Johnny King (Manchester)

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 King (Manchester) Active: 1926-1947 Weight classes fought in: fly, bantam, feather Recorded fights: 227 contests (won: 161 lost: 50 drew: 15 other: 1) Born: 8th January 1912 Died: 6th March 1963 Manager: Harry Fleming Fight Record 1926 Apr 25 Jim Costello (Royton) WPTS(6) Boxing Club, Royton Source: Boxing 28/04/1926 page 190 May 16 Sid Longworth (Royton) LPTS(6) Stadium, Royton May 23 Sid Longworth (Royton) WPTS(6) Boxing Club, Royton Source: Boxing 26/05/1926 page 224 Jun 27 Jim Costello (Royton) DRAW(6) Boxing Club, Royton Source: Boxing 30/06/1926 page 302 Jul 25 Joe Murray (Shaw) WPTS(6) Boxing Club, Royton Source: Boxing 28/07/1926 page 367 Aug 29 Sid Longworth (Royton) LRSF3(6) Boxing Club, Royton Source: Boxing 01/09/1926 page 29 Nov 21 Sid Longworth (Royton) LPTS(6) Club, Royton Source: Boxing 24/11/1926 page 270

1927 Jan 16 Young Sutton (Rochdale) WPTS(6) Boxing Club, Royton Source: Boxing 19/01/1927 page 397 Feb 27 Sid Longworth (Royton) LPTS(8) Boxing Club, Royton Source: Boxing 02/03/1927 page 30 money match Mar 27 Wilf Duckworth (Hollinwood) DRAW(6) Boxing Club, Royton Source: Boxing 31/03/1927 page 97 May 15 Sid Longworth (Royton) WPTS(6) Boxing Club, Royton Source: Boxing 18/05/1927 page 219 May 29 Jim Costello (Royton) WPTS Boxing Club, Royton Source: Boxing 31/05/1927 page 259 (7st belt competition) Jun 5 Willie Walsh (Oldham) WPTS(10) Boxing Club, Royton Source: Boxing 07/06/1927 page 282 (7st belt competition final) King weight around 6st Jul 3 Harry Stafford (Manchester) LPTS(6) Royton Source: Boxing 05/07/1927 page 381 King giving away about a stone - match for sidestakes Jul 31 Young Melia (Oldham) WPTS Royton Source: Boxing 03/08/1927 page 472 Sep 11 Young Fenn (Broughton) WPTS Adelphi Club, Salford Source: Boxing 13/09/1927 page 93 Sep 25 Tom McLeish (Manchester) WPTS(6) Adelphi Club, Salford Source: Boxing 27/09/1927 page 133 Oct 4 Tom McLeish (Manchester) WPTS(6) Free Trade Hall, Manchester Source: Boxing 11/10/1927 page 173 Oct 25 Tommy Ross (Oldham) WPTS(6) British Legion Club, Huddersfield Source: Boxing 01/11/1927 page 222 Nov 4 Young Leach (Manchester) WPTS(6) Tower Circus, Blackpool Source: Boxing 08/11/1927 page 238 Promoter: British Legion Nov 9 Tom McLeish (Manchester) WPTS(6) Pier Kinema, Llandudno Source: Boxing 15/11/1927 page 254 Promoter: Jack Dare and Kid Furness 1928 Jan 1 Young Melia (Oldham) WPTS(6) Stadium, Royton Source: Boxing 03/01/1928 page 367 Jan 24 Tich Cain (Douglas) WPTS(6) Gaiety Theatre, Douglas

