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

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Page 1: Johnny King (Manchester) - British boxing · Johnny King (Manchester) Active: 1926-1947 ... Jun 28 Johnny Hyde (Stalybridge) DRAW ... Jack Smith Source: Burnley Express and Advertiser

1926

Apr 25 Jim Costello (Royton) WPTS(6) Boxing Club, Royton

May 16 Sid Longworth (Royton) LPTS(6) Stadium, Royton

May 23 Sid Longworth (Royton) WPTS(6) Boxing Club, Royton

Jun 27 Jim Costello (Royton) DRAW(6) Boxing Club, Royton

Jul 25 Joe Murray (Shaw) WPTS(6) Boxing Club, Royton

Aug 29 Sid Longworth (Royton) LRSF3(6) Boxing Club, Royton

Nov 21 Sid Longworth (Royton) LPTS(6) Club, Royton

Source: Boxing 28/07/1926 page 367

Source: Boxing 01/09/1926 page 29

Source: Boxing 24/11/1926 page 270

Fight Record

Source: Boxing 28/04/1926 page 190

Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian)

Source: Boxing 26/05/1926 page 224

Source: Boxing 30/06/1926 page 302

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Johnny King (Manchester)

Active: 1926-1947

Born: 8th January 1912

Died: 6th March 1963

Manager: Harry Fleming

Weight classes fought in: fly, bantam, feather

Recorded fights: 227 contests (won: 161 lost: 50 drew: 15 other: 1)

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1927

Jan 16 Young Sutton (Rochdale) WPTS(6) Boxing Club, Royton

Feb 27 Sid Longworth (Royton) LPTS(8) Boxing Club, Royton

Mar 27 Wilf Duckworth (Hollinwood) DRAW(6) Boxing Club, Royton

May 15 Sid Longworth (Royton) WPTS(6) Boxing Club, Royton

May 29 Jim Costello (Royton) WPTS Boxing Club, Royton

Jun 5 Willie Walsh (Oldham) WPTS(10) Boxing Club, Royton

Jul 3 Harry Stafford (Manchester) LPTS(6) Royton

Jul 31 Young Melia (Oldham) WPTS Royton

Sep 11 Young Fenn (Broughton) WPTS Adelphi Club, Salford

Sep 25 Tom McLeish (Manchester) WPTS(6) Adelphi Club, Salford

Oct 4 Tom McLeish (Manchester) WPTS(6) Free Trade Hall, Manchester

Oct 25 Tommy Ross (Oldham) WPTS(6) British Legion Club, Huddersfield

Nov 4 Young Leach (Manchester) WPTS(6) Tower Circus, Blackpool

Nov 9 Tom McLeish (Manchester) WPTS(6) Pier Kinema, Llandudno

1928

Jan 1 Young Melia (Oldham) WPTS(6) Stadium, Royton

Jan 24 Tich Cain (Douglas) WPTS(6) Gaiety Theatre, Douglas

Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian)

Source: Boxing 08/11/1927 page 238

Promoter: British Legion

Source: Boxing 15/11/1927 page 254

Promoter: Jack Dare and Kid Furness

Source: Boxing 03/01/1928 page 367

Source: Boxing 03/08/1927 page 472

Source: Boxing 13/09/1927 page 93

Source: Boxing 27/09/1927 page 133

Source: Boxing 11/10/1927 page 173

Source: Boxing 01/11/1927 page 222

Source: Boxing 07/06/1927 page 282

(7st belt competition final)

King weight around 6st

Source: Boxing 05/07/1927 page 381

King giving away about a stone - match for sidestakes

money match

Source: Boxing 31/03/1927 page 97

Source: Boxing 18/05/1927 page 219

Source: Boxing 31/05/1927 page 259

(7st belt competition)

Source: Boxing 19/01/1927 page 397

Source: Boxing 02/03/1927 page 30

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Feb 5 Asa Hilditch (Shaw) WPTS(6) Stadium, Royton

