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 Jock McAvoy (Rochdale) Active: 1927-1945 Weight classes fought in: welter, middle, light-heavy Recorded fights: 147 contests (won: 132 lost: 14 drew: 1) Born: 20th November 1907 Died: 20th November 1971 Manager: Joe Tolley and Harry Fleming Fight Record 1927 Nov 6 Billy Longworth (Royton) WKO2(6) Stadium, Royton Source: Boxing 08/11/1927 page 238 Nov 27 Bert Hilditch (Shaw) WRSF6(6) Stadium, Royton Source: Boxing 29/11/1927 page 286 1928 Jan 27 Billy Chew (Darwen) LRTD8 Public Hall, Haslingden Source: Boxing 31/01/1928 page 430 Promoter: messrs Harrison & Barlow Mar 19 Teddy Cox (Todmorden) WKO7 Todmorden Source: Harold Alderman (Boxing Historian)
1929 Jul 4 Frank Ormerod (Nelson) WKO1(10) New Market Stadium, Burnley Source: Boxing 10/07/1929 page 44 Promoter: P Heys 20 secs Jul 14 Jack Ogden (Chadderton) WKO3(10) Stadium, Royton Source: Boxing 17/07/1929 page 55 Aug 6 Billy Chew (Darwen) WPTS(10) New Market Hotel, Burnley Source: Burnley Express and Advertiser Aug 14 Eric Basher Bargh (Morecambe) WRSF4(10) Winter Gardens, Morecambe Source: Boxing 21/08/1929 page 116 Aug 28 Jack Jukes (Tyldesley) WRSF6(10) Winter Gardens, Morecambe Source: Boxing 04/09/1929 page 149 Sep 17 Tiger Ennis (Halifax) WKO1 Burnley Source: Jock McAvoy record - from biography Sep 25 Seaman Douglas (Warrington) WRTD6 Winter Gardens, Morecambe Source: Boxing 02/10/1929 page 211 Sep 29 Billy Chew (Darwen) WPTS Stadium, Royton Source: Boxing 02/10/1929 page 212 Sep 30 Jack Ogden (Chadderton) WPTS(10) Co-op Hall, Fleetwood Source: Fleetwood Chronicle Referee: W Howarth(Blackpool) Dec 2 Jack Harrison (Hanley) WRTD4(10) Palais de Danse, Hanley Source: Boxing 11/12/1929 page 375 Dec 5 Soldier Jones (Rhyl) WRSF2(10) Town Hall, Rhyl Source: Rhyl Journal Referee: Joe Tolley Promoter: Sgt Maj Bloxham Dec 6 Ted Abbott (Stainforth) WRTD6(12) King Street Barracks, Blackburn Source: Boxing 11/12/1929 pages 374 and 371 Promoter: Mr Westwell(Accrington) Dec 15 Lud Greswig (Norway) WRTD2 Stadium, Royton Source: Boxing 18/12/1929 page 391 Dec 20 Billy Horner (Leeds) WRTD4(12) Majestic Rink, Preston Source: Boxing 24/12/1929 page 407 Big crowd Dec 27 Griff Williams (Denbigh) DRAW(10) Town Hall, Rhyl Source: Rhyl Journal Referee: Joe Tolley 1930 Jan 12 Marine Davis (RM Deal) WKO6(12) Stadium, Royton Source: Boxing 15/01/1930 page 454 Match made at 10st 7lbs
