jock mcavoy (rochdale) - boxingnov 27 bert hilditch (shaw) wrsf6(6) stadium, royton 1928 jan 27...
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1927
Nov 6 Billy Longworth (Royton) WKO2(6) Stadium, Royton
Nov 27 Bert Hilditch (Shaw) WRSF6(6) Stadium, Royton
1928
Jan 27 Billy Chew (Darwen) LRTD8 Public Hall, Haslingden
Mar 19 Teddy Cox (Todmorden) WKO7 Todmorden
Source: Harold Alderman (Boxing Historian)
Fight Record
Source: Boxing 08/11/1927 page 238
Source: Boxing 29/11/1927 page 286
Source: Boxing 31/01/1928 page 430
Promoter: messrs Harrison & Barlow
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Jock McAvoy (Rochdale)
Active: 1927-1945
Born: 20th November 1907
Died: 20th November 1971
Manager: Joe Tolley and Harry Fleming
Weight classes fought in: welter, middle, light-heavy
Recorded fights: 147 contests (won: 132 lost: 14 drew: 1)
1929
Jul 4 Frank Ormerod (Nelson) WKO1(10) New Market Stadium, Burnley
Jul 14 Jack Ogden (Chadderton) WKO3(10) Stadium, Royton
Aug 6 Billy Chew (Darwen) WPTS(10) New Market Hotel, Burnley
Aug 14 Eric Basher Bargh (Morecambe) WRSF4(10) Winter Gardens, Morecambe
Aug 28 Jack Jukes (Tyldesley) WRSF6(10) Winter Gardens, Morecambe
Sep 17 Tiger Ennis (Halifax) WKO1 Burnley
Sep 25 Seaman Douglas (Warrington) WRTD6 Winter Gardens, Morecambe
Sep 29 Billy Chew (Darwen) WPTS Stadium, Royton
Sep 30 Jack Ogden (Chadderton) WPTS(10) Co-op Hall, Fleetwood
Dec 2 Jack Harrison (Hanley) WRTD4(10) Palais de Danse, Hanley
Dec 5 Soldier Jones (Rhyl) WRSF2(10) Town Hall, Rhyl
Dec 6 Ted Abbott (Stainforth) WRTD6(12) King Street Barracks, Blackburn
Dec 15 Lud Greswig (Norway) WRTD2 Stadium, Royton
Dec 20 Billy Horner (Leeds) WRTD4(12) Majestic Rink, Preston
Dec 27 Griff Williams (Denbigh) DRAW(10) Town Hall, Rhyl
1930
Jan 12 Marine Davis (RM Deal) WKO6(12) Stadium, Royton
Big crowd
Source: Rhyl Journal
Referee: Joe Tolley
Source: Boxing 15/01/1930 page 454
Match made at 10st 7lbs
Referee: Joe Tolley Promoter: Sgt Maj Bloxham
Source: Boxing 11/12/1929 pages 374 and 371
Promoter: Mr Westwell(Accrington)
Source: Boxing 18/12/1929 page 391
Source: Boxing 24/12/1929 page 407
Source: Boxing 02/10/1929 page 212
Source: Fleetwood Chronicle
Referee: W Howarth(Blackpool)
Source: Boxing 11/12/1929 page 375
Source: Rhyl Journal
Source: Burnley Express and Advertiser
Source: Boxing 21/08/1929 page 116
Source: Boxing 04/09/1929 page 149
Source: Jock McAvoy record - from biography
Source: Boxing 02/10/1929 page 211
Source: Boxing 10/07/1929 page 44
Promoter: P Heys
20 secs
Source: Boxing 17/07/1929 page 55
Jan 24 Sid Aldridge (Leeds) WKO4(12) Majestic Rink, Preston
Feb 7 Jack Ogden (Chadderton) WKO2(12) Public Hall, Haslingden
Feb 9 Andy Ross (Barrow) WKO5(15) Stadium, Royton
Feb 14 Fred Oldfield (Doncaster) WPTS(12) Majestic Rink, Preston
Feb 27 Bill Lee (Wrexham) WKO3(15) Town Hall, Rhyl
Mar 7 Shocker Bowman (Penrith) WKO3(15) Market Hall, Penrith
Mar 10 Fred Blything (Wolverhampton) WPTS(15) Baths, Stourbridge
Mar 16 Jack Wilkinson (Warrington) WKO2 Stadium, Royton
Mar 21 Fred Oldfield (Doncaster) WRSF8(12) Public Hall, Haslingden
Mar 28 Jim Pearson (Bamber Bridge) LPTS(12) Majestic Rink, Preston
Apr 13 Ted Lewis (Wigan) WKO6 Stadium, Royton
Apr 14 Dai Beynon (Merthyr) WKO5(12) King Street Barracks, Blackburn
Apr 25 Joe Rostron (Heywood) LPTS(12) Majestic Rink, Preston
May 25 Eddie Strawer (Rochdale) WKO10(15) Stadium, Royton
Jun 11 Billy Green (Taffs Well) WRSF14(15) Winter Gardens, Morecambe
Jul 26 Eddie Strawer (Rochdale) WKO6(15) Stadium, Royton
Jul 30 George Porter (Nottingham) WPTS(15) Winter Gardens, Morecambe
Aug 10 Farmer Jackson (Doncaster) WPTS(12) Stadium, Royton
Source: Boxing 13/08/1930 page 103
Source: Boxing 28/05/1930 page 760
Source: Jock McAvoy record - from biography
Green was Welsh Area Middleweight Champion 1929.
