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<strong>Jackie</strong> <strong>Brown</strong> (<strong>Manchester</strong>)<br />
Active: 1925-1939<br />
Weight classes fought in: fly, bantam<br />
<strong>Record</strong>ed fights: 138 contests (won: 105 lost: 24 drew: 9)<br />
Born: 29th November 1909<br />
Died: 5th March 1971<br />
Manager: Harry Fleming<br />
<strong>Fight</strong> <strong>Record</strong><br />
1925<br />
May 18 Harry Gainey (Gorton) WPTS(6) Arena, Collyhurst<br />
Source: Harold Alderman (Boxing Historian)<br />
1926<br />
Mar 23 Dick Manning (<strong>Manchester</strong>) WPTS(6) Free Trade Hall, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 31/03/1926 page 126<br />
1927<br />
Mar 5 Tommy <strong>Brown</strong> (Salford) LPTS(10) Sussex Street Club, Salford<br />
Source: Boxing 09/03/1927 page 44<br />
Mar 8 Billy Cahill (Openshaw) WKO6 Free Trade Hall, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian)<br />
Promoter: Jack Smith
Mar 15 Freddie Webb (Salford) LRSF3(3) Free Trade Hall, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 23/03/1927 page 75<br />
(7st 10lbs competition)<br />
Promoter: Jack Smith<br />
May 15 Ernie Hendricks (Salford) DRAW(10) Adelphi Club, Salford<br />
Source: Boxing 18/05/1927 page 218<br />
Jul 7 Young Fagill (Liverpool) WDSQ1(6) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool<br />
Source: Boxing 12/07/1927 page 401<br />
Match made at 8st 4lbs<br />
Referee: WJ Farnell<br />
Sep 27 Joe Fleming (Rochdale) WPTS(6) Free Trade Hall, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 04/10/1927 page 152<br />
Promoter: Jack Smith<br />
Oct 7 Harry Yates (Ashton) WPTS(10) Ashbury Hall, Openshaw<br />
Source: Boxing 11/10/1927 page 173<br />
Nov 4 Freddie Webb (Salford) WPTS(10) Ashbury Hall, Openshaw<br />
Source: Boxing 08/11/1927 page 235<br />
Nov 18 Jack Cantwell (Gilfach Goch) WPTS(10) Drill Hall, Mountain Ash<br />
Source: Boxing 22/11/1927 page 272<br />
Referee: Will Bevan(Evening Express)<br />
Nov 24 Young Siki (Liverpool) WPTS(10) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool<br />
Source: Boxing 29/11/1927 page 283<br />
Dec 11 Jack Glover (Barnsley) LPTS(15) Adelphi Club, Salford<br />
Source: Boxing 13/12/1927 page 318<br />
Promoter: Kid Furness<br />
1928<br />
Jan 13 Jack Glover (Barnsley) DRAW(10) Tower Circus, Blackpool<br />
Source: Blackpool Times<br />
Attendance: 3000<br />
Feb 14 Young Fitz (Collyhurst) WPTS(6) Free Trade Hall, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 21/02/1928 page 475<br />
Mar 16 Ernie Basker (Droylesden) WPTS(10) Royal Pavilion, Blackpool<br />
Source: Boxing 20/03/1928 page 542<br />
Promoter: Jack Madden<br />
Apr 2 Jim Crawford (Wrexham) WPTS(10) Salford<br />
Source:<br />
Apr 21 Freddy M<strong>org</strong>an (Gilfach Goch) WPTS(15) Gess Pavilion, Pontypridd<br />
Source: Boxing 25/04/1928 page 624<br />
M<strong>org</strong>an boxed a British Flyweight Title Eliminator 1931 and was Welsh<br />
Area Flyweight Champion 1929-30 and 1931-32.<br />
Apr 30 Martin Gallagher (Rochdale) WPTS(12) Co-op Hall, Leigh<br />
Source: Leigh Chronicle
