Phineas John (Pentre) - Boxing · Jul 12 Selwyn Davies (Caerau) DRAW(15) Working Men's Club,...

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1926 Sep 13 Freddy Morgan (Gilfach Goch) DRAW(6) Pavilion, Tonypandy Oct 1 Freddy Morgan (Gilfach Goch) LPTS(8) Pavilion, Tonypandy 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: Western Mail Source: Western Mail Source: Manchester Sporting Chronicle Fight Record Source: Western Mail Source: Western Mail Morgan boxed a British Flyweight Title Eliminator 1931 and was Welsh Area Flyweight Champion 1929-30 and 1931-32. © 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)

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1926

Sep 13 Freddy Morgan (Gilfach Goch) DRAW(6) Pavilion, Tonypandy

Oct 1 Freddy Morgan (Gilfach Goch) LPTS(8) Pavilion, Tonypandy

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: Western Mail

Source: Western Mail

Source: Manchester Sporting Chronicle

Fight Record

Source: Western Mail

Source: Western Mail

Morgan boxed a British Flyweight Title Eliminator 1931 and was Welsh

Area Flyweight Champion 1929-30 and 1931-32.

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Phineas John (Pentre)

Active: 1926-1940

Weight classes fought in:

Recorded fights: 242 contests (won: 134 lost: 73 drew: 29 other: 6)

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1927

Mar 12 Young Johnny Brown (Tylorstown) WRTD3(6) Pictorium, Gelli

Mar 28 Freddy Morgan (Gilfach Goch) DRAW(6) Square Pavilion, Tonypandy

Apr 5 Edmund Evans (Cwmparc) LPTS(10) Judges Hall, Trealaw

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

Jun 11 Billy Kid Hughes (Maesteg) DRAW(10) Sullivan's booth, Bridgend

Jul 2 Billy Kid Hughes (Maesteg) DRAW(10) Sullivan's booth, Bridgend

Jul 23 Freddy Morgan (Gilfach Goch) LRSF4(10) Bridgend

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

Nov 25 Patsy Butler (Camberwell) WPTS(10) Drill Hall, Mountain Ash

Nov 28 Bert Harrison (Mountain Ash) WPTS(10) Milford Haven

Dec 3 Billy Kid Hughes (Maesteg) WPTS(10) Stadium, Bridgend

Dec 5 Kid Rich (Bethnal Green) WPTS(15) Torquay

Source: South Wales Echo

Morgan was Welsh Area Bantamweight Champion 1931-32.

Source: Boxing 29/11/1927 page 288

Source: Western Mail

Source: Boxing 06/12/1927 page 304

Promoter: Kid Hughes

Source: Western Mail

Source: Western Mail

Source: South Wales Echo

Source: South Wales Echo

Source: Boxing 22/11/1927 page 272

Source: Boxing 14/06/1927 page 308

Hughes was Welsh Area Flyweight Champion 1933.

Source: Boxing 05/07/1927 page 381

Source: Boxing 26/07/1927 page 452

Source: South Wales Echo

Source: Record published in Boxing News in the 1960s

Source: Western Mail

Source: South Wales Echo

Source: South Wales Echo

Williams was Welsh Area Bantamweight Champion 1933-34.

Source: Boxing 16/03/1927 page 63

Source: South Wales Echo

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Dec 16 George Williams (Treherbert) ND Baglan Hotel, Treherbert

Dec 23 Terence Morgan (Newport) DRAW(10) Maxina Hall, Bargoed

Dec 26 Jack Cantwell (Gilfach Goch) WPTS(15) Snow's Pavilion, Merthyr

Dec 31 Young Jim Driscoll (Ferndale) WKO2(10) Gess Pavilion, Pontypridd

1928

Jan 14 Bert Harrison (Mountain Ash) ND Lamb and Flag Gymnasium, Aberaman

Jan 16 Ginger Williams (Bedwas) WPTS(12) Maxina Hall, Bargoed

Jan 28 Jerry O'Neill (Merthyr) DRAW(15) Stadium, Pontypridd

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

Mar 10 Freddy Morgan (Gilfach Goch) LPTS(15) Gess Pavilion, Pontypridd

Mar 26 Dick Manning (Manchester) LPTS(8) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden

Apr 5 Jim Haddon (Birmingham) WPTS(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool

Apr 19 Billy James (Birmingham) LPTS(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool

May 19 Wyndham Blake (Penygraig) WPTS Gess Pavilion, Pontypridd

Jun 2 Terence Morgan (Newport) LPTS(15) Gess Pavilion, Pontypridd

James boxed a British Flyweight Title Eliminator 1929.

