957 page 12 Ellaway 11st 9lbs Pompey 11st 9lbs 14ozs Nov 4 Jean-Claude Poisson (France) WPTS(10) New St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing News 08/11/1957 page 7 Ellaway 11st 10lbs Poissons 11st 5lbs 8ozs Nov 14 Jean Ruellet (France) WPTS(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 22/11/1957 page 12 Ellaway 11st 9lbs Ruellet 11st 3lbs 8ozs 1958 Jan 2 Jimmy Lynas (Coventry) LPTS(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 10/01/1958 page 11 Lynas 11st 9lbs Mar 27 John Woolard (Glasgow) WPTS(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 04/04/1958 page 5 Ellaway 11st 8lbs Woolard 11st 8lbs 8ozs Referee: George Balshaw May 1 Dick Tiger (Nigeria) LRSF2 Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 09/05/1958 page 12 Referee: George Balshaw Jun 18 Dave Mooney (Wishaw) LKO8(8) Kelvin Hall, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 27/06/1958 page 12 Mooney boxed a British Light-Heavyweight Title Eliminator 1958. Ellaway 12st 8lbs 8ozs Mooney 12st 4lbs 6ozs
Promoter: Sammy Docherty Oct 9 Chic Calderwood (Craigneuk) LRSF6(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 17/10/1958 page 4 Calderwood was British and British Empire Light-Heavyweight Champion 1960-63 and 1964-66. Ellaway 12st 0lbs 8ozs Calderwood 11st 12lbs 8ozs Referee: Jack Lord 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