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 James (Swansea) Active: 1933-1947 Weight classes fought in: Recorded fights: 135 contests (won: 113 lost: 17 drew: 5) Fight Record 1933 Jan 21 Sid Williams (Pontardawe) WRSF2 Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Source: Boxing 25/01/1933 page 14 Feb 11 Reg Morgan (Tirphil) DRAW(6) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Source: Boxing 15/02/1933 page 15 Apr 1 Dave Collins (Merthyr) WRTD5(6) Merthyr Source: Boxing 05/04/1933 page 15 Apr 21 Ginger Williams (Llanelly) WPTS(10) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Jun 24 Tubby Evans (Treherbert) WRSF3(8) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Source: Boxing 28/06/1933 page 14 Jul 21 Idris Pugh (Tonypandy) DRAW Haverfordwest Source: Boxing 26/07/1933 pages 14 and 15 Aug 5 Boyo Rees (Swansea) WDSQ4 Mannesmann Hall, Swansea
Sep 23 Harry Sullivan (Mountain Ash) WKO3(10) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Source: Boxing 27/09/1933 page 13 Oct 21 Idris Pugh (Tonypandy) WRSF2 Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Source: Boxing 24/10/1933 page 11 Nov 18 Johnny Griffiths (Abergavenny) WKO4(10) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Source: Boxing 22/11/1933 page 13 Dec 2 Harry Jones (Trealaw) DRAW(8) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Source: Boxing 06/12/1933 page 13 Dec 16 Boyo Rees (Swansea) WPTS(10) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Source: Boxing 20/12/1933 page 13 Dec 26 Idris Pugh (Tonypandy) WKO4 Mannesmann Hall, Swansea 1934 Feb 10 Reg Owen (Llanelly) WKO5 Working Men's Club, Llanelly Feb 17 Islyn Howells (Aberdare) WPTS(6) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Source: Boxing 21/02/1934 page 15 Mar 10 Evan Evans (Dowlais) WPTS(10) Labour Stadium, Merthyr Source: Boxing 14/03/1934 page 11 Mar 17 Nick Cantwell (Cymmer) WPTS(10) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Apr 14 Kid Davies (London) WRSF4(8) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Source: Boxing Weekly Record 18/04/1934 page 16 Apr 23 Kid Leyland (Tredegar) WKO2 Hippodrome, Cardiff May 10 Young Britton (Pontardawe) WPTS(10) Market Hall, Haverfordwest Source: Boxing Weekly Record 16/05/1934 page 17 May 12 Willie McCamley (Glasgow) WPTS(8) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Source: Boxing 16/05/1934 page 14 Jun 11 Jackie Bishop (Hoxton) WRSF8 Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Jul 7 Llew Edwards (Ammanford) WKO4(6) Swansea Source: Boxing Weekly Record 11/07/1934 page 17 Aug 4 Frank Sweetman (Mountain Ash) WRSF4(8) Vetch Field, Swansea Source: Boxing 08/08/1934 page 8 Promoter: Oscar Dennis(Swansea) Attendance: 6000 Aug 27 Billy Jones (Wales) WPTS(12) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Sep 3 Dave Williams (Ammanford) WRSF6 Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Sep 24 John Barrett (Keighley) WPTS(12) HippodromeHippodrome, Swansea Barrett sub for Cope Hampston
Oct 8 Harry Edwards (Birmingham) WPTS(12) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Oct 20 Wyndham Lewis (Aberavon) WPTS(8) Working Men's Club, Llanelly Source: Boxing Weekly Record 24/10/1934 page 16 Attendance: 3000 Nov 5 Bob Healey (Bolton) WPTS(12) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Healey sub for Billy Bryon Dec 17 Tony McLeod (Glasgow) WRSF9(12) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Dec 26 Eddie Roberts (Mountain Ash) WPTS Palais de Danse, Pontypridd 1935 Jan 7 Terence Morgan (Newport) WRSF7(12) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Morgan was Welsh Area Bantamweight