Referee: WJ Farnell

Source: Boxing 23/05/1928 page 688

Source: Boxing 06/06/1928 page 720

Source: Boxing 06/03/1928 page 511

Source: Boxing 13/03/1928 page 528

Source: Boxing 27/03/1928 page 556

Source: Boxing 11/04/1928 page 589

Source: Boxing 25/04/1928 page 622

O'Neill was Welsh Area Flyweight Champion 1930.

Referee: Billy Bevan

Source: Western Mail

Source: Western Mail

Source: Western Mail

Source: Boxing 03/01/1928 page 368

Source: South Wales Echo

Source: Western Mail

Williams sub for Terence Morgan(Newport)

Source: Boxing 31/01/1928 page 432

Source: Western Mail

Source: Western Mail

Referee: Ralph Lile(Cardiff)

Source: Western Mail

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Jun 16 Minty Rose (Belfast) WPTS(15) Gess Pavilion, Pontypridd

Jun 30 Freddy Morgan (Gilfach Goch) DRAW(15) Pavilion, Ogmore Vale

Jul 28 Minty Rose (Belfast) NC12(15) Football Ground, Merthyr

Aug 11 Minty Rose (Belfast) DRAW(15) Football Ground, Merthyr

Sep 8 Freddy Morgan (Gilfach Goch) DRAW(15) Shaftesbury Hall, Swansea

Oct 18 George Greaves (Salford) WPTS(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool

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

Nov 24 Jackie Brown (Manchester) WPTS(15) Gess Pavilion, Pontypridd

Dec 6 Jim Haddon (Birmingham) WPTS(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool

Dec 8 Gwyn Thomas (Llanelly) WPTS(15) Shaftesbury Hall, Swansea

Dec 10 Jimmy Lindsay (Fulham) WPTS(8) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden

Dec 22 Jerry O'Neill (Merthyr) WPTS(15) Town Hall, Pontypridd

Source: Western Mail

(Welsh Flyweight Title Eliminator)

Flyweight Champion 1931-32 and World Flyweight Champion 1932-35.

Source: Boxing 12/12/1928 page 343

Referee: Mr Smyth

Source: Boxing 12/12/1928 page 348

Source: Boxing 12/12/1928 page 344

Source: South Wales Echo

Source: South Wales Echo

Source: Boxing 13/11/1928 page 284

Source: Boxing 27/11/1928 page 315

Brown was British Flyweight Champion 1929-30 and 1931-35 and European

Referee: DR Richards Promoter: Jack Fowler(Swansea Town centre forward)

John the 4th substitute for this contest

Source: Boxing 23/10/1928 pages 229 and 228

Greaves boxed for the Northern Area Flyweight Title 1929.

Referee: WJ Farnell

Source: Boxing 04/07/1928 page 781

Source: Western Mail

Source: Western Mail

(Welsh Flyweight Title)

Source: Boxing 11/09/1928 page 138

(Welsh Flyweight Title Eliminator)

Rose boxed for the Welsh Bantamweight Title 1929.

Referee: CB Thomas

£25 a side

John 16yo

Source: Boxing 20/06/1928 page 752

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1929

Jan 12 Billy Clarke (Poplar) LDSQ3(15) Swansea

Jan 18 George Williams (Treherbert) WPTS(15) Sporting Club, Swansea

Jan 26 Jack Bates (Manchester) WPTS(15) Bridgend

Feb 16 Cuthbert Taylor (Merthyr) WPTS(15) Merthyr

Feb 23 George Williams (Treherbert) LPTS(15) Ystrad

Mar 2 Jerry O'Neill (Merthyr) WPTS(15) Merthyr

Mar 10 Billy James (Birmingham) WPTS(15) Premierland, Whitechapel

Mar 12 Bob Rimmer (Liverpool) WPTS(15) Auditorium, Port Sunlight

Mar 17 Bert Kirby (Birmingham) WPTS(15) Premierland, Whitechapel

Apr 22 Jackie Brown (Manchester) LPTS(12) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden

Apr 28 Bud Walley (Singapore) WDSQ10(15) Premierland, Whitechapel

Jun 10 Bert Kirby (Birmingham) DRAW(15) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden

Jun 29 Bob Dowling (Clydach Vale) ND(6) Gess Pavilion, Tonypandy

Jul 22 Freddy Morgan (Gilfach Goch) LPTS(15) Palais de Danse, Pontypridd

Sep 2 Cuthbert Taylor (Merthyr) WPTS(15) Palais de Danse, Pontypridd

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.

Source: South Wales Echo

Source: Boxing 24/07/1929 page 66

(Welsh Area Flyweight Title)

Source: Boxing 04/09/1929 page 146

erroneously reported in 'Boxing' as a Welsh Bantam title contest

Source: Boxing 24/04/1929 page 628

Match made at 8st

Source: Boxing 01/05/1929 page 643

Source: Boxing 12/06/1929 page 718

Match made at 8st

Source: Boxing 13/03/1929 pages 537 and 536

Source: Boxing 20/03/1929 page 551

Promoter: Pat Taylor Attendance: 3000

Source: Boxing 20/03/1929 page 550

Kirby was British Flyweight Champion 1930-31.

