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 Jimmy Rowbotham (Birmingham) Active: 1927-1934 Weight classes fought in: Recorded fights: 102 contests (won: 77 lost: 18 drew: 6 other: 1) Fight Record 1927 May 29 Sid Raiteri (Stratford) WPTS(10) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 31/05/1927 page 255 Jul 23 Billy Cain (Birmingham) LRTD6(6) Hippodrome, Aston Source: Boxing 26/07/1927 page 451 Sep 1 Jim Flynn WKO8(10) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 06/09/1927 page 72 Oct 19 Bert Taylor (Birmingham) WPTS(10) Ryle's Market, Smethwick Source: Boxing 25/10/1927 page 207 Promoter: Tom Jukes Oct 26 Tom Bull (Birmingham) WPTS(10) Ryle's Market, Smethwick Source: Boxing 01/11/1927 page 223 Promoter: Tom Jukes Oct 27 Jack Kelly (Preston) WPTS(10) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 01/11/1927 page 221
Oct 30 Johnny Quill (Stepney) WPTS(10) Manor Hall, Hackney Source: Boxing 01/11/1927 page 219 Promoter: Harry Abrahams Nov 7 Tom Upton (Birmingham) WPTS(10) Woodcock Street Baths, Birmingham Source: Boxing 15/11/1927 page 255 Rowbotham former Midlands Amateur Bantam Champion Nov 9 Len Bowater (Dudley) WPTS(10) Ryle's Market, Smethwick Source: Boxing 15/11/1927 page 255 Promoter: Tom Jukes Nov 17 Bert Taylor (Birmingham) DRAW(10) Baylis-Wiley BC, Tyseley Source: Boxing 22/11/1927 page 271 Nov 30 George Wallins (Birmingham) DRAW(15) Ryle's Market, Smethwick Source: Boxing 06/12/1927 page 304 Wallins boxed for the Southern Area Bantamweight Title 1931. Dec 1 Bert Taylor (Birmingham) WPTS(10) Woodcock Street Baths, Birmingham Source: Boxing 06/12/1927 page 303 Promoter: George Phelan Full house of 2500 Dec 14 Billy Cain (Birmingham) WPTS(15) Market, Smethwick Source: Boxing 20/12/1927 page 336 Promoter: Lancelot Lloyd Dec 28 Jim Haddon (Birmingham) WPTS(15) Ryle's Market, Smethwick Source: Boxing 03/01/1928 page 367 Promoter: Tom Jukes Rowbotham sub for George Wallins 1928 Jul 19 Con Lewis (Bethnal Green) LPTS(10) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 25/07/1928 page 28 Jul 28 Harry James (Smethwick) WKO5(8) Perry Barr Greyhound Stadium, Birmingham Source: Boxing 01/08/1928 page 48 Aug 5 Tom Bull (Birmingham) WPTS(10) Market, Smethwick Aug 14 Billy Cain (Birmingham) WPTS(10) Coventry Source: Boxing 22/08/1928 page 90 Promoter: James Smith Aug 19 Jimmy Thornton (Bethnal Green) WPTS(10) Market, Smethwick Source: Boxing 22/08/1928 page 90 Rowbotham recently ill Sep 9 Billy Cain (Birmingham) DRAW(12) Ryle's Market, Smethwick Source: Boxing 11/09/1928 pages 139 and 138 Attendance: 7000 Oct 4 Young Jimmy Corp (St George's) WRTD8(10) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 09/10/1928 page 196