Feb 5 Asa Hilditch (Shaw) WPTS(6) Stadium, Royton Source: Boxing 07/02/1928 page 446 Apr 15 Harold Henthorn (Oldham) LPTS(6) Stadium, Royton Source: Boxing 18/04/1928 page 607 (7st belt competition) Jul 28 Young Melia (Oldham) WPTS(6) Palais de Danse, Ashton-under-Lyne Source: Ashton-under-Lyne Herald Aug 19 Joe Coupe (Pendleton) WKO5(6) Adelphi SC, Salford Source: Boxing 22/08/1928 page 89 Aug 19 Willie Walsh (Oldham) DRAW(6) Stadium, Royton Source: Boxing 22/08/1928 page 89 Sep 1 Boy Knowles (Gorton) WPTS(6) Palais de Danse, Ashton-under-Lyne Source: Boxing 04/09/1928 page 121 Promoter: Kid Furness Oct 3 Jimmy Speight (Lancaster) WKO1(6) Winter Gardens, Morecambe Source: Boxing 09/10/1928 page 202 Promoter: Kid Furness Attendance: 4000 Nov 16 Joe Coupe (Pendleton) WKO5(6) Hippodrome, Harpurhey Source: Boxing 20/11/1928 page 295 Promoter: Kid Furness Nov 23 Asa Hilditch (Shaw) WRSF3(10) Public Hall, Haslingden Source: Boxing 27/11/1928 page 311 Nov 27 John Melia (Oldham) WPTS(6) Co-op Hall, Leigh Source: Boxing 04/12/1928 page 329 King's second bout of evening Nov 27 Don Randolph (St Helens) WPTS(6) Co-op Hall, Leigh Source: Boxing 04/12/1928 page 329 Dec 14 Harold Henthorn (Oldham) LRSF1(10) Drill Hall, Oswaldtwistle Source: Boxing 19/12/1928 pages 362 and 361 Referee: Jack Ward Promoter: Mr Marsland 1929 Jan 2 Harold Henthorn (Oldham) WPTS(6) Winter Gardens, Morecambe Source: Boxing 09/01/1929 page 406 Jan 6 Eddie Conway (Pendleton) WKO1(6) Adelphi Club, Salford Source: Boxing 09/01/1929 page 406 Jan 18 Eddie Sherry (Pendleton) WPTS(6) Tower Circus, Blackpool Source: Blackpool Times Referee: Charles Stokes(Manchester) Jan 29 Frank Cooley (Collyhurst) WPTS(6) Free Trade Hall, Manchester Source: Boxing 06/02/1929 page 467 Feb 3 Joe Coupe (Pendleton) WKO4(6) Adelphi Club, Salford Source: Boxing 06/02/1929 page 470

Feb 12 Dot Boxall (Hulme) WPTS(10) Free Trade Hall, Manchester Source: Boxing 20/02/1929 page 499 Promoter: Jack Smith Feb 15 Young Dick Lawton (Nelson) LPTS(10) Drill Hall, Burnley Source: Burnley Express and Advertiser Feb 22 Harold Henthorn (Oldham) DRAW(10) Ashbury Hall, Openshaw Source: Boxing 27/02/1929 page 513 Mar 19 Eddie Sherry (Pendleton) WPTS(6) Free Trade Hall, Manchester Source: Boxing 27/03/1929 pages 570 and 569 Apr 8 Eddie Sherry (Pendleton) WPTS(6) Northwich Source: Boxing 17/04/1929 page 614 Apr 28 Joe Hagen (Ancoats) WPTS(6) Adelphi Club, Salford Source: Boxing 01/05/1929 page 647 May 9 Paddy Dowling (Liverpool) LPTS(10) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 15/05/1929 page 672 May 30 Paddy Dowling (Liverpool) WPTS(12) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 05/06/1929 page 707 Jun 3 Joe Bernstein (Leeds) WPTS(10) Leeds Jun 28 Johnny Hyde (Stalybridge) DRAW(10) Openshaw Jul 4 Alf Shaw (Sheffield) WRSF8(10) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 10/07/1929 page 43 Aug 7 Jimmy Gould (Lancaster) WKO2(6) Winter Gardens, Morecambe Source: Morecambe Visitor Referee: Alf Heywood King sub for Nobby Clarke(Blackpool) Sep 8 Jack Keelars (Bradford) WPTS(10) Adelphi Club, Salford Source: Boxing Oct 15 Billy Yates (Mexborough) LRTD5(10) Free Trade Hall, Manchester Source: Boxing 23/10/1929 page 258 Promoter: Jack Smith damaged eye Nov 25 Teddy Talbot (Gorton) WPTS(8) Earlestown Dec 3 Reggie Hall (Bristol) WPTS(3) Stadium Club, Holborn Source: Boxing 11/12/1929 page 368 (Flyweight competition - 1st series) Dec 10 Freddy Morgan (Gilfach Goch) WRSF3(3) Stadium Club, Holborn Source: Boxing 11/12/1929 pages 386 and 385 (Flyweight competition 2nd series) Morgan boxed a British Flyweight Title Eliminator 1931 and was Welsh Area Flyweight Champion 1929-30 and 1931-32.