Source: Boxing 30/07/1930 page 74
Source: Boxing 06/08/1930 page 91
Attendance: 3000
Source: Boxing 16/04/1930 page 661
Source: Boxing 23/04/1930 pages 677 and 676
Beynon boxed for the Welsh Middleweight Title 1931.
Source: Boxing 30/04/1930 page 694
Promoter: Owen Moran
Source: Boxing 19/03/1930 page 599
Source: Boxing 26/03/1930 page 614
Source: Boxing 02/04/1930 page 627
Pearson boxed for the Northern Area Middleweight Title 1930.
Source: Rhyl Journal
Promoter: Sgt Maj Bloxam
Source: Penrith Observer
Referee: J Barnes(Penrith) Promoter: Dick Edwards
Source: Birmingham Gazette
Source: Boxing 29/01/1930 page 486
Source: Boxing 12/02/1930 pages 518 and 515
Source: Boxing 12/02/1930 page 515
Source: Lancashire Daily Post(Preston)
Promoter: Tommy Ritchie
Aug 27 Jimmy Cox (Wigan) WPTS(12) Winter Gardens, Morecambe
Sep 14 Jim Pearson (Bamber Bridge) WPTS Stadium, Royton
Sep 30 Billy Delahaye (Dowlais) WRSF2(15) Free Trade Hall, Manchester
Oct 3 Patsy Flynn (Lambeth) WKO3(12) Majestic Rink, Preston
Oct 14 Joe Rostron (Heywood) WPTS(15) Free Trade Hall, Manchester
Oct 22 Joe Lowther (Leeds) WPTS(15) Winter Gardens, Morecambe
Nov 2 Jimmy Cox (Wigan) WPTS(15) Stadium, Royton
Nov 4 Trevor Evans (Caerau) WRSF15(15) Free Trade Hall, Manchester
Dec 14 Jim Johnson (Newcastle) WKO2 Stadium, Royton
1931
Jan 11 Shocker Bowman (Penrith) WPTS Stadium, Royton
Jan 22 Charlie McDonald (Sunderland) WPTS(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool
Feb 16 Dick Burt (Plymouth) WRTD8(15) Belle Vue, Manchester
Mar 8 Charlie Keeling (Nottingham) WKO3(12) Stadium, Royton
Mar 30 Paul McGuire (Newcastle) LDSQ4(15) Belle Vue, Manchester
Apr 3 Jimmy Cox (Wigan) WPTS(12) Stadium, Bolton
Apr 15 Sonny Doke (Battersea) WPTS(15) Winter Gardens, Morecambe
Apr 19 Johnny Seamarks (Bedford) WKO3 Stadium, Royton
May 11 Fred Shaw (Shipley) WPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester
Source: Boxing 01/04/1931 page 630
Source: Jock McAvoy record - from biography
Source: Boxing 22/04/1931 page 681
Source: Boxing 22/04/1931 page 682
Source: Boxing 13/05/1931 page 728
Referee: Tom Gamble
Source: Boxing 18/02/1931 page 534
Burt was West of England Welterweight Champion 1929-31.
Source: Boxing 11/03/1931 page 587
Keeling received broken ribs
Source: Boxing 12/11/1930 page 313
Evans boxed for the Welsh Middleweight Title 1930.
