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 Ernie Roderick (Liverpool) Active: 1931-1950 Weight classes fought in: Recorded fights: 145 contests (won: 117 lost: 25 drew: 3) Fight Record 1931 Jun 4 Tony Butcher (Liverpool) WPTS(10) Lyric Theatre, Liverpool Source: Boxing 10/06/1931 page 794 Promoter: Johnny Best Jun 18 Young Martin (Liverpool) WPTS(10) Lyric Theatre, Liverpool Source: Boxing 24/06/1931 page 826 Promoter: Johnny Best Jul 15 Sammy Brooks (Liverpool) WRTD9(10) Racecourse Ground, Wrexham Source: An unknown Wirral newspaper Jul 28 Jack Fraser (Liverpool) WPTS(6) Winter Gardens, Southport Source: Boxing 05/08/1931 page 89 Promoter: Johnny Best contest reduced from 10 rounds Aug 25 Tommy Eustace (Widnes) WPTS(10) Winter Gardens, Southport Source: Boxing 02/09/1931 page 153 Promoter: Johnny Best
Nov 16 Albert Higgins (Wrexham) WPTS(12) Hoylake Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Dec 17 Tom Bailey (Liverpool) WPTS(10) Liverpool Source: Boxing 23/12/1931 page 14 1932 May 23 Jerry Smith (Birkenhead) WRTD8(10) Annfield Football Ground, Liverpool Source: Boxing 25/05/1932 page 18 Jun 13 Jimmy Stewart (Liverpool) LPTS(10) Anfield Football Ground, Liverpool Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Stewart boxed a British Lightweight Title Eliminator 1935 and was Northern Area Lightweight Champion 1936-37. Sep 15 Jerry Smith (Birkenhead) WKO9(15) Drill Hall, Birkenhead Source: Boxing 21/09/1932 page 11 Promoter: Frank Davies Oct Billy Morgan (Wrexham) WRTD4 Portmadoc Source: Wrexham and North Wales Guardian Oct 20 Billy Quinlan (Ammanford) WPTS(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 26/10/1932 page 7 Quinlan boxed for the British Lightweight Title 1934 and was Welsh Area Lightweight Champion 1932-34. Dec 15 Alec Law (Smethwick) WPTS(12) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 21/12/1932 page 12 1933 Jan 19 Alec Law (Smethwick) WKO4(12) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 25/01/1933 page 7 Match made at 9st 9lbs Feb 20 Packey McFarland (Dublin) WKO2(12) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 22/02/1933 page 9 Feb 23 Jack Flynn (Belfast) WKO4(12) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 01/03/1933 page 12 Mar 6 Billy Granelly (Pontypridd) WKO2(12) Manchester Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Granelly boxed for the Welsh Lightweight Title 1931. Mar 27 Bryn Edwards (Garnant) WRTD11(12) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 29/03/1933 page 8 Apr 20 Herbie Fraser (Westbourne Park) WRTD7(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 26/04/1933 page 12 Apr 27 Tommy John (Pentre) DRAW(8) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing 03/05/1933 page 7 Promoter: Jeff Dickson
May 1 Jim Hunter (Dunfermline) WPTS(12) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 03/05/1933 page 8 Hunter boxed for the British Lightweight Title 1932 and was Scottish Area Lightweight Champion 1930-33. Jul 1 Bobby Blay (Australia) LPTS(15) Sydney Australia Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Jul 31 Bobby Delaney (Australia) LRSF8(15) Sydney Australia Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Aug 2 Cyril Pluto (Australia) LPTS(15) Sydney Australia Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) 1934 Feb 22 Henri Baumas (France) WRSF2 Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 28/02/1934 page 16 Mar 8 George Purchase (South Africa) WDSQ13(15) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 14/03/1934 page 15 Purchase boxed for the Welsh Welterweight Title twice in 1936. Mar 19 Jack Lord (Bolton) WDSQ5 Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 21/03/1934 page 10 Lord boxed for the British Welterweight Title 1938 and was Northern Area Welterweight Champion 1936. Apr 3 Bob Nelson (Birkenhead) LPTS(10) Birkenhead Source: Boxing 11/04/1934 page 15 Apr 8 Billy Bird (Chelsea) LDSQ9(12) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 11/04/1934 page 13 Apr 16 Jack Lord (Bolton) LDSQ8(12) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 18/04/1934 page 10 Jun 7 Pat Butler (Leicester) LPTS(12) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 13/06/1934 page 15 Butler was British Welterweight Champion 1934-36. Aug 2 Jack Daley (Wigan) WPTS(12) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 08/08/1934 page 11 Referee: Jack Smith Sep 20 Charlie Baxter (Birmingham) WPTS(10) Anfield, Liverpool Source: Boxing 26/09/1934 page 5 Baxter boxed a British Welterweight Title Eliminator 1933 and was Southern Area Welterweight Champion 1933. Oct 24 Tommy Taylor (Liverpool) LDSQ6(12) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing Weekly Record 31/10/1934 page 15 Dec 3 Dave McCleave (Battersea) LPTS(8) Crystal Palace, Sydenham Source: Boxing 05/12/1934 page 10 McCleave was British Welterweight Champion 1936.
