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 Phineas John (Pentre) Active: 1926-1940 Weight classes fought in: Recorded fights: 242 contests (won: 134 lost: 73 drew: 29 other: 6) Fight Record 1926 Sep 13 Freddy Morgan (Gilfach Goch) DRAW(6) Pavilion, Tonypandy Oct 1 Freddy Morgan (Gilfach Goch) LPTS(8) Pavilion, Tonypandy Morgan boxed a British Flyweight Title Eliminator 1931 and was Welsh Area Flyweight Champion 1929-30 and 1931-32. Oct 22 Jack Cantwell (Gilfach Goch) DRAW(6) Pavilion, Tonyrefail Oct 29 Freddy Morgan (Gilfach Goch) WPTS(6) Square Pavilion, Tonypandy Dec Freddy Morgan (Gilfach Goch) LPTS(6) Drill Hall, Bridgend Source: Manchester Sporting Chronicle
1927 Mar 12 Young Johnny Brown (Tylorstown) WRTD3(6) Pictorium, Gelli Source: Boxing 16/03/1927 page 63 Mar 28 Freddy Morgan (Gilfach Goch) DRAW(6) Square Pavilion, Tonypandy Apr 5 Edmund Evans (Cwmparc) LPTS(10) Judges Hall, Trealaw Source: Record published in Boxing News in the 1960s Apr 18 Freddy Morgan (Gilfach Goch) DRAW(10) De Winton Pavilion, Tonypandy May 16 Edmund Evans (Cwmparc) WPTS(8) Premier AC, Treorchy Jun 10 George Williams (Treherbert) ND Premier AC, Treorchy Williams was Welsh Area Bantamweight Champion 1933-34. Jun 11 Billy Kid Hughes (Maesteg) DRAW(10) Sullivan's booth, Bridgend Source: Boxing 14/06/1927 page 308 Hughes was Welsh Area Flyweight Champion 1933. Jul 2 Billy Kid Hughes (Maesteg) DRAW(10) Sullivan's booth, Bridgend Source: Boxing 05/07/1927 page 381 Jul 23 Freddy Morgan (Gilfach Goch) LRSF4(10) Bridgend Source: Boxing 26/07/1927 page 452 Sep 3 Jack Lewis (Aberavon) WPTS(10) Crescis Field, Ammanford Sep 19 Billy Kid Hughes (Maesteg) LPTS(10) Drill Hall, Cardiff Oct 1 George Williams (Treherbert) WPTS(6) Gess Pavilion, Pontypridd Nov 4 Frank Hellings (Llwynypia) WPTS(6) Pavilion, Tonyrefail Nov 14 Rees Owen (Treherbert) WPTS(8) Baglan Hotel, Treherbert Nov 19 Terence Morgan (Newport) LPTS(10) Pavilion, Tonyrefail Source: Boxing 22/11/1927 page 272 Morgan was Welsh Area Bantamweight Champion 1931-32. Nov 25 Patsy Butler (Camberwell) WPTS(10) Drill Hall, Mountain Ash Source: Boxing 29/11/1927 page 288 Nov 28 Bert Harrison (Mountain Ash) WPTS(10) Milford Haven Dec 3 Billy Kid Hughes (Maesteg) WPTS(10) Stadium, Bridgend Source: Boxing 06/12/1927 page 304 Promoter: Kid Hughes Dec 5 Kid Rich (Bethnal Green) WPTS(15) Torquay
Dec 16 George Williams (Treherbert) ND Baglan Hotel, Treherbert Dec 23 Terence Morgan (Newport) DRAW(10) Maxina Hall, Bargoed Referee: Ralph Lile(Cardiff) Dec 26 Jack Cantwell (Gilfach Goch) WPTS(15) Snow's Pavilion, Merthyr Dec 31 Young Jim Driscoll (Ferndale) WKO2(10) Gess Pavilion, Pontypridd Source: Boxing 03/01/1928 page 368 1928 Jan 14 Bert Harrison (Mountain Ash) ND Lamb and Flag Gymnasium, Aberaman Jan 16 Ginger Williams (Bedwas) WPTS(12) Maxina Hall, Bargoed Williams sub for Terence Morgan(Newport) Jan 28 Jerry O'Neill (Merthyr) DRAW(15) Stadium, Pontypridd Source: Boxing 31/01/1928 page 432 O'Neill was Welsh Area Flyweight Champion 1930. Referee: Billy Bevan Feb 6 Jack Glover (Barnsley) WPTS(10) Milford Haven Feb 13 Johnny Gibson (Bermondsey) LPTS(8) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Feb 25 Albert Pipe (Brithdir) WPTS(10) Maxina Hall, Bargoed Feb 27 Jerry O'Neill (Merthyr) WPTS(15) Scala Sports Hall, Torquay Source: Boxing 06/03/1928 page 511 Mar 10 Freddy Morgan (Gilfach Goch) LPTS(15) Gess Pavilion, Pontypridd Source: Boxing 13/03/1928 page 528 Mar 26 Dick Manning (Manchester) LPTS(8) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 27/03/1928 page 556 Apr 5 Jim Haddon (Birmingham) WPTS(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 11/04/1928 page 589 Apr 19 Billy James (Birmingham) LPTS(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 25/04/1928 page 622 James boxed a British Flyweight Title Eliminator 1929. Referee: WJ Farnell May 19 Wyndham Blake (Penygraig) WPTS Gess Pavilion, Pontypridd Source: Boxing 23/05/1928 page 688 Jun 2 Terence Morgan (Newport) LPTS(15) Gess Pavilion, Pontypridd Source: Boxing 06/06/1928 page 720