Source: Boxing 17/12/1930 page 394
Source: Boxing 14/01/1931 page 458
Source: Boxing 28/01/1931 page 489
Source: Boxing 22/10/1930 page 264
Match made at 11st 2lbs
Source: Boxing 29/10/1930 pages 280 and 281
Lowther was Northern Area Middleweight Champion 1930-31.
Source: Boxing 05/11/1930 page 297
Source: Boxing 03/09/1930 page 151
Source: Boxing 17/09/1930 page 186
Source: Boxing 08/10/1930 page 232
Source: Boxing 08/10/1930 page 232
May 24 Sonny Doke (Battersea) WPTS(12) Stadium, Royton
Jun 21 Con Van Leuwen (Holland) WRTD5 Stadium, Royton
Jul 11 Jack Bottomley (Middlesbrough) WKO1(12) Hornets Football Ground, Rochdale
Jul 19 Jack O'Brien (Belfast) WRTD3(12) Tolca Park, Dublin
Aug 10 Joe Lowther (Leeds) WRTD8(15) Belle Vue, Manchester
Aug 30 Jack Hyams (Stepney) WRSF8(12) Brunswick Stadium, Leeds
Sep 7 Jerry Daley (Penygraig) WKO2(15) Belle Vue, Manchester
Oct 12 Alfredo Pegazzano (Italy) WRSF3(12) Belle Vue, Manchester
Nov 6 Paul McGuire (Newcastle) WRTD2(15) Tower Circus, Blackpool
Nov 16 Billy Adair (Bethnal Green) WKO2(15) Belle Vue, Manchester
Nov 22 Sonny Doke (Battersea) WRTD5(12) NSB, Royton
Dec 20 Red Pullen (Cardiff) WKO1(12) NSB, Royton
1932
Jan 17 Jack Marshall (Accrington) WKO2 NSB, Royton
Feb 1 Seaman Harvey (Chatham) WPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester
Source: Boxing 03/02/1932 page 8
Harvey was Eastern Counties Middleweight Champion 1930.
Adair sub for Seaman Harvey(Plymouth)
Source: Boxing 25/11/1931 page 11
Source: Boxing 23/12/1931 page 15
Pullen sub for Glen Moody
Source: Boxing 27/01/1931 page 12
Match made at 11st 6lbs
Source: Boxing 14/10/1931 pages 244 and 245
Source: Boxing 11/11/1931 page 13
Attendance: 3000
Source: Boxing 18/11/1931 page 9
Hyams boxed for the British Middleweight Title 1937 and was Southern
Area Middleweight Champion 1936-38 and Southern Area
Light-Heavyweight Champion 1938-39 and 1941.
Source: Boxing 09/09/1931 page 165
Daley was Welsh Area Middleweight Champion 1929-31 and 1931-32.
Promoter: Jack McFarland Attendance: 4500
Source: Boxing 12/08/1931 page 102
(Northern Area Middleweight Title)
Attendance: 6000
Source: Boxing 02/09/1931 pages 155 and 156
Source: Boxing 27/05/1931 page 764
Source: Boxing 24/06/1931 page 828
Source: Boxing 15/07/1931 page 42
Referee: Jack Ward
Source: Boxing 29/07/1931 page 79
Feb 29 Jack Etienne (Belgium) WPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester
Mar 21 Len Harvey (Plymouth) LPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester
May 9 Edwin John (Chelsea) WRSF6(12) Belle Vue, Manchester
May 29 Bill Hood (Plymouth) WKO2(12) NSB, Royton
Jun 19 Sandy McKenzie (Glasgow) WKO1(12) NSB, Royton
Jun 28 Billy Thomas (Deri) WRSF3(15) Stadium, Blackpool
Jul 4 Carmelo Candel (France) WPTS(10) Stadium, White City
Jul 18 Jack Casey (Sunderland) LDSQ14(15) Belle Vue, Manchester
Aug 1 Tom Benjamin (Wales) WRSF5(12) Football Ground, Blackpool
Aug 31 George Brown (Stepney) WPTS(12) Winter Gardens, Morecambe
Sep 11 Billy Roberts (Bishop Auckland) WRTD3(15) NSB, Royton
Sep 30 Phil Green (Bath) WRSF2(12) Palace Theatre, Rawtenstall
Oct 12 Tommy Moore (Royston) WKO3(12) Winter Gardens, Morecambe
Nov 7 Ted Coveney (Highbury) WRSF4(12) King George's Hall, Blackburn
Source: Boxing 09/11/1932 page 8
Source: Boxing 05/10/1932 page 12
Green was Western Area Middleweight Champion 1929-30 and 1931-33.
