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 Johnny Caldwell (Belfast) Active: 1958-1965 Weight classes fought in: fly, bantam Recorded fights: 35 contests (won: 29 lost: 5 drew: 1) Born: 7th May 1938 Fight Record 1958 Feb 5 Billy Downer (Stoke Newington) WKO2 Kelvin Hall, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 14/02/1958 page 12 Caldwell 8st 2lbs 6ozs Downer 8st 3lbs 6ozs Mar 5 Eddie Barraclough (Rotherham) WKO1 Kelvin Hall, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 14/03/1958 page 12 Caldwell 8st 1lbs Barraclough 8st 1lbs May 21 Moncef Fehri (Tunisia) WPTS(8) Kelvin Hall, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 30/05/1958 page 7 Caldwell 7st 13lbs 8ozs Promoter: Sammy Docherty Jun 18 Michel Lamora (France) WRTD4(8) Kelvin Hall, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 27/06/1958 page 12 Caldwell 7st 13lbs 2ozs Lamora 8st 1lbs 4ozs Promoter: Sammy Docherty damaged shoulder
Sep 17 Dennis Adams (South Africa) WPTS(8) Kelvin Hall, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 26/09/1958 page 12 Caldwell 8st 0lbs 4ozs Adams 8st 1lbs Oct 29 Juanito Cid (Spain) WKO5(8) Kelvin Hall, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 07/11/1958 page 5 Caldwell 8st 2lbs Cid 8st 2lbs Nov 29 Esteban Martin (France) WPTS(10) King's Hall, Belfast Source: Boxing News 05/12/1958 page 4 Caldwell 8st 0lbs 1ozs Martin 8st 1lbs 4ozs 1959 Jan 10 Simon Carnezzo (France) WRTD5(10) King's Hall, Belfast Source: Boxing News 16/01/1959 page 3 Caldwell 8st 0lbs 4ozs Carnezzo 8st 1lbs 8ozs cut eye Feb 5 Henri Schmid (France) WPTS(10) Kelvin Hall, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 13/02/1959 page 5 Caldwell 8st 2lbs 14ozs Schmid 8st 1lbs 10ozs Mar 7 Francisco Carreno (Spain) WRSF4(10) King's Hall, Belfast Source: Boxing News 13/03/1959 page 7 Caldwell 8st 0lbs 8ozs Carreno 7st 13lbs 8ozs Attendance: 10000 Apr 15 Pierre Rossi (France) WPTS(8) Kelvin Hall, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 24/04/1959 page 7 Caldwell 8st 0lbs 2ozs Rossi 8st 1lbs 8ozs Jun 17 Giacomo Spano (Italy) WPTS(10) Firhill Park, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 26/06/1959 page 7 Caldwell 8st 1lbs Spano 8st 1lbs Oct 3 Salvatore Manca (Italy) WPTS(10) King's Hall, Belfast Source: Boxing News 09/10/1959 page 4 Caldwell 8st 1lbs 2ozs Manca 7st 13lbs Oct 28 Salvatore Manca (Italy) WRSF6(10) Kelvin Hall, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 06/11/1959 page 11 Caldwell 8st 0lbs 8ozs Manca 7st 13lbs 8ozs 1960 Feb 9 Young Martin (Spain) WKO3(10) Ice Rink, Streatham Source: Boxing News 12/02/1960 page 4 Match made at 8st 2lbs Caldwell 8st 2lbs Martin 8st 1lbs 12ozs Referee: Tommy Little Promoter: Stan Baker
Feb 23 Risto Luukkonen (Finland) WPTS(10) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing News 26/02/1960 pages 8 and 9 Match made at 8st 2lbs Referee: Bill Williams May 31 Rene Libeer (France) WPTS(10) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing News 03/06/1960 pages 8 and 9 Match made at 8st 2lbs Caldwell 8st 2lbs Libeer 8st 0lbs 12ozs Promoter: Jack Solomons Oct 8 Frankie Jones (Plean) WKO3(15) King's Hall, Belfast Source: Boxing News 14/10/1960 page 4 (British Flyweight Title) Jones was British Flyweight Champion 1957-60 and British Empire Flyweight Champion 1957. Caldwell 7st 13lbs 8ozs Jones 7st 11lbs 8ozs Referee: Billy Jones (Wales) Promoter: George Connell Nov 26 Christian Marchand (France) WRSF7(8) King's Hall, Belfast Source: Boxing