Ronnie Clayton (Blackpool)

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 Ronnie Clayton (Blackpool) Active: 1941-1954 Weight classes fought in: fly, bantam, feather Recorded fights: 114 contests (won: 80 lost: 26 drew: 8) Born: 9th February 1923 Fight Record 1941 Jan 3 Al Sinclair (Wigan) DRAW Tower Circus, Blackpool Jan 17 Al Sinclair (Wigan) WPTS(6) Tower Circus, Blackpool Source: Boxing News 30/01/1941 page 8 Mar 16 Al Sinclair (Wigan) WRSF5(6) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 21/03/1941 pages 13 and 14 Mar 21 Red Brian (Bootle) WKO3 Tower Circus, Blackpool Source: Boxing News 28/03/1941 page 14 May 2 Jimmy Hines (Colne) W Tower Circus, Blackpool May 25 Jimmy Hines (Colne) WRSF3 Stadium, Liverpool Source: Harold Alderman (Boxing Historian) Jun 8 Billy Mayne (Manchester) WPTS(6) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 19/06/1941 pages 12 and 14

Jun 29 Billy Todd (Leeds) WKO4(6) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 03/07/1941 page 13 Aug 10 Kid Woods (Leeds) WKO2 Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 21/08/1941 page 12 Aug 30 Norman Lewis (Nantymoel) LPTS Ebbw Vale Source: Boxing News 11/09/1941 pages 14 and 15 Lewis boxed for the British Bantamweight Title 1947 and was Welsh Area Flyweight Champion 1949 and Welsh Area Bantamweight Champion 1944-49. Oct 12 Mickey Jones (Southend) WKO2(6) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 23/10/1941 pages 13 and 14 Nov 7 Ginger McDermott (Bolton) WKO3(8) Blackpool Source: Boxing News 20/11/1941 pages 11 and 12 Nov 21 Jim Alexander (Salford) WRTD2 Tower Circus, Blackpool Nov 28 Billy Mayne (Nuneaton) WPTS(8) Tower Circus, Blackpool Source: Boxing News 11/12/1941 page 12 1942 Feb 6 Frank Walker (Leeds) LPTS(8) Tower Circus, Blackpool Feb 20 Jack Kiley (Swansea) WRTD5 Tower Circus, Blackpool Kiley was Welsh Area Flyweight Champion 1938-39 and 1940. Feb 27 Frank Walker (Leeds) WPTS(8) Tower Circus, Blackpool Source: Boxing News 05/03/1942 page 14 Promoter: Johnny Best Mar 20 Dick Hughes (Liverpool) WKO3(8) Tower Circus, Blackpool Source: Boxing News 02/04/1942 page 14 Mar 29 Billy Hodgson (Lancaster) WRSF4(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 23/05/1942 page 9 Apr 17 Ronnie Bishop (Markham) WPTS(10) Tower Circus, Blackpool Source: Boxing News 23/05/1942 page 10 Bishop was Welsh Area Flyweight Champion 1939-40. May 8 Mickey O'Neill (Sunderland) WKO5(10) Tower Circus, Blackpool Source: Boxing News 23/05/1942 page 11 May 31 Tommy Plowright (Ilkeston) WPTS(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 11/06/1942 page 14 Plowright boxed a British Flyweight Title Eliminator 1944. Jun 21 Pat Palmer (Battersea) WKO2 Stadium, Liverpool Source: Liverpool Echo Palmer boxed for the British Flyweight Title 1936 and was Southern Area Flyweight Champion 1935-37. Jul 2 Willie Grey (Swansea) WRSF5(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 16/07/1942 page 13