Promoter: Harry Barlow
Source: Boxing 19/10/1932 pages 11 and 12
Moore was Northern Area Middleweight Champion 1934-36.
McAvoy 11st 4lbs 8ozs Casey 11st 2lbs 12ozs
Source: Boxing 10/08/1932 page 10
Promoter: Jack Madden
Source: Boxing 07/09/1932 page 11
Source: Boxing 14/09/1932 page 11
Source: Boxing 07/07/1932 pages 8 and 9
Source: Boxing 20/07/1932 page 8
(Northern Area Middleweight Title)
Casey boxed for the British Middleweight Title 1932 and was Northern
Area Middleweight Champion 1932.
McKenzie boxed for the Scottish Middleweight Title 1931.
Source: Boxing 07/07/1932 page 12
Thomas boxed a British Middleweight Title Eliminator 1934 and was
Welsh Area Middleweight Champion 1934-35 and 1935-36.
Promoter: Jim Harris Attendance: 3000
Harvey was British and British Empire and World Champion from Middleweight
and to Heavyweight between 1929 and 1942.
Source: Boxing 11/05/1932 page 9
Source: Boxing 01/06/1932 page 17
Source: Boxing 22/06/1932 page 13
Source: Boxing 02/03/1932 page 8
Source: Boxing 23/03/1932 page 6
(British Middleweight Title)
Nov 25 Michail Fubea (Rumania) WRSF4(10) Belle Vue, Manchester
Dec 7 Hans Siefried (Germany) WPTS(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington
1933
Jan 30 Glen Moody (Pontypridd) WRSF6(15) Belle Vue, Manchester
Feb 12 Les Ward (Woking) WKO6(10) NSB, Royton
Feb 20 Red Pullen (Cardiff) WKO3 Blackburn
Feb 27 Leonard Steyaert (Belgium) WKO8(12) Belle Vue, Manchester
Apr 10 Len Harvey (Plymouth) WPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester
May 14 Jack Hyams (Stepney) WPTS(15) The Ring, Blackfriars
Jun 12 Oddone Piazzi (Italy) WPTS(10) Olympia, Kensington
Aug 21 George Brown (Stepney) WPTS(12) Belle Vue, Manchester
Oct 9 Archie Sexton (Bethnal Green) WKO10(15) Belle Vue, Manchester
Nov 12 Jack Forster (Norwich) WPTS(12) NSB, Royton
1934
Jan 29 Eddie Peirce (South Africa) WPTS(12) Belle Vue, Manchester
Feb 28 Al Burke (Australia) WKO5(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington
Forster was Eastern Counties Middleweight Champion 1934.
Source: Sporting Life
Source: Boxing 07/03/1934 page 13
Burke boxed for the British Middleweight Title 1935 and was Southern
Area Middleweight Champion 1934.
Match made at 11st 12lbs
Source: Boxing 10/10/1933 page 16
(British Middleweight Title)
Sexton boxed for the British Middleweight Title 1933.
Source: Boxing 15/11/1933 page 13
Source: Boxing 12/04/1933 page 8
(British Middleweight Title)
Source: Boxing 17/05/1933 page 4
Source: Boxing 14/06/1933 pages 7 and 14
Source: Boxing 23/08/1933 page 13
Moody was Welsh Area Middleweight Champion 1931 and 1932-33
and Welsh Area Light-Heavyweight Champion 1939.
Source: Boxing 15/02/1933 page 11
Source: Jock McAvoy record - from biography
Source: Boxing 01/03/1933 page 8
Source: Boxing 30/11/1932 page 10
Match made at 11st 8lbs
Source: Boxing 14/12/1932 page 8
Source: Boxing 01/02/1933 page 9
Mar 19 Eddie Maguire (South Africa) WKO2(12) Belle Vue, Manchester
Apr 30 Ernie Simmons (Birmingham) WPTS(12) Belle Vue, Manchester
Jun 18 Teddy Phillips (Canada) WKO8(15) Belle Vue, Manchester
Aug 13 Charlie Parkin (Mansfield) WKO1(15) Belle Vue, Manchester
Oct 8 Jack Etienne (Belgium) WKO1(12) Belle Vue, Manchester
Dec 3 Kid Tunero (Cuba) WKO7(15) Belle Vue, Manchester
1935
Jan 14 Marcel Thil (France) LPTS(15) Palais des Sports, Paris France
Apr 8 Garcia Lluch (Spain) WPTS(10) Belle Vue, Manchester
Jun 24 Al Burke (Australia) WPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester
Oct 7 Marcel Lauriot (France) WPTS(12) Belle Vue, Manchester
Nov 29 Al McCoy (Canada) WPTS(10) New York City USA
Dec 20 Babe Risko (USA) WKO1(10) New York City USA
1936
Feb 17 Jim Smith (USA) WKO2(10) New York City USA
Feb 27 Anson Green (USA) WPTS(10) Philadelphia USA
Mar 13 John Henry Lewis (USA) LPTS(15) New York City USA
Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian)
Source: Boxing 19/02/1936 page 13
Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian)
Source: Boxing 18/03/1936 page 9
Source: Boxing 10/04/1935 page 10
Source: Boxing 26/06/1935 page 10
(British Middleweight Title)
Source: Boxing 09/10/1935 page 14
Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian)
Parkin was Northern Area Middleweight Champion 1937-45.