Jun 16 Minty Rose (Belfast) WPTS(15) Gess Pavilion, Pontypridd Source: Boxing 20/06/1928 page 752 (Welsh Flyweight Title Eliminator) Rose boxed for the Welsh Bantamweight Title 1929. Referee: CB Thomas 25 a side John 16yo Jun 30 Freddy Morgan (Gilfach Goch) DRAW(15) Pavilion, Ogmore Vale Source: Boxing 04/07/1928 page 781 Jul 28 Minty Rose (Belfast) NC12(15) Football Ground, Merthyr Aug 11 Minty Rose (Belfast) DRAW(15) Football Ground, Merthyr (Welsh Flyweight Title) Sep 8 Freddy Morgan (Gilfach Goch) DRAW(15) Shaftesbury Hall, Swansea Source: Boxing 11/09/1928 page 138 Referee: DR Richards Promoter: Jack Fowler(Swansea Town centre forward) John the 4th substitute for this contest Oct 18 George Greaves (Salford) WPTS(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 23/10/1928 pages 229 and 228 Greaves boxed for the Northern Area Flyweight Title 1929. Referee: WJ Farnell Oct 19 Vic Evans (Cwmparc) ND(6) Hotel, Ystrad Nov 5 Kid Rich (Bethnal Green) WPTS(15) Scala Sports Hall, Torquay Nov 10 Dick Manning (Manchester) WKO6(15) Baths, Ogmore Vale Source: Boxing 13/11/1928 page 284 Nov 24 Jackie Brown (Manchester) WPTS(15) Gess Pavilion, Pontypridd Source: Boxing 27/11/1928 page 315 Brown was British Flyweight Champion 1929-30 and 1931-35 and European Flyweight Champion 1931-32 and World Flyweight Champion 1932-35. Dec 6 Jim Haddon (Birmingham) WPTS(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 12/12/1928 page 343 Referee: Mr Smyth Dec 8 Gwyn Thomas (Llanelly) WPTS(15) Shaftesbury Hall, Swansea Source: Boxing 12/12/1928 page 348 Dec 10 Jimmy Lindsay (Fulham) WPTS(8) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 12/12/1928 page 344 Dec 22 Jerry O'Neill (Merthyr) WPTS(15) Town Hall, Pontypridd (Welsh Flyweight Title Eliminator)
1929 Jan 12 Billy Clarke (Poplar) LDSQ3(15) Swansea Source: Boxing 16/01/1929 page 424 Jan 18 George Williams (Treherbert) WPTS(15) Sporting Club, Swansea Source: Boxing 23/01/1929 page 439 Jan 26 Jack Bates (Manchester) WPTS(15) Bridgend Source: Boxing 30/01/1929 page 456 Feb 16 Cuthbert Taylor (Merthyr) WPTS(15) Merthyr Source: Boxing 20/02/1929 page 502 Taylor was Welsh Area Bantamweight Champion 1929. Feb 23 George Williams (Treherbert) LPTS(15) Ystrad Source: Boxing 27/02/1929 page 514 Mar 2 Jerry O'Neill (Merthyr) WPTS(15) Merthyr Source: Boxing 06/03/1929 page 530 (Welsh Area Flyweight Title) Mar 10 Billy James (Birmingham) WPTS(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 13/03/1929 pages 537 and 536 Mar 12 Bob Rimmer (Liverpool) WPTS(15) Auditorium, Port Sunlight Source: Boxing 20/03/1929 page 551 Promoter: Pat Taylor Attendance: 3000 Mar 17 Bert Kirby (Birmingham) WPTS(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 20/03/1929 page 550 Kirby was British Flyweight Champion 1930-31. Apr 22 Jackie Brown (Manchester) LPTS(12) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 24/04/1929 page 628 Match made at 8st Apr 28 Bud Walley (Singapore) WDSQ10(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 01/05/1929 page 643 Jun 10 Bert Kirby (Birmingham) DRAW(15) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 12/06/1929 page 718 Match made at 8st Jun 29 Bob Dowling (Clydach Vale) ND(6) Gess Pavilion, Tonypandy Jul 22 Freddy Morgan (Gilfach Goch) LPTS(15) Palais de Danse, Pontypridd Source: Boxing 24/07/1929 page 66 (Welsh Area Flyweight Title) Sep 2 Cuthbert Taylor (Merthyr) WPTS(15) Palais de Danse, Pontypridd Source: Boxing 04/09/1929 page 146 erroneously reported in 'Boxing' as a Welsh Bantam title contest Oct 27 Bill Lewis (Bethnal Green) DRAW(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 30/10/1929 page 273 Lewis boxed a British Bantamweight Title Eliminator 1931 and was Southern Area Bantamweight Champion 1931-32.