Source: Boxing 20/02/1929 page 502

Taylor was Welsh Area Bantamweight Champion 1929.

Source: Boxing 27/02/1929 page 514

Source: Boxing 06/03/1929 page 530

(Welsh Area Flyweight Title)

Source: Boxing 16/01/1929 page 424

Source: Boxing 23/01/1929 page 439

Source: Boxing 30/01/1929 page 456

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Nov 13 Jackie Brown (Manchester) LPTS(15) Stadium Club, Holborn

Dec 9 Johnny Peters (Battersea) LPTS(15) Stadium Club (NSC), Holborn

1930

Jan 18 Cliff Peregrine (Ammanford) WPTS(10) Gess Pavilion, Ammanford

Jan 24 Minty Rose (Belfast) WPTS(15) Palais de Danse, Hanley

Jan 26 Joe Finnerty (Longton) WRTD6(15) Palais de Danse, West Bromwich

Jan 27 Dick Manning (Manchester) WPTS(12) Associated Hall, Crewe

Feb 10 Terence Morgan (Newport) LPTS(15) Palais de Danse, Pontypridd

Feb 15 Billy Pritchard (Treherbert) LDSQ6(12) Public Hall, Aberavon

Feb 22 Selwyn Davies (Caerau) LDSQ2(15) Working Men's Club, Llanelly

Feb 23 Jack Connell (Aldershot) WPTS(15) Vale Hall, Kilburn

Mar 1 Billy Pritchard (Treherbert) WPTS(12) Public Hall, Port Talbot

Mar 5 Young McManus (Plymouth) DRAW(10) Arcade Hall, Bedminster

Mar 5 Kid Socks (Bethnal Green) WPTS(15) Baths, Paddington

Mar 31 Stan Jehu (Maesteg) WPTS(15) Pontypridd

Jul 12 Selwyn Davies (Caerau) DRAW(15) Working Men's Club, Llanelly

Jul 14 Young McManus (Plymouth) DRAW Promenade Pier Pavilion, Plymouth

Match made at 8st 8lbs

Source: Boxing 16/07/1930 page 45

Source: Boxing 23/07/1930 page 61

Source: Boxing 12/03/1930 page 578

Socks boxed for the British Flyweight Title 1926.

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.

Referee: FR Hill(Cardiff)

Source: Boxing 26/02/1930 page 546

Source: Boxing 05/03/1930 page 569

Source: Boxing 12/03/1930 page 584

McManus was West of England Lightweight Champion 1933.

Source: Boxing 12/02/1930 page 517

Referee: Jerry Walsh(Cardiff)

Source: Boxing 19/02/1930 page 535

Source: Boxing 26/02/1930 page 552

Davies boxed for the Welsh Featherweight Title 1931.

Source: Boxing 11/12/1929 page 372

Source: Boxing 22/01/1930 page 472

Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian)

Source: Boxing 29/01/1930 page 489

Source: Boxing 05/02/1930 page 502

Source: Boxing 20/11/1929 page 320

Match made at 8st 1lb

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Jul 28 Kid Francis (France) LRSF3(10) Stadium, Wimbledon

Aug 9 Jack Thomas (Treharris) WPTS(15) Ex-Servicemen's Club, Ferndale

Sep 17 Billy Granelly (Pontypridd) WPTS(10) Arcade Hall, Bedminster

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

Oct 10 Kid Socks (Bethnal Green) WPTS(15) British Legion Hall, Pentre

Nov 22 Billy Quinlan (Ammanford) LPTS(15) Working Men's Club, Llanelly

Nov 24 Pat Maloney (Aberbargoed) WRSF3(10) Gess Pavilion, Blackwood

Nov 26 Fred Cook (Great Bridge) WPTS(15) Corporation Baths, Dudley

Dec 10 Len Bowater (Dudley) WKO2(15) Corporation Baths, Dudley

Dec 13 Billy Quinlan (Ammanford) LPTS(15) Working Men's Club, Llanelly

Dec 17 George Reynolds (Wolverhampton) WPTS(10) Arcade Hall, Bedminster

1931

Jan 28 Young McManus (Plymouth) DRAW(10) Arcade Hall, Bedminster

Feb 16 Benny Sharkey (Newcastle) LPTS(15) Palace Theatre, Newcastle

Mar 20 Benny Sharkey (Newcastle) LPTS(15) Festival Hall, Newcastle

Apr 13 Billy Smith (Sunderland) DRAW(15) New St James Hall, Newcastle

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.