Champion 1931-32. Jan 31 Arly Hollingsworth (Sheffield) WPTS(12) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Source: Boxing 06/02/1935 page 14 Hollingsworth boxed a British Bantamweight Title Eliminator 1931. Mar 4 Tucker Winch (Dagenham) WPTS(12) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Source: Boxing 06/03/1935 page 9 Mar 10 Ernie Gaze (Euston) WKO2(8) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 13/03/1935 page 12 Mar 25 Benny Thackray (Leeds) WKO1(10) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Apr 7 Battling Croft (Sheffield) WRSF3(8) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 10/04/1935 page 12 Apr 8 Les Greenaway (Pengam) WPTS(8) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Source: Boxing 10/04/1935 page 11 Apr 22 Jimmy Knowles (Aberdeen) WPTS(12) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Source: Boxing 24/04/1935 page 15 Knowles was Scottish Area Bantamweight Champion 1934. Apr 28 Eric Jones (Coalville) WKO3(8) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 01/05/1935 page 12 Jones boxed a British Flyweight Title Eliminator 1939 and was Southern Area Flyweight Champion 1939. May 27 Fred Bailey (Portsmouth) WPTS(12) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Source: Boxing 29/05/1935 page 10 Jun 9 Joe Horridge (Rochdale) WPTS(8) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing Weekly Record 12/06/1935 page 12 Jul 1 Harry Daly (St George's) WPTS(12) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Source: Boxing 03/07/1935 page 9
Jul 15 Jack Collins (Manchester) WDSQ2(10) Stanley Track, Liverpool Source: Boxing 17/07/1935 page 10 Jul 29 Teddy Rollins (Whitley Bay) WKO4(12) Swansea Source: Boxing 31/07/1935 page 10 Sep 5 Len Beynon (Swansea) WPTS(12) Vetch Field, Swansea Source: Boxing 11/09/1935 page 12 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. Attendance: 10000 Sep 21 Fred Morris (Stepney) WRSF10(12) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Source: Boxing 25/09/1935 page 12 Morris was Southern Area Bantamweight Champion 1934. Match made at 9st James first 3 min rounder Oct 14 Jim Connelly (Liverpool) WKO7(10) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 16/10/1935 page 13 Oct 31 Len Beynon (Swansea) WPTS(12) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Source: Boxing 06/11/1935 page 20 Dec 23 Dick Corbett (Bethnal Green) DRAW(12) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Source: Boxing 01/01/1936 page 23 Corbett was British and British Empire Bantamweight Champion 1931-32 and 1934. 1936 Jan 12 Jackie Wilson (USA) WPTS(10) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 15/01/1936 page 21 Jan 29 Dave Crowley (Clerkenwell) LDSQ6(8) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing 05/02/1936 pages 17 and 18 Crowley was British Lightweight Champion 1938. Feb 17 Danny Thomas (Morriston) WRTD10(12) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Source: Boxing 19/02/1936 page 15 Mar 12 Balthazar Sangchili (Spain) LPTS(12) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 18/03/1936 page 20 Match made at 9st 1lb Apr 13 Bob Lamb (Sunderland) WPTS(12) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Source: Boxing 15/04/1936 page 11 Apr 28 Les Greenaway (Pengam) WPTS(12) Public Hall, Briton Ferry Jul 13 Billy Charlton (Gateshead) LPTS(10) Junction Stadium, Miles Platting Source: Boxing 15/07/1936 page 11 Charlton boxed for the Northern Area Featherweight Title 1937 and 1938. Jul 27 George Morgan (Newport) WKO3(12) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Morgan was Welsh Area Featherweight Champion 1934-35.