Source: Boxing 10/10/1934 page 9
Source: Boxing 05/12/1934 page 10
Source: Boxing 16/01/1935 page 8
(European Middleweight Title)
Source: Boxing 21/03/1934 page 10
Maguire was Southern Area Light-Heavyweight Champion 1939-41.
Source: Boxing 02/05/1934 page 11
Source: Boxing 20/06/1934 page 10
Source: Boxing 15/08/1934 page 8
Apr 23 Jack Petersen (Cardiff) LPTS(15) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court
Aug 3 Bob Simpkins (Bridlington) WKO3(10) Bloomfield Rd Football Ground, Blackpool
Sep 14 Albert Barjolin (France) WRSF2(12) Kings Hall, Manchester
Oct 26 Bill Wainwright (Swadlincote) WKO3(12) Belle Vue, Manchester
Dec 1 Reinus de Boer (Holland) WPTS(12) Drill Hall, Sheffield
1937
Mar 8 Cheo Marejon (Cuba) WPTS(12) Belle Vue, Manchester
Apr 27 Eddie Phillips (Bow) WKO14(15) Empire Pool, Wembley
May 3 Dai Jones (Ammanford) WPTS(10) Colston Hall, Bristol
Oct 25 Jack Hyams (Stepney) WRTD11(15) Belle Vue, Manchester
Nov 23 Alban Mulrooney (Macclesfield) WRSF3(10) Victoria Hall, Hanley
Dec 6 Vasile Serbanesco (Rumania) WRTD4(12) Belle Vue, Manchester
1938
Jan 24 Bill Hardy (Barlestone) WKO6(12) Granby Halls, Leicester
Hardy boxed a British Middleweight Title Eliminator 1936.
Source: Boxing 01/12/1937 page 19
Match made at 11st 8lbs
Source: Boxing 08/12/1937 pages 12 and 13
Match made at 12st 8lbs
Source: Boxing 26/01/1938 pages 10 and 11
Source: Boxing 05/05/1937 page 11
Jones boxed a British Middleweight Title Eliminator 1936 and 1937 and
was Welsh Area Middleweight Champion 1936-38.
Source: Boxing 27/10/1937 page 11
(British Middleweight Title)
Source: Boxing 10/03/1937 page 11
Match made at 11st 12lbs
Source: Boxing 28/04/1937 pages 14 and 15
(British Light-Heavyweight Title)
Phillips was British Light-Heavyweight Champion 1935-37.
Simpkins boxed for the Northern Area Middleweight Title 1934.
Source: Boxing 16/09/1936 pages 11 and 12
Match made at 12st 2lbs
Source: Boxing 28/10/1936 page 12
Source: Boxing 09/12/1936 page 17
(British and Empire Heavyweight Title)
Petersen was British Light-Heavyweight Champion 1932 and British Heavyweight
Champion 1932-33 and 1934-36 and British Empire Heavyweight Champion 1934-36.