Source: Boxing 24/12/1930 page 407

Source: Boxing 04/02/1931 page 509

Source: Newcastle Daily Journal

Source: Newcastle Daily Journal

Source: Boxing 22/04/1931 page 681

Source: Western Mail

Referee: Johnny Haydn

Source: Boxing 03/12/1930 page 365

Source: Boxing 17/12/1930 page 396

Source: Boxing 17/12/1930 page 397

Source: Boxing 15/10/1930 page 252

Source: Boxing 15/10/1930 page 252

Source: Boxing 26/11/1930 page 349

Quinlan boxed for the British Lightweight Title 1934 and was Welsh Area

Lightweight Champion 1932-34.

Source: Boxing 13/08/1930 page 108

Source: Boxing 24/09/1930 page 203

Granelly boxed for the Welsh Lightweight Title 1931.

Source: Western Mail

Source: Western Mail

Source: Boxing 30/07/1930 pages 72 and 73

Attendance: 41553

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May 18 Billy Rewston (Hull) WRSF7(15) The Ring, Blackfriars

Jun 20 Tom Cowley (Doncaster) WPTS(12) Hyde Park, Sheffield

Jun 22 Tommy Lye (Acton) DRAW(6) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington

Jul 11 Dyke Archer (Salford) WPTS(12) Hyde Park, Sheffield

Jul 13 Tommy Dexter (Sheffield) WPTS(12) Hyde Park, Sheffield

Jul 27 Dick Greaves (Salford) WPTS(12) Hyde Park, Sheffield

Aug 15 Tiny Smith (Sheffield) WPTS(15) Hyde Park, Sheffield

Aug 16 Johnny Clark (Leeds) WPTS(12) Stadium, Barnsley

Aug 31 Douglas Parker (Sunderland) LKO11(15) New St James Hall, Newcastle

Sep 22 Al Miller (Liverpool) WPTS(15) Winter Gardens, Southport

Oct 5 Tommy Dexter (Sheffield) WPTS(15) The Ring, Blackfriars

Oct 11 Teddy Higgins (Manchester) WRTD7(12) Imperial Hall, Barnsley

Oct 19 Tommy Rose (Bolton) WPTS(15) New St James Hall, Newcastle

Oct 30 Spud Murphy (Manchester) WPTS(12) Imperial Hall, Barnsley

Nov 3 Tommy Lye (Acton) WPTS(15) New Victoria Hall, Nottingham

Nov 12 Francois Machtens (Belgium) WPTS(12) Baths, Paddington

Source: Boxing 04/11/1931 page 12

Source: Boxing 11/11/1931 page 13

Referee: Mr Johanefsson

Source: Boxing 18/11/1931 page 6

Source: Boxing 07/10/1931 page 230

Source: Boxing 14/10/1931 page 252

Promoter: messrs Hattersley and Usher

Source: Boxing 28/10/1931 pages 10 and 11

Referee: Tom Murphy

Parker boxed a British Lightweight Title Eliminator 1934 and was

Northern Area Lightweight Champion 1933-34.

Promoter: JJ Paget

Source: Boxing 30/09/1931 page 218

Referee: Joe Tolley Promoter: Johnny Best

Source: Boxing 05/08/1931 page 91

Promoter: messrs Hattersley and Usher

Source: Boxing 19/08/1931 page 123

Source: Boxing 26/08/1931 pages 140 and 141

Source: Boxing 09/09/1931 page 169

Source: Boxing 24/06/1931 pages 821 and 822

Source: Boxing 15/07/1931 page 43

Promoter: messrs Hattersley and Usher Attendance: 10000

Source: Boxing 22/07/1931 pages 57 and 58

Attendance: 20000

Source: Boxing 20/05/1931 page 744

Source: Boxing 24/06/1931 page 827

Attendance: 12000

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Nov 20 Lew Sullivan (Liverpool) WDSQ5(15) Imperial Hall, Barnsley

Nov 25 Tommy Lye (Acton) WPTS(12) Baths, Paddington

Dec 6 Lew Sullivan (Liverpool) WPTS(15) Imperial Hall, Barnsley

Dec 13 Billy Reynolds (Ealing) WPTS(15) The Ring, Blackfriars

1932

Jan 18 Jim Crawford (Wrexham) WPTS(12) Town Hall, Leeds

Feb 15 Bob Lamb (Sunderland) LPTS(12) Town Hall, Leeds

Feb 17 Tommy Hyams (Kings Cross) LPTS(12) The Ring, Blackfriars

Mar 1 Arthur Boddington (Wellingborough) WPTS(12) Sheffield

Mar 14 Johnny Peters (Battersea) WPTS(12) Town Hall, Leeds

Apr 30 Len Mclaughlin (South Africa) WPTS(12) Johannesburg South Africa

May 14 Willie Smith (South Africa) WPTS(12) Johannesburg South Africa

Jun 4 George Purchase (South Africa) WPTS Johannesburg South Africa

Jul 23 Mottee Kid Singh (British Guiana) WPTS(12) Hyde Park, Sheffield

Aug 6 Arly Hollingsworth (Sheffield) WPTS(12) Hyde Park, Sheffield

Oct 10 Seaman Tommy Watson (Newcastle) LPTS(12) New St James Hall, Newcastle

Watson was British Featherweight Champion 1932-34.