Apr 15 Harold Henthorn (Oldham) LPTS(6) Stadium, Royton

Jul 28 Young Melia (Oldham) WPTS(6) Palais de Danse, Ashton-under-Lyne

Aug 19 Joe Coupe (Pendleton) WKO5(6) Adelphi SC, Salford

Aug 19 Willie Walsh (Oldham) DRAW(6) Stadium, Royton

Sep 1 Boy Knowles (Gorton) WPTS(6) Palais de Danse, Ashton-under-Lyne

Oct 3 Jimmy Speight (Lancaster) WKO1(6) Winter Gardens, Morecambe

Nov 16 Joe Coupe (Pendleton) WKO5(6) Hippodrome, Harpurhey

Nov 23 Asa Hilditch (Shaw) WRSF3(10) Public Hall, Haslingden

Nov 27 John Melia (Oldham) WPTS(6) Co-op Hall, Leigh

Nov 27 Don Randolph (St Helens) WPTS(6) Co-op Hall, Leigh

Dec 14 Harold Henthorn (Oldham) LRSF1(10) Drill Hall, Oswaldtwistle

1929

Jan 2 Harold Henthorn (Oldham) WPTS(6) Winter Gardens, Morecambe

Jan 6 Eddie Conway (Pendleton) WKO1(6) Adelphi Club, Salford

Jan 18 Eddie Sherry (Pendleton) WPTS(6) Tower Circus, Blackpool

Jan 29 Frank Cooley (Collyhurst) WPTS(6) Free Trade Hall, Manchester

Feb 3 Joe Coupe (Pendleton) WKO4(6) Adelphi Club, Salford

Source: Boxing 09/01/1929 page 406

Source: Blackpool Times

Referee: Charles Stokes(Manchester)

Source: Boxing 06/02/1929 page 467

Source: Boxing 06/02/1929 page 470

King's second bout of evening

Source: Boxing 04/12/1928 page 329

Source: Boxing 19/12/1928 pages 362 and 361

Referee: Jack Ward Promoter: Mr Marsland

Source: Boxing 09/01/1929 page 406

Promoter: Kid Furness Attendance: 4000

Source: Boxing 20/11/1928 page 295

Promoter: Kid Furness

Source: Boxing 27/11/1928 page 311

Source: Boxing 04/12/1928 page 329

Source: Boxing 22/08/1928 page 89

Source: Boxing 22/08/1928 page 89

Source: Boxing 04/09/1928 page 121

Promoter: Kid Furness

Source: Boxing 09/10/1928 page 202

Source: Boxing 07/02/1928 page 446

Source: Boxing 18/04/1928 page 607

(7st belt competition)

Source: Ashton-under-Lyne Herald

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Feb 12 Dot Boxall (Hulme) WPTS(10) Free Trade Hall, Manchester

Feb 15 Young Dick Lawton (Nelson) LPTS(10) Drill Hall, Burnley

Feb 22 Harold Henthorn (Oldham) DRAW(10) Ashbury Hall, Openshaw

Mar 19 Eddie Sherry (Pendleton) WPTS(6) Free Trade Hall, Manchester

Apr 8 Eddie Sherry (Pendleton) WPTS(6) Northwich

Apr 28 Joe Hagen (Ancoats) WPTS(6) Adelphi Club, Salford

May 9 Paddy Dowling (Liverpool) LPTS(10) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool

May 30 Paddy Dowling (Liverpool) WPTS(12) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool

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

Aug 7 Jimmy Gould (Lancaster) WKO2(6) Winter Gardens, Morecambe

Sep 8 Jack Keelars (Bradford) WPTS(10) Adelphi Club, Salford

Oct 15 Billy Yates (Mexborough) LRTD5(10) Free Trade Hall, Manchester

Nov 25 Teddy Talbot (Gorton) WPTS(8) Earlestown

Dec 3 Reggie Hall (Bristol) WPTS(3) Stadium Club, Holborn

Dec 10 Freddy Morgan (Gilfach Goch) WRSF3(3) Stadium Club, Holborn

Area Flyweight Champion 1929-30 and 1931-32.

Source: Boxing 11/12/1929 page 368

(Flyweight competition - 1st series)

Source: Boxing 11/12/1929 pages 386 and 385

(Flyweight competition 2nd series)

Morgan boxed a British Flyweight Title Eliminator 1931 and was Welsh

Source: Boxing

Source: Boxing 23/10/1929 page 258

Promoter: Jack Smith

damaged eye

Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian)

Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian)

Source: Boxing 10/07/1929 page 43

Source: Morecambe Visitor

Referee: Alf Heywood

King sub for Nobby Clarke(Blackpool)

Source: Boxing 17/04/1929 page 614

Source: Boxing 01/05/1929 page 647

Source: Boxing 15/05/1929 page 672

Source: Boxing 05/06/1929 page 707

Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian)

Source: Boxing 20/02/1929 page 499

Promoter: Jack Smith

Source: Burnley Express and Advertiser

Source: Boxing 27/02/1929 page 513

Source: Boxing 27/03/1929 pages 570 and 569

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Dec 10 Moe Mizler (St George's) WPTS(3) Stadium Club, Holborn