Nov 13 Jackie Brown (Manchester) LPTS(15) Stadium Club, Holborn Source: Boxing 20/11/1929 page 320 Match made at 8st 1lb Dec 9 Johnny Peters (Battersea) LPTS(15) Stadium Club (NSC), Holborn Source: Boxing 11/12/1929 page 372 1930 Jan 18 Cliff Peregrine (Ammanford) WPTS(10) Gess Pavilion, Ammanford Source: Boxing 22/01/1930 page 472 Jan 24 Minty Rose (Belfast) WPTS(15) Palais de Danse, Hanley Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Jan 26 Joe Finnerty (Longton) WRTD6(15) Palais de Danse, West Bromwich Source: Boxing 29/01/1930 page 489 Jan 27 Dick Manning (Manchester) WPTS(12) Associated Hall, Crewe Source: Boxing 05/02/1930 page 502 Feb 10 Terence Morgan (Newport) LPTS(15) Palais de Danse, Pontypridd Source: Boxing 12/02/1930 page 517 Referee: Jerry Walsh(Cardiff) Feb 15 Billy Pritchard (Treherbert) LDSQ6(12) Public Hall, Aberavon Source: Boxing 19/02/1930 page 535 Feb 22 Selwyn Davies (Caerau) LDSQ2(15) Working Men's Club, Llanelly Source: Boxing 26/02/1930 page 552 Davies boxed for the Welsh Featherweight Title 1931. Referee: FR Hill(Cardiff) Feb 23 Jack Connell (Aldershot) WPTS(15) Vale Hall, Kilburn Source: Boxing 26/02/1930 page 546 Mar 1 Billy Pritchard (Treherbert) WPTS(12) Public Hall, Port Talbot Source: Boxing 05/03/1930 page 569 Mar 5 Young McManus (Plymouth) DRAW(10) Arcade Hall, Bedminster Source: Boxing 12/03/1930 page 584 McManus was West of England Lightweight Champion 1933. Mar 5 Kid Socks (Bethnal Green) WPTS(15) Baths, Paddington Source: Boxing 12/03/1930 page 578 Socks boxed for the British Flyweight Title 1926. Mar 31 Stan Jehu (Maesteg) WPTS(15) Pontypridd Source: Boxing 02/04/1930 page 629 Jehu was Welsh Area Bantamweight Champion 1930-31 and Welsh Area Featherweight Champion 1933-34 and 1935-36. Match made at 8st 8lbs Jul 12 Selwyn Davies (Caerau) DRAW(15) Working Men's Club, Llanelly Source: Boxing 16/07/1930 page 45 Jul 14 Young McManus (Plymouth) DRAW Promenade Pier Pavilion, Plymouth Source: Boxing 23/07/1930 page 61
Jul 28 Kid Francis (France) LRSF3(10) Stadium, Wimbledon Source: Boxing 30/07/1930 pages 72 and 73 Attendance: 41553 Aug 9 Jack Thomas (Treharris) WPTS(15) Ex-Servicemen's Club, Ferndale Source: Boxing 13/08/1930 page 108 Sep 17 Billy Granelly (Pontypridd) WPTS(10) Arcade Hall, Bedminster Source: Boxing 24/09/1930 page 203 Granelly boxed for the Welsh Lightweight Title 1931. Sep 27 Billy Pritchard (Treherbert) WPTS Public Hall, Aberavon Oct 4 Young Sailor (Caerau) WPTS(10) Gess Pavilion, Abergavenny Oct 8 Young McManus (Plymouth) WPTS(10) Arcade Hall, Bedminster Source: Boxing 15/10/1930 page 252 Oct 10 Kid Socks (Bethnal Green) WPTS(15) British Legion Hall, Pentre Source: Boxing 15/10/1930 page 252 Nov 22 Billy Quinlan (Ammanford) LPTS(15) Working Men's Club, Llanelly Source: Boxing 26/11/1930 page 349 Quinlan boxed for the British Lightweight Title 1934 and was Welsh Area Lightweight Champion 1932-34. Nov 24 Pat Maloney (Aberbargoed) WRSF3(10) Gess Pavilion, Blackwood Referee: Johnny Haydn Nov 26 Fred Cook (Great Bridge) WPTS(15) Corporation Baths, Dudley Source: Boxing 03/12/1930 page 365 Dec 10 Len Bowater (Dudley) WKO2(15) Corporation Baths, Dudley Source: Boxing 17/12/1930 page 396 Dec 13 Billy Quinlan (Ammanford) LPTS(15) Working Men's Club, Llanelly Source: Boxing 17/12/1930 page 397 Dec 17 George Reynolds (Wolverhampton) WPTS(10) Arcade Hall, Bedminster Source: Boxing 24/12/1930 page 407 1931 Jan 28 Young McManus (Plymouth) DRAW(10) Arcade Hall, Bedminster Source: Boxing 04/02/1931 page 509 Feb 16 Benny Sharkey (Newcastle) LPTS(15) Palace Theatre, Newcastle Source: Newcastle Daily Journal Mar 20 Benny Sharkey (Newcastle) LPTS(15) Festival Hall, Newcastle Source: Newcastle Daily Journal Apr 13 Billy Smith (Sunderland) DRAW(15) New St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing 22/04/1931 page 681 May 10 Alf Kid Pattenden (Bethnal Green) WPTS(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 13/05/1931 page 730 Pattenden was British Bantamweight Champion 1928-29.