Attendance: 6000

Source: Boxing 10/08/1932 page 12

Hollingsworth boxed a British Bantamweight Title Eliminator 1931.

Promoter: messrs Hattersley & Usher Attendance: 8000

Source: Boxing 12/10/1932 page 9

Source: Record published in Boxing News in the 1960s

Source: Record published in Boxing News in the 1960s

Source: Western Mail

Purchase boxed for the Welsh Welterweight Title twice in 1936.

Source: Boxing 27/07/1932 page 11

boxed for the Southern Area Lightweight Title 1938.

Source: Boxing 09/03/1932 page 10

Match made at 8st 9lbs

Source: Boxing 16/03/1932 page 8

Attendance: 3000

Source: Boxing 20/01/1932 page 15

Crawford boxed for the Welsh Featherweight Title 1930.

Source: Boxing 17/02/1932 page 8

Source: Boxing 24/02/1932 page 6

Hyams boxed for the Southern Area Featherweight Title 1933 and

Referee: Tom Gummer

Source: Boxing 02/12/1931 page 6

Promoter: Fred Austin

Source: Boxing 16/12/1931 page 9

Source: Boxing 16/12/1931 page 7

Source: Boxing 25/11/1931 page 10

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Oct 23 Albert Heasman (Brighton) WKO6(15) The Ring, Blackfriars

Nov 21 Benny Sharkey (Newcastle) LPTS(12) New St James Hall, Newcastle

Dec 25 Tommy Rose (Bolton) WKO1 Brunswick Stadium, Leeds

Dec 31 Ginger Jones (Ammanford) LPTS(15) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea

1933

Jan 15 Jim Gordon (Darlington) WRTD4(15) The Ring, Blackfriars

Jan 23 Francois Machtens (Belgium) LPTS(12) Armley Baths, Leeds

Feb 12 Louis Botes (South Africa) LPTS(12) Brunswick Stadium, Leeds

Feb 13 Jack Kirby (Birmingham) WPTS(6) Belle Vue, Manchester

Feb 27 Tommy Rose (Bolton) WRTD2(8) Belle Vue, Manchester

Mar 13 Joe Myers (Oldham) WRTD9(10) Belle Vue, Manchester

Mar 23 Dick Burke (Liverpool) WRTD12(15) Drill Hall, Sheffield

Apr 6 Billy Reynolds (Newcastle) WPTS(12) Manor Place Baths, Walworth

Apr 27 Johnny Peters (Battersea) DRAW(8) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington

May 15 Benny Sharkey (Newcastle) WPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester

Promoter: Jeff Dickson

Source: Boxing 17/05/1933 page 7

(Featherweight gold belt competition - final)

Myers boxed for the Northern Area Flyweight Title 1931.

Source: Boxing 29/03/1933 page 12

Burke boxed a British Featherweight Title Eliminator 1933.

Source: Boxing 12/04/1933 page 6

Source: Boxing 03/05/1933 page 7

(Open Featherweight competition)

Source: Boxing 01/03/1933 page 8

(Open Featherweight competition)

Source: Boxing 15/03/1933 page 9

(Featherweight gold belt competition - semi-final)

Source: Boxing 18/01/1933 page 2

Source: Yorkshire Post

Promoter: Jim Windsor Attendance: 1500

Source: Boxing 15/02/1933 page 13

Source: Boxing 15/02/1933 page 9

Referee: Ben Green

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

Source: Boxing 26/10/1932 page 8

Source: Boxing 23/11/1932 pages 8 and 9

Source: Boxing 29/12/1932 page 10

Match made at 9st

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Jun 3 Sonny Lee (Leeds) LPTS(12) Hyde Park, Sheffield

Aug 21 Dick Burke (Liverpool) LPTS(12) Belle Vue, Manchester

Oct 10 Johnny McMillan (Glasgow) LPTS(12) Scottish Stadium, Govan

Oct 19 Francois Machtens (Belgium) WPTS(12) Stadium Club, Holborn

Oct 23 Louis Botes (South Africa) WPTS(12) Belle Vue, Manchester

Nov 6 Louis Botes (South Africa) WPTS(12) Belle Vue, Manchester

Nov 9 Johnny McGrory (Glasgow) LPTS(12) City Hall, Glasgow

1934

Jan 29 Billy Gannon (Liverpool) WDSQ5(12) Manchester

Mar 8 Maurice Holtzer (France) LPTS(8) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington

Aug 6 Varius Milling (USA) LRSF6 Sydney Australia

Sep 17 Merv Blandon (Australia) LRSF10(15) Sydney Australia

Nov 19 Johnny King (Manchester) LRTD4(12) Belle Vue, Manchester

Dec 17 Dick Corbett (Bethnal Green) LPTS(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington

Dec 22 Cuthbert Taylor (Merthyr) LPTS(15) Labour Stadium, Merthyr

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

Source: Boxing 02/01/1935 page 16

cut eye

Source: Boxing 21/11/1934 page 8

King was British Bantamweight Champion 1932-34 and 1935-47 and British

Empire Bantamweight Champion 1932-34.