Jul 19 Les Johnson (Finsbury Park) WPTS(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 23/07/1942 page 14 Johnson boxed for the Southern Area Bantamweight Title 1942. Aug 3 Les Johnson (Finsbury Park) WPTS(8) Annfield Football Ground, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 13/08/1942 pages 14 and 15 Attendance: 12000 Johnson a late sub Sep 17 Tony Roberts (Canada) WPTS(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 01/10/1942 page 11 Oct 1 Willie Smith (Margate) WPTS(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Oct 29 Willie Smith (Margate) WRSF7(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Nov 20 Bill Jenkinson (Torquay) WRTD7 Tower Circus, Blackpool 1943 Jan 22 Eddie Petrin (Canada) WKO1(10) Tower Circus, Blackpool Source: Boxing News 04/02/1943 pages 14 and 15 Promoter: Johnny Best Feb 11 George Thomas (Merthyr) WRSF6(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 04/03/1943 page 14 Thomas sub for Johnny O'Shaughnessy Mar 10 Eddie Middle (Weston-super-Mare) WRSF5(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 18/03/1943 pages 15 and 16 Clayton 8st 8lbs 8ozs Middle 8st 9lbs cut eye Mar 26 Frank Kid Bonser (Nottingham) WRSF8(10) Tower Circus, Blackpool May 27 Gus Foran (Liverpool) LPTS(15) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 10/06/1943 page 14 (Northern Area Bantamweight Title Eliminator) Foran was North Central Area Bantamweight Champion 1948 and Central Area Bantamweight Champion 1950. Jun 17 George Thomas (Merthyr) WKO4(10) Stadium, Liverpool Jul 8 Frank Kid Bonser (Nottingham) WPTS Stadium, Liverpool Source: Liverpool Echo Aug 26 Joe Curran (Liverpool) LPTS(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 02/09/1943 page 15 Curran boxed for the British Flyweight Title 1946. Attendance: 5000

Oct 14 Joe Docherty (Scotland) WRTD5(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 28/10/1943 page 13 fractured right hand 1944 Feb 11 Johnny Rawlings (Mansfield) WRSF5(10) Tower Circus, Blackpool Source: Boxing News 17/02/1944 pages 13 and 14 Feb 18 Freddie Cotton (Barrow) WRTD3(10) Tower Circus, Blackpool Mar 2 Wilf Parkin (Mansfield) WRSF4(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 16/03/1944 page 13 Mar 10 Jackie Chambers (Widnes) WRTD4(10) Tower Circus, Blackpool Source: Boxing News 16/03/1944 page 16 Mar 24 Tony Roberts (Canada) WKO4(10) Tower Circus, Blackpool Source: Boxing News 13/04/1944 page 12 May 5 Bobby Hinds (South Elmsall) WRTD9(10) Tower Circus, Blackpool Source: Boxing News 11/05/1944 page 15 May 23 Fred Morris (Stepney) WRSF3(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Morris was Southern Area Bantamweight Champion 1934. Jun 1 Jimmy Dunn (Glasgow) WKO2(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 09/11/1944 page 9 Dunn was Scottish Area Featherweight Champion 1947. Jun 22 Danny Woods (Clydebank) DRAW(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 09/11/1944 page 10 Woods boxed for the Scottish Lightweight Title 1943 and 1947. Aug 12 Jackie Paterson (Glasgow) LRSF12 Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 09/11/1944 page 11 (British Bantamweight Title Eliminator) Paterson was British and British Empire and European and World Champion from and Flyweight to Bantamweight between 1939 and 1949. 1945 Apr 5 Frank Benson (Belfast) WRTD5(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 11/04/1945 page 16 Clayton 8st 13lbs 8ozs Benson 9st 4lbs 12ozs Referee: Jack Curphey Apr 27 Willie Grey (Swansea) WRSF2(8) Tower Circus, Blackpool Source: Boxing News 02/05/1945 page 16 Jun 7 Jim McCann (Belfast) WPTS(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 13/06/1945 pages 13 and 14 McCann was Northern Ireland Area Featherweight Champion 1942 and 1945-50. Clayton 8st 12lbs 8ozs McCann 9st 1lbs 12ozs