Dec 10 Moe Mizler (St George's) WPTS(3) Stadium Club, Holborn Source: Boxing 11/12/1929 pages 386 and 385 (Flyweight competition semi-final) Mizler boxed a British Flyweight Title Eliminator 1931. Dec 10 Bert Kirby (Birmingham) LPTS(6) Stadium Club, Holborn Source: Boxing 11/12/1929 pages 386 and 385 (Flyweight competition final) Kirby was British Flyweight Champion 1930-31. 1930 Jan 1 Arthur Boy Edge (Birmingham) WPTS(10) Stadium Club, Holborn Source: Boxing 08/01/1930 page 434 Edge boxed a British Flyweight Title Eliminator twice in 1931 and again in 1932 and was Southern Area Flyweight Champion 1931-33 and Southern Area Bantamweight Champion 1933. Feb 11 Alex Farris (Glasgow) WPTS(10) Music Hall, Edinburgh Source: Boxing 19/02/1930 page 537 Promoter: Harold Bownas Feb 16 Fred Beresford (Preston) WKO3(12) Pendleton Source: Manchester Sporting Chronicle Feb 26 Boy Tomlinson (Manchester) WPTS(15) Drill Hall, Llandudno Source: Boxing 05/03/1930 page 566 Referee: WJ Farnell Mar 15 Billy James (Birmingham) DRAW(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 19/03/1930 page 595 James boxed a British Flyweight Title Eliminator 1929. Apr 6 Teddy Talbot (Gorton) WRTD3(12) Princess Club, Salford Source: Manchester Sporting Chronicle Apr 30 Tom McLeish (Manchester) WRTD6(10) Alexander Stadium, Colne Source: Burnley Express and Advertiser McLeish sub for Boy Tomlinson(Manchester) May 2 Ted Perry (Salford) WKO4(12) Collyhurst Source: Manchester Sporting Chronicle May 4 Martin Gallagher (Rochdale) WRTD1(10) NSC, Royton Source: Boxing 07/05/1930 page 711 May 18 Arthur Boy Edge (Birmingham) WKO4(15) Ice Rink, West Bromwich Source: Boxing 21/05/1930 page 743 May 25 Young Siki (Liverpool) WRTD12(15) Ice Rink, West Bromwich Source: Boxing 28/05/1930 page 761 Match made at 8st 2lbs Jun 23 Tommy Brown (Salford) LPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 02/07/1930 page 10

Jul 13 Billy James (Birmingham) LPTS(15) Palais de Danse, West Bromwich Source: Boxing 16/07/1930 page 44 Promoter: Ted Salmon Aug 3 Fred Bebbington (Salford) WPTS(12) NSB, Royton Source: Boxing 06/08/1930 page 90 Bebbington boxed a British Flyweight Title Eliminator twice in 1932 and was Northern Area Flyweight Champion 1931-33. Aug 24 Ted Griffin (Bolton) NC4(12) NSB, Royton Source: Boxing 27/08/1930 pages 139 and 138 Sep 22 George Greaves (Salford) WRSF2(12) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 24/09/1930 pages 201 and 200 Greaves boxed for the Northern Area Flyweight Title 1929. Oct 5 Ted Griffin (Bolton) WRSF3(15) NSB, Royton Source: Boxing 08/10/1930 page 233 Oct 13 Jackie Quinn (Belfast) WPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 15/10/1930 page 246 Quinn boxed a British Flyweight Title Eliminator 1932. Oct 29 Fred Bebbington (Salford) WPTS(12) Drill Hall, Llandudno Source: Llandudno Advertiser Referee: WJ Farnell Promoter: Maj C Arnold Nov 3 Young Perez (Tunisia) DRAW(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 05/11/1930 page 293 Nov 21 Tommy Brown (Salford) WKO1(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 26/11/1930 page 346 Match made at 8st 2lbs Attendance: 7000 Nov 30 Spike Bradley (Shipley) WPTS(12) NSB, Royton Source: Boxing 03/12/1930 page 363 Dec 28 Little Minor (Leeds) WPTS(15) NSB, Royton Source: Boxing 31/12/1930 page 424 1931 Jan 9 Joe Hagen (Ancoats) WPTS(12) Harpurhey Jan 23 Tommy Barber (Bradford) WPTS(15) Tower Circus, Blackpool Source: Blackpool Times Feb 9 Johnny Gibson (Bermondsey) WKO1(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 11/02/1931 page 517 Feb 13 Billy Shinfield (Derby) WKO1(15) Tower Circus, Blackpool Source: Boxing 18/02/1931 page 539 Match made at 8st 4lbs Promoter: Jack Madden Shinfield received no purse money

