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 Frank McAloran (Belfast) Active: 1922-1936 Weight classes fought in: Recorded fights: 90 contests (won: 60 lost: 20 drew: 9 other: 1) Fight Record 1922 Apr 27 Young Wilson WPTS(6) New Model Club, Belfast Source: Irish News and Belfast Morning News May 8 Frank McLeish WRTD3(6) New Model Club, Belfast Source: Irish News and Belfast Morning News Referee: W Gilmore Promoter: Mr Anderson Aug 11 T Foster WPTS(6) Model Club Rooms, Belfast Source: Manchester Sporting Chronicle Referee: J Parkinson Aug 19 Joe Wilson WPTS(6) Shauns Park, Belfast Sep 20 Hugh Booth (Belfast) LPTS(6) New Model Club, Belfast Source: Irish News and Belfast Morning News
1923 Feb 3 Hugh Booth (Belfast) LPTS(6) Belfast Feb 17 Jim Murphy LPTS(6) Belfast Mar 24 Jack Macauley WPTS(6) Belfast Apr 2 J Wilson WRTD4 Belfast Aug Hugh Booth (Belfast) WPTS(10) East End Stadium, Belfast Source: Boxing 08/08/1923 page 256 Aug 4 J McAteer WPTS(6) Victoria Gardens, Belfast Source: Manchester Sporting Chronicle Referee: J Edgar Aug 18 Phil White (Belfast) WDSQ Victoria Gardens, Belfast Source: Manchester Sporting Chronicle Oct 22 Jack Lynch WPTS(6) Dublin 1924 Jan 5 Bill Creighton L Belfast Feb 25 Dick Maxwell WPTS(10) Belfast Mar 24 Eric Redfern (Hyde) WPTS(10) Hawthorn Street Hall, Belfast Source: Boxing 26/03/1924 page 104 May 24 Jimmy Sherratt (Liverpool) WPTS(10) Windsor Park, Belfast Source: Boxing 28/05/1924 pages 255 and 256 Jul 14 Joe McGonnigle (Wishaw) WPTS(10) Celtic Park, Belfast Source: Boxing 16/07/1924 page 361 Attendance: 4000 Oct 11 Steve Thompson (Thornaby) WPTS(10) Belfast Nov 9 Frank McKenna (Kirkintilloch) WPTS(10) Scottish Stadium, Govan Source: Boxing 12/11/1924 page 222 Dec 1 Frank Henry (Darwen) WKO5 St Matthews, Belfast Source: Boxing 10/12/1924 page 288 Dec 20 Billy Brown (Barnsley) WPTS(10) St Peter's Club, Belfast Source: Manchester Sporting Chronicle
1925 Mar 19 Harry Morris (St Helens) WPTS(10) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 25/03/1925 page 109 Apr 14 Tommy Whiteside (Belfast) DRAW(10) St George's market, Belfast Source: Boxing 22/04/1925 page 174 Referee: Ben Green Promoter: Jim Rice Apr 18 Markie Brown WRTD5 Rotunda, Dublin Source: Boxing 22/04/1925 page 174 May 30 Norman Radford (Barnsley) DRAW(10) Celtic Park, Belfast Source: Boxing 03/06/1925 page 272 Referee: Jim Magee(prewar lightweight) Aug 15 Jack Hughes (Belfast) WPTS(10) Celtic Park, Belfast Source: Boxing 19/08/1925 page 32 Sep 10 Frank Harvey (Plymouth) LPTS(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 16/09/1925 page 94 Referee: Tom Gamble Sep 28 Seaman Chadwick (Chatham) WRSF8(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 30/09/1925 page 119 Referee: Ted Broadribb Oct 7 Joe Samuels (Liverpool) WPTS(10) St George's Market, Belfast Source: Boxing 14/10/1925 page 159 Nov 5 Tom Bailey (Liverpool) WPTS(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 11/11/1925 page 222 Match made at 9st Referee: Tom Gamble Nov 9 Mick Hill (Tooting) LPTS(15) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 11/11/1925 page 216 Hill boxed for the British Bantamweight Title 1925. Match made at 8st 12lbs Referee: JH Douglas McAloran sub for Norman Radford Nov 30 Rene Boitaert (France) LRSF7(15) St George's Market, Belfast Source: Boxing 09/12/1925 pages 287 and 288 Referee: CB Thomas Promoter: Jim Rice 1926 Mar 3 Jack Jones (Merthyr) LPTS(15) Belfast Source: Boxing 10/03/1926 page 79