Jan 24 Sid Aldridge (Leeds) WKO4(12) Majestic Rink, Preston Source: Boxing 29/01/1930 page 486 Feb 7 Jack Ogden (Chadderton) WKO2(12) Public Hall, Haslingden Source: Boxing 12/02/1930 pages 518 and 515 Feb 9 Andy Ross (Barrow) WKO5(15) Stadium, Royton Source: Boxing 12/02/1930 page 515 Feb 14 Fred Oldfield (Doncaster) WPTS(12) Majestic Rink, Preston Source: Lancashire Daily Post(Preston) Promoter: Tommy Ritchie Feb 27 Bill Lee (Wrexham) WKO3(15) Town Hall, Rhyl Mar 7 Shocker Bowman (Penrith) Source: Rhyl Journal Promoter: Sgt Maj Bloxam WKO3(15) Market Hall, Penrith Source: Penrith Observer Referee: J Barnes(Penrith) Promoter: Dick Edwards Mar 10 Fred Blything (Wolverhampton) WPTS(15) Baths, Stourbridge Source: Birmingham Gazette Promoter: Owen Moran Mar 16 Jack Wilkinson (Warrington) WKO2 Stadium, Royton Source: Boxing 19/03/1930 page 599 Mar 21 Fred Oldfield (Doncaster) WRSF8(12) Public Hall, Haslingden Source: Boxing 26/03/1930 page 614 Mar 28 Jim Pearson (Bamber Bridge) LPTS(12) Majestic Rink, Preston Source: Boxing 02/04/1930 page 627 Pearson boxed for the Northern Area Middleweight Title 1930. Attendance: 3000 Apr 13 Ted Lewis (Wigan) WKO6 Stadium, Royton Source: Boxing 16/04/1930 page 661 Apr 14 Dai Beynon (Merthyr) WKO5(12) King Street Barracks, Blackburn Source: Boxing 23/04/1930 pages 677 and 676 Beynon boxed for the Welsh Middleweight Title 1931. Apr 25 Joe Rostron (Heywood) LPTS(12) Majestic Rink, Preston Source: Boxing 30/04/1930 page 694 May 25 Eddie Strawer (Rochdale) WKO10(15) Stadium, Royton Source: Boxing 28/05/1930 page 760 Jun 11 Billy Green (Taffs Well) WRSF14(15) Winter Gardens, Morecambe Source: Jock McAvoy record - from biography Green was Welsh Area Middleweight Champion 1929. Jul 26 Eddie Strawer (Rochdale) WKO6(15) Stadium, Royton Source: Boxing 30/07/1930 page 74 Jul 30 George Porter (Nottingham) WPTS(15) Winter Gardens, Morecambe Source: Boxing 06/08/1930 page 91 Aug 10 Farmer Jackson (Doncaster) WPTS(12) Stadium, Royton Source: Boxing 13/08/1930 page 103
Aug 27 Jimmy Cox (Wigan) WPTS(12) Winter Gardens, Morecambe Source: Boxing 03/09/1930 page 151 Sep 14 Jim Pearson (Bamber Bridge) WPTS Stadium, Royton Source: Boxing 17/09/1930 page 186 Sep 30 Billy Delahaye (Dowlais) WRSF2(15) Free Trade Hall, Manchester Source: Boxing 08/10/1930 page 232 Oct 3 Patsy Flynn (Lambeth) WKO3(12) Majestic Rink, Preston Source: Boxing 08/10/1930 page 232 Oct 14 Joe Rostron (Heywood) WPTS(15) Free Trade Hall, Manchester Source: Boxing 22/10/1930 page 264 Match made at 11st 2lbs Oct 22 Joe Lowther (Leeds) WPTS(15) Winter Gardens, Morecambe Source: Boxing 29/10/1930 pages 280 and 281 Lowther was Northern Area Middleweight Champion 1930-31. Nov 2 Jimmy Cox (Wigan) WPTS(15) Stadium, Royton Source: Boxing 05/11/1930 page 297 Nov 4 Trevor Evans (Caerau) WRSF15(15) Free Trade Hall, Manchester Source: Boxing 12/11/1930 page 313 Evans boxed for the Welsh Middleweight Title 1930. Dec 14 Jim Johnson (Newcastle) WKO2 Stadium, Royton Source: Boxing 17/12/1930 page 394 1931 Jan 11 Shocker Bowman (Penrith) WPTS Stadium, Royton Source: Boxing 14/01/1931 page 458 Jan 22 Charlie McDonald (Sunderland) WPTS(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 28/01/1931 page 489 Referee: Tom Gamble Feb 16 Dick Burt (Plymouth) WRTD8(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 18/02/1931 page 534 Burt was West of England Welterweight Champion 1929-31. Mar 8 Charlie Keeling (Nottingham) WKO3(12) Stadium, Royton Source: Boxing 11/03/1931 page 587 Keeling received broken ribs Mar 30 Paul McGuire (Newcastle) LDSQ4(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 01/04/1931 page 630 Apr 3 Jimmy Cox (Wigan) WPTS(12) Stadium, Bolton Source: Jock McAvoy record - from biography Apr 15 Sonny Doke (Battersea) WPTS(15) Winter Gardens, Morecambe Source: Boxing 22/04/1931 page 681 Apr 19 Johnny Seamarks (Bedford) WKO3 Stadium, Royton Source: Boxing 22/04/1931 page 682 May 11 Fred Shaw (Shipley) WPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 13/05/1931 page 728
May 24 Sonny Doke (Battersea) WPTS(12) Stadium, Royton Source: Boxing 27/05/1931 page 764 Jun 21 Con Van Leuwen (Holland) WRTD5 Stadium, Royton Source: Boxing 24/06/1931 page 828 Jul 11 Jack Bottomley (Middlesbrough) WKO1(12) Hornets Football Ground, Rochdale Source: Boxing 15/07/1931 page 42 Referee: Jack Ward Jul 19 Jack O'Brien (Belfast) WRTD3(12) Tolca Park, Dublin Source: Boxing 29/07/1931 page 79 Promoter: Jack McFarland Attendance: 4500 Aug 10 Joe Lowther (Leeds) WRTD8(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 12/08/1931 page 102 (Northern Area Middleweight Title) Attendance: 6000 Aug 30 Jack Hyams (Stepney) WRSF8(12) Brunswick Stadium, Leeds Source: Boxing 02/09/1931 pages 155 and 156 Hyams boxed for the British Middleweight Title 1937 and was Southern Area Middleweight Champion 1936-38 and Southern Area Light-Heavyweight Champion 1938-39 and 1941. Sep 7 Jerry Daley (Penygraig) WKO2(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 09/09/1931 page 165 Daley was Welsh Area Middleweight Champion 1929-31 and 1931-32. Match made at 11st 6lbs Oct 12 Alfredo Pegazzano (Italy) WRSF3(12) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 14/10/1931 pages 244 and 245 Nov 6 Paul McGuire (Newcastle) WRTD2(15) Tower Circus, Blackpool Source: Boxing 11/11/1931 page 13 Attendance: 3000 Nov 16 Billy Adair (Bethnal Green) WKO2(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 18/11/1931 page 9 Adair sub for Seaman Harvey(Plymouth) Nov 22 Sonny Doke (Battersea) WRTD5(12) NSB, Royton Source: Boxing 25/11/1931 page 11 Dec 20 Red Pullen (Cardiff) WKO1(12) NSB, Royton Source: Boxing 23/12/1931 page 15 Pullen sub for Glen Moody 1932 Jan 17 Jack Marshall (Accrington) WKO2 NSB, Royton Source: Boxing 27/01/1931 page 12 Feb 1 Seaman Harvey (Chatham) WPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 03/02/1932 page 8 Harvey was Eastern Counties Middleweight Champion 1930.