Feb 23 Bert Kirby (Birmingham) WKO2(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 25/02/1931 page 548 Match made at 8st 3lbs Mar 15 Jack Kirk (Mansfield) WRSF2(12) NSB, Royton Source: Boxing 18/03/1931 page 603 Promoter: Tom Chapman Mar 20 Benny Thackray (Leeds) DRAW(15) Tower Circus, Blackpool Source: Blackpool Times Apr 27 Benny Thackray (Leeds) LPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 29/04/1931 page 694 May 30 Arly Hollingsworth (Sheffield) WRSF5(15) Hyde Park, Sheffield Source: Boxing 03/06/1931 page 780 (British Bantamweight Title Eliminator) Hollingsworth boxed a British Bantamweight Title Eliminator 1931. Jul 6 Al Miller (Liverpool) WKO3 Belle Vue, Manchester Jul 26 Benny Thackray (Leeds) WKO12(15) NSB, Royton Source: Boxing 05/08/1931 page 92 Match made at 8st 6lbs Aug 10 Pat Gorman (Wheatley Hill) WRTD6(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 12/08/1931 page 102 (British Bantamweight Title Eliminator and Northern Area Bantamweight Title) Gorman boxed for the Northern Area Bantamweight Title 1931. Attendance: 6000 Sep 7 Petit Biquet (Belgium) WPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 09/09/1931 page 165 Oct 5 Nicholas Petit Biguet (Belgium) WPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 07/10/1931 pages 229 and 230 Oct 25 Lew Sullivan (Liverpool) WDSQ NSB, Royton Source: Boxing 04/11/1931 page 16 Nov 9 Frank Markey (Blantyre) WRSF5(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 11/11/1931 pages 8, 09 (British Bantamweight Title Final Eliminator) Markey boxed a British Bantamweight Title Eliminator twice in 1931. Nov 23 Young Denain (France) WRSF6(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 02/12/1931 page 15 Dec 21 Dick Corbett (Bethnal Green) LPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 23/12/1931 page 4 (British Bantamweight Title) Corbett was British and British Empire Bantamweight Champion 1931-32 and 1934. Attendance: 7000

1932 Jan 24 Stan Jehu (Maesteg) WPTS(12) Brunswick Stadium, Leeds Source: Boxing 27/01/1932 page 11 Jehu was Welsh Area Bantamweight Champion 1930-31 and Welsh Area Featherweight Champion 1933-34 and 1935-36. Feb 15 Dick Burke (Liverpool) WPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 17/02/1932 page 8 (Northern Area Bantamweight Title) Burke boxed a British Featherweight Title Eliminator 1933. Feb 23 Arly Hollingsworth (Sheffield) WRTD7 Sheffield Source: Boxing 02/03/1932 page 10 Match made at 8st 8lbs Mar 13 Joe Myers (Oldham) WPTS(12) NSB, Royton Source: Boxing 16/03/1932 pages 11 and 12 Myers boxed for the Northern Area Flyweight Title 1931. Referee: Gus Platts May 30 Johnny Peters (Battersea) WDSQ11(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 01/06/1932 page 11 Jul 18 Terence Morgan (Newport) WRSF4(12) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Topical Times Morgan was Welsh Area Bantamweight Champion 1931-32. Aug 1 Joe Myers (Oldham) WKO2(12) Football Ground, Blackpool Source: Boxing 10/08/1932 page 10 Promoter: Jack Madden Aug 24 Harold Lewis (Thornaby) WPTS(15) Winter Gardens, Morecambe Source: Boxing 31/08/1932 page 11 Sep 5 Alfredo Magnolfi (Italy) WPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 07/09/1932 page 9 Match made at 8st 6lbs Sep 25 Harold Lewis (Thornaby) WKO4(12) NSB, Royton Source: Boxing 28/09/1932 page 12 Oct 10 Dick Corbett (Bethnal Green) WPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 12/10/1932 page 7 (British Bantamweight Title) Referee: Jimmy Wilde Nov 25 Dave Crowley (Clerkenwell) WPTS(12) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 30/11/1932 page 10 Crowley was British Lightweight Champion 1938. Match made at 8st 8lbs Dec 9 Tommy Kirk (Nottingham) WRSF15(15) Tower Circus, Blackpool Source: Boxing 14/12/1932 page 10 Referee: Tom Gamble