Sep 21 Johnny Peters (Battersea) WPTS(12) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Source: Boxing 23/09/1936 page 12 Peters sub for Phineas John Oct 5 Phineas John (Pentre) WKO8(12) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Source: Boxing 07/10/1936 page 12 John was Welsh Area Flyweight Champion 1929 and Welsh Area Bantamweight Champion 1929. Oct 20 Tudor Thomas (Merthyr) WRSF8(12) Town Hall, Maesteg Oct 26 Teddy Hayes (Canada) WPTS(12) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Nov 9 Dick Corbett (Bethnal Green) DRAW(8) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing 11/11/1936 pages 13 and 14 Promoter: Arthur Elvin Attendance: 11800 Nov 20 Boyo Burns (Bolton) WKO3(12) Millbay Rinkeries, Plymouth Source: Boxing 25/11/1936 pages 19 and 20 Nov 30 Frankie Simms (Lincoln) WPTS(10) Kings Theatre, Cardiff Source: Boxing 02/12/1936 page 12 Dec 7 Harold Lewis (Thornaby) WKO6(12) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Source: Boxing 09/12/1936 page 14 1937 Mar 7 Arnold Lagrand (Holland) LPTS(10) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 10/03/1937 page 13 Mar 15 Tommy Fox (Bermondsey) WRTD7(12) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Source: Boxing Weekly Record 24/03/1937 page 19 Mar 29 Joe Riley (Canning Town) WKO3(12) Market Hall, Carmarthen Jul 19 Cuthbert Taylor (Merthyr) WPTS(10) St Helen's Rugby Ground, Swansea Source: Boxing 21/07/1937 page 12 Taylor was Welsh Area Bantamweight Champion 1929. Aug 9 Douglas Kestrell (Cardiff) WDSQ9(12) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Source: Boxing 09/08/1937 page 11 Promoter: Bert James(Swansea) Kestrell refused to come out for the 10th when told it was a 12-rounder not a 10 as agreed Sep 8 Tony Butcher (Liverpool) LRTD6(12) Market Hall, Haverfordwest injured hand 1938 Apr 26 Matt Powell (Abergavenny) WKO3(10) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Source: Boxing 04/05/1938 page 18
May 2 Dave Williams (Ammanford) WKO5(12) Ebbw Vale May 12 Danny Mack (Liverpool) WPTS(6) Vetch Field, Swansea Source: Boxing Weekly Record 25/05/1938 page 19 Jun 7 Danny Mack (Liverpool) WKO2(10) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Jun 27 Freddie Miller (USA) LDSQ8(12) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Source: Boxing Weekly Record 06/07/1938 page 21 Aug 2 Billy Masters (Glasgow) WRSF3(10) Vetch Field, Swansea Source: Boxing 10/08/1938 page 17 James 9st 6lbs Masters 9st 6lbs 8ozs Attendance: 9000 Sep 12 Tommy Hyams (Kings Cross) WKO10(12) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Source: Boxing 14/09/1938 page 11 Hyams boxed for the Southern Area Featherweight Title 1933 and boxed for the Southern Area Lightweight Title 1938. Oct 1 Charlie Curry (Wheatley Hill) WKO7(12) Town Hall, Maesteg Source: Boxing 05/10/1938 page 18 Oct 14 Nobby Baker (Trealaw) WKO4(12) Judges Hall, Trealaw Baker boxed for the Welsh Lightweight Title 1930 and 1935. Oct 31 Mitso Grispos (Greece) WPTS(12) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Source: Boxing 02/11/1938 page 12 Nov 21 Johnny McGrory (Glasgow) WKO2(10) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Source: Boxing 23/11/1938 page 11 McGrory was British and British Empire Featherweight Champion 1936-38. Dec 19 Mac Perez (North Africa) WPTS(12) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Source: Boxing 21/12/1938 page 13 1939 Jan 16 Dick Corbett (Bethnal Green) WPTS(12) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Source: Boxing 18/01/1939 page 13 Feb 8 Johnny Jones (Jarrow) WRTD1(10) Newport Source: Boxing Weekly Record 15/02/1939 page 4 Mar 2 Dave Finn (Stepney) LPTS(8) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing 08/03/1939 page 10 Finn was Southern Area Lightweight Champion 1945. James 9st 7lbs 4ozs Finn 9st 9lbs Apr 17 Dave Crowley (Clerkenwell) LDSQ6(15) Vetch Field, Swansea Source: Boxing 19/04/1939 page 11 (British Lightweight Title Eliminator)