Oct 23 Len Fowler (Birmingham) DRAW(15) Ryle's Market, Smethwick Source: Boxing 30/10/1928 page 251 Nov 20 Billy Cain (Birmingham) DRAW(15) Ryle's Market, Smethwick Source: Boxing 27/11/1928 page 311 10 a side Dec 6 Ike Grice (Mansfield) WPTS(10) Baylis-Wiley BC, Tyseley Source: Boxing 12/12/1928 page 346 Dec 17 Jim Robinson (Nottingham) WPTS(10) Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham Source: Record published in Boxing News in the 1960s Dec 31 Tom Callow (Tipton) WPTS(10) Swan Gymnasium, Bilston Source: Boxing 09/01/1929 page 407 1929 Jan 14 Nipper Pat Daly (Marylebone) LPTS(15) Alcazar, Edmonton Source: Boxing 16/01/1929 page 420 Promoter: Harry Abrahams Jan 21 Jack Millard (Willesden) LPTS(8) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 23/01/1929 page 436 Feb 13 Jim Haddon (Birmingham) WPTS(15) Kent Street Baths, Birmingham (Midlands Area Bantamweight Title) 25 a side Feb 17 Nipper Pat Daly (Marylebone) LPTS(12) Palais de Danse, West Bromwich Source: Boxing 20/02/1929 page 501 Mar 8 Len Bowater (Dudley) LRTD9(10) Swan Gymnasium, Bilston Source: Boxing 13/03/1929 page 541 Promoter: Bert Burrows Apr 21 Willie Baker (Paddington) WPTS(10) Market Hall, Great Bridge Source: Boxing 24/04/1929 page 631 May 5 Billy Buchanan (Hoxton) WPTS(10) Ryle's Market, Smethwick Source: Boxing 08/05/1929 page 661 May 18 Len Bowater (Dudley) WPTS(10) Swan Gymnasium, Bilston Source: Boxing 22/05/1929 page 685 May 26 Sam Shaw (Walsall) LPTS(10) Rink, West Bromwich Source: Boxing 29/05/1929 page 698 Jun 14 Tom Bull (Birmingham) WPTS(10) Swan Gymnasium, Bilston Source: Boxing 19/06/1929 page 8 Jun 17 Siki Coulton (Mansfield) WRTD4(10) Palais de Danse, Hanley Source: Boxing 26/06/1929 page 21 Jul 7 Len Bowater (Dudley) WPTS(10) Palais de Danse, West Bromwich Source: Boxing 10/07/1929 page 45
Aug 23 George Bryan (Bilston) WPTS(10) Swan Gymnasium, Bilston Source: Boxing 28/08/1929 page 134 Biggest ever crowd at this venue Aug 30 Sam Shaw (Walsall) WPTS(10) Swan Gymnasium, Bilston Source: Boxing 04/09/1929 page 150 Sep 8 Ernie Corbett (Bilston) WKO2(10) Palais de Danse, West Bromwich Source: Boxing Oct 16 Tommy Rose (Bolton) WRTD9(15) Kent Street Baths, Birmingham Source: Boxing 23/10/1929 page 262 Promoter: George Phelan Attendance: good Oct 26 Stanley Booth (Huddersfield) WPTS(15) Palais de Danse, West Bromwich Source: Boxing 30/10/1929 page 278 Nov 6 Selwyn Davies (Caerau) LPTS(15) Kent Street Baths, Birmingham Source: Boxing 13/11/1929 page 311 Davies boxed for the Welsh Featherweight Title 1931. Promoter: George Phelan Dec 6 Arthur Ryan (Leicester) WPTS(10) Bilston Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) 1930 Jan 12 Len Bowater (Dudley) WPTS(10) Market Hall, Great Bridge Source: Boxing 15/01/1930 page 457 Feb 12 Fred Collins (Leeds) WPTS(15) Kent Street Baths, Birmingham Source: Boxing 19/02/1930 pages 536 and 535 Feb 16 Len Freeman (Battersea) WRTD5(15) Palais de Danse, West Bromwich Mar 6 Alf Kid Pattenden (Bethnal Green) WDSQ7(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 12/03/1930 page 576 Pattenden was British Bantamweight Champion 1928-29. Mar 17 Dick Greaves (Salford) WPTS(15) Baths, Stourbridge Source: Boxing 26/03/1930 page 615 Mar 20 Jack Fiford (Portsmouth) DRAW(6) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing 26/03/1930 pages 607 and 608 Referee: Sid Ackland