Dec 17 Charlie Baxter (Birmingham) LPTS(12) Drill Hall, Wolverhampton Source: Boxing 19/12/1934 page 31 1935 Jan 10 J P Boyle (Glasgow) WKO11(12) Adelphi SC, Glasgow Source: Boxing 16/01/1935 page 14 Boyle was Scottish Area Welterweight Champion 1932. Jan 14 Jack Moody (Pontypridd) WRSF4(10) Baths, Dudley Source: Boxing Weekly Record 16/01/1935 page 8 Moody was Welsh Area Welterweight Champion 1937-38. Feb 6 Jack Powell (Markham) WPTS(12) Drill Hall, Wolverhampton Source: Boxing 13/02/1935 page 15 Feb 12 Billy Graham (Gateshead) WPTS(12) Hanley Source: Boxing 20/02/1935 page 13 Mar 10 Roy Mills (Sunderland) WPTS(12) Brunswick Stadium, Leeds Source: Boxing 13/03/1935 page 15 Mills was Northern Area Middleweight Champion 1936-37. Mar 14 Frank McCall (Aberdeen) WKO10(12) Adelphi SC, Glasgow Source: Boxing 20/03/1935 page 13 McCall was Scottish Area Welterweight Champion 1934-35. Mar 28 Willie Hamilton (Glasgow) WKO1(12) Adelphi SC, Glasgow Source: Boxing 03/04/1935 page 13 Hamilton boxed a British Welterweight Title Eliminator 1932 and 1934 and was Scottish Area Welterweight Champion 1932. Apr 1 Pat Haley (Hanley) DRAW(10) Windmill Club, Rushden Source: Boxing 03/04/1935 page 10 Haley was Northern Area Welterweight Champion 1934-35. May 2 Len Tiger Smith (Birmingham) WKO3(12) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 08/05/1935 page 13 Smith boxed for the British Welterweight Title 1934. May 29 Pat Butler (Leicester) WRSF5(10) Stanley Track, Liverpool Source: Boxing 05/06/1935 page 13 Promoter: Stanley Promotions Jul 1 Dave McCleave (Battersea) WPTS(12) Stanley Track, Liverpool Source: Boxing 03/07/1935 page 9 (British Welterweight Title Eliminator) Aug 29 Pat Haley (Hanley) WPTS(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 04/09/1935 page 12 Match made at 10st 7lbs Sep 26 George Bunter (West Hartlepool) WPTS(12) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 02/10/1935 page 18 Match made at 10st 9lbs
Oct 14 George Rose (Bristol) WKO2(12) New St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing 16/10/1935 page 13 Rose was West of England Welterweight Champion 1931. Oct 31 Harry Lister (New Zealand) WPTS(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 06/11/1935 page 16 Match made at 11st 7lbs Nov 7 Walt Saunders (Clydach Vale) WKO3(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 13/11/1935 page 16 Nov 12 Billy Graham (Gateshead) WPTS(10) Glasgow Source: Boxing 20/11/1935 page 16 Dec 5 Jimmy Stewart (Liverpool) WPTS(12) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 11/12/1935 page 21 Match made at 10st 7lbs 1936 Jan 30 Jacky McLeod (Leith) WPTS(12) Adelphi SC, Glasgow Source: Boxing 05/02/1936 pages 24 and 25 McLeod boxed a British Middleweight Title Eliminator 1936 and was Scottish Area Middleweight Champion 1936-37. Feb 27 Ivor Pickens (Caerau) WPTS(15) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 04/03/1936 page 17 (British Welterweight Title Final Eliminator) Pickens boxed a British Welterweight Title Eliminator 1936 and was Welsh Area Welterweight Champion 1934-37. Match made at 10st 7lbs Referee: Eugene Henderson Mar 12 Jake Kilrain (Bellshill) WPTS(12) Adelphi SC, Glasgow Source: Boxing 18/03/1936 page 18 Kilrain was British Welterweight Champion 1936-39. Sep 3 George Purchase (South Africa) WPTS(12) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 09/09/1936 pages 15 and 16 Sep 16 Sonny Jones (Canada) LPTS(10) Shawfield Park, Glasgow Source: Boxing 