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 Des Rea (Belfast) Active: 1964-1973 Weight classes fought in: Recorded fights: 65 contests (won: 28 lost: 33 drew: 4) Fight Record 1964 Nov 9 Kenny Hinds (Nottingham) WDSQ5(6) Free Trade Hall, Manchester 13/11/1964 pages 12 and 16 Rea 10st 0lbs Hinds 10st 3lbs 4ozs Promoter: Gus Demmy Nov 26 Tommy Tiger (Leicester) WPTS(6) Stadium, Liverpool 04/12/1964 page 3 Rea 10st 1lbs Tiger 10st 2lbs 8ozs 1965 Jan 18 Chris McAuley (Larne) WRTD5(6) Free Trade Hall, Manchester 22/01/1965 page 6 Rea 10st 1lbs McAuley 10st 9lbs Promoter: Gus and Selwyn Demmy
Feb 15 Ron Rowley (Pontypridd) WPTS(6) Free Trade Hall, Manchester 19/02/1965 page 4 Rea 10st 3lbs Rowley 9st 11lbs 8ozs Promoter: Gus Demmy Mar 4 Manley Brown (Bournemouth) WPTS(6) Stadium, Liverpool 12/03/1965 page 4 Rea 10st 0lbs 8ozs Brown 9st 12lbs Mar 15 John McMillan (Glasgow) LPTS(8) Free Trade Hall, Manchester 19/03/1965 page 5 McMillan boxed for the Scottish Lightweight Title 1967. Rea 10st 1lbs 12ozs McMillan 10st 3lbs 8ozs Apr 6 Ivan Drew (East Ham) WPTS(6) Clarendon Restaurant, Hammersmith 16/04/1965 page 4 Rea 10st 2lbs 12ozs Drew 10st 1lbs 4ozs May 4 Ivan Whiter (Tooting) WPTS(8) Clarendon Restaurant, Hammersmith 14/05/1965 page 4 Whiter was Southern Area Lightweight Champion 1966 and Southern Area Welterweight Champion 1967-68. Rea 10st 3lbs 8ozs Whiter 10st 5lbs 4ozs May 31 John McMillan (Glasgow) WPTS(8) Wyvern SC, Manchester 04/06/1965 page 3 Rea 10st 3lbs McMillan 10st 3lbs Sep 29 Bob Sempey (Belfast) WPTS(10) Clarendon Restaurant, Hammersmith 08/10/1965 page 6 (Northern Ireland Area Lightweight Title) Sempey boxed for the Northern Ireland Welterweight Title 1965. Rea 10st 5lbs 12ozs Sempey 10st 5lbs 8ozs Referee: Harry Gibbs Nov 15 Rory O'Shea (USA) WPTS(8) National Sporting Club, Piccadilly 19/11/1965 page 3 Rea 10st 7lbs O'Shea 10st 8lbs 8ozs Referee: Bill Williams Dec 7 Brian McCaffrey (Liverpool) DRAW(8) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington 10/12/1965 pages 8, 09 and 11 McCaffrey boxed for the British Welterweight Title 1967. Rea 10st 7lbs 12ozs McCaffrey 10st 8lbs 12ozs Referee: Pat Floyd Promoter: Mike Barrett 1966 Feb 1 Joe Falcon (Leicester) WPTS(8) Clarendon Restaurant, Hammersmith 11/02/1966 page 5 Rea 10st 8lbs Falcon 10st 11lbs
Mar 7 Shaun Doyle (Barnsley) LPTS(12) City Hall, Sheffield 18/03/1966 page 2 Doyle boxed for the British Welterweight Title 1967 and was Central Area Welterweight Champion 1965. Rea 10st 6lbs Doyle 10st 6lbs 8ozs Promoter: Lawrie Lewis Apr 14 Jose Stable (Cuba) LRSF6(10) Stadium, Liverpool 22/04/1966 page 5 Rea 10st 7lbs 4ozs Stable 10st 10lbs Referee: Wally Thom Promoter: Liverpool Stadiums Jun 16 Fred Powney (Doncaster) WPTS(8) Public Hall, Preston 24/06/1966 pages 2 and 3 Powney was Central Area Welterweight Champion 1968. Rea 10st 8lbs 8ozs Powney 10st 7lbs 12ozs Sep 12 Brian Curvis (Swansea) LRSF8(10) Market Hall, Carmarthen 16/09/1966 page 13 Curvis was British and British Empire Welterweight Champion 1960-66. Match made at 10st 9lbs Promoter: Sid Baldwin 1967 Mar 1 Peter Cobblah (Ghana) LPTS(8) Midlands SC, Solihull 10/03/1967 page 4 Rea 10st 7lbs 8ozs Cobblah 10st 8lbs 4ozs Referee: Austin O'Connor Sep 27 Chris Jobson (East Ham) DRAW(8) Merthyr Jobson was Southern Area Welterweight Champion 1968. Nov 14 Mickey Laud (St Ives) WPTS(8) Raynor's SC, Leicester 24/11/1967 page 3 Laud boxed a British Junior Welterweight Title Eliminator 1967. Rea 10st 1lbs 4ozs Laud 10st 6lbs Dec 18 Mickey Laud (St Ives) WPTS(10) National Sporting Club, Piccadilly 22/12/1967 page 3 (British Welterweight Title Eliminator) Rea 9st 12lbs 12ozs Laud 10st 0lbs