May 18 Billy Rewston (Hull) WRSF7(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 20/05/1931 page 744 Jun 20 Tom Cowley (Doncaster) WPTS(12) Hyde Park, Sheffield Source: Boxing 24/06/1931 page 827 Attendance: 12000 Jun 22 Tommy Lye (Acton) DRAW(6) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing 24/06/1931 pages 821 and 822 Jul 11 Dyke Archer (Salford) WPTS(12) Hyde Park, Sheffield Source: Boxing 15/07/1931 page 43 Promoter: messrs Hattersley and Usher Attendance: 10000 Jul 13 Tommy Dexter (Sheffield) WPTS(12) Hyde Park, Sheffield Source: Boxing 22/07/1931 pages 57 and 58 Attendance: 20000 Jul 27 Dick Greaves (Salford) WPTS(12) Hyde Park, Sheffield Source: Boxing 05/08/1931 page 91 Promoter: messrs Hattersley and Usher Aug 15 Tiny Smith (Sheffield) WPTS(15) Hyde Park, Sheffield Source: Boxing 19/08/1931 page 123 Aug 16 Johnny Clark (Leeds) WPTS(12) Stadium, Barnsley Source: Boxing 26/08/1931 pages 140 and 141 Aug 31 Douglas Parker (Sunderland) LKO11(15) New St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing 09/09/1931 page 169 Parker boxed a British Lightweight Title Eliminator 1934 and was Northern Area Lightweight Champion 1933-34. Promoter: JJ Paget Sep 22 Al Miller (Liverpool) WPTS(15) Winter Gardens, Southport Source: Boxing 30/09/1931 page 218 Referee: Joe Tolley Promoter: Johnny Best Oct 5 Tommy Dexter (Sheffield) WPTS(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 07/10/1931 page 230 Oct 11 Teddy Higgins (Manchester) WRTD7(12) Imperial Hall, Barnsley Source: Boxing 14/10/1931 page 252 Promoter: messrs Hattersley and Usher Oct 19 Tommy Rose (Bolton) WPTS(15) New St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing 28/10/1931 pages 10 and 11 Referee: Tom Murphy Oct 30 Spud Murphy (Manchester) WPTS(12) Imperial Hall, Barnsley Source: Boxing 04/11/1931 page 12 Nov 3 Tommy Lye (Acton) WPTS(15) New Victoria Hall, Nottingham Source: Boxing 11/11/1931 page 13 Referee: Mr Johanefsson Nov 12 Francois Machtens (Belgium) WPTS(12) Baths, Paddington Source: Boxing 18/11/1931 page 6
Nov 20 Lew Sullivan (Liverpool) WDSQ5(15) Imperial Hall, Barnsley Source: Boxing 25/11/1931 page 10 Referee: Tom Gummer Nov 25 Tommy Lye (Acton) WPTS(12) Baths, Paddington Source: Boxing 02/12/1931 page 6 Promoter: Fred Austin Dec 6 Lew Sullivan (Liverpool) WPTS(15) Imperial Hall, Barnsley Source: Boxing 16/12/1931 page 9 Dec 13 Billy Reynolds (Ealing) WPTS(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 16/12/1931 page 7 1932 Jan 18 Jim Crawford (Wrexham) WPTS(12) Town Hall, Leeds Source: Boxing 20/01/1932 page 15 Crawford boxed for the Welsh Featherweight Title 1930. Feb 15 Bob Lamb (Sunderland) LPTS(12) Town Hall, Leeds Source: Boxing 17/02/1932 page 8 Feb 17 Tommy Hyams (Kings Cross) LPTS(12) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 24/02/1932 page 6 Hyams boxed for the Southern Area Featherweight Title 1933 and boxed for the Southern Area Lightweight Title 1938. Mar 1 Arthur Boddington (Wellingborough) WPTS(12) Sheffield Source: Boxing 09/03/1932 