Source: Boxing 19/12/1934 pages 8 and 9

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

Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian)

Source: Boxing Weekly Record 14/03/1934 page 13

Source: Record published in Boxing News in the 1960s

Source: Western Mail

Match made at 9st 1lb

Source: Boxing 24/10/1933 page 10

Source: Boxing 24/10/1933 page 16

Source: Boxing 08/11/1933 page 16

Source: Boxing 15/11/1933 page 13

Attendance: 5000

Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian)

Source: Boxing 17/10/1933 page 13

McMillan boxed for the British Featherweight Title 1934 and was Scottish

Area Featherweight Champion 1929.

Source: Boxing 07/06/1933 page 12

Lee boxed a British Lightweight Title Eliminator 1935.

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1935

Jan 13 Bob Lamb (Sunderland) LRSF3(10) The Ring, Blackfriars

Mar 7 Dave Finn (Stepney) WPTS(12) Stadium Club, Holborn

Apr 1 Dave Finn (Stepney) DRAW(8) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington

May 30 Benny Sharkey (Newcastle) WPTS(10) Stadium Club, Holborn

Jun 12 Norman Milton (Warrington) WPTS(8) Stanley Track, Liverpool

Oct 10 George Marsden (Nottingham) DRAW(10) Stadium Club, Holborn

Dec 11 Joe Horridge (Rochdale) WPTS(12) Shepherds Bush

1936

Jan 16 Gilbert Johnstone (Dundee) LPTS(12) Romford Road Baths, West Ham

Feb 2 Tommy Steele (North Shields) WPTS(12) Junction Stadium, Miles Platting

Mar 8 Cuthbert Taylor (Merthyr) DRAW(12) Junction Stadium, Miles Platting

Mar 12 Benny Caplan (St George's) LPTS(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington

Jun 14 Joe Brahams (Mile End) LPTS(10) Arena, Mile End

Aug 23 Jimmy Lester (Dagenham) WPTS(12) Arena, Mile End

Sep 6 Fred Morris (Stepney) LPTS(10) Arena, Mile End

Sep 21 Jimmy Lester (Dagenham) LPTS(10) St George's Hall, Guernsey

Oct 5 Ronnie James (Swansea) LKO8(12) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea

James was British Lightweight Champion 1944-47.

Source: Boxing 26/08/1936 page 14

Source: Boxing 09/09/1936 page 14

Morris was Southern Area Bantamweight Champion 1934.

Source: Guernsey Weekly Press

Source: Boxing 07/10/1936 page 12

Source: Boxing 18/03/1936 page 16

Caplan boxed for the British Featherweight Title 1938 and was Southern

Area Featherweight Champion 1937.

Source: Boxing 17/06/1936 page 14

Brahams boxed for the Southern Area Featherweight Title 1937.

Source: Boxing 18/12/1935 page 24

Source: Boxing 22/01/1936 page 21

Source: Boxing 05/02/1936 page 24

Source: Boxing 11/03/1936 page 22

Taylor sub for Spider Armstrong(Canada)

Source: Boxing 03/04/1935 page 9

Source: Boxing 05/06/1935 page 12

Source: Boxing Weekly Record 19/06/1935 page 16

Source: Boxing 16/10/1935 page 20

Marsden boxed a British Bantamweight Title Eliminator 1935.

Source: Boxing 16/01/1935 page 12

Source: Boxing 13/03/1935 page 12

Finn was Southern Area Lightweight Champion 1945.

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Oct 15 Dick Corbett (Bethnal Green) LPTS(10) Baths, East Ham

Nov 2 Norman Denny (South Shields) LPTS(10) New St James Hall, Newcastle

Nov 30 Al Capone (West Hartlepool) LPTS(12) Baths, Paddington

1937

Feb 22 Billy Elward (Caerau) DRAW(12) Baths, Paddington

Mar 7 Jack Gubbins (Stratford) WPTS(12) Palais de Danse, East Ham

Mar 8 Tommy Steele (North Shields) WPTS(10) Baths, Paddington

Mar 14 Chucky Robinson (Norwich) WPTS(9) The Ring, Blackfriars

Apr 11 George Marsden (Nottingham) WPTS(12) Skating Rink, Cricklewood

Apr 20 Benny Caplan (St George's) LPTS(10) Stadium Club, Holborn

Jun 6 Fred Morris (Stepney) LRTD8(10) Arena, Mile End

Oct 18 Jackie Stayton (Euston) DRAW(12) Baths, Paddington

Nov 1 Fred Baxter (Bethnal Green) LPTS(8) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court