Dec 19 Stan Davies (Maltby) WPTS(12) Stockport Source: John Hand (Boxing Historian) 1933 Jan 9 Jean Locatelli (Royton) WKO5(15) Music Hall, Shrewsbury Source: Boxing 11/01/1933 page 8 Referee: E Tolley Feb 20 Stan Davies (Maltby) WPTS(12) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 22/02/1933 page 9 Feb 28 Jim O'Neil (Cambuslang) WRTD7(12) Music Hall, Edinburgh Source: Boxing 08/03/1933 page 9 O'Neil was Scottish Area Bantamweight Champion 1933-34. Match made at 8st 8lbs Mar 6 Dave Crowley (Clerkenwell) WPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 08/03/1933 page 8 Match made at 8st 8lbs Mar 27 Henri Poutrain (France) WRTD11(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 29/03/1933 page 8 Match made at 8st 12lbs Apr 10 Pat Gorman (Wheatley Hill) WKO1(12) New St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing 12/04/1933 page 9 Apr 23 Benny Thackray (Leeds) WKO8(12) Brunswick Stadium, Leeds Source: Boxing 26/04/1933 page 13 May 15 Dominic Bernasconi (Italy) LKO10(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 17/05/1933 page 7 May 21 Tucker Winch (Dagenham) WRTD10(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 24/05/1933 page 4 Match made at 8st 10lbs Jun 12 Bobby Leitham (Canada) WPTS(15) Olympia, Kensington Source: Boxing 14/06/1933 pages 7 and 14 (Empire Bantamweight Title) Jul 3 Al Brown (Panama) LPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 05/07/1933 pages 5 and 7 (World Bantamweight Title) Oct 1 Syd Rose (Preston) WKO6(12) NSB, Royton Source: Boxing 03/10/1933 page 11 Oct 22 John Barrett (Keighley) WKO8 Brunswick Stadium, Leeds Source: Boxing 24/10/1933 page 12 Oct 29 Teddy Higgins (Manchester) WRSF9(12) NSB, Royton Source: Boxing 31/10/1933 page 11 Match made at 8st 10lbs Nov 6 Francois Machtens (Belgium) LPTS(12) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 08/11/1933 page 16

Nov 16 Benny Thackray (Leeds) WKO2(12) Imperial Ballroom, Nelson Source: Brian Strickland (Boxing Historian) Nov 24 Johnny Peters (Battersea) WRTD2 Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 29/11/1933 page 11 Dec 11 Teddy Higgins (Manchester) WKO1 Manchester Source: Brian Strickland (Boxing Historian) Dec 24 Jackie Quinn (Belfast) WPTS Belfast Source: Brian Strickland (Boxing Historian) 1934 Jan 26 Benny Thackray (Leeds) LDSQ8(12) Tower Circus, Blackpool Source: Boxing 31/01/1934 page 11 Feb 12 Dick Corbett (Bethnal Green) LPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 14/02/1934 page 16 (British and Empire Bantamweight Title) Mar 11 Dave Crowley (Clerkenwell) LKO12(12) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 14/03/1934 page 13 Apr 2 Len Beynon (Swansea) LPTS(12) Drill Hall, Swansea Source: Boxing 04/04/1934 page 10 Beynon boxed a British Bantamweight Title Eliminator three times in 1933 and again in 1934 and 1936 and was Welsh Area Bantamweight Champion 1932-33 and 1934 and 1936. Referee: Mr Hoare(Cardiff) Apr 15 Stan Davies (Maltby) WRSF9(12) Stadium, Rotherham Source: Boxing 18/04/1934 page 14 Referee: Capt. Fitchett Promoter: Sam Moreton and Billy Pinder Apr 30 Marcel Sastos (Belgium) WRTD8(12) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 02/05/1934 page 11 May 14 Len Beynon (Swansea) LPTS(12) Manchester Source: Boxing 16/05/1934 page 10 May 19 Albert Lindley (Sheffield) WRSF11(12) Sheffield Source: Boxing 23/05/1934 page 15 Referee: Charles Brennan Jun 3 Stan Jehu (Maesteg) WPTS(12) Stadium, Rotherham Source: Boxing 06/06/1934 page 14 Jun 18 Len Beynon (Swansea) WPTS(12) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 20/06/1934 page 10 (British Bantamweight Title Eliminator) Jul 19 Mog Mason (Gilfach Goch) WKO6(12) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 25/07/1934 page 11 Mason was Welsh Area Bantamweight Champion 1934-36 and 1937. Match made at 8st 10lbs