News 02/12/1965 pages 8 and 9 Match made at 8st 6lbs Caldwell 8st 1lbs 12ozs Marchand 8st 4lbs 12ozs Referee: Billy Duncan Promoter: George Connell 1961 Jan 31 Angelo Rampin (Italy) WRSF8(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 03/02/1961 pages 8 and 9 Caldwell 8st 1lbs 8ozs Rampin 8st 0lbs Referee: Harry Gibbs Promoter: Jack Solomons Mar 30 Jacques Jacob (France) WRSF5(10) Colston Hall, Bristol Source: Boxing News 07/04/1961 page 2 Caldwell 8st 2lbs Jacob 7st 13lbs 4ozs Referee: Ike Powell Promoter: Jack Solomons May 30 Alphonse Halimi (France) WPTS(15) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing News 02/06/1961 pages 8 and 9 Caldwell 8st 4lbs 6ozs Halimi 8st 5lbs 10ozs Promoter: Jack Solomons Aug 28 Pierre Vetroff (France) WPTS(10) Market Hall, Carmarthen Source: Boxing News 01/09/1961 page 5 Caldwell 8st 8lbs Vetroff 8st 8lbs Referee: Billy Jones Promoter: Jack Solomons and Ben Davies Attendance: 5000 Sep 4 Juan Cardenas (Spain) WKO8(10) Sophia Gardens, Cardiff Source: Boxing News 08/09/1961 page 5 Match made at 8st 8lbs Referee: Ike Powell Promoter Jack Solomons and Sid Wignall
Oct 31 Alphonse Halimi (France) WPTS(15) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing News 03/11/1961 pages 8 and 9 Caldwell 8st 5lbs Halimi 8st 5lbs 8ozs Referee: Porfirio Sanz Marin (Spain) Promoter: Jack Solomons 1962 Jan 18 Eder Jofre (Brazil) LRTD10(15) Sao Paolo Brazil Source: Boxing News 26/01/1962 page 3 Apr 10 Federico Scarponi (Italy) WPTS(10) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing News 13/04/1962 pages 4, 05 and 16 Caldwell 8st 6lbs Scarponi 8st 7lbs 12ozs Oct 20 Freddie Gilroy (Belfast) LRTD9(15) King's Hall, Belfast Source: Boxing News 26/10/1962 pages 8 and 9 Gilroy was British and British Empire Bamtamweight Champion 1962-63 and European Flyweight Champion 1959-60. Referee: Andy Smythe 1963 Feb 12 Michel Atlan (France) LRSF6(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 15/02/1963 pages 8 and 9 Match made at 8st 13lbs Caldwell 8st 9lbs Atlan 8st 10lbs 12ozs Referee: Jack Hart Promoter: Jack Solomons cut eye 1964 Mar 5 George Bowes (West Hartlepool) WRSF7(15) ABC Cinema, Belfast Source: Boxing News 13/03/1964 page 5 Bowes boxed for the British Bantamweight Title 1964. Caldwell 8st 5lbs 15ozs Bowes 8st 5lbs 4ozs Oct 5 Rafael Fernandez (Spain) WPTS(8) National Sporting Club, Piccadilly Source: Boxing News 09/10/1964 page 5 Caldwell 8st 7lbs 8ozs Fernandez 8st 6lbs 8ozs Referee: Pat Floyd Nov 11 Jackie Brown (Edinburgh) DRAW(10) Ice Rink, Paisley Source: Boxing News 20/11/1964 page 4 Brown was British and British Empire Flyweight Champion 1962-63. Referee: Finlay McFadyen Promoter: Peter Keenan
Nov 25 Orizu Obilaso (Nigeria) WPTS(8) Anglo-American Sporting Club, Mayfair Source: Boxing News 04/12/1964 page 12 Caldwell 8st 6lbs 8ozs Obilaso 8st 7lbs 1965 Mar 22 Alan Rudkin (Liverpool) LRSF10(15) Ice Stadium, Nottingham Source: Boxing News 26/03/1965 page 4 Rudkin was British Bantamweight Champion 1965-66 and 1968-72 and British Empire Bantamweight Champion 1965-66 and 1968-69 and British Commonwealth Champion 1971. Caldwell 8st 5lbs 10ozs Rudkin 8st 5lbs 6ozs Referee: George Smith Promoter: Reg King Oct 12 Monty Laud (St Ives) LPTS(10) Metropole Hotel, Brighton Source: Boxing News 15/10/1965 page 6 Laud was Southern Area Bantamweight Champion 1965-66 and Southern Area Featherweight Champion 1967. Caldwell 8st 7lbs 8ozs Laud 8st 7lbs 8ozs 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