Nov 22 Dick Titley (Walsall) LPTS(10) Colston Hall, Bristol

Dec 12 Charlie Wise (Poplar) WPTS(8) Devonshire Club, Hackney

1938

Jan 25 Charlie Wise (Poplar) WPTS(8) Corn Exchange, Bedford

Jan 31 Kid Savage (Islington) LRSF5(10) Drill Hall, Walthamstow

Feb 13 Leo Lee (Canning Town) DRAW(12) Stadium, Cricklewood

Source: Boxing 16/02/1938 pages 13 and 14

Baxter boxed for the Southern Area Bantamweight Title 1934.

Source: Boxing 24/11/1937 pages 13 and 14

Source: Boxing 15/12/1937 page 16

Source: Boxing 02/02/1938 pages 19 and 20

Source: Boxing Weekly Record 09/02/1938 page 21

Source: Boxing 14/04/1937 page 14

Source: Boxing 28/04/1937 page 17

Source: Boxing 09/06/1937 page 13

Source: Boxing 20/10/1937 page 12

Source: Boxing 03/11/1937 page 10

Source: Boxing 24/02/1937 page 11

Source: Boxing 10/03/1937 page 14

Source: Boxing 10/03/1937 page 12

Source: Boxing 17/03/1937 page 13

Robinson was Eastern Area Lightweight Champion 1937-38.

Source: Boxing 21/10/1936 page 14

Promoter: Pullum promotions

Source: Boxing Weekly Record 11/11/1936 page 26

Source: Boxing 02/12/1936 page 12

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Feb 24 Charlie Wise (Poplar) WPTS(10) Corn Exchange, Ipswich

Mar 10 Tom Thomas (Wales) LPTS(10) Seymour Hall Baths, Marylebone

Apr 7 Jackie Rankin (Southall) WPTS(8) Stadium Club, Holborn

May 9 Evan Morris (Pontycymmer) WPTS(10) Town Hall, High Wycombe

May 29 Jimmy Lester (Dagenham) WPTS(8) Arena, Mile End

Jun 12 Jack Gubbins (Stratford) WPTS(8) Arena, Mile End

Jul 10 Billy Walker (Stratford) LPTS(10) Arena, Mile End

Sep 5 Jackie Rankin (Southall) WRTD6(10) Town Hall, High Wycombe

Sep 19 Leo Lee (Canning Town) WPTS(12) Arena, Mile End

Oct 10 Jackie Rankin (Southall) WPTS(10) The Ring, Blackfriars

Oct 20 Joe Rubery (Gillingham) WRTD7(12) Palais de Danse, East Ham

Oct 24 George Marsden (Nottingham) WPTS(10) The Ring, Blackfriars

Nov 1 Tommy Williams (Twickenham) DRAW(12) Casino, Rochester

Nov 14 Johnny Cunningham (Bethnal Green) LPTS(12) Town Hall, Oxford

Nov 21 Tommy Hyams (Kings Cross) WPTS(10) Stadium Club, Holborn

Nov 28 Walter Redit (Soham) WPTS(10) Corn Exchange, Bury St Edmunds

Dec 8 Charlie Knock (Hanley) WDSQ2(10) Palais de Danse, East Ham

Redit was Eastern Area Lightweight Champion 1938-39.

Promoter: W Dutton

Source: Boxing 14/12/1938 page 10

Full house

Williams sub for Leo Lee(Canning Town)

Source: Boxing 16/11/1938 page 13

Source: Boxing 23/11/1938 page 12

Source: Boxing 30/11/1938 page 13

Source: Boxing 12/10/1938 page 12

Rankin was Southern Area Featherweight Champion 1940.

Source: Boxing 26/10/1938 page 13

Source: Boxing 26/10/1938 page 12

Source: Boxing 09/11/1938 page 19

Source: Boxing 15/06/1938 pages 13 and 14

Source: Boxing 13/07/1938 page 13

Source: Boxing 07/09/1938 page 11

Rankin was Southern Area Featherweight Champion 1940.

Source: Boxing 21/09/1938 page 12

Rankin was Southern Area Featherweight Champion 1940.

Source: Bucks Free Press(High Wycombe)

Morris boxed for the Welsh Featherweight Title 1933.