page 10 Match made at 8st 9lbs Mar 14 Johnny Peters (Battersea) WPTS(12) Town Hall, Leeds Source: Boxing 16/03/1932 page 8 Attendance: 3000 Apr 30 Len Mclaughlin (South Africa) WPTS(12) Johannesburg South Africa Source: Record published in Boxing News in the 1960s May 14 Willie Smith (South Africa) WPTS(12) Johannesburg South Africa Source: Record published in Boxing News in the 1960s Jun 4 George Purchase (South Africa) WPTS Johannesburg South Africa Purchase boxed for the Welsh Welterweight Title twice in 1936. Jul 23 Mottee Kid Singh (British Guiana) WPTS(12) Hyde Park, Sheffield Source: Boxing 27/07/1932 page 11 Attendance: 6000 Aug 6 Arly Hollingsworth (Sheffield) WPTS(12) Hyde Park, Sheffield Source: Boxing 10/08/1932 page 12 Hollingsworth boxed a British Bantamweight Title Eliminator 1931. Promoter: messrs Hattersley & Usher Attendance: 8000 Oct 10 Seaman Tommy Watson (Newcastle) LPTS(12) New St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing 12/10/1932 page 9 Watson was British Featherweight Champion 1932-34.
Oct 23 Albert Heasman (Brighton) WKO6(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 26/10/1932 page 8 Nov 21 Benny Sharkey (Newcastle) LPTS(12) New St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing 23/11/1932 pages 8 and 9 Dec 25 Tommy Rose (Bolton) WKO1 Brunswick Stadium, Leeds Source: Boxing 29/12/1932 page 10 Match made at 9st Referee: Ben Green Dec 31 Ginger Jones (Ammanford) LPTS(15) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Source: Boxing 04/01/1933 page 14 Jones boxed a British Featherweight Title Eliminator 1930 and was Welsh Area Featherweight Champion 1929-32. Match made at 9st 2lbs 1933 Jan 15 Jim Gordon (Darlington) WRTD4(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 18/01/1933 page 2 Jan 23 Francois Machtens (Belgium) LPTS(12) Armley Baths, Leeds Source: Yorkshire Post Promoter: Jim Windsor Attendance: 1500 Feb 12 Louis Botes (South Africa) LPTS(12) Brunswick Stadium, Leeds Source: Boxing 15/02/1933 page 13 Feb 13 Jack Kirby (Birmingham) WPTS(6) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 15/02/1933 page 9 (Open Featherweight competition) Feb 27 Tommy Rose (Bolton) WRTD2(8) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 01/03/1933 page 8 (Open Featherweight competition) Mar 13 Joe Myers (Oldham) WRTD9(10) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 15/03/1933 page 9 (Featherweight gold belt competition - semi-final) Myers boxed for the Northern Area Flyweight Title 1931. Mar 23 Dick Burke (Liverpool) WRTD12(15) Drill Hall, Sheffield Source: Boxing 29/03/1933 page 12 Burke boxed a British Featherweight Title Eliminator 1933. Apr 6 Billy Reynolds (Newcastle) WPTS(12) Manor Place Baths, Walworth Source: Boxing 12/04/1933 page 6 Apr 27 Johnny Peters (Battersea) DRAW(8) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing 03/05/1933 page 7 Promoter: Jeff Dickson May 15 Benny Sharkey (Newcastle) WPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 17/05/1933 page 7 (Featherweight gold belt competition - final)