Feb 29 Jack Etienne (Belgium) WPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 02/03/1932 page 8 Mar 21 Len Harvey (Plymouth) LPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 23/03/1932 page 6 (British Middleweight Title) Harvey was British and British Empire and World Champion from Middleweight and to Heavyweight between 1929 and 1942. May 9 Edwin John (Chelsea) WRSF6(12) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 11/05/1932 page 9 May 29 Bill Hood (Plymouth) WKO2(12) NSB, Royton Source: Boxing 01/06/1932 page 17 Jun 19 Sandy McKenzie (Glasgow) WKO1(12) NSB, Royton Source: Boxing 22/06/1932 page 13 McKenzie boxed for the Scottish Middleweight Title 1931. Jun 28 Billy Thomas (Deri) WRSF3(15) Stadium, Blackpool Source: Boxing 07/07/1932 page 12 Thomas boxed a British Middleweight Title Eliminator 1934 and was Welsh Area Middleweight Champion 1934-35 and 1935-36. Promoter: Jim Harris Attendance: 3000 Jul 4 Carmelo Candel (France) WPTS(10) Stadium, White City Source: Boxing 07/07/1932 pages 8 and 9 Jul 18 Jack Casey (Sunderland) LDSQ14(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 20/07/1932 page 8 (Northern Area Middleweight Title) Casey boxed for the British Middleweight Title 1932 and was Northern Area Middleweight Champion 1932. McAvoy 11st 4lbs 8ozs Casey 11st 2lbs 12ozs Aug 1 Tom Benjamin (Wales) WRSF5(12) Football Ground, Blackpool Source: Boxing 10/08/1932 page 10 Promoter: Jack Madden Aug 31 George Brown (Stepney) WPTS(12) Winter Gardens, Morecambe Source: Boxing 07/09/1932 page 11 Sep 11 Billy Roberts (Bishop Auckland) WRTD3(15) NSB, Royton Source: Boxing 14/09/1932 page 11 Sep 30 Phil Green (Bath) WRSF2(12) Palace Theatre, Rawtenstall Source: Boxing 05/10/1932 page 12 Green was Western Area Middleweight Champion 1929-30 and 1931-33. Promoter: Harry Barlow Oct 12 Tommy Moore (Royston) WKO3(12) Winter Gardens, Morecambe Source: Boxing 19/10/1932 pages 11 and 12 Moore was Northern Area Middleweight Champion 1934-36. Nov 7 Ted Coveney (Highbury) WRSF4(12) King George's Hall, Blackburn Source: Boxing 09/11/1932 page 8
Nov 25 Michail Fubea (Rumania) WRSF4(10) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 30/11/1932 page 10 Match made at 11st 8lbs Dec 7 Hans Siefried (Germany) WPTS(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing 14/12/1932 page 8 1933 Jan 30 Glen Moody (Pontypridd) WRSF6(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 01/02/1933 page 9 Moody was Welsh Area Middleweight Champion 1931 and 1932-33 and Welsh Area Light-Heavyweight Champion 1939. Feb 12 Les Ward (Woking) WKO6(10) NSB, Royton Source: Boxing 15/02/1933 page 11 Feb 20 Red Pullen (Cardiff) WKO3 Blackburn Source: Jock McAvoy record - from biography Feb 27 Leonard Steyaert (Belgium) WKO8(12) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 01/03/1933 page 8 Apr 10 Len Harvey (Plymouth) WPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 12/04/1933 page 8 (British Middleweight Title) May 14 Jack Hyams (Stepney) WPTS(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 17/05/1933 page 4 Jun 12 Oddone Piazzi (Italy) WPTS(10) Olympia, Kensington Source: Boxing 14/06/1933 pages 7 and 14 Aug 21 George Brown (Stepney) WPTS(12) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 23/08/1933 page 13 Match made at 11st 12lbs Oct 9 Archie Sexton (Bethnal Green) WKO10(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 10/10/1933 page 16 (British Middleweight Title) Sexton boxed for the British Middleweight Title 1933. Nov 12 Jack Forster (Norwich) WPTS(12) NSB, Royton Source: Boxing 15/11/1933 page 13 Forster was Eastern Counties Middleweight Champion 1934. 1934 Jan 29 Eddie Peirce (South Africa) WPTS(12) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Sporting Life Feb 28 Al Burke (Australia) WKO5(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing 07/03/1934 page 13 Burke boxed for the British Middleweight Title 1935 and was Southern Area Middleweight Champion 1934.