Aug 20 Dick Corbett (Bethnal Green) DRAW(15) Stadium, Clapton Source: Boxing 22/08/1934 page 8 (British Bantamweight Title) Referee: CB Thomas Aug 27 Ellis Ashurst (Denaby) WRTD4 Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 29/08/1934 page 8 Ashurst boxed for the Northern Area Flyweight Title 1935. Sep 24 George Marsden (Nottingham) LPTS(10) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 26/09/1934 page 9 Marsden boxed a British Bantamweight Title Eliminator 1935. Oct 1 George Marsden (Nottingham) WPTS(12) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 03/10/1934 page 11 Oct 22 Dick Corbett (Bethnal Green) DRAW(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 24/10/1934 page 8 Nov 19 Phineas John (Pentre) WRTD4(12) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 21/11/1934 page 8 John was Welsh Area Flyweight Champion 1929 and Welsh Area Bantamweight Champion 1929. Dec 16 Joe Horridge (Rochdale) WPTS(12) NSB, Royton Source: Boxing 19/12/1934 page 9 Dec 28 Johnny Holt (South Africa) DRAW(12) Tower Circus, Blackpool Source: Boxing 02/01/1935 page 14 Attendance: 4500 1935 Jan 27 Joe Horridge (Rochdale) WRSF2(15) NSB, Royton Source: Boxing 30/01/1935 page 14 Feb 8 Michel Escargueil (France) WRSF5(12) Tower Circus, Blackpool Source: Boxing 13/02/1935 page 15 Feb 25 Dominic Bernasconi (Italy) WPTS(10) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 27/02/1935 page 9 Mar 1 Charles Vercammen (Antwerp) WPTS(12) Tower Circus, Blackpool Source: Boxing 06/03/1935 page 14 Referee: Gus Platts Attendance: 3000 Mar 25 Nel Tarleton (Liverpool) WPTS(12) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 27/03/1935 page 10 Tarleton was British Featherweight Champion 1931-32 and 1934-36 and British Featherweight Champion 1940-47 and British Empire Featherweight Champion 1940-45. Apr 6 George Williams (Treherbert) LPTS(12) Labour Stadium, Merthyr Source: Boxing 10/04/1935 page 13 Williams was Welsh Area Bantamweight Champion 1933-34. Apr 29 George Williams (Treherbert) WPTS(12) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 01/05/1935 page 11

May 27 Len Hampston (Batley) WPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 29/05/1935 page 11 (British Bantamweight Title) Hampston boxed for the British Bantamweight Title 1935 and 1938 and was Northern Area Bantamweight Champion 1937. Jul 8 Len Beynon (Swansea) WRTD6(15) Vetch Field, Swansea Source: Boxing 10/07/1935 page 10 Match made at 8st 11lbs Referee: Jim Kenrick Aug 29 Frank Barron (Sheffield) WRSF8(12) Sheffield Source: Boxing 04/09/1935 page 12 Sep 9 Giovanni Sili (Italy) WKO1(10) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 11/09/1935 page 10 Oct 10 Nel Tarleton (Liverpool) DRAW(12) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 16/10/1935 pages 18 and 19 Match made at 9st Oct 21 Simon Chavez (Venezuela) WPTS(10) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 23/10/1935 page 13 Nov 22 Jackie Brown (Manchester) WRSF6(12) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 27/11/1935 page 16 Brown was British Flyweight Champion 1929-30 and 1931-35 and European Flyweight Champion 1931-32 and World Flyweight Champion 1932-35. Dec 16 Joe Parisis (France) WPTS(10) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 18/12/1935 page 13 1936 Jan 19 Fred Todkill (Reddish) WRSF10(12) Junction Stadium, Miles Platting Source: Boxing 22/01/1936 page 20 Feb 18 Spike Robinson (Belfast) WRSF8(10) Belfast Source: Boxing Weekly Record 26/02/1936 page 12 Feb 21 Gilbert Johnstone (Dundee) WPTS(12) Kings Hall, Manchester Source: Boxing 26/02/1936 pages 22 and 23 Match made at 9st 2lbs May 6 Nel Tarleton (Liverpool) LPTS(15) Annfield Football ground, Liverpool Source: Boxing 13/05/1936 pages 23 and 26 (British Featherweight Title) King 8st 12lbs 8ozs Tarleton 8st 13lbs 8ozs Referee: Jack Hart Jun 14 Charles Vercammen (Belgium) WKO3(12) Stadium, Rotherham Source: Boxing 17/06/1936 pages 17 and 18 Promoter: Sam Moreton