Jun 3 Sonny Lee (Leeds) LPTS(12) Hyde Park, Sheffield Source: Boxing 07/06/1933 page 12 Lee boxed a British Lightweight Title Eliminator 1935. Attendance: 5000 Aug 21 Dick Burke (Liverpool) LPTS(12) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Oct 10 Johnny McMillan (Glasgow) LPTS(12) Scottish Stadium, Govan Source: Boxing 17/10/1933 page 13 McMillan boxed for the British Featherweight Title 1934 and was Scottish Area Featherweight Champion 1929. Match made at 9st 1lb Oct 19 Francois Machtens (Belgium) WPTS(12) Stadium Club, Holborn Source: Boxing 24/10/1933 page 10 Oct 23 Louis Botes (South Africa) WPTS(12) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 24/10/1933 page 16 Nov 6 Louis Botes (South Africa) WPTS(12) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 08/11/1933 page 16 Nov 9 Johnny McGrory (Glasgow) LPTS(12) City Hall, Glasgow Source: Boxing 15/11/1933 page 13 McGrory was British and British Empire Featherweight Champion 1936-38. 1934 Jan 29 Billy Gannon (Liverpool) WDSQ5(12) Manchester Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Mar 8 Maurice Holtzer (France) LPTS(8) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing Weekly Record 14/03/1934 page 13 Aug 6 Varius Milling (USA) LRSF6 Sydney Australia Source: Record published in Boxing News in the 1960s Sep 17 Merv Blandon (Australia) LRSF10(15) Sydney Australia cut eye Nov 19 Johnny King (Manchester) LRTD4(12) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 21/11/1934 page 8 King was British Bantamweight Champion 1932-34 and 1935-47 and British Empire Bantamweight Champion 1932-34. Dec 17 Dick Corbett (Bethnal Green) LPTS(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing 19/12/1934 pages 8 and 9 Corbett was British and British Empire Bantamweight Champion 1931-32 and 1934. Dec 22 Cuthbert Taylor (Merthyr) LPTS(15) Labour Stadium, Merthyr Source: Boxing 02/01/1935 page 16
1935 Jan 13 Bob Lamb (Sunderland) LRSF3(10) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 16/01/1935 page 12 Mar 7 Dave Finn (Stepney) WPTS(12) Stadium Club, Holborn Source: Boxing 13/03/1935 page 12 Finn was Southern Area Lightweight Champion 1945. Apr 1 Dave Finn (Stepney) DRAW(8) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing 03/04/1935 page 9 May 30 Benny Sharkey (Newcastle) WPTS(10) Stadium Club, Holborn Source: Boxing 05/06/1935 page 12 Jun 12 Norman Milton (Warrington) WPTS(8) Stanley Track, Liverpool Source: Boxing Weekly Record 19/06/1935 page 16 Oct 10 George Marsden (Nottingham) DRAW(10) Stadium Club, Holborn Source: Boxing 16/10/1935 page 20 Marsden boxed a British Bantamweight Title Eliminator 1935. Dec 11 Joe Horridge (Rochdale) WPTS(12) Shepherds Bush Source: Boxing 18/12/1935 page 24 1936 Jan 16 Gilbert Johnstone (Dundee) LPTS(12) Romford Road Baths, West Ham Source: Boxing 22/01/1936 page 21 Feb 2 Tommy Steele (North Shields) WPTS(12) Junction Stadium, Miles Platting Source: Boxing 05/02/1936 page 24 Mar 8 Cuthbert Taylor (Merthyr) DRAW(12) Junction Stadium, Miles Platting Source: Boxing 11/03/1936 page 22 Taylor sub for Spider Armstrong(Canada) Mar 12 Benny Caplan (St George's) LPTS(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing 18/03/1936 page 16 Caplan boxed for the British Featherweight Title 1938 and was Southern Area Featherweight Champion 1937. Jun 14 Joe Brahams (Mile End) LPTS(10) Arena, Mile End Source: Boxing 17/06/1936 page 14 Brahams boxed for the Southern Area Featherweight Title 1937. Aug 23 Jimmy Lester (Dagenham) WPTS(12) Arena, Mile End Source: Boxing 26/08/1936 page 14 Sep 6 Fred Morris (Stepney) LPTS(10) Arena, Mile End Source: Boxing 09/09/1936 page 14 Morris was Southern Area Bantamweight Champion 1934. Sep 21 Jimmy Lester (Dagenham) LPTS(10) St George's Hall, Guernsey Source: Guernsey Weekly Press Oct 5 Ronnie James (Swansea) LKO8(12) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea Source: Boxing 07/10/1936 page 12 James was British Lightweight Champion 1944-47.