Mar 18 Frank Harvey (Plymouth) WRTD11(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 24/03/1926 pages 108 and 109 Harvey was West of England Featherweight Champion 1929. Match made at 9st Promoter: A H Taylor Apr 22 Johnny Cuthbert (Sheffield) LRSF7(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 28/04/1926 page 189 Cuthbert was British Featherweight Champion 1927-28 and 1929-31 and British Lightweight Champion 1932-34. Match made at 9st Referee: Tom Gamble Aug 29 Eddie Donoghue (Middlesbrough) DRAW(15) NSC, Leeds Source: Boxing 01/09/1926 page 29 Nov 4 Len George (Custom House) DRAW(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 10/11/1926 pages 229 and 230 Referee: W J Farnell Dec 6 Billy Brown (Barnsley) DRAW(15) Woodcock Street Baths, Birmingham Source: Boxing 08/12/1926 page 297 Dec 16 Billy Woods (Bonnybridge) WDSQ3(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing Woods boxed for the Scottish Featherweight Title 1929. Dec 22 Eddie Donoghue (Middlesbrough) DRAW Ulster Hall, Belfast Source: Boxing Dec 27 Jim McKenzie (Leith) LRTD3(15) St Mary's Street Hall, Edinburgh Source: Boxing 05/01/1927 page 368 cut eye 1927 Harry Corbett (Bethnal Green) DRAW(15) Source: British Boxing Yearbook 1986 Corbett was British Featherweight Champion 1928-29. Jan 24 Billy Brown (Barnsley) LRTD8(15) Woodcock Street Baths, Birmingham Source: Boxing 26/01/1927 page 410 Promoter: George Phelan May 7 Harold Ratchford (Oldham) WPTS(15) Holmeside, Sunderland Source: Boxing 11/05/1927 page 202 Aug 18 Evan Anglesey (Pendleton) WPTS(6) Belfast Source: Boxing 23/08/1927 page 35 Referee: CB Thomas Oct 31 Dom Volante (Liverpool) LKO10(15) Woodcock Street Baths, Birmingham Source: Boxing 08/11/1927 page 239 Volante boxed a British Lightweight Title Eliminator 1932. Nov 21 Billy Woods (Bonnybridge) WPTS(15) St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing 29/11/1927 page 286
Dec 2 Harold Ratchford (Oldham) WPTS(15) Scottish Stadium, Govan Source: Boxing 06/12/1927 page 304 Referee: Elky Clark 1928 Jan 20 Jim McKenzie (Leith) WPTS(12) Scottish Stadium, Govan Source: Boxing 24/01/1928 page 415 Jan 28 Eddie Donoghue (Middlesbrough) WPTS(15) St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing 31/01/1928 page 429 Feb 29 Bugler Harry Lake (Plymouth) DRAW(10) Ulster Hall, Belfast Source: Boxing 06/03/1928 page 511 Lake was British and British Empire and European Bantamweight Champion 1923. Promoter: Jim Rice Mar 2 Tom Fitzpatrick (Birmingham) WPTS(12) Scottish Stadium, Govan Source: Boxing 06/03/1928 page 512 Mar 30 Kid Kelly (Plymouth) RNK Marathon Stadium, Preston Source: Kelly boxed for the British Flyweight Title 1924. Apr 20 Bugler Harry Lake (Plymouth) WPTS(15) Scottish Stadium, Govan Source: Boxing 25/04/1928 page 624 May 17 Tom Bailey (Liverpool) WPTS(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 23/05/1928 page 686 Sep 17 Deaf Burke (Aberdeen) WPTS(10) Waverley Market, Edinburgh Source: Boxing 25/09/1928 page 166 Attendance: 8000 Sep 28 Billy Mack (Old Ford) WPTS(10) Scottish Stadium, Govan Source: Boxing 02/10/1928 page 187 Mack sub for Dom Volante(Liverpool) Oct 26 Frank Harvey (Plymouth) LKO2(15) Marathon Stadium, Preston Source: Lancashire Daily Post(Preston) Dec 19 Gunboat Smith (Belfast) WRTD11 Belfast Source: Brian Strickland (Boxing Historian) 1929 Mar 12 Harold Ratchford (Oldham) WPTS(15) Free Trade Hall, Manchester Source: Boxing 20/03/1929 page 553 Apr 19 Nash Shakespeare (Wakefield) WRSF2 Belfast Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) May George Kelly (Dublin) WKO8 Belfast Source: Boxing 15/05/1929 page 674 (Irish Featherweight Title)