Dec 10 Bert Kirby (Birmingham) LPTS(6) Stadium Club, Holborn

1930

Jan 1 Arthur Boy Edge (Birmingham) WPTS(10) Stadium Club, Holborn

Feb 11 Alex Farris (Glasgow) WPTS(10) Music Hall, Edinburgh

Feb 16 Fred Beresford (Preston) WKO3(12) Pendleton

Feb 26 Boy Tomlinson (Manchester) WPTS(15) Drill Hall, Llandudno

Mar 15 Billy James (Birmingham) DRAW(15) Belle Vue, Manchester

Apr 6 Teddy Talbot (Gorton) WRTD3(12) Princess Club, Salford

Apr 30 Tom McLeish (Manchester) WRTD6(10) Alexander Stadium, Colne

May 2 Ted Perry (Salford) WKO4(12) Collyhurst

May 4 Martin Gallagher (Rochdale) WRTD1(10) NSC, Royton

May 18 Arthur Boy Edge (Birmingham) WKO4(15) Ice Rink, West Bromwich

May 25 Young Siki (Liverpool) WRTD12(15) Ice Rink, West Bromwich

Jun 23 Tommy Brown (Salford) LPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester

Match made at 8st 2lbs

Source: Boxing 02/07/1930 page 10

McLeish sub for Boy Tomlinson(Manchester)

Source: Manchester Sporting Chronicle

Source: Boxing 07/05/1930 page 711

Source: Boxing 21/05/1930 page 743

Source: Boxing 28/05/1930 page 761

Referee: WJ Farnell

Source: Boxing 19/03/1930 page 595

James boxed a British Flyweight Title Eliminator 1929.

Source: Manchester Sporting Chronicle

Source: Burnley Express and Advertiser

Area Bantamweight Champion 1933.

Source: Boxing 19/02/1930 page 537

Promoter: Harold Bownas

Source: Manchester Sporting Chronicle

Source: Boxing 05/03/1930 page 566

(Flyweight competition final)

Kirby was British Flyweight Champion 1930-31.

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

Source: Boxing 11/12/1929 pages 386 and 385

(Flyweight competition semi-final)

Mizler boxed a British Flyweight Title Eliminator 1931.

Source: Boxing 11/12/1929 pages 386 and 385

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Jul 13 Billy James (Birmingham) LPTS(15) Palais de Danse, West Bromwich

Aug 3 Fred Bebbington (Salford) WPTS(12) NSB, Royton

Aug 24 Ted Griffin (Bolton) NC4(12) NSB, Royton

Sep 22 George Greaves (Salford) WRSF2(12) Belle Vue, Manchester

Oct 5 Ted Griffin (Bolton) WRSF3(15) NSB, Royton

Oct 13 Jackie Quinn (Belfast) WPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester

Oct 29 Fred Bebbington (Salford) WPTS(12) Drill Hall, Llandudno

Nov 3 Young Perez (Tunisia) DRAW(15) Belle Vue, Manchester

Nov 21 Tommy Brown (Salford) WKO1(15) Belle Vue, Manchester

Nov 30 Spike Bradley (Shipley) WPTS(12) NSB, Royton

Dec 28 Little Minor (Leeds) WPTS(15) NSB, Royton

1931

Jan 9 Joe Hagen (Ancoats) WPTS(12) Harpurhey

Jan 23 Tommy Barber (Bradford) WPTS(15) Tower Circus, Blackpool

Feb 9 Johnny Gibson (Bermondsey) WKO1(15) Belle Vue, Manchester

Feb 13 Billy Shinfield (Derby) WKO1(15) Tower Circus, Blackpool

Match made at 8st 4lbs

Promoter: Jack Madden

Shinfield received no purse money

Source: Boxing 31/12/1930 page 424

Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian)

Source: Blackpool Times

Source: Boxing 11/02/1931 page 517

Source: Boxing 18/02/1931 page 539

Source: Boxing 05/11/1930 page 293

Source: Boxing 26/11/1930 page 346

Match made at 8st 2lbs

Attendance: 7000

Source: Boxing 03/12/1930 page 363

Source: Boxing 08/10/1930 page 233

Source: Boxing 15/10/1930 page 246

Quinn boxed a British Flyweight Title Eliminator 1932.

Source: Llandudno Advertiser

Referee: WJ Farnell Promoter: Maj C Arnold

Bebbington boxed a British Flyweight Title Eliminator twice in 1932 and was

Northern Area Flyweight Champion 1931-33.

Source: Boxing 27/08/1930 pages 139 and 138

Source: Boxing 24/09/1930 pages 201 and 200

Greaves boxed for the Northern Area Flyweight Title 1929.