23/09/1936 pages 15 and 20 Promoter: George Dingley Attendance: 31565 paying customers Oct 1 Cock Moffitt (Liverpool) WRSF10(12) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 07/10/1936 pages 15 and 16 Moffitt boxed for the Northern Area Middleweight Title 1935. Oct 19 Dave McCleave (Battersea) WPTS(10) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing 21/10/1936 pages 11 and 12 Roderick 10st 6lbs McCleave 10st 10lbs Attendance: 10000 Oct 26 George Daly (Blackfriars) WPTS(12) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing 28/10/1936 page 11 Daly boxed a British Lightweight Title Eliminator twice in 1935.
Nov 26 Paul Schaeffer (Canada) WPTS(12) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 02/12/1936 page 16 Roderick 10st 6lbs Schaeffer 10st 7lbs 8ozs Dec 15 Lefty Satan Flynn (Jamaica) WPTS(10) Caird Hall, Dundee Source: Boxing 23/12/1936 page 15 1937 Feb 4 George Bunter (West Hartlepool) WKO3(12) Ulster Hall, Belfast Source: Boxing 10/02/1937 page 19 Feb 11 Stafford Barton (Jamaica) WPTS(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 17/02/1937 pages 16 and 17 Feb 25 Paul Schaeffer (Canada) WPTS(12) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 03/03/1937 page 17 Mar 10 Jake Kilrain (Bellshill) WRSF10(12) Kelvin Hall, Glasgow Source: Boxing 17/03/1937 page 15 Match made at 10st 8lbs Mar 18 Ercole Buratti (Italy) WPTS(10) Annfield Football Ground, Liverpool Source: Boxing 24/03/1937 page 16 Referee: Ben Green Attendance: 15000 May 6 Nestor Charlier (Belgium) WPTS(12) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 12/05/1937 page 12 Referee: Jack Dare Jun 17 Cyril Pluto (Australia) WRSF7(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 23/06/1937 page 17 Match made at 10st 8lbs Jul 8 Johnny Rust (South Africa) WRSF3(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 14/07/1937 page 16 Jul 22 Lefty Satan Flynn (Jamaica) WPTS(12) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 28/07/1937 page 16 Referee: WJ Farnell Sep 16 Jimmy Walsh (Chester) LPTS(12) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 22/09/1937 pages 16 and 17 Walsh was British Lightweight Champion 1936-38. Referee: Jack Smith Sep 30 Kid Silver (Jamaica) WKO7(12) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 06/10/1937 pages 15 and 16 Referee: WE Farnell Promoter: Johnny Best Oct 13 Frank Erne (Glasgow) WPTS(10) Shawfield Park, Glasgow Source: Boxing 20/10/1937 pages 15, 21 and 22 Erne was Scottish Area Welterweight Champion 1937. Promoter: George Dingley Attendance: 40000 Oct 19 Jimmy Purcell (Australia) WRSF5(10) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing 27/10/1937 page 22
Nov 25 Jean Morin (France) WPTS(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 01/12/1937 page 19 Referee: Ben Green 1938 Jan 7 Jack McCabe (Preston) WPTS(12) Tower Circus, Blackpool Source: Graham Grant (Boxing Historian) Jan 27 Jack Powell (Sheffield) WRSF6(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 02/02/1938 pages 16 and 17 Referee: Seaman Tommy Watson Feb 10 Cleto Locatelli (Italy) WPTS(12) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 16/02/1938 page 17 Feb 21 Jimmy Purcell (Australia) WPTS(10) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 23/02/1938 page 10 Apr 7 Reg Gregory (Liverpool) WKO10(12) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 13/04/1938 page 16 Match made at 11st 6lbs Gregory 9q lbs heavier May 26 Tom Smith (Birmingham) WRSF8(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 01/06/1938 page 16 Roderick 10st 7lbs 4ozs Smith 11st 3lbs 12ozs Jun 23 Dai Jones (Ammanford) WPTS(10) Annfield Football Ground, Liverpool Source: Boxing 29/06/1938 pages 17 and 18 Jones boxed a British Middleweight Title Eliminator 1936 and 1937 and was Welsh Area Middleweight Champion 1936-38. Attendance: 5000 Jul 21 Charlie Parkin (Mansfield) WPTS(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 27/07/1938 page 15 Parkin was Northern Area Middleweight Champion 1937-45. Referee: Joe Tolley Aug 18 Johnny Clements (Coatbridge) WRSF2(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 24/08/1938 page 16 Clements boxed for the Scottish Middleweight Title 1939. Roderick 10st 7lbs 8ozs Clements 10st 12lbs 8ozs Referee: Jack Dare Promoter: Johnny Best Aug 25 Jack McKnight (Belfast) WKO3(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 31/08/1938 pages 15 and 16 McKnight was Northern Ireland Area Middleweight Champion 1938. Roderick 10st 7lbs McKnight 11st 2lbs Referee: Joe Tolley Sep 22 Roy Mills (Sunderland) WKO2(8) Annfield Football Ground, Liverpool Source: Boxing 28/09/1938 pages 15 and 22 Promoter: Johnny Best Attendance: 40000
Oct 20 Kid Janas (France) WPTS(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 26/10/1938 page 16 Match made at 11st 6lbs Roderick 10st 8lbs 8ozs Janas 11st 3lbs 8ozs Referee: Jack Dare Nov 10 Al Baker (Belgian Congo) WPTS(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 16/11/1938 page 16 Match made at 10st 10lbs Roderick 10st 5lbs 8ozs Baker 10st 7lbs 8ozs Referee: Joe Tolley Nov 28 Gustave Humery (France) WKO3(8) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing 30/11/1938 page 11 Roderick 10st 5lbs 8ozs Humery 10st 5lbs 8ozs Dec 1 Bob Donnars (Holland) WDSQ4(9) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 07/12/1938 page 18 Referee: Jack Curphy Dec 12 Al Baker (Belgian Congo) WPTS(8) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing 14/12/1938 page 11 Roderick 10st 6lbs 8ozs Baker 10st 8lbs 4ozs 1939 Jan 20 Paddy Roche (Ireland) WPTS(10) Tower Circus, Blackpool Source: Boxing 25/01/1939 page 18 Feb 2 Gaspard De Ridder (Belgium) WPTS8(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 08/02/1939 page 18 Mar 23 Jake Kilrain (Bellshill) WKO7(15) Annfield Football Ground, Liverpool Source: Boxing 29/03/1939 page 20 (British Welterweight Title) Roderick 10st 5lbs Kilrain 10st 4lbs Referee: CB Thomas May 25 Henry Armstrong (USA) LPTS(15) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing Weekly Record 07/06/1939 page 18 (World Welterweight Title) Jul 27 Dave McCleave (Battersea) WKO4(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 02/08/1939 page 15 Match made at 11st 6lbs Referee: Charles Brennan(Sheffield) Oct 5 Lionel Gibbs (British Guiana) WPTS(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 11/10/1939 page 9 Nov 9 Charlie Parkin (Mansfield) WKO4(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 15/11/1939 pages 11 and 19 Match made at 11st 9lbs Referee: Joe Tolley