Jun 30 KO Morgan (USA) LPTS(10) Cathkin Park, Glasgow Source: Boxing 08/07/1936 page 15 Match made at 9st Promoter: George Dingley Attendance: 15000 Jul 23 Tommy Steele (North Shields) WRSF5(12) Sheffield Source: Boxing 29/07/1936 page 15 Aug 3 Boyo Burns (Bolton) WPTS(10) Bloomfield Rd Football Ground, Blackpool Source: Boxing 05/08/1936 page 10 Sep 28 Benny Sharkey (Newcastle) LPTS(12) New St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing 30/09/1936 page 13 Oct 12 Johnny Cusick (Manchester) LPTS(12) Kings Hall, Manchester Source: Boxing 14/10/1936 page 16 Cusick was British and British Empire Featherweight Champion 1939-40. Match made at 9st Nov 19 Ginger Foran (Liverpool) LPTS(12) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 25/11/1936 page 18 Foran boxed for the British Flyweight Title 1933 and was Northern Area Flyweight Champion 1933. Match made at 9st Referee: Ben Green Dec 9 Jimmy Lester (Dagenham) WPTS(8) Stadium Club, Holborn Source: Boxing 16/12/1936 page 13 1937 Jan 4 George Marsden (Nottingham) DRAW(10) Granby Halls, Leicester Source: Boxing 06/01/1937 page 10 Mar 8 Alex Alston (Preston) LPTS(10) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 10/03/1937 page 11 Match made at 9st Mar 17 George Marsden (Nottingham) WRSF9(12) York Source: Boxing 24/03/1937 page 15 Apr 19 Gustave Ansini (Italy) WPTS(10) Waverley Market, Edinburgh Source: Boxing 21/04/1937 page 12 Apr 23 Alex Alston (Preston) WDSQ3(12) Tower Circus, Blackpool Source: Boxing 28/04/1937 pages 19 and 20 May 31 Jackie Brown (Manchester) WKO13(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 02/06/1937 pages 11 and 12 (British Bantamweight Title) King 8st 5lbs 12ozs Brown 8st 5lbs 13ozs Aug 2 Alex Alston (Preston) WPTS(10) Blackpool Source: Boxing Weekly Record 11/08/1937 page 18

Aug 14 George Marsden (Nottingham) LPTS(10) Sports Arena, Poole Source: Boxing 18/08/1937 page 17 King 8st 11lbs Marsden 8st 11lbs Referee: Jack Hart Sep 13 Spike Robinson (Belfast) WRSF5(10) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 15/09/1937 page 12 Match made at 9st Oct 4 Johnny Ryan (Kilburn) WKO6(10) Coventry Source: Boxing Weekly Record 13/10/1937 page 20 Oct 11 Young Chocolate (Jamaica) WKO4(10) Colston Hall, Bristol Source: Boxing 13/10/1937 page 12 Nov 2 Tommy Burns (Stockton) WRSF2(10) Drill Hall, Oldham Source: Boxing 10/11/1937 page 17 Burns boxed a British Featherweight Title Eliminator twice in 1950 and was Northern Area Featherweight Champion 1949. Nov 30 Joe Green (Middlesbrough) WPTS(12) Victoria Hall, Hanley Source: Boxing 08/12/1937 page 19 Match made at 9st 2lbs Dec 20 Benny Sharkey (Newcastle) WPTS(10) New St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing 22/12/1937 page 12 1938 Jan 10 George Williams (Treherbert) LPTS(10) Colston Hall, Bristol Source: Boxing 12/01/1938 page 16 Match made at 9st 1lb Jan 27 Billy Pleace (Portsmouth) WPTS(10) Exeter Feb 9 Johnny McGrory (Glasgow) LPTS(10) Kelvin Hall, Glasgow Source: Boxing 16/02/1938 page 15 McGrory was British and British Empire Featherweight Champion 1936-38. Mar 3 Dan McAllister (Belfast) LPTS(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 09/03/1938 page 16 McAllister boxed for the Northern Ireland Featherweight Title 1938. Promoter: Johnny Best Apr 28 Paul Dogniaux (France) LPTS(10) Paris France Jun 22 Len Hampston (Batley) WDSQ3(15) Headingley Rugby Ground, Leeds Source: Boxing 29/06/1938 pages 16 and 17 (British Bantamweight Title) Referee: Jack Hart Promoter: Jack Green Attendance: 5000 Aug 15 Hal Bagwell (Gloucester) WKO5(10) Kingsholm Rugby Ground, Gloucester Source: Boxing 17/08/1938 page 11 Bagwell was Southern Central Area Lightweight Champion 1947-9. Promoter: Capt. A Prince-Cox