Sep 27 Charlie Meikle (Belfast) WRSF3(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 03/10/1945 page 14 1946 Feb 7 Billy Innes (Glasgow) WRTD4(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 13/02/1946 pages 14 and 15 Feb 14 Paddy Dowdall (Dublin) WPTS(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 20/02/1946 pages 14 and 15 Apr 5 Joe Kay (Horwich) WKO1(10) Tower Circus, Blackpool Source: Boxing News 10/04/1946 page 14 Clayton 9st 0lbs 12ozs Kay 9st 0lbs 4ozs Apr 8 Eric Powell (Manchester) LPTS(8) Manchester Source: Boxing News 17/04/1946 page 14 Clayton sub for Al Phillips(Aldgate) Apr 18 Frank Kenny (Glasgow) WRTD2(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 24/04/1946 page 15 Kenny was Scottish Area Featherweight Champion 1938-47 and 1947. cut eye May 23 Fred Morris (Stepney) WRSF5(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 29/05/1946 page 15 Jun 20 Bert Jackson (Fleetwood) WPTS(15) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 26/06/1946 page 15 (Northern Area Featherweight Title) Jackson boxed a British Featherweight Title Eliminator 1949 and 1950 and 1951 and was Northern Area Featherweight Champion 1945-46 and North Central Area Featherweight Champion 1949. Jul 13 Cliff Morris (Pontypridd) WPTS(10) Taff Vale Park, Pontypridd Source: Boxing News 24/07/1946 page 13 Morris boxed for the Welsh Bantamweight Title 1944. Aug 22 Ben Duffy (Jarrow) WPTS(15) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 28/08/1946 page 15 (Northern Area Featherweight Title) Duffy boxed for the Northern Area Featherweight Title 1945 and 1946 and 1949. Clayton 8st 12lbs 4ozs Duffy 8st 12lbs 15ozs Sep 10 Tom Smith (Sunderland) LPTS(10) Leeds Source: Boxing News 18/09/1946 page 13 Smith boxed for the British Featherweight Title 1940 and was Northern Area Featherweight Champion 1940. Clayton 8st 12lbs 4ozs Smith 9st 11lbs Oct 24 Pierce Ellis (Manchester) DRAW(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 30/10/1946 page 13 Clayton 9st 0lbs Ellis 9st 1lbs 4ozs

Nov 16 Jim McCann (Belfast) WRTD3(10) St George's Institute, Blackburn Source: Harold Alderman (Boxing Historian) 1947 Jan 7 Ben Duffy (Jarrow) WPTS(8) Seymour Hall Baths, Marylebone Source: Boxing News 15/01/1947 page 11 Match made at 9st 1lb Jan 24 George Pook (Torquay) WKO4(10) Tower Circus, Blackpool Source: Boxing News 05/02/1947 page 11 Pook boxed a British Featherweight Title Eliminator twice in 1944 and was South West Area Featherweight Champion 1950. Feb 10 Paul Dogniaux (France) DRAW(8) Manchester Source: Boxing News 05/03/1947 pages 9 and 10 Mar 27 Joe Carter (Mitcham) WKO5 Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 02/04/1947 page 15 (British Featherweight Title Eliminator) Carter boxed a British Featherweight Title Eliminator 1947. Clayton 8st 8lbs 8ozs Carter 8st 13lbs Apr 28 Ray Famechon (France) LPTS(10) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing News 07/05/1947 page 14 Jun 9 Arthur Machtelinck (Belgium) DRAW(10) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing News 11/06/1947 page 16 Machtelinck 9st 0lbs 4ozs Jul 17 Arthur Machtelinck (Belgium) DRAW(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 23/07/1947 pages 13 and 14 Clayton 8st 13lbs 4ozs Machtelinck 9st 1lbs Sep 11 Al Phillips (Aldgate) WPTS(15) Annfield Football Ground, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 17/09/1947 page 12 (European British and Empire Featherweight Title) Phillips was British Empire and European Featherweight Champion 1947. Clayton 8st 10lbs 14ozs Phillips 8st 12lbs 4ozs Nov 7 Enzo Correggioli (Italy) WRSF11 Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing News 12/11/1947 page 11 1948 Jan 26 Johnny Molloy (St Helens) LPTS(8) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 28/01/1948 page 16 Molloy boxed for the British Featherweight Title 1949.