John 9st 4lbs Morris 8st 10lbs

Source: Boxing 01/06/1938 pages 13 and 14

Source: East Anglian Daily Times (Ipswich)

Promoter: Jack Solomons(Devonshire SC)

Source: Boxing 16/03/1938 page 14

Source: Boxing 13/04/1938 page 14

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Dec 12 Walter Redit (Soham) WPTS(12) Corn Exchange, Bury St Edmunds

1939

Jan 8 Hirsch Demsitz (Denmark) DRAW(10) Devonshire Club, Hackney

Jan 15 Jimmy Lester (Dagenham) WPTS(10) Palais de Danse, East Ham

Jan 30 Len Lemaux (Portsmouth) WPTS(8) Brighton

Feb 1 George Marsden (Nottingham) WRTD4(10) Devonshire Club, Hackney

Feb 15 Alex Jackson (Glasgow) WPTS(12) Westover Ice Rink, Bournemouth

Feb 27 Frank Parkes (Nottingham) LPTS(8) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court

Mar 22 Johnny Softley (Poplar) WPTS(10) Devonshire Club, Hackney

Apr 17 Bob Lamb (Sunderland) WPTS(8) Town Hall, Oxford

Apr 30 Jake Carr (Low Fell) WPTS(10) Devonshire Club, Hackney

May 8 Mick Carney (Chester-le-Street) WPTS(10) Arena, Deptford

May 28 Hirsch Demsitz (Denmark) LPTS(10) Arena, Mile End

Jun 7 Ginger Stewart (Hamilton) LRSF4(10) Rosebery Park, Glasgow

Jun 25 Jackie Hurst (St George's) WPTS(10) Arena, Mile End

Jul 3 Johnny King (Manchester) LPTS(10) Stroud

Jul 16 Eddie Oliver (Charlton) WPTS(10) Arena, Mile End

Welterweight Champion 1941-47.

Source: Boxing 28/06/1939 pages 9 and 14

Source: Brian Strickland (Boxing Historian)

Source: Boxing 19/07/1939 page 9

Source: Boxing 10/05/1939 page 14

Source: Boxing 31/05/1939 page 7

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

Midlands Area Lightweight Champion 1953-56.

John 9st 2lbs 8ozs Parkes 9st 3lbs

Source: Boxing 29/03/1939 page 10

Source: Oxford Mail

Source: Boxing 03/05/1939 page 12

John 9st 7lbs Lemaux 9st 7lbs

Source: Boxing 08/02/1939 page 10

Source: Boxing 22/02/1939 page 18

Source: Boxing 01/03/1939 page 11

Parkes was North Midlands Area Lightweight Champion 1949-50 and

Attendance: large

Source: Boxing 11/01/1939 page 13

Source: Boxing 18/01/1939 page 14

John 9st 8lbs Lester 9st 3lbs

Source: Boxing 01/02/1939 page 12

Source: Boxing Weekly Record 21/12/1938 page 14

Redit was Eastern Area Lightweight Champion 1938-39.

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Aug 3 Jack Gubbins (Stratford) LRTD1(10) Newington Sports Stadium, Ramsgate

Aug 10 Len Lemaux (Portsmouth) WPTS(10) Castle Field, Southsea

Oct 5 Fred Morris (Stepney) WPTS(10) Devonshire Club, Hackney

Nov 13 Freddie Simpson (Basingstoke) LKO3(10) Sportsdrome, Southampton

1940

Jan 7 Alf Edwards (Birmingham) LRTD6 Devonshire Club, Hackney

Feb 2 Dick Wheller (Bournemouth) WRSF7(10) Sportsdrome, Southampton

Feb 14 Johnny Ward (Ireland) LRTD6 Stadium Club, Holborn

Apr 1 Mick Carney (Chester-le-Street) LPTS(10) Town Hall, High Wycombe

Apr 11 Johnny Walters (Chelsea) LPTS(8) Stadium Club, Holborn

May 15 Johnny Walters (Chelsea) LPTS(8) Winter Gardens, Eastbourne

Aug 7 George Pook (Torquay) LPTS(10) Barnstaple

Aug 15 Walter Redit (Soham) DRAW(8) Wisbech

was South West Area Featherweight Champion 1950.

Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian)

Redit was Eastern Area Lightweight Champion 1938-39.

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Source: Boxing 17/04/1940 page 13

Source: Boxing 23/05/1940 page 12

Promoter: Jack Bloomfield

Source: Boxing News 15/08/1940 page 14

Pook boxed a British Featherweight Title Eliminator twice in 1944 and

Promoter: Jack Solomons

Source: Southern Daily Echo(Southampton)

Source: Boxing 21/02/1940 page 11

Source: Boxing 03/04/1940 page 2

Promoter: Matt Promotions

Source: Boxing 16/08/1939 page 17

Source: Boxing 11/10/1939 page 10

John 9st 11lbs Morris 9st 13lbs 8ozs

Source: Boxing

Source: Boxing 10/01/1940 page 19

Source: Boxing 16/08/1939 page 14

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