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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
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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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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.