Source: Boxing 16/07/1930 page 44

Promoter: Ted Salmon

Source: Boxing 06/08/1930 page 90

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Feb 23 Bert Kirby (Birmingham) WKO2(15) Belle Vue, Manchester

Mar 15 Jack Kirk (Mansfield) WRSF2(12) NSB, Royton

Mar 20 Benny Thackray (Leeds) DRAW(15) Tower Circus, Blackpool

Apr 27 Benny Thackray (Leeds) LPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester

May 30 Arly Hollingsworth (Sheffield) WRSF5(15) Hyde Park, Sheffield

Jul 6 Al Miller (Liverpool) WKO3 Belle Vue, Manchester

Jul 26 Benny Thackray (Leeds) WKO12(15) NSB, Royton

Aug 10 Pat Gorman (Wheatley Hill) WRTD6(15) Belle Vue, Manchester

Sep 7 Petit Biquet (Belgium) WPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester

Oct 5 Nicholas Petit Biguet (Belgium) WPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester

Oct 25 Lew Sullivan (Liverpool) WDSQ NSB, Royton

Nov 9 Frank Markey (Blantyre) WRSF5(15) Belle Vue, Manchester

Nov 23 Young Denain (France) WRSF6(15) Belle Vue, Manchester

Dec 21 Dick Corbett (Bethnal Green) LPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester

Source: Boxing 02/12/1931 page 15

Source: Boxing 23/12/1931 page 4

(British Bantamweight Title)

Corbett was British and British Empire Bantamweight Champion 1931-32 and 1934.

Attendance: 7000

Source: Boxing 07/10/1931 pages 229 and 230

Source: Boxing 04/11/1931 page 16

Source: Boxing 11/11/1931 pages 8, 09

(British Bantamweight Title Final Eliminator)

Markey boxed a British Bantamweight Title Eliminator twice in 1931.

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

Source: Boxing 09/09/1931 page 165

(British Bantamweight Title Eliminator)

Hollingsworth boxed a British Bantamweight Title Eliminator 1931.

Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian)

Source: Boxing 05/08/1931 page 92

Match made at 8st 6lbs

Source: Boxing 18/03/1931 page 603

Promoter: Tom Chapman

Source: Blackpool Times

Source: Boxing 29/04/1931 page 694

Source: Boxing 03/06/1931 page 780

Source: Boxing 25/02/1931 page 548

Match made at 8st 3lbs

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1932

Jan 24 Stan Jehu (Maesteg) WPTS(12) Brunswick Stadium, Leeds

Feb 15 Dick Burke (Liverpool) WPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester

Feb 23 Arly Hollingsworth (Sheffield) WRTD7 Sheffield

Mar 13 Joe Myers (Oldham) WPTS(12) NSB, Royton

May 30 Johnny Peters (Battersea) WDSQ11(15) Belle Vue, Manchester

Jul 18 Terence Morgan (Newport) WRSF4(12) Belle Vue, Manchester

Aug 1 Joe Myers (Oldham) WKO2(12) Football Ground, Blackpool

Aug 24 Harold Lewis (Thornaby) WPTS(15) Winter Gardens, Morecambe

Sep 5 Alfredo Magnolfi (Italy) WPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester

Sep 25 Harold Lewis (Thornaby) WKO4(12) NSB, Royton

Oct 10 Dick Corbett (Bethnal Green) WPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester

Nov 25 Dave Crowley (Clerkenwell) WPTS(12) Belle Vue, Manchester

Dec 9 Tommy Kirk (Nottingham) WRSF15(15) Tower Circus, Blackpool

Match made at 8st 8lbs

Source: Boxing 14/12/1932 page 10

Referee: Tom Gamble

Source: Boxing 12/10/1932 page 7

(British Bantamweight Title)

Referee: Jimmy Wilde

Source: Boxing 30/11/1932 page 10

Crowley was British Lightweight Champion 1938.

Promoter: Jack Madden

Source: Boxing 31/08/1932 page 11

Source: Boxing 07/09/1932 page 9

Match made at 8st 6lbs

Source: Boxing 28/09/1932 page 12

Referee: Gus Platts

Source: Boxing 01/06/1932 page 11

Source: Topical Times

Morgan was Welsh Area Bantamweight Champion 1931-32.

Source: Boxing 10/08/1932 page 10

Burke boxed a British Featherweight Title Eliminator 1933.

Source: Boxing 02/03/1932 page 10

Match made at 8st 8lbs

Source: Boxing 16/03/1932 pages 11 and 12

Myers boxed for the Northern Area Flyweight Title 1931.

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.