May 15 Jack Carrick (Hull) WRTD7(10) Vetch Field, Swansea Source: Boxing 17/05/1939 page 14 Carrick boxed a British Lightweight Title Eliminator 1939 and was Northern Area Lightweight Champion 1938. Jun 26 Billy Brooks (Stratford) WKO4(10) Gloucester Source: Boxing Weekly Record 05/07/1939 page 12 Jul 10 Dave Finn (Stepney) WRSF7(10) Swansea Source: Boxing 12/07/1939 page 14 Jul 17 Johnny Sayers (Glasgow) WKO3(10) Brynmawr Source: Boxing 19/07/1939 pages 13 and 14 Jul 31 Benny Caplan (St George's) WKO2(12) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Source: Boxing 02/08/1939 page 12 Caplan boxed for the British Featherweight Title 1938 and was Southern Area Featherweight Champion 1937. Sep 23 Dennis Chadwick (Bridlington) WPTS(12) Swansea Source: Boxing 27/09/1939 page 9 Nov 13 Al Binney (Sheffield) WRTD4(10) Swansea Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Nov 27 Jimmy Vaughan (Becontree) WPTS(10) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing 29/11/1939 pages 2 and 19 Vaughan boxed a British Lightweight Title Eliminator 1939 and was Southern Area Lightweight Champion 1938. James 9st 7lbs 12ozs Vaughan 9st 11lbs 1940 Mar 4 Joe Slark (Egham) WKO8(12) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Source: Boxing 06/03/1940 page 2 Referee: CB Thomas Mar 18 Freddie Simpson (Basingstoke) WPTS(10) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing 20/03/1940 page 9 Referee: Jack Morris Arranged by Marquis of Queensberry and John Harding Apr 22 Dave Finn (Stepney) WDSQ5(10) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing 24/04/1940 page 2 Referee: Jack Morris 1941 Aug 28 Harry Lazar (Aldgate) WPTS(8) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 04/09/1941 pages 6 and 7 Promoter: John Muldoon Sep 29 Johnny Ward (Ireland) WPTS(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 02/10/1941 pages 6 and 7
Nov 22 Freddie Simpson (Basingstoke) WKO6 Swansea Source: Record published in Boxing News in the 1960s 1942 May 2 Danny Mack (Liverpool) WRSF6 Drill Hall, Port Talbot Source: Boxing News 16/07/1942 page 16 Referee: Reg Edwards May 25 Eric Dolby (Derby) LDSQ3 Colston Hall, Bristol Source: Boxing News 16/07/1942 page 16 Aug 29 Dave Crowley (Clerkenwell) WRTD3(10) Taff Vale Park, Pontypridd Source: Boxing News 10/09/1942 page 14 James 9st 10lbs Crowley 9st 5lbs 4ozs Sep 23 Tom Smith (Sunderland) WRSF6(10) Queensberry Club, Soho Source: Boxing News 01/10/1942 pages 11 and 12 Smith boxed for the British Featherweight Title 1940 and was Northern Area Featherweight Champion 1940. Nov 12 Jimmy Molloy (Liverpool) WPTS(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 26/11/1942 pages 14 and 15 Molloy boxed for the Central Area Welterweight Title 1950. Nov 19 Jimmy Watson (Edinburgh) WKO8(10) Town Hall, Oxford Source: Boxing News 10/12/1942 page 13 James 9st 11lbs 8ozs Watson 9st 10lbs 5ozs Dec 2 Freddie Simpson (Basingstoke) WRSF8(10) Queensberry Club, Soho Source: Boxing News 10/12/1942 pages 15 and 16 Dec 12 Johnny Lookie (London) WRSF7 Market Hall, Haverfordwest Source: Western Telegraph and Cymric Times(Haverfordwest) Referee: W Bevan Lookie sub for Billy Jones(Cwmparc) 1943 Jan 21 Dick Corbett (Bethnal Green) WDSQ5(10) Glasgow Source: Boxing News 04/02/1943 page 14 Feb 3 Lefty Satan Flynn (Jamaica) WRSF7(10) Queensberry Club, Soho Source: Boxing News 18/02/1943 page 12 cut eye Mar 6 Jimmy Watson (Edinburgh) WRSF8(10) Drill Hall, Cardiff Source: Boxing News 18/03/1943 pages 14 and 15 James 9st 10lbs Watson 9st 6lbs Referee: Ben Hardwicke Mar 17 Dick Shields (Liverpool) WRSF8(10) Queensberry Club, Soho Source: Boxing News 01/04/1943 pages 7 and 12 Promoter: Jack Harding