Mar 22 Ray Famechon (France) LPTS(15) Ice Stadium, Nottingham Source: Boxing News 31/03/1948 pages 13 and 14 (European Featherweight Title) Clayton 8st 11lbs 4ozs Famechon 8st 11lbs 12ozs Apr 26 Ben Duffy (Jarrow) LPTS(10) New St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing News 05/05/1948 page 14 May 26 Jackie Hughes (Pontypridd) WRTD4 Ice Rink, Paisley Source: Boxing News 02/06/1948 page 12 Hughes was Welsh Area Featherweight Champion 1949-50. damaged hand - Hughes sub for Ben Duffy(Jarrow) Jun 11 Cliff Anderson (British Guiana) DRAW(10) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing News 16/06/1948 page 16 Oct 1 Jean Machtelinck (Belgium) LPTS(10) Manchester Source: Boxing News 06/10/1948 pages 15 and 16 Clayton 8st 13lbs 4ozs Machterlinck 9st 2lbs 8ozs 1949 Feb 11 Stan Gossip (Hull) WPTS(10) Tower Circus, Blackpool Source: Boxing News 23/02/1949 page 14 Gossip boxed a British Featherweight Title Eliminator 1949. Gossip 9st 2lbs 10ozs Feb 24 Jackie Turpin (Leamington) WPTS(8) Victoria Hall, Hanley Source: Boxing News 09/03/1949 page 12 Turpin was Midlands Area Featherweight Champion 1953. Apr 11 Johnny Molloy (St Helens) WPTS(15) Ice Stadium, Nottingham Source: Boxing News 13/04/1949 pages 14, 13 (British Featherweight Title) Clayton 8st 13lbs 4ozs Molloy 8st 13lbs 8ozs May 3 Tommy Burns (Stockton) LPTS(10) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing News 11/05/1949 page 14 Burns boxed a British Featherweight Title Eliminator twice in 1950 and was Northern Area Featherweight Champion 1949. Jul 1 Tony Lombard (South Africa) LPTS(12) Durban South Africa Source: Boxing News 06/07/1949 page 15 Aug 11 Eddie Miller (Australia) WKO12(15) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 17/08/1949 page 15 (British Empire Featherweight Title) Clayton 9st 0lbs Miller 8st 13lbs 9ozs

Oct 3 Manuel Ortiz (USA) WPTS(10) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing News 05/10/1949 page 16 Clayton 9st 0lbs 4ozs Ortiz 8st 13lbs 4ozs Referee: Andrew Smythe Clayton 4oz overweight Nov 15 Ray Famechon (France) LPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing News 23/11/1949 page 13 (European Featherweight Title) 1950 Mar 1 Luis De Santiago (Spain) DRAW(10) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing News 08/03/1950 page 7 Clayton 9st 0lbs 12ozs de Santiago 9st 1lbs 13ozs Apr 11 Al Phillips (Aldgate) LPTS(10) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing News 19/04/1950 page 5 Oct 10 Jackie Hughes (Pontypridd) WDSQ4(10) Embassy Sportsdrome, Birmingham Source: Boxing News 08/11/1950 page 12 Clayton 9st 2lbs Hughes 9st 2lbs Oct 30 Jim McCann (Belfast) WPTS(8) Ice Stadium, Nottingham Source: Boxing News 08/11/1950 page 5 Match made at 9st Nov 28 Jim Kenny (Polmont) WPTS(15) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 06/12/1950 pages 7 and 13 (British and Empire Featherweight Title) Kenny boxed for the British Featherweight Title 1950 and was Scottish Area Featherweight Champion 1949-51. Clayton 8st 12lbs 8ozs Kenny 8st 13lbs 8ozs Promoter: Jack Cappell 1951 Feb 24 Al Phillips (Aldgate) WPTS(15) Ice Stadium, Nottingham Source: Boxing News 07/03/1951 page 5 (British and Empire Featherweight Title) Clayton 8st 13lbs 12ozs Phillips 8st 13lbs 10ozs Mar 19 Luis De Santiago (Spain) WKO2(10) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing News 28/03/1951 page 7 Apr 30 Roy Ankarah (Gold Coast) LPTS(15) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing News 09/05/1951 pages 7 and 11 (British Empire Featherweight Title) Clayton 8st 13lbs 8ozs Ankarah 8st 12lbs 4ozs