Source: Boxing 17/02/1932 page 8

(Northern Area Bantamweight Title)

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Dec 19 Stan Davies (Maltby) WPTS(12) Stockport

1933

Jan 9 Jean Locatelli (Royton) WKO5(15) Music Hall, Shrewsbury

Feb 20 Stan Davies (Maltby) WPTS(12) Belle Vue, Manchester

Feb 28 Jim O'Neil (Cambuslang) WRTD7(12) Music Hall, Edinburgh

Mar 6 Dave Crowley (Clerkenwell) WPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester

Mar 27 Henri Poutrain (France) WRTD11(15) Belle Vue, Manchester

Apr 10 Pat Gorman (Wheatley Hill) WKO1(12) New St James Hall, Newcastle

Apr 23 Benny Thackray (Leeds) WKO8(12) Brunswick Stadium, Leeds

May 15 Dominic Bernasconi (Italy) LKO10(15) Belle Vue, Manchester

May 21 Tucker Winch (Dagenham) WRTD10(15) The Ring, Blackfriars

Jun 12 Bobby Leitham (Canada) WPTS(15) Olympia, Kensington

Jul 3 Al Brown (Panama) LPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester

Oct 1 Syd Rose (Preston) WKO6(12) NSB, Royton

Oct 22 John Barrett (Keighley) WKO8 Brunswick Stadium, Leeds

Oct 29 Teddy Higgins (Manchester) WRSF9(12) NSB, Royton

Nov 6 Francois Machtens (Belgium) LPTS(12) Belle Vue, Manchester

Source: Boxing 31/10/1933 page 11

Match made at 8st 10lbs

Source: Boxing 08/11/1933 page 16

(Empire Bantamweight Title)

Source: Boxing 05/07/1933 pages 5 and 7

(World Bantamweight Title)

Source: Boxing 03/10/1933 page 11

Source: Boxing 24/10/1933 page 12

Source: Boxing 26/04/1933 page 13

Source: Boxing 17/05/1933 page 7

Source: Boxing 24/05/1933 page 4

Match made at 8st 10lbs

Source: Boxing 14/06/1933 pages 7 and 14

Source: Boxing 08/03/1933 page 8

Match made at 8st 8lbs

Source: Boxing 29/03/1933 page 8

Match made at 8st 12lbs

Source: Boxing 12/04/1933 page 9

Referee: E Tolley

Source: Boxing 22/02/1933 page 9

Source: Boxing 08/03/1933 page 9

O'Neil was Scottish Area Bantamweight Champion 1933-34.

Match made at 8st 8lbs

Source: John Hand (Boxing Historian)

Source: Boxing 11/01/1933 page 8

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Nov 16 Benny Thackray (Leeds) WKO2(12) Imperial Ballroom, Nelson

Nov 24 Johnny Peters (Battersea) WRTD2 Belle Vue, Manchester

Dec 11 Teddy Higgins (Manchester) WKO1 Manchester

Dec 24 Jackie Quinn (Belfast) WPTS Belfast

1934

Jan 26 Benny Thackray (Leeds) LDSQ8(12) Tower Circus, Blackpool

Feb 12 Dick Corbett (Bethnal Green) LPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester

Mar 11 Dave Crowley (Clerkenwell) LKO12(12) The Ring, Blackfriars

Apr 2 Len Beynon (Swansea) LPTS(12) Drill Hall, Swansea

Apr 15 Stan Davies (Maltby) WRSF9(12) Stadium, Rotherham

Apr 30 Marcel Sastos (Belgium) WRTD8(12) Belle Vue, Manchester

May 14 Len Beynon (Swansea) LPTS(12) Manchester

May 19 Albert Lindley (Sheffield) WRSF11(12) Sheffield

Jun 3 Stan Jehu (Maesteg) WPTS(12) Stadium, Rotherham

Jun 18 Len Beynon (Swansea) WPTS(12) Belle Vue, Manchester

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

Source: Boxing 23/05/1934 page 15

Referee: Charles Brennan

Source: Boxing 06/06/1934 page 14

Source: Boxing 20/06/1934 page 10

(British Bantamweight Title Eliminator)

Referee: Mr Hoare(Cardiff)

Source: Boxing 18/04/1934 page 14

Referee: Capt. Fitchett Promoter: Sam Moreton and Billy Pinder

Source: Boxing 02/05/1934 page 11

Source: Boxing 16/05/1934 page 10

Source: Boxing 14/03/1934 page 13

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.

Source: Brian Strickland (Boxing Historian)

Source: Brian Strickland (Boxing Historian)

Source: Boxing 31/01/1934 page 11

Source: Boxing 14/02/1934 page 16

(British and Empire Bantamweight Title)

Source: Brian Strickland (Boxing Historian)

Source: Boxing 29/11/1933 page 11

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Aug 20 Dick Corbett (Bethnal Green) DRAW(15) Stadium, Clapton