Mar 28 Joe Brown (Darlaston) WKO2(10) Swan Gymnasium, Bilston Source: Boxing 02/04/1930 page 630 Apr 2 Peter Christie (Colchester) WPTS(3) Stadium Club, Holborn Source: Boxing 09/04/1930 page 640 (Featherweight Competition - 1st series) Apr 6 Alf Kid Pattenden (Bethnal Green) LKO14(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 09/04/1930 page 640 Apr 11 Jack Skelly (Barnsley) WPTS(12) Public Hall, Barnsley Source: Barnsley Chronicle Promoter: D Rawson and J W Willoughby
Apr 16 Tommy Lye (Acton) LPTS(3) Stadium Club, Holborn Source: Boxing 23/04/1930 page 674 (Featherweight competition final) Apr 16 Tommy John (Pentre) WPTS(3) Stadium Club, Holborn Source: Boxing 23/04/1930 page 674 (Featherweight competition 2nd series) Apr 16 Ginger Jones (Ammanford) WPTS(3) Stadium Club, Holborn Source: Boxing 23/04/1930 page 674 (Featherweight competition semi-final) Jones boxed a British Featherweight Title Eliminator 1930 and was Welsh Area Featherweight Champion 1929-32. Apr 19 Albert Dando (Hednesford) WRTD6(10) Swan Gymnasium, Bilston Source: Boxing 23/04/1930 page 678 Apr 24 Con Lewis (Bethnal Green) LDSQ8(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 30/04/1930 page 691 May 15 Jim Ashley (Stepney) WKO12(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 21/05/1930 page 741 May 27 Billy Beason (Birmingham) WPTS(15) Rink Market, Smethwick Source: Boxing 04/06/1930 page 775 Jun 6 Alf Cotterill (Wolverhampton) WPTS(10) Swan Gymnasium, Bilston Source: Boxing 11/06/1930 page 792 Jun 8 Fred Ash (Northampton) WRSF15(15) Wolverhampton Street Stadium, Walsall Source: Boxing 11/06/1930 page 792 Dec 10 Albert Pover (Pendleton) WRTD10(15) Kent Street Baths, Birmingham Source: Boxing 17/12/1930 page 395 Dec 12 Alf Cotterill (Wolverhampton) WPTS(10) Riding School, Wolverhampton Source: Boxing 17/12/1930 page 396 Dec 14 Albert Dando (Hednesford) LPTS(10) Navigation Street Arena, Walsall Source: Boxing 10/12/1930 page 397 Dec 19 Billy Mellors (Nottingham) WPTS(10) Swan Gymnasium, Bilston Source: Boxing 24/12/1930 page 413 1931 Jan 7 Albert Barker (Sheffield) LDSQ7(15) Kent Street Baths, Birmingham Source: Boxing 14/01/1931 page 460 Referee: Mark Ryan Jan 16 Jack Glover (Barnsley) LPTS(12) Baths Hall, Barnsley Source: Barnsley Chronicle Mar 6 Len Wickwar (Leicester) WPTS(10) Stadium Club, Handsworth Source: Boxing 11/03/1931 page 588 Oct 30 Arthur Ryan (Leicester) WPTS(10) Stadium Club, Handsworth Source: Boxing 04/11/1931 page 14
Nov 8 Billy Mellors (Nottingham) WPTS(12) Palais de Danse, West Bromwich Source: Boxing 11/11/1931 page 14 Mellors sub for Tommy Kirk(Nottingham) Dec 6 Joe Goodall (Castleford) WPTS(10) Palais de Danse, West Bromwich Source: Boxing 09/12/1931 page 13 Dec 14 Tommy Hyams (Kings Cross) LPTS(10) Alexander Theatre, Birmingham Source: Boxing 16/12/1931 page 9 Hyams boxed for the Southern Area Featherweight Title 1933 and boxed for the Southern Area Lightweight Title 1938. Dec 27 Johnny Copson (Birmingham) WPTS(10) Palais de Danse, West Bromwich Source: Boxing 