Referee: Mr Myers
Source: Boxing 05/08/1936 page 10
Source: Boxing 29/04/1936 pages 5 and 6
Feb 28 Jack Strongbow (West Hartlepool) WKO6(12) Belle Vue, Manchester
Apr 7 Len Harvey (Plymouth) LPTS(15) Arena, Harringay
May 7 Marcel Lauriot (France) WKO2(10) Dublin
Nov 2 Jack Strongbow (West Hartlepool) WRTD5(10) Tower Ballroom, Edgbaston
Nov 21 Joe Quigley (Ireland) WPTS(10) King's Hall, Derby
Nov 28 Frank Hough (Battersea) WKO6(12) Belle Vue, Manchester
Dec 6 Jack Robinson (Nottingham) WKO2(10) Granby Halls, Leicester
1939
Feb 27 Emile Lebrize (France) WKO1(10) Belle Vue, Manchester
Mar 9 Tino Rolando (Italy) WRSF9(10) Stadium, Liverpool
May 22 Ginger Sadd (Norwich) WPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester
Jul 10 Len Harvey (Plymouth) LPTS(15) Stadium, White City
Referee: Moss Deyong Attendance: 6000 - full house
Source: Boxing 12/07/1939 pages 12, 13 and 14
(British and Empire Light-Heavyweight Title)
McAvoy 12st 3lbs Harvey 12st 6lbs 12ozs
Referee: CB Thomas
(British Middleweight Title)
Sadd boxed for the British Middleweight Title 1939 and was
Eastern Counties Welterweight Champion 1935-36 and Eastern Area
Middleweight Champion 1937 and 1948-49.
McAvoy 11st 5lbs 10ozs Sadd 11st 4lbs
Source: Boxing 01/03/1939 page 12
Referee: Seaman Tommy Watson
Source: Boxing 15/03/1939 page 18
Referee: Jack Hare
Source: Boxing 24/05/1939 pages 13 and 14
Hough was Southern Area Middleweight Champion 1935-36.
Match made at 12st 10lbs
Source: Boxing 14/12/1938 pages 19 and 20
Robinson was Northern Area Light-Heavyweight Champion 1936.
Referee: Jack Dare
Source: Boxing 11/05/1938 page 17
Source: Boxing 09/11/1938 page 17
Referee: Jack Curphy(Manchester) Promoter: Ted Salmon
Source: Boxing 23/11/1938 page 13
Source: Boxing 30/11/1938 pages 11 and 12
Source: Boxing 02/03/1938 page 12
Source: Boxing 13/04/1938 pages 9 and 21
(British Light-Heavyweight Title)
Referee: Percy Moss
Nov 20 Jack Hyams (Stepney) WPTS(10) Belle Vue, Manchester
1940
Apr 29 Jim Berry (South Shields) WRTD6 Belle Vue, Manchester
Aug 8 Freddie Mills (Bournemouth) LPTS(12) Stadium, Liverpool
Aug 26 Charlie Parkin (Mansfield) WRSF6 Nottingham
Oct 28 Eddie Maguire (South Africa) LPTS(10) Ice Stadium, Nottingham
1941
Oct 20 Jack Hyams (Stepney) WPTS(10) Seymour Hall Baths, Marylebone
Dec 8 Jim Berry (South Shields) WKO6(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington
1942
Feb 23 Freddie Mills (Bournemouth) LRTD1(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington
1945
Jul 17 George Howard (Finsbury Park) WRSF2(8) White Hart Lane, Tottenham
Aug 7 Johnny Clements (Coatbridge) WKO6(10) Fratton Park, Portsmouth
Attendance: 38000
Source: Boxing News 15/08/1945 pages 14 and 15
Clements boxed for the Scottish Middleweight Title 1939.
(British Light-Heavyweight Title Eliminator)
McAvoy 12st 2lbs 8ozs Mills 12st 5lbs 12ozs
broken hand
Source: Boxing News 25/07/1945 pages 13, 14 and 15
Howard boxed for the Southern Area Middleweight Title 1940.
Source: Boxing News 23/10/1941 pages 12 and 13
Promoter: James Cywan
Source: Boxing News 11/12/1941 pages 11 and 12
Promoter: John Muldoon
Source: Boxing News 26/02/1942 pages 12 and 13
Mills was British and British Empire Light-Heavyweight Champion 1942-50
and European Light-Heavyweight Champion 1947-50 and World
Light-Heavyweight Champion 1942-46.
Source: Brian Strickland (Boxing Historian)
Source: Boxing News 07/11/1940 pages 15 and 16
Source: Boxing 22/11/1939 page 2
Attendance: 7000
Source: Boxing 01/05/1940 page 2
Berry boxed for the Northern Area Middleweight Title 1939.
Source: Boxing News 15/08/1940 page 14
Sep 10 Tommy Davies (Cwmgorse) WPTS(8) Vetch Field, Swansea
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Davies was Welsh Area Middleweight Champion 1943-49.
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Attendance: 10000
McAvoy sub for Ernie Roderick(Liverpool)