Aug 27 Ellis Ashurst (Denaby) WRTD4 Belle Vue, Manchester

Sep 24 George Marsden (Nottingham) LPTS(10) Belle Vue, Manchester

Oct 1 George Marsden (Nottingham) WPTS(12) Belle Vue, Manchester

Oct 22 Dick Corbett (Bethnal Green) DRAW(15) Belle Vue, Manchester

Nov 19 Phineas John (Pentre) WRTD4(12) Belle Vue, Manchester

Dec 16 Joe Horridge (Rochdale) WPTS(12) NSB, Royton

Dec 28 Johnny Holt (South Africa) DRAW(12) Tower Circus, Blackpool

1935

Jan 27 Joe Horridge (Rochdale) WRSF2(15) NSB, Royton

Feb 8 Michel Escargueil (France) WRSF5(12) Tower Circus, Blackpool

Feb 25 Dominic Bernasconi (Italy) WPTS(10) Belle Vue, Manchester

Mar 1 Charles Vercammen (Antwerp) WPTS(12) Tower Circus, Blackpool

Mar 25 Nel Tarleton (Liverpool) WPTS(12) Belle Vue, Manchester

Apr 6 George Williams (Treherbert) LPTS(12) Labour Stadium, Merthyr

Apr 29 George Williams (Treherbert) WPTS(12) Belle Vue, Manchester

Featherweight Champion 1940-47 and British Empire Featherweight Champion 1940-45.

Source: Boxing 10/04/1935 page 13

Williams was Welsh Area Bantamweight Champion 1933-34.

Source: Boxing 01/05/1935 page 11

Source: Boxing 27/02/1935 page 9

Source: Boxing 06/03/1935 page 14

Referee: Gus Platts Attendance: 3000

Source: Boxing 27/03/1935 page 10

Tarleton was British Featherweight Champion 1931-32 and 1934-36 and British

Source: Boxing 19/12/1934 page 9

Source: Boxing 02/01/1935 page 14

Attendance: 4500

Source: Boxing 30/01/1935 page 14

Source: Boxing 13/02/1935 page 15

Source: Boxing 03/10/1934 page 11

Source: Boxing 24/10/1934 page 8

Source: Boxing 21/11/1934 page 8

John was Welsh Area Flyweight Champion 1929 and Welsh Area

Bantamweight Champion 1929.

Referee: CB Thomas

Source: Boxing 29/08/1934 page 8

Ashurst boxed for the Northern Area Flyweight Title 1935.

Source: Boxing 26/09/1934 page 9

Marsden boxed a British Bantamweight Title Eliminator 1935.

Source: Boxing 22/08/1934 page 8

(British Bantamweight Title)

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May 27 Len Hampston (Batley) WPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester

Jul 8 Len Beynon (Swansea) WRTD6(15) Vetch Field, Swansea

Aug 29 Frank Barron (Sheffield) WRSF8(12) Sheffield

Sep 9 Giovanni Sili (Italy) WKO1(10) Belle Vue, Manchester

Oct 10 Nel Tarleton (Liverpool) DRAW(12) Stadium, Liverpool

Oct 21 Simon Chavez (Venezuela) WPTS(10) Belle Vue, Manchester

Nov 22 Jackie Brown (Manchester) WRSF6(12) Belle Vue, Manchester

Dec 16 Joe Parisis (France) WPTS(10) Belle Vue, Manchester

1936

Jan 19 Fred Todkill (Reddish) WRSF10(12) Junction Stadium, Miles Platting

Feb 18 Spike Robinson (Belfast) WRSF8(10) Belfast

Feb 21 Gilbert Johnstone (Dundee) WPTS(12) Kings Hall, Manchester

May 6 Nel Tarleton (Liverpool) LPTS(15) Annfield Football ground, Liverpool

Jun 14 Charles Vercammen (Belgium) WKO3(12) Stadium, Rotherham

(British Featherweight Title)

King 8st 12lbs 8ozs Tarleton 8st 13lbs 8ozs

Referee: Jack Hart

Source: Boxing 17/06/1936 pages 17 and 18

Promoter: Sam Moreton

Source: Boxing 22/01/1936 page 20

Source: Boxing Weekly Record 26/02/1936 page 12

Source: Boxing 26/02/1936 pages 22 and 23

Match made at 9st 2lbs

Source: Boxing 13/05/1936 pages 23 and 26

Source: Boxing 23/10/1935 page 13

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.

Source: Boxing 18/12/1935 page 13

Referee: Jim Kenrick

Source: Boxing 04/09/1935 page 12

Source: Boxing 11/09/1935 page 10

Source: Boxing 16/10/1935 pages 18 and 19

Match made at 9st

(British Bantamweight Title)

Hampston boxed for the British Bantamweight Title 1935 and 1938

and was Northern Area Bantamweight Champion 1937.