Nov 27 Arthur Danahar (Bethnal Green) LPTS(10) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing 29/11/1939 pages 2 and 19 Danahar boxed for the British Lightweight Title 1939 and boxed for the British Welterweight Title 1941 and was Southern Area Welterweight Champion 1941-45. 1940 Feb 15 Jackie Potts (Crewe) WPTS(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 21/02/1940 page 15 Potts' share of purse 20 Feb 26 Jimmy Griffiths (Barnsley) WKO2 Sportsdrome, Southampton Source: Boxing 28/02/1940 page 2 Mar 28 Harry Craster (Middlesbrough) WPTS(10) Edmund Road Drill Hall, Sheffield Source: Boxing 03/04/1940 page 16 Craster was Northern Area Lightweight Champion 1937. Jun 6 Taffy Williams (Swansea) WKO2(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 13/06/1940 page 14 Williams was Welsh Area Welterweight Champion 1939. Jul 13 Norman Snow (Northampton) WPTS(15) Rugby Football Ground, Northampton Source: Boxing News 18/07/1940 page 15 (British Welterweight Title) Snow boxed for the British Welterweight Title 1940 and was Southern Area Lightweight Champion 1934-35 and Southern Area Welterweight Champion 1936-41. Sep 21 Eric Boon (Chatteris) WPTS(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 26/09/1940 pages 13 and 14 Boon was British Lightweight Champion 1938-44. Match made at 10st 9lbs 1941 Mar 9 Jack Clancy (Dublin) WRTD5(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 21/03/1941 page 12 broken jaw May 25 Sam McIntyre (Canada) WPTS(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Harold Alderman (Boxing Historian) Jun 1 Ray McIntyre (Canada) WPTS(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 05/06/1941 pages 14 and 15 Jun 12 Jack Kid Berg (Whitechapel) WPTS(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 19/06/1941 pages 10, 11 and 12 Berg was British Lightweight Champion 1934-36 and World Junior Welterweight Champion 1930-31. Promoter: A.C. John Muldoon Jul 4 Ron Lindley (Sheffield) WRSF4(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 10/07/1941 page 13
Sep 1 Paddy Roche (Ireland) WKO2(10) Granby Halls, Leicester Source: Boxing News 04/09/1941 page 13 Sep 29 Arthur Danahar (Bethnal Green) WPTS(15) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 02/10/1941 pages 6 and 7 (British Welterweight Title) Nov 3 Harry Mizler (St George's) WRSF8(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 06/11/1941 pages 11, 12 and 13 Mizler was British Lightweight Champion 1934. Match made at 10st 10lbs 1942 May 25 Ginger Sadd (Norwich) WPTS(12) Carrow Road Football Ground, Norwich Source: Boxing News 11/06/1942 pages 13 and 14 (British Middleweight Title Eliminator) 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. Roderick 10st 13lbs 8ozs Sadd 11st 6lbs Promoter: John D Jacoby Aug 20 Jim Herlihy (Ireland) WRTD4(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Liverpool Echo 1943 Feb 15 Jackie Potts (Crewe) WPTS(10) Circus Street Hall, Nottingham Source: Boxing News 04/03/1943 pages 15 and 16 Promoter: Reg King Potts' share of purse 30 Apr 2 Stafford Barton (Jamaica) WRTD4(10) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing News 15/04/1943 page 14 Promoter: Tom Hurst Apr 5 Paddy Roche (Ireland) WRSF5(8) Colston Hall, Bristol Source: Boxing News 29/04/1943 page 12 Apr 27 Pat O'Connor (Ireland) LPTS(10) Queensberry Club, Soho Source: Boxing News 13/05/1943 page 12 Referee: C H Douglas Jul 10 Tommy Davies (Cwmgorse) WPTS(10) Nottingham Source: Boxing News 22/07/1943 pages 12 and 13 Davies was Welsh Area Middleweight Champion 1943-49. Oct 23 Lefty Satan Flynn (Jamaica) LPTS(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 28/10/1943 page 16 Match made at 10st 9lbs