May 19 Lefty Satan Flynn (Jamaica) LPTS(10) Queensberry Club, Soho Source: Boxing News 27/05/1943 pages 12 and 13 Jun 14 Eric Dolby (Derby) WKO5(10) Arms Park, Cardiff Source: Boxing News 24/06/1943 pages 13 and 14 James 10st 1lbs Dolby 10st 4lbs Jul 31 Lefty Satan Flynn (Jamaica) LPTS(10) St Helen's ground, Swansea Source: Boxing News 19/08/1943 pages 11 and 12 James 10st 0lbs Flynn 10st 3lbs 4ozs 1944 Mar 8 Arthur Danahar (Bethnal Green) LPTS(3) Tower Circus, Blackpool Source: West Lancashire Evening Gazette(Blackpool) ((Army Professional Welterweight Championship)) Danahar boxed for the British Lightweight Title 1939 and boxed for the British Welterweight Title 1941 and was Southern Area Welterweight Champion 1941-45. May 27 Arthur Danahar (Bethnal Green) LPTS(10) St Helens, Swansea Source: Boxing News 08/06/1944 pages 12 and 13 Referee: Ben Hardwicke(Tylorstown) Aug 12 Eric Boon (Chatteris) WKO10(15) Cardiff Source: Boxing News 09/11/1944 page 11 (British Lightweight Title) Boon was British Lightweight Champion 1938-44. Oct 23 Jimmy Watson (Edinburgh) WRSF6(10) Wolverhampton Source: Boxing News 09/11/1944 page 12 Nov 27 Gwyn Williams (Oxford) LDSQ6 Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 09/12/1944 pages 14 and 15 Williams boxed for the British Welterweight Title 1947 and was Welsh Area Welterweight Champion 1945-48. Nov 29 Johnny Russell (Covent Garden) WPTS(3) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) 1945 Feb 12 Dick Shields (Liverpool) WPTS(8) Stow Hill Drill Hall, Newport Source: Boxing News 14/02/1945 page 16 Match made at 10st 5lbs Mar 20 Cyril Wills (Shrewsbury) WKO6(10) Drill Hall, Swansea Source: Boxing News 28/03/1945 page 13 James 10st 3lbs 8ozs Wills 10st 6lbs May 11 Arthur Danahar (Bethnal Green) LPTS(3) Ghent Belgium Source: Boxing News 16/05/1945 pages 14 and 15 Jul 2 Gwyn Williams (Oxford) WPTS(8) Ninian Park, Cardiff Source: Boxing News 04/07/1945 page 15 James 10st 3lbs 12ozs Williams 10st 2lbs 12ozs
Sep 23 Jimmy Molloy (Liverpool) WDSQ3(8) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 03/10/1945 pages 12 and 13 1946 Jun 12 Maurice Onezman (France) WPTS(10) Athletic Grounds, Newport Source: Boxing News 19/06/1946 pages 14 and 15 Match made at 10st 7lbs Promoter: Eddie Lyons(Newport) Attendance: 8000 Jul 11 Pat Cunane (Doncaster) WPTS(8) New St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing News 17/07/1946 page 16 Sep 4 Ike Williams (USA) LKO9(15) Ninian Park, Cardiff Source: Boxing News 11/09/1946 pages 12 and 13 (World Lightweight Title) James 9st 8lbs 2ozs Williams 9st 8lbs 12ozs Attendance: 40000 1947 Jan 13 Tommy Burns (Australia) WDSQ4 Sydney Australia Source: Record published in Boxing News in the 1960s Burns boxed a British Featherweight Title Eliminator twice in 1950 and was Northern Area Featherweight Champion 1949. May 20 Mick Gibbons (Belfast) WRSF3 Neath Source: Boxing News 04/06/1947 page 12 James 10st 1lbs 4ozs Jun 2 Cliff Curvis (Swansea) LRTD7 Swansea Source: Boxing News 11/06/1947 page 13 Curvis was British Welterweight Champion 1952-53 and British Empire Welterweight Champion 1952. Curvis 9st 12lbs 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.
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