Source: Boxing 10/07/1935 page 10

Match made at 8st 11lbs

Source: Boxing 29/05/1935 page 11

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Jun 30 KO Morgan (USA) LPTS(10) Cathkin Park, Glasgow

Jul 23 Tommy Steele (North Shields) WRSF5(12) Sheffield

Aug 3 Boyo Burns (Bolton) WPTS(10) Bloomfield Rd Football Ground, Blackpool

Sep 28 Benny Sharkey (Newcastle) LPTS(12) New St James Hall, Newcastle

Oct 12 Johnny Cusick (Manchester) LPTS(12) Kings Hall, Manchester

Nov 19 Ginger Foran (Liverpool) LPTS(12) Stadium, Liverpool

Dec 9 Jimmy Lester (Dagenham) WPTS(8) Stadium Club, Holborn

1937

Jan 4 George Marsden (Nottingham) DRAW(10) Granby Halls, Leicester

Mar 8 Alex Alston (Preston) LPTS(10) Belle Vue, Manchester

Mar 17 George Marsden (Nottingham) WRSF9(12) York

Apr 19 Gustave Ansini (Italy) WPTS(10) Waverley Market, Edinburgh

Apr 23 Alex Alston (Preston) WDSQ3(12) Tower Circus, Blackpool

May 31 Jackie Brown (Manchester) WKO13(15) Belle Vue, Manchester

Aug 2 Alex Alston (Preston) WPTS(10) Blackpool

Source: Boxing 28/04/1937 pages 19 and 20

Source: Boxing 02/06/1937 pages 11 and 12

(British Bantamweight Title)

King 8st 5lbs 12ozs Brown 8st 5lbs 13ozs

Source: Boxing Weekly Record 11/08/1937 page 18

Source: Boxing 06/01/1937 page 10

Source: Boxing 10/03/1937 page 11

Match made at 9st

Source: Boxing 24/03/1937 page 15

Source: Boxing 21/04/1937 page 12

Foran boxed for the British Flyweight Title 1933 and was Northern Area

Flyweight Champion 1933.

Match made at 9st

Referee: Ben Green

Source: Boxing 16/12/1936 page 13

Source: Boxing 30/09/1936 page 13

Source: Boxing 14/10/1936 page 16

Cusick was British and British Empire Featherweight Champion 1939-40.

Match made at 9st

Source: Boxing 25/11/1936 page 18

Source: Boxing 08/07/1936 page 15

Match made at 9st

Promoter: George Dingley Attendance: 15000

Source: Boxing 29/07/1936 page 15

Source: Boxing 05/08/1936 page 10

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Aug 14 George Marsden (Nottingham) LPTS(10) Sports Arena, Poole

Sep 13 Spike Robinson (Belfast) WRSF5(10) Belle Vue, Manchester

Oct 4 Johnny Ryan (Kilburn) WKO6(10) Coventry

Oct 11 Young Chocolate (Jamaica) WKO4(10) Colston Hall, Bristol

Nov 2 Tommy Burns (Stockton) WRSF2(10) Drill Hall, Oldham

Nov 30 Joe Green (Middlesbrough) WPTS(12) Victoria Hall, Hanley

Dec 20 Benny Sharkey (Newcastle) WPTS(10) New St James Hall, Newcastle

1938

Jan 10 George Williams (Treherbert) LPTS(10) Colston Hall, Bristol

Jan 27 Billy Pleace (Portsmouth) WPTS(10) Exeter

Feb 9 Johnny McGrory (Glasgow) LPTS(10) Kelvin Hall, Glasgow

Mar 3 Dan McAllister (Belfast) LPTS(10) Stadium, Liverpool

Apr 28 Paul Dogniaux (France) LPTS(10) Paris France

Jun 22 Len Hampston (Batley) WDSQ3(15) Headingley Rugby Ground, Leeds

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

Promoter: Johnny Best

Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian)

Source: Boxing 29/06/1938 pages 16 and 17

(British Bantamweight Title)

Referee: Jack Hart Promoter: Jack Green Attendance: 5000

Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian)

Source: Boxing 16/02/1938 page 15

McGrory was British and British Empire Featherweight Champion 1936-38.

Source: Boxing 09/03/1938 page 16

McAllister boxed for the Northern Ireland Featherweight Title 1938.

Source: Boxing 08/12/1937 page 19

Match made at 9st 2lbs

Source: Boxing 22/12/1937 page 12

Source: Boxing 12/01/1938 page 16

Match made at 9st 1lb

Source: Boxing Weekly Record 13/10/1937 page 20

Source: Boxing 13/10/1937 page 12

Source: Boxing 10/11/1937 page 17

Burns boxed a British Featherweight Title Eliminator twice in 1950 and

was Northern Area Featherweight Champion 1949.