30/12/1931 page 12 1932 Jan 1 Tom Bull (Birmingham) WRTD4(10) Stadium Club, Handsworth Source: Boxing 06/01/1932 page 12 Mar 27 Pat Cassidy (Dublin) WRSF2(12) Palais de Danse, West Bromwich Source: Boxing 31/03/1932 page 12 Apr 10 Young Beckett (Pentre) WPTS(10) Palais de Danse, West Bromwich Source: Boxing 13/04/1932 page 12 Beckett boxed for the Welsh Flyweight Title 1929. Apr 17 Young Beckett (Pentre) WPTS(15) Palais de Danse, West Bromwich Source: Boxing 20/04/1932 page 12 May 15 Billy Rewston (Hull) WRTD7(12) Palais de Danse, West Bromwich Source: Boxing 18/05/1932 page 13 Jun 5 Tom Upton (Birmingham) LDSQ2(12) Palais de Danse, West Bromwich Source: Boxing 08/06/1932 page 10 Jun 21 Alf Cotterill (Wolverhampton) WKO8(12) Rink Market, Smethwick Source: Boxing 29/06/1932 page 10 Jul 16 Ted Sullivan (Sheffield) WRTD11(12) Drill Hall, Wolverhampton Source: Boxing 20/07/1932 page 10 Jul 22 Arthur Ryan (Leicester) WRSF4(10) Drill Hall, Bilston Source: Boxing 27/07/1932 page 10 Jul 31 Tommy Kirk (Nottingham) WPTS(10) Palais de Danse, West Bromwich Source: Boxing 03/08/1932 page 12 Aug 15 Tom Cowley (Doncaster) WPTS(12) Drill Hall, Wolverhampton Aug 30 Snowball Reynolds (Wolverhampton) WPTS(12) Rink Market, Smethwick Source: Boxing 07/09/1932 page 10 Oct 23 Bert Cantor (Birmingham) WPTS(10) Palais de Danse, West Bromwich Source: Boxing 26/10/1932 page 11 Nov 13 Bert Cantor (Birmingham) WPTS(6) Palais de Danse, West Bromwich Source: Boxing 16/11/1932 page 10
Nov 27 Billy Cain (Birmingham) LRSF11(15) Palais de Danse, West Bromwich Source: Boxing 30/11/1932 page 11 (Midlands Featherweight Title) Referee: J Eastburn(Sheffield) 25 a side 1933 Jan 1 Tom Bull (Birmingham) WRTD4(8) Palais de Danse, West Bromwich Source: Boxing 04/01/1933 page 12 Promoter: Ted Salmon Jan 22 Len Fowler (Birmingham) WKO5(10) Palais de Danse, West Bromwich Source: Boxing 25/01/1933 page 12 Feb 5 Len Wickwar (Leicester) LPTS(12) Palais de Danse, West Bromwich Source: Boxing 08/02/1933 page 14 (Midlands Featherweight competition semi-final) May 28 Alf Moseley (Leicester) WPTS(10) Palais de Danse, West Bromwich Source: Boxing 31/05/1933 page 12 Jun 25 Jim Morris (Birmingham) ND6(10) Palais de Danse, West Bromwich Source: Boxing 28/06/1933 page 13 ring post collapsed Aug 6 Bill Homer (Wolverhampton) WPTS(10) Palais de Danse, West Bromwich Source: Boxing 09/08/1933 page 12 Sep 10 Ernie Upton (Birmingham) WPTS(10) Palais de Danse, West Bromwich Oct 1 Arly Hollingsworth (Sheffield) WPTS(12) Palais de Danse, West Bromwich Source: Boxing 03/10/1933 page 12 Hollingsworth boxed a British Bantamweight Title Eliminator 1931. Oct 15 Dick Greaves (Salford) WPTS(12) Palais de Danse, West Bromwich Source: Boxing 17/10/1933 page 12 1934 Jun 11 Jim Morris (Birmingham) WPTS(10) Embassy Rink, Sparkbrook Source: Boxing 13/06/1934 page 10 Sep 7 Joe North (Anstey) WKO(10) Coalville Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) 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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