Oct 1 Harold Ratchford (Oldham) WPTS(15) Free Trade Hall, Manchester Source: Boxing 09/10/1929 page 227 Promoter: Jack Smith Oct 18 Ted Cullen (Mansfield) WPTS(12) Belfast Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Dec 20 Bob Bell (Belfast) WPTS Belfast Source: Harold Alderman (Boxing Historian) 1930 Jan 9 Jack Ellis (Todmorden) WPTS(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 15/01/1930 pages 454 and 453 Feb 4 Jim Travis (Oldham) WRTD8 Free Trade Hall, Manchester Source: Boxing 12/02/1930 pages 515 and 514 Mar 15 Joe Bull (Blackfriars) LPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 19/03/1930 page 595 Apr 16 Jack Garland (Belfast) LPTS(15) St Mary's Street Hall, Belfast Source: Boxing 23/04/1930 page 679 (Irish Featherweight Title) Garland boxed a British Featherweight Title Eliminator 1930. Referee: Jack Dare combined purse 100 1931 Feb 6 Francois Machtens (Belgium) WPTS(12) Ulster Hall, Belfast Source: Boxing 11/02/1931 page 525 Promoter: Hugh McAlevey Apr 27 Johnny Cuthbert (Sheffield) LKO7(15) Sheffield Source: Boxing 29/04/1931 page 694 Match made at 9st 4lbs Dec 14 Benny Sharkey (Newcastle) LPTS(15) New St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing 23/12/1931 page 12 Sharkey overweight and paid forfeit 1932 Nov 25 Frank Markey (Blantyre) WPTS(10) Palm Hall, Ballymacarrett Source: Boxing 30/11/1932 page 15 Markey boxed a British Bantamweight Title Eliminator twice in 1931. Promoter: Jim Edgar Dec Jim Cowie (Dundee) WRTD5 Palm Hall, Ballymacarrett Source: Boxing 07/12/1932 page 6 Cowie was Scottish Area Featherweight Champion 1933-34.
Dec 16 Dan McGarry (Leith) WDSQ3 The Ring, Belfast Source: Boxing 21/12/1932 page 15 McGarry was Scottish Area Featherweight Champion 1931-32. Referee: Jack King(Middlesbrough) 1933 Jan 15 Snowball Reynolds (Wolverhampton) WPTS(10) The Ring, Belfast Source: Boxing 25/01/1933 page 14 Promoter: Nat Joseph Mar 11 Ginger Jones (Ammanford) DRAW Belfast Source: Western Mail Jones boxed a British Featherweight Title Eliminator 1930 and was Welsh Area Featherweight Champion 1929-32. Jun 24 Jack Richardson (Manchester) WPTS(8) Grosvenor Park, Belfast Source: Boxing 05/07/1933 pages 14 and 15 Promoter: Jim Rice Jul 13 Spud Murphy (Manchester) WPTS(8) Grosvenor Park, Belfast Source: Boxing 19/07/1933 page 15 Promoter: Jim Rice Aug 5 Evan Morris (Pontycymmer) WPTS(8) Grosvenor Park, Belfast Source: Boxing 09/08/1933 page 14 Morris boxed for the Welsh Featherweight Title 1933. Promoter: Jim Rice Dec 4 Jack Richardson (Manchester) WRTD9(10) Belfast Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Dec 17 Louis Botes (South Africa) WPTS(8) Belfast Source: Record published in Boxing News in the 1960s 1934 Sep 16 Norman Milton (Warrington) WRSF6(8) The Ring, Belfast Source: Boxing 19/09/1934 page 15 Oct 28 George Williams (Treherbert) WPTS(8) Belfast Source: Boxing 31/10/1934 page 15 Williams was Welsh Area Bantamweight Champion 1933-34. Dec 16 Douglas Kestrell (Cardiff) LPTS(8) The Ring, Belfast Source: Boxing 19/12/1934 page 29 1935 Feb 3 Douglas Kestrell (Cardiff) WPTS(8) Belfast Source: Boxing Weekly Record 06/02/1935 page 16
Mar 17 Benny Thackray (Leeds) WRSF3(8) Belfast Source: Boxing Weekly Record 20/03/1935 page 17 Mar 29 Boyo Burns (Bolton) LDSQ5 Belfast Source: Brian Strickland (Boxing Historian) 1936 Sep 2 Spider Jim Kelly (Derry) LRSF14(15) King's Hall, Belfast Source: Boxing Weekly Record 09/09/1936 page 19 (Northern Ireland Area Featherweight Title) Kelly was British and British Empire Featherweight Champion 1938-39. 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