1944 Apr 20 Tommy Davies (Cwmgorse) WPTS(10) Queensberry Club, Soho Source: Boxing News 27/04/1944 page 15 Match made at 11st 8lbs Roderick 10st 11lbs 4ozs Davies 11st 3lbs 8ozs Oct 25 Billy Mawson (Blaydon) WKO5 Queensberry Club, Soho Source: Boxing News 09/11/1944 pages 12 and 13 Nov 16 Johnny Clements (Coatbridge) WPTS(8) St Andrews Hall, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 23/11/1944 pages 10 and 11 1945 Feb 8 George Odwell (Camden Town) WPTS(8) Seymour Hall Baths, Marylebone Source: Boxing News 14/02/1945 pages 13 and 14 Odwell boxed a British Lightweight Title Eliminator 1937. Roderick broke his hand in 2nd round Mar 15 Tommy Davies (Cwmgorse) WPTS(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 21/03/1945 page 13 Roderick 10st 10lbs Davies 11st 7lbs 8ozs Mar 19 Jim Wellard (Northampton) WKO5(8) Victoria Baths, Nottingham Source: Boxing News 21/03/1945 page 16 Apr 19 Johnny Clements (Coatbridge) WPTS(8) Manor Place Baths, Walworth Source: Boxing News 25/04/1945 page 14 May 29 Vince Hawkins (Eastleigh) WPTS(15) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 06/06/1945 pages 13 and 14 (British Middleweight Title) Hawkins was British Middleweight Champion 1946-48. Referee: Eugene Henderson Dec 11 Bert Hyland (Ireland) LPTS(8) Seymour Hall Baths, Marylebone Source: Boxing News 19/12/1945 page 14 Roderick 10st 13lbs Hyland 11st 5lbs 1946 Mar 8 John Ingle (Dublin) DRAW Dublin Source: Boxing News 13/03/1946 page 15 Match made at 11st 8lbs Apr 23 Jean Walzach (France) LPTS(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 01/05/1946 pages 12, 13 and 14 Match made at 10st 10lbs Jun 4 Omar Kouidri (France) WPTS(15) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 12/06/1946 pages 13 and 14 (European Welterweight Title)
Oct 28 Vince Hawkins (Eastleigh) LPTS(15) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 30/10/1946 page 14 (British Middleweight Title) Roderick 11st 7lbs 8ozs Hawkins 11st 5lbs 12ozs 1947 Feb 1 Robert Villemain (France) LRTD9(15) Paris France Source: Boxing News 05/02/1947 page 15 (European Welterweight Title) Apr 8 Tino Clavari (Italy) WPTS(8) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 16/04/1947 page 10 Roderick 10st 10lbs Clavari 10st 3lbs 8ozs Sep 8 Gwyn Williams (Oxford) WPTS(15) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 10/09/1947 page 16 (British Welterweight Title) Williams boxed for the British Welterweight Title 1947 and was Welsh Area Welterweight Champion 1945-48. Dec 9 Eric Boon (Chatteris) WPTS(15) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 17/12/1947 pages 11 and 12 (British Welterweight Title) Roderick 10st 6lbs Boon 10st 3lbs 4ozs 1948 Jul 26 Eddie Thomas (Merthyr) LPTS(8) Stadium, White City Source: Boxing News 28/07/1948 page 16 Thomas was British Welterweight Champion 1949-51 and British Empire and European Welterweight Champion 1951. Match made at 10st 9lbs Nov 8 Henry Hall (Sheffield) LPTS(15) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 10/11/1948 page 15 (British Welterweight Title) Hall was British Welterweight Champion 1948-49. Roderick 10st 5lbs 8ozs Hall 10st 5lbs 2ozs Referee: CB Thomas 1949 Sep 6 Eddie Thomas (Merthyr) LPTS(12) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 14/09/1949 pages 13 and 14 (British Welterweight Title Final Eliminator) Roderick 10st 6lbs Thomas 10st 3lbs 15ozs 1950
Feb 27 Cliff Curvis (Swansea) LPTS(10) Market Hall, Abergavenny Source: Boxing News 08/03/1950 page 11 Curvis was British Welterweight Champion 1952-53 and British Empire Welterweight Champion 1952. Roderick 10st 7lbs Curvis 10st 6lbs 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