Sep 1 Freddie Miller (USA) LPTS(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 07/09/1938 page 16 Referee: Arhur Myers Sep 30 Johnny McManus (Twechar) WRTD8(10) Theatre Royal, Dublin Source: Boxing 05/10/1938 pages 18 and 19 McManus was Scottish Area Lightweight Champion 1944. Promoter: messrs Nat Joseph & George Dingley Oct 10 Gustave Ansini (Italy) LPTS(10) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing 12/10/1938 page 11 King 8st 13lbs 8ozs Ansini 8st 12lbs 8ozs Referee: Mickey Fox Oct 19 Harry Edwards (Birmingham) WDSQ6(10) Tower Ballroom, Edgbaston Source: Boxing 26/10/1938 page 18 Promoter: Ted Salmon Oct 31 Johnny Cusick (Manchester) LPTS(12) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 02/11/1938 pages 11 and 12 Match made at 9st 2lbs King 9st 1lbs 8ozs Cusick 9st 1lbs 8ozs Referee: CB Thomas Nov 21 Rafael Valdes (Cuba) WKO1(10) Public Baths, Gloucester Source: Boxing 23/11/1938 page 13 Nov 25 Harry Edwards (Birmingham) WPTS(10) Batley Carr Rink, Dewsbury Dec 8 Frank Kenny (Glasgow) WPTS(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 14/12/1938 page 17 Kenny was Scottish Area Featherweight Champion 1938-47 and 1947. Referee: WJ Farnell Promoter: Johnny Best 1939 Jan 16 Tom Smith (Sunderland) LPTS(10) New St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing 18/01/1939 page 11 Smith boxed for the British Featherweight Title 1940 and was Northern Area Featherweight Champion 1940. Match made at 9st 2lbs Feb 6 Jackie Hurst (St George's) WRSF9(12) Millbay Rinkeries, Plymouth Source: Boxing 08/02/1939 page 12 Mar 13 Len Beynon (Swansea) LRTD7(12) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Source: Boxing 15/03/1939 pages 11 and 12 Apr 10 Frank Parkes (Nottingham) LPTS(10) Brook Street Baths, Sutton-in-Ashfield Source: Boxing 12/04/1939 pages 10 and 11 Parkes was North Midlands Area Lightweight Champion 1949-50 and Midlands Area Lightweight Champion 1953-56. Match made at 9st 2lbs Jul 3 Phineas John (Pentre) WPTS(10) Stroud Source: Brian Strickland (Boxing Historian)

Sep 30 Johnny McManus (Twechar) WRSF3(6) Carntyne Greyhound Stadium, Glasgow Source: Boxing 04/10/1939 page 9 Match made at 9st Attendance: 4000 King overweight Oct 9 Frank Kenny (Glasgow) LPTS(10) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 11/10/1939 page 12 Oct 14 George Marsden (Nottingham) WRSF4(12) Sportsdrome, Southampton Source: Boxing Weekly Record 18/10/1939 page 10 Nov 20 Billy Charlton (Gateshead) LPTS(10) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 22/11/1939 page 2 Charlton boxed for the Northern Area Featherweight Title 1937 and 1938. Match made at 9st 3lbs Attendance: 7000 both overweight 1940 Mar 18 Jackie Rankin (Southall) LPTS(10) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing 20/03/1940 page 9 Rankin was Southern Area Featherweight Champion 1940. Arranged by Marquis of Queensberry and John Harding 1942 Jun 23 Fred Barry (RN) DRAW(3) Ceylon Source: Boxing News 09/07/1942 page 13 1943 Nov 19 Ben Duffy (Jarrow) DRAW(10) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing News 25/11/1943 page 15 Duffy boxed for the Northern Area Featherweight Title 1945 and 1946 and 1949. King 9st 2lbs 4ozs Dec 15 Sid Worgan (Llanharan) WPTS(8) Queensberry Club, Soho Source: Boxing News 06/01/1944 pages 7 and 11 Worgan was Welsh Area Featherweight Champion 1944. King 9st 3lbs 1944 Mar 24 Nel Tarleton (Liverpool) WDSQ2 Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing News 13/04/1944 pages 11 and 12 Aug 7 Nel Tarleton (Liverpool) LPTS(8) Nottingham Source: Boxing News 09/11/1944 page 11

1945 Sep 8 Eddie Miller (Australia) LKO3 Sydney Australia Source: Brian Strickland (Boxing Historian) 1946 Nov 8 Frank Kenny (Glasgow) LPTS(8) Blackburn Source: Boxing News 20/11/1946 page 11 King 9st 0lbs 8ozs Kenny 9st 0lbs 1947 Jan 14 Teddy O'Neill (Dumbarton) LPTS Royal Albert Hall, Kensington O'Neill was Scottish Area Bantamweight Champion 1937-48. Feb 10 Jackie Paterson (Glasgow) LKO7(15) Manchester Source: Boxing News 05/03/1947 pages 9 and 10 (British Bantamweight Title) Paterson was British and British Empire and European and World Champion from and Flyweight to Bantamweight between 1939 and 1949. 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