Oct 15 Dick Corbett (Bethnal Green) LPTS(10) Baths, East Ham Source: Boxing 21/10/1936 page 14 Promoter: Pullum promotions Nov 2 Norman Denny (South Shields) LPTS(10) New St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing Weekly Record 11/11/1936 page 26 Nov 30 Al Capone (West Hartlepool) LPTS(12) Baths, Paddington Source: Boxing 02/12/1936 page 12 1937 Feb 22 Billy Elward (Caerau) DRAW(12) Baths, Paddington Source: Boxing 24/02/1937 page 11 Mar 7 Jack Gubbins (Stratford) WPTS(12) Palais de Danse, East Ham Source: Boxing 10/03/1937 page 14 Mar 8 Tommy Steele (North Shields) WPTS(10) Baths, Paddington Source: Boxing 10/03/1937 page 12 Mar 14 Chucky Robinson (Norwich) WPTS(9) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 17/03/1937 page 13 Robinson was Eastern Area Lightweight Champion 1937-38. Apr 11 George Marsden (Nottingham) WPTS(12) Skating Rink, Cricklewood Source: Boxing 14/04/1937 page 14 Apr 20 Benny Caplan (St George's) LPTS(10) Stadium Club, Holborn Source: Boxing 28/04/1937 page 17 Jun 6 Fred Morris (Stepney) LRTD8(10) Arena, Mile End Source: Boxing 09/06/1937 page 13 Oct 18 Jackie Stayton (Euston) DRAW(12) Baths, Paddington Source: Boxing 20/10/1937 page 12 Nov 1 Fred Baxter (Bethnal Green) LPTS(8) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing 03/11/1937 page 10 Baxter boxed for the Southern Area Bantamweight Title 1934. Nov 22 Dick Titley (Walsall) LPTS(10) Colston Hall, Bristol Source: Boxing 24/11/1937 pages 13 and 14 Dec 12 Charlie Wise (Poplar) WPTS(8) Devonshire Club, Hackney Source: Boxing 15/12/1937 page 16 1938 Jan 25 Charlie Wise (Poplar) WPTS(8) Corn Exchange, Bedford Source: Boxing 02/02/1938 pages 19 and 20 Jan 31 Kid Savage (Islington) LRSF5(10) Drill Hall, Walthamstow Source: Boxing Weekly Record 09/02/1938 page 21 Feb 13 Leo Lee (Canning Town) DRAW(12) Stadium, Cricklewood Source: Boxing 16/02/1938 pages 13 and 14
Feb 24 Charlie Wise (Poplar) WPTS(10) Corn Exchange, Ipswich Source: East Anglian Daily Times (Ipswich) Promoter: Jack Solomons(Devonshire SC) Mar 10 Tom Thomas (Wales) LPTS(10) Seymour Hall Baths, Marylebone Source: Boxing 16/03/1938 page 14 Apr 7 Jackie Rankin (Southall) WPTS(8) Stadium Club, Holborn Source: Boxing 13/04/1938 page 14 Rankin was Southern Area Featherweight Champion 1940. May 9 Evan Morris (Pontycymmer) WPTS(10) Town Hall, High Wycombe Source: Bucks Free Press(High Wycombe) Morris boxed for the Welsh Featherweight Title 1933. John 9st 4lbs Morris 8st 10lbs May 29 Jimmy Lester (Dagenham) WPTS(8) Arena, Mile End Source: Boxing 01/06/1938 pages 13 and 14 Jun 12 Jack Gubbins (Stratford) WPTS(8) Arena, Mile End Source: Boxing 15/06/1938 pages 13 and 14 Jul 10 Billy Walker (Stratford) LPTS(10) Arena, Mile End Source: Boxing 13/07/1938 page 13 Sep 5 Jackie Rankin (Southall) WRTD6(10) Town Hall, High Wycombe Source: Boxing 07/09/1938 page 11 Rankin was Southern Area Featherweight Champion 1940. Sep 19 Leo Lee (Canning Town) WPTS(12) Arena, Mile End Source: Boxing 21/09/1938 page 12 Oct 10 Jackie Rankin (Southall) WPTS(10) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 12/10/1938 page 12 Rankin was Southern Area Featherweight Champion 1940. Oct 20 Joe Rubery (Gillingham) WRTD7(12) Palais de Danse, East Ham Source: Boxing 26/10/1938 page 13 Oct 24 George Marsden (Nottingham) WPTS(10) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 26/10/1938 page 12 Nov 1 Tommy Williams (Twickenham) DRAW(12) Casino, Rochester Source: Boxing 09/11/1938 page 19 Full house Williams sub for Leo Lee(Canning Town) Nov 14 Johnny Cunningham (Bethnal Green) LPTS(12) Town Hall, Oxford Source: Boxing 16/11/1938 page 13 Nov 21 Tommy Hyams (Kings Cross) WPTS(10) Stadium Club, Holborn Source: Boxing 23/11/1938 page 12 Nov 28 Walter Redit (Soham) WPTS(10) Corn Exchange, Bury St Edmunds Source: Boxing 30/11/1938 page 13 Redit was Eastern Area Lightweight Champion 1938-39. Promoter: W Dutton Dec 8 Charlie Knock (Hanley) WDSQ2(10) Palais de Danse, East Ham Source: Boxing 14/12/1938 page 10