Mar 19 Eddie Maguire (South Africa) WKO2(12) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 21/03/1934 page 10 Maguire was Southern Area Light-Heavyweight Champion 1939-41. Apr 30 Ernie Simmons (Birmingham) WPTS(12) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 02/05/1934 page 11 Jun 18 Teddy Phillips (Canada) WKO8(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 20/06/1934 page 10 Aug 13 Charlie Parkin (Mansfield) WKO1(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 15/08/1934 page 8 Parkin was Northern Area Middleweight Champion 1937-45. Oct 8 Jack Etienne (Belgium) WKO1(12) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 10/10/1934 page 9 Dec 3 Kid Tunero (Cuba) WKO7(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 05/12/1934 page 10 1935 Jan 14 Marcel Thil (France) LPTS(15) Palais des Sports, Paris France Source: Boxing 16/01/1935 page 8 (European Middleweight Title) Apr 8 Garcia Lluch (Spain) WPTS(10) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 10/04/1935 page 10 Jun 24 Al Burke (Australia) WPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 26/06/1935 page 10 (British Middleweight Title) Oct 7 Marcel Lauriot (France) WPTS(12) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 09/10/1935 page 14 Nov 29 Al McCoy (Canada) WPTS(10) New York City USA Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Dec 20 Babe Risko (USA) WKO1(10) New York City USA Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) 1936 Feb 17 Jim Smith (USA) WKO2(10) New York City USA Source: Boxing 19/02/1936 page 13 Feb 27 Anson Green (USA) WPTS(10) Philadelphia USA Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Mar 13 John Henry Lewis (USA) LPTS(15) New York City USA Source: Boxing 18/03/1936 page 9
Apr 23 Jack Petersen (Cardiff) LPTS(15) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing 29/04/1936 pages 5 and 6 (British and Empire Heavyweight Title) Petersen was British Light-Heavyweight Champion 1932 and British Heavyweight Champion 1932-33 and 1934-36 and British Empire Heavyweight Champion 1934-36. Referee: Mr Myers Aug 3 Bob Simpkins (Bridlington) WKO3(10) Bloomfield Rd Football Ground, Blackpool Source: Boxing 05/08/1936 page 10 Simpkins boxed for the Northern Area Middleweight Title 1934. Sep 14 Albert Barjolin (France) WRSF2(12) Kings Hall, Manchester Source: Boxing 16/09/1936 pages 11 and 12 Match made at 12st 2lbs Oct 26 Bill Wainwright (Swadlincote) WKO3(12) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 28/10/1936 page 12 Dec 1 Reinus de Boer (Holland) WPTS(12) Drill Hall, Sheffield Source: Boxing 09/12/1936 page 17 1937 Mar 8 Cheo Marejon (Cuba) WPTS(12) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 10/03/1937 page 11 Match made at 11st 12lbs Apr 27 Eddie Phillips (Bow) WKO14(15) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing 28/04/1937 pages 14 and 15 (British Light-Heavyweight Title) Phillips was British Light-Heavyweight Champion 1935-37. May 3 Dai Jones (Ammanford) WPTS(10) Colston Hall, Bristol Source: Boxing 05/05/1937 page 11 Jones boxed a British Middleweight Title Eliminator 1936 and 1937 and was Welsh Area Middleweight Champion 1936-38. Oct 25 Jack Hyams (Stepney) WRTD11(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 27/10/1937 page 11 (British Middleweight Title) Nov 23 Alban Mulrooney (Macclesfield) WRSF3(10) Victoria Hall, Hanley Source: Boxing 01/12/1937 page 19 Match made at 11st 8lbs Dec 6 Vasile Serbanesco (Rumania) WRTD4(12) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 08/12/1937 pages 12 and 13 Match made at 12st 8lbs 1938 Jan 24 Bill Hardy (Barlestone) WKO6(12) Granby Halls, Leicester Source: Boxing 26/01/1938 pages 10 and 11 Hardy boxed a British Middleweight Title Eliminator 1936.