Jun 1 Guido Ferracin (Italy) WDSQ4(10) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing News 06/06/1951 page 7 Clayton 9st 2lbs Ferracin 8st 12lbs Oct 29 Bernard Pugh (Liverpool) LPTS(10) Colston Hall, Bristol Source: Boxing News 07/11/1951 page 11 Nov 20 Danny O'Sullivan (Finsbury Park) WRTD5(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 28/11/1951 page 5 O'Sullivan was British Bantamweight Champion 1949-51. Dec 10 Louis Van Hoeck (Belgium) LRSF7(10) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing News 19/12/1951 page 5 Clayton 9st 0lbs 4ozs Van Hoeck 8st 13lbs 4ozs cut eye 1952 Feb 25 Roy Ankarah (Gold Coast) LRSF13(15) Ice Stadium, Nottingham Source: Boxing News 05/03/1952 pages 5 and 14 (British Empire Featherweight Title) Apr 4 Francis Bonnardel (France) WPTS(10) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing News 09/04/1952 page 7 Clayton 9st 3lbs 14ozs Bonnardel 9st 3lbs 12ozs Apr 21 Ray Famechon (France) LRTD5(15) Ice Stadium, Nottingham Source: Boxing News 30/04/1952 page 7 (European Featherweight Title) Clayton 9st 0lbs Famechon 8st 13lbs 1ozs Jun 30 Dai Davies (Skewen) WRTD5(15) Market Hall, Abergavenny Source: Boxing News 09/07/1952 pages 5 and 10 (British Featherweight Title) Davies boxed for the British Featherweight Title 1952 and was Welsh Area Featherweight Champion 1951 and Welsh Area Lightweight Champion 1953. Clayton 9st 0lbs Davies 8st 13lbs Promoter: Albert Davies Attendance: 2500 - poor crowd damaged eye Sep 17 Jim Kenny (Polmont) LPTS(10) Kelvin Hall, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 24/09/1952 pages 13 and 14 Clayton 9st 2lbs Kenny 9st 2lbs Promoter: Alec Lucas Oct 14 Tom Collins LRSF5 Boston USA Source: Boxing News Nov 14 Marcel Auclair (France) WRSF5(10) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing News 19/11/1952 pages 13 and 14 Clayton 9st 3lbs 4ozs Auclair 9st 0lbs 15ozs cut eye

Dec 10 Sammy McCarthy (Stepney) LPTS(10) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 17/12/1952 pages 7, 10 and 14 McCarthy was British Featherweight Champion 1954-55. 1953 May 12 Freddie King (Wandsworth) WKO4(15) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 20/05/1953 pages 4, 05 and 13 (British Featherweight Title) King boxed for the British Featherweight Title 1953 and was Southern Area Lightweight Champion 1955. Clayton 8st 13lbs 8ozs King 8st 13lbs 4ozs Oct 3 Billy Spider Kelly (Derry) WRTD9(10) King's Hall, Belfast Source: Boxing News 07/10/1953 page 3 Kelly was British Featherweight Champion 1955-56 and British Empire Featherweight Champion 1954-55. Attendance: 15000 damaged nose Dec 12 Vic Toweel (South Africa) LPTS(10) Johannesburg South Africa Source: Boxing News 1954 Apr 13 Charlie Tucker (Camberwell) WPTS(10) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing News 16/04/1954 page 3 Tucker boxed for the Southern Area Featherweight Title 1955. May 4 Tommy Higgins (Hanley) WPTS(8) Victoria Hall, Hanley Source: Boxing News 07/05/1954 page 12 Higgins boxed for the Midlands Area Featherweight Title 1953. Clayton 9st 2lbs Higgins 9st 2lbs Jun 1 Sammy McCarthy (Stepney) LRTD8(15) Stadium, White City Source: Boxing News 04/06/1954 pages 3, 04 and 5 (British Lightweight Title) 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

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