Dec 12 Walter Redit (Soham) WPTS(12) Corn Exchange, Bury St Edmunds Source: Boxing Weekly Record 21/12/1938 page 14 Redit was Eastern Area Lightweight Champion 1938-39. Attendance: large 1939 Jan 8 Hirsch Demsitz (Denmark) DRAW(10) Devonshire Club, Hackney Source: Boxing 11/01/1939 page 13 Jan 15 Jimmy Lester (Dagenham) WPTS(10) Palais de Danse, East Ham Source: Boxing 18/01/1939 page 14 John 9st 8lbs Lester 9st 3lbs Jan 30 Len Lemaux (Portsmouth) WPTS(8) Brighton Source: Boxing 01/02/1939 page 12 John 9st 7lbs Lemaux 9st 7lbs Feb 1 George Marsden (Nottingham) WRTD4(10) Devonshire Club, Hackney Source: Boxing 08/02/1939 page 10 Feb 15 Alex Jackson (Glasgow) WPTS(12) Westover Ice Rink, Bournemouth Source: Boxing 22/02/1939 page 18 Feb 27 Frank Parkes (Nottingham) LPTS(8) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing 01/03/1939 page 11 Parkes was North Midlands Area Lightweight Champion 1949-50 and Midlands Area Lightweight Champion 1953-56. John 9st 2lbs 8ozs Parkes 9st 3lbs Mar 22 Johnny Softley (Poplar) WPTS(10) Devonshire Club, Hackney Source: Boxing 29/03/1939 page 10 Apr 17 Bob Lamb (Sunderland) WPTS(8) Town Hall, Oxford Source: Oxford Mail Apr 30 Jake Carr (Low Fell) WPTS(10) Devonshire Club, Hackney Source: Boxing 03/05/1939 page 12 May 8 Mick Carney (Chester-le-Street) WPTS(10) Arena, Deptford Source: Boxing 10/05/1939 page 14 May 28 Hirsch Demsitz (Denmark) LPTS(10) Arena, Mile End Source: Boxing 31/05/1939 page 7 Jun 7 Ginger Stewart (Hamilton) LRSF4(10) Rosebery Park, Glasgow Source: Boxing 14/06/1939 page 15 Stewart boxed a British Welterweight Title Eliminator 1946 and 1947 and was Scottish Area Lightweight Champion 1939 and Scottish Area Welterweight Champion 1941-47. Jun 25 Jackie Hurst (St George's) WPTS(10) Arena, Mile End Source: Boxing 28/06/1939 pages 9 and 14 Jul 3 Johnny King (Manchester) LPTS(10) Stroud Source: Brian Strickland (Boxing Historian) Jul 16 Eddie Oliver (Charlton) WPTS(10) Arena, Mile End Source: Boxing 19/07/1939 page 9
Aug 3 Jack Gubbins (Stratford) LRTD1(10) Newington Sports Stadium, Ramsgate Source: Boxing 16/08/1939 page 14 Aug 10 Len Lemaux (Portsmouth) WPTS(10) Castle Field, Southsea Source: Boxing 16/08/1939 page 17 Oct 5 Fred Morris (Stepney) WPTS(10) Devonshire Club, Hackney Source: Boxing 11/10/1939 page 10 John 9st 11lbs Morris 9st 13lbs 8ozs Nov 13 Freddie Simpson (Basingstoke) LKO3(10) Sportsdrome, Southampton Source: Boxing 1940 Jan 7 Alf Edwards (Birmingham) LRTD6 Devonshire Club, Hackney Source: Boxing 10/01/1940 page 19 Promoter: Jack Solomons Feb 2 Dick Wheller (Bournemouth) WRSF7(10) Sportsdrome, Southampton Source: Southern Daily Echo(Southampton) Feb 14 Johnny Ward (Ireland) LRTD6 Stadium Club, Holborn Source: Boxing 21/02/1940 page 11 Apr 1 Mick Carney (Chester-le-Street) LPTS(10) Town Hall, High Wycombe Source: Boxing 03/04/1940 page 2 Promoter: Matt Promotions Apr 11 Johnny Walters (Chelsea) LPTS(8) Stadium Club, Holborn Source: Boxing 17/04/1940 page 13 May 15 Johnny Walters (Chelsea) LPTS(8) Winter Gardens, Eastbourne Source: Boxing 23/05/1940 page 12 Promoter: Jack Bloomfield Aug 7 George Pook (Torquay) LPTS(10) Barnstaple Source: Boxing News 15/08/1940 page 14 Pook boxed a British Featherweight Title Eliminator twice in 1944 and was South West Area Featherweight Champion 1950. Aug 15 Walter Redit (Soham) DRAW(8) Wisbech Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Redit was Eastern Area Lightweight Champion 1938-39. 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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