Feb 28 Jack Strongbow (West Hartlepool) WKO6(12) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 02/03/1938 page 12 Apr 7 Len Harvey (Plymouth) LPTS(15) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing 13/04/1938 pages 9 and 21 (British Light-Heavyweight Title) Referee: Percy Moss May 7 Marcel Lauriot (France) WKO2(10) Dublin Source: Boxing 11/05/1938 page 17 Nov 2 Jack Strongbow (West Hartlepool) WRTD5(10) Tower Ballroom, Edgbaston Source: Boxing 09/11/1938 page 17 Referee: Jack Curphy(Manchester) Promoter: Ted Salmon Nov 21 Joe Quigley (Ireland) WPTS(10) King's Hall, Derby Source: Boxing 23/11/1938 page 13 Nov 28 Frank Hough (Battersea) WKO6(12) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 30/11/1938 pages 11 and 12 Hough was Southern Area Middleweight Champion 1935-36. Match made at 12st 10lbs Dec 6 Jack Robinson (Nottingham) WKO2(10) Granby Halls, Leicester Source: Boxing 14/12/1938 pages 19 and 20 Robinson was Northern Area Light-Heavyweight Champion 1936. Referee: Jack Dare 1939 Feb 27 Emile Lebrize (France) WKO1(10) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 01/03/1939 page 12 Referee: Seaman Tommy Watson Mar 9 Tino Rolando (Italy) WRSF9(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 15/03/1939 page 18 Referee: Jack Hare May 22 Ginger Sadd (Norwich) WPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 24/05/1939 pages 13 and 14 (British Middleweight Title) Sadd boxed for the British Middleweight Title 1939 and was Eastern Counties Welterweight Champion 1935-36 and Eastern Area Middleweight Champion 1937 and 1948-49. McAvoy 11st 5lbs 10ozs Sadd 11st 4lbs Referee: Moss Deyong Attendance: 6000 - full house Jul 10 Len Harvey (Plymouth) LPTS(15) Stadium, White City Source: Boxing 12/07/1939 pages 12, 13 and 14 (British and Empire Light-Heavyweight Title) McAvoy 12st 3lbs Harvey 12st 6lbs 12ozs Referee: CB Thomas
Nov 20 Jack Hyams (Stepney) WPTS(10) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 22/11/1939 page 2 Attendance: 7000 1940 Apr 29 Jim Berry (South Shields) WRTD6 Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 01/05/1940 page 2 Berry boxed for the Northern Area Middleweight Title 1939. Aug 8 Freddie Mills (Bournemouth) LPTS(12) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 15/08/1940 page 14 Mills was British and British Empire Light-Heavyweight Champion 1942-50 and European Light-Heavyweight Champion 1947-50 and World Light-Heavyweight Champion 1942-46. Aug 26 Charlie Parkin (Mansfield) WRSF6 Nottingham Source: Brian Strickland (Boxing Historian) Oct 28 Eddie Maguire (South Africa) LPTS(10) Ice Stadium, Nottingham Source: Boxing News 07/11/1940 pages 15 and 16 1941 Oct 20 Jack Hyams (Stepney) WPTS(10) Seymour Hall Baths, Marylebone Source: Boxing News 23/10/1941 pages 12 and 13 Promoter: James Cywan Dec 8 Jim Berry (South Shields) WKO6(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 11/12/1941 pages 11 and 12 Promoter: John Muldoon 1942 Feb 23 Freddie Mills (Bournemouth) LRTD1(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 26/02/1942 pages 12 and 13 (British Light-Heavyweight Title Eliminator) McAvoy 12st 2lbs 8ozs Mills 12st 5lbs 12ozs broken hand 1945 Jul 17 George Howard (Finsbury Park) WRSF2(8) White Hart Lane, Tottenham Source: Boxing News 25/07/1945 pages 13, 14 and 15 Howard boxed for the Southern Area Middleweight Title 1940. Attendance: 38000 Aug 7 Johnny Clements (Coatbridge) WKO6(10) Fratton Park, Portsmouth Source: Boxing News 15/08/1945 pages 14 and 15 Clements boxed for the Scottish Middleweight Title 1939.
Attendance: 10000 McAvoy sub for Ernie Roderick(Liverpool) Sep 10 Tommy Davies (Cwmgorse) WPTS(8) Vetch Field, Swansea Source: Boxing News 12/09/1945 page 15 Davies was Welsh Area Middleweight Champion 1943-49. 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