Source: Boxing 18/08/1937 page 17

King 8st 11lbs Marsden 8st 11lbs

Referee: Jack Hart

Source: Boxing 15/09/1937 page 12

Match made at 9st

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Sep 1 Freddie Miller (USA) LPTS(10) Stadium, Liverpool

Sep 30 Johnny McManus (Twechar) WRTD8(10) Theatre Royal, Dublin

Oct 10 Gustave Ansini (Italy) LPTS(10) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court

Oct 19 Harry Edwards (Birmingham) WDSQ6(10) Tower Ballroom, Edgbaston

Oct 31 Johnny Cusick (Manchester) LPTS(12) Belle Vue, Manchester

Nov 21 Rafael Valdes (Cuba) WKO1(10) Public Baths, Gloucester

Nov 25 Harry Edwards (Birmingham) WPTS(10) Batley Carr Rink, Dewsbury

Dec 8 Frank Kenny (Glasgow) WPTS(10) Stadium, Liverpool

1939

Jan 16 Tom Smith (Sunderland) LPTS(10) New St James Hall, Newcastle

Feb 6 Jackie Hurst (St George's) WRSF9(12) Millbay Rinkeries, Plymouth

Mar 13 Len Beynon (Swansea) LRTD7(12) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea

Apr 10 Frank Parkes (Nottingham) LPTS(10) Brook Street Baths, Sutton-in-Ashfield

Jul 3 Phineas John (Pentre) WPTS(10) Stroud

Match made at 9st 2lbs

Source: Brian Strickland (Boxing Historian)

Source: Boxing 08/02/1939 page 12

Source: Boxing 15/03/1939 pages 11 and 12

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.

Referee: WJ Farnell Promoter: Johnny Best

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

Referee: CB Thomas

Source: Boxing 23/11/1938 page 13

Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian)

Source: Boxing 14/12/1938 page 17

Kenny was Scottish Area Featherweight Champion 1938-47 and 1947.

Referee: Mickey Fox

Source: Boxing 26/10/1938 page 18

Promoter: Ted Salmon

Source: Boxing 02/11/1938 pages 11 and 12

Match made at 9st 2lbs King 9st 1lbs 8ozs Cusick 9st 1lbs 8ozs

Source: Boxing 05/10/1938 pages 18 and 19

McManus was Scottish Area Lightweight Champion 1944.

Promoter: messrs Nat Joseph & George Dingley

Source: Boxing 12/10/1938 page 11

King 8st 13lbs 8ozs Ansini 8st 12lbs 8ozs

Source: Boxing 07/09/1938 page 16

Referee: Arhur Myers

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Sep 30 Johnny McManus (Twechar) WRSF3(6) Carntyne Greyhound Stadium, Glasgow

Oct 9 Frank Kenny (Glasgow) LPTS(10) Belle Vue, Manchester

Oct 14 George Marsden (Nottingham) WRSF4(12) Sportsdrome, Southampton

Nov 20 Billy Charlton (Gateshead) LPTS(10) Belle Vue, Manchester

1940

Mar 18 Jackie Rankin (Southall) LPTS(10) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court

1942

Jun 23 Fred Barry (RN) DRAW(3) Ceylon

1943

Nov 19 Ben Duffy (Jarrow) DRAW(10) Belle Vue, Manchester

Dec 15 Sid Worgan (Llanharan) WPTS(8) Queensberry Club, Soho

1944

Mar 24 Nel Tarleton (Liverpool) WDSQ2 Belle Vue, Manchester

Aug 7 Nel Tarleton (Liverpool) LPTS(8) Nottingham

Source: Boxing News 06/01/1944 pages 7 and 11

Worgan was Welsh Area Featherweight Champion 1944.

King 9st 3lbs

Source: Boxing News 13/04/1944 pages 11 and 12

Source: Boxing News 09/11/1944 page 11

Arranged by Marquis of Queensberry and John Harding

Source: Boxing News 09/07/1942 page 13

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

Match made at 9st 3lbs

Attendance: 7000

both overweight

Source: Boxing 20/03/1940 page 9

Rankin was Southern Area Featherweight Champion 1940.

King overweight

Source: Boxing 11/10/1939 page 12

Source: Boxing Weekly Record 18/10/1939 page 10

Source: Boxing 22/11/1939 page 2

Charlton boxed for the Northern Area Featherweight Title 1937 and 1938.

Source: Boxing 04/10/1939 page 9

Match made at 9st

Attendance: 4000

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1945

Sep 8 Eddie Miller (Australia) LKO3 Sydney Australia

1946

Nov 8 Frank Kenny (Glasgow) LPTS(8) Blackburn

1947

Jan 14 Teddy O'Neill (Dumbarton) LPTS Royal Albert Hall, Kensington

Feb 10 Jackie Paterson (Glasgow) LKO7(15) Manchester

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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.

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Source: Brian Strickland (Boxing Historian)

Source: Boxing News 20/11/1946 page 11

King 9st 0lbs 8ozs Kenny 9st 0lbs

Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian)

O'Neill was Scottish Area Bantamweight Champion 1937-48.