1968 Feb 27 Vic Andreetti (Hoxton) WPTS(15) York Hall, Bethnal Green 01/03/1968 page 3 (British Junior-Welterweight Title) Andreetti was British Junior Welterweight Champion 1969-70. Rea 9st 12lbs Andreetti 9st 12lbs Referee: Bill Williams Mar 25 Lex Hunter (Antigua) WPTS(8) World Sporting Club, Mayfair 29/03/1968 page 3 Match made at 10st 2lbs Rea 10st 1lbs 8ozs Hunter 9st 11lbs Referee: Bill Williams May 22 Paul Armstead (USA) LPTS(10) Aberavon (British Junior-Welterweight Title Eliminator) Aug 21 Bruno Arcari (Italy) LRSF6(15) San Remo Italy (European Junior-Welterweight Title) Nov 4 Jose Napoles (Cuba) LRSF5 Inglewood USA Dec 9 Amos Talbot (Manchester) WRSF3 Anglo-American Sporting Club, Mayfair Talbot was Central Area Welterweight Champion 1968-69. 1969 Feb 17 Vic Andreetti (Hoxton) LPTS(15) Nottingham (British Junior-Welterweight Title) Oct 13 Vic Andreetti (Hoxton) LKO4 Nottingham (British Junior-Welterweight Title) Nov 24 Barry Calderwood (Manchester) LPTS(8) National Sporting Club, Piccadilly Calderwood was Central Area Welterweight Champion 1970. 1970 Feb 10 Gus Farrell (Dublin) WKO11(12) Ulster Hall, Belfast (All Ireland Welterweight Title) Rea 10st 6lbs 4ozs Farrell 10st 7lbs Promoter: Mike Callaghan
Mar 10 Chuck Henderson (Peterlee) WRSF3(8) Ulster Hall, Belfast Henderson boxed for the British Welterweight Title 1969. Rea 10st 6lbs 8ozs Henderson 10st 7lbs 12ozs Referee: Billy Duncan Apr 14 Johnny Cooke (Bootle) LPTS(10) Ulster Hall, Belfast Cooke was British and British Empire Welterweight Champion 1967-68. Jun 29 Alan Moore (Australia) WPTS(10) Melbourne Australia 03/07/1970 page 13 Jul 13 Brendan Jackson (Australia) LRSF3 Melbourne Australia Sep 28 Alan Tottoh (Manchester) LRSF7(8) National Sporting Club, Piccadilly 02/10/1970 page 7 Tottoh boxed for the Central Area Welterweight Title 1970 and 1973. Match made at 10st 9lbs Rea 10st 6lbs Tottoh 10st 7lbs Referee: Harry Humphreys Dec 14 Bernie Terrell (Edmonton) LPTS(8) Crest Hotel, Bloomsbury 18/12/1970 page 24 Terrell boxed for the British Welterweight Title 1971 and was Southern Area Welterweight Champion 1969-71. Match made at 10st 8lbs Rea 10st 8lbs Terrell 10st 5lbs Referee: Bill White Promoter: Tommy Barnham 1971 Feb 22 Joseph Bessala (Cameroons) LRSF3 Paris France May 24 Chris Jobson (East Ham) WPTS(8) New Century Hall, Manchester Rea 10st 9lbs Jobson 10st 8lbs Jul 1 Jorgen Hansen (Denmark) LPTS(8) Copenhagen Denmark Sep 11 Stoffel Steyn (South Africa) LPTS(10) Johannesburg South Africa Oct 4 Jimmy Fairweather (Clapham) WPTS(8) Premier Ring SC, Kensington Rea 10st 8lbs Fairweather 10st 6lbs 8ozs Referee: Harry Humphreys Nov 8 Barry Calderwood (Manchester) LRSF5(8) National Sporting Club, Piccadilly 12/11/1971 page 8 Rea 10st 12lbs Calderwood 11st 1lbs
1972 Jan 25 Teddy Meho (Ghana) WPTS(8) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Rea 10st 10lbs 8ozs Meho 11st 0lbs Referee: Jack Short Feb 21 Amos Talbot (Manchester) WPTS(8) National Sporting Club, Piccadilly Rea 10st 8lbs 8ozs Talbot 10st 10lbs Mar 7 John H Stracey (Bethnal Green) LRSF2(8) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Stracey was British Welterweight Champion 1973-75 and European Welterweight Champion 1974-75 and World Welterweight Champion 1975-76. Rea 10st 10lbs Stracey 10st 8lbs 4ozs Referee: Bill White cut eye Aug 12 Giele Buitendag (South Africa) LPTS(8) Johannesburg South Africa Sep 4 Mickey Flynn (Manchester) LPTS(8) Free Trade Hall, Manchester Flynn was Central Area Welterweight Champion 1972-75. Rea 10st 8lbs 12ozs Flynn 10st 4lbs 8ozs Referee: Billy Simpson Sep 18 Mickey Flynn (Manchester) WRSF7(8) Top Rank Suite, Swansea Rea 10st 8lbs 12ozs Flynn 10st 6lbs Referee: Jim Brimell cut eye Oct 9 Alan Tottoh (Manchester) LPTS(8) National Sporting Club, Piccadilly Rea 10st 7lbs 8ozs Tottoh 10st 8lbs 8ozs Referee: Sid Nathan Oct 30 Charlie Cooper (Southampton) LPTS(8) West of England SC, Bristol Rea 10st 9lbs Cooper 10st 9lbs Referee: Jim Brimell Nov 20 Tommy Joyce (Doncaster) WPTS(8) Double Diamond Club, Caerphilly Joyce boxed for the Central Area Welterweight Title 1973. Rea 10st 9lbs 8ozs Joyce 10st 9lbs 8ozs Referee: Adrian Morgan
Dec 11 Des Morrison (St Ives) LPTS(8) Anglo-American Sporting Club, Mayfair Morrison was British Light-Welterweight Champion 1973-74. Rea 10st 9lbs 8ozs Morrison 10st 3lbs Referee: Sid Nathan 1973 Jan 15 Pat Thomas (Cardiff) LPTS(8) Double Diamond Club, Caerphilly Thomas was British Welterweight Champion 1975-76 and British Light-Middleweight Champion 1979-81. Rea 10st 8lbs 12ozs Thomas 10st 7lbs Referee: Ivor Bassett Feb 10 Ronnie du Preez (South Africa) LPTS(10) Port Elizabeth South Africa Mar 6 Frank Young (Belfast) LPTS(8) Norbreck Castle, Blackpool Young boxed a British Welterweight Title Eliminator 1972. Rea 10st 10lbs 8ozs Young 10st 11lbs Referee: Billy Simpson Mar 12 Des Morrison (St Ives) LPTS(8) Anglo-American Sporting Club, Mayfair Apr 2 Alan Reid (Edinburgh) Morrison 10st 3lbs 4ozs Referee: Billy White WPTS(8) National Sporting Club, Piccadilly Reid was Scottish Area Welterweight Champion 1973. Rea 10st 9lbs 8ozs Reid 10st 8lbs 12ozs Referee: Billy White Apr 10 Alan Reid (Edinburgh) LRSF8(8) New Jury's Hotel, Dublin Rea 10st 7lbs Reid 10st 8lbs 8ozs Referee: Willie Douglas May 30 Kenny Webber (Manchester) DRAW(8) Anglo-Welsh SC, Caerphilly Webber was Central Area Light-Middleweight Champion 1977. Rea 10st 8lbs Webber 10st 8lbs Referee: Ivor Bassett Sep 12 Mickey Laud (St Ives) WRSF3(8) Executive Sportsman's Club, Port Talbot Rea 10st 9lbs Laud 10st 9lbs Referee: Adrian Morgan cut eye Sep 17 Jim Melrose (Glasgow) LPTS(8) St Andrews SC, Glasgow
Rea 10st 4lbs Melrose 9st 13lbs 8ozs Referee: Len Mullen Oct 5 Pat Thomas (Cardiff) LRSF4(8) Sophia Gardens, Cardiff Rea 10st 8lbs 8ozs Thomas 10st 8lbs cut eye Nov 19 Les Pearson (Pontefract) DRAW(8) St Andrews SC, Glasgow Pearson boxed a British Welterweight Title Eliminator 1971 and 1972 and was Central Area Welterweight Champion 1970-71. Rea 10st 9lbs Pearson 10st 9lbs Referee: Len Mullen Dec 7 Max Hebeisen (Switzerland) LRSF8(10) Berne Switzerland 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