May 4 Martin Gallagher (Rochdale) WPTS(12) Co-op Hall, Leigh<br />
Source: Boxing 09/05/1928 page 654<br />
Promoter: Jim Lee<br />
May 20 Freddie Webb (Salford) WPTS(10) Adelphi Club, Salford<br />
Source: Boxing 23/05/1928 page 687<br />
May 23 Freddie Webb (Salford) WPTS(6) Winter Gardens, Morecambe<br />
Source: Morecambe Visitor<br />
May 26 Joe Fleming (Rochdale) WPTS(10) Ashton-under-Lyne<br />
Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian)<br />
Jun 14 Jack Glover (Barnsley) DRAW(10) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool<br />
Source: Boxing 20/06/1928 page 750<br />
Jun 27 Arthur Evitt (<strong>Manchester</strong>) WPTS Winter Gardens, Morecambe<br />
Source: Boxing 04/07/1928 page 780<br />
Promoter: Kid Furness<br />
Jul 3 Siki Coulton (Mansfield) WRTD3(10) Palais de Danse, Ashton-under-Lyne<br />
Source: Boxing 11/07/1928 page 8<br />
Promoter: Kid Furness<br />
Coulton retired after a feeble effort and received no purse<br />
Jul 5 Ernie Barker (<strong>Manchester</strong>) WPTS(6) Osborne Theatre, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 11/07/1928 page 8<br />
Jul 9 Jean Locatelli (Royton) WPTS(10) Winter Gardens, Morecambe<br />
Source: Boxing 18/07/1928 page 20<br />
Aug 2 Jim Crawford (Wrexham) WPTS(10) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool<br />
Source: Boxing 08/08/1928 page 60<br />
Crawford boxed for the Welsh Featherweight Title 1930.<br />
Aug 11 Dick Inkles (Sheffield) LPTS(10) Hyde Park, Sheffield<br />
Source: Boxing 15/08/1928 page 75<br />
Match made at 8st<br />
Sep 21 Harry Yates (Ashton) WPTS(10) Palais de Danse, Ashton-under-Lyne<br />
Source: Boxing 25/09/1928 page 170<br />
Oct 13 Freddy M<strong>org</strong>an (Gilfach Goch) DRAW(15) Baths, Ogmore Vale<br />
Source: Boxing 16/10/1928 page 219<br />
Referee: Fred Good<br />
Oct 20 Dick Inkles (Sheffield) LPTS(15) Palais de Danse, Ashton-under-Lyne<br />
Source: Boxing 23/10/1928 page 230<br />
Promoter: Kid Furness<br />
Nov 3 Jerry O'Neill (Merthyr) WPTS(15) Pontypridd<br />
Source: Boxing 06/11/1928 page 267<br />
O'Neill was Welsh Area Flyweight Champion 1930.<br />
Nov 24 Phineas John (Pentre) LPTS(15) Gess Pavilion, Pontypridd<br />
Source: Boxing 27/11/1928 page 315<br />
John was Welsh Area Flyweight Champion 1929 and Welsh Area<br />
Bantamweight Champion 1929.
Dec 4 Tommy <strong>Brown</strong> (Salford) WPTS(15) Free Trade Hall, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 12/12/1928 page 343<br />
Match made at 8st<br />
Dec 9 Dick Inkles (Sheffield) WPTS(15) NSC, Leeds<br />
Source: Boxing 12/12/1928 page 346<br />
Promoter: Albert Heslop<br />
<strong>Brown</strong> sub for Kid Rich(London)<br />
Dec 15 Billy Kid Hughes (Maesteg) WPTS(15) Pavilion, Bridgend<br />
Source: Boxing 19/12/1928 page 364<br />
Hughes was Welsh Area Flyweight Champion 1933.<br />
Dec 26 Cuthbert Taylor (Merthyr) DRAW(15) Merthyr<br />
Source: Boxing 02/01/1929 page 390<br />
Taylor was Welsh Area Bantamweight Champion 1929.<br />
1929<br />
Jan 6 Arthur Boy Edge (Birmingham) WRSF3(12) NSC, Leeds<br />
Source: Boxing 09/01/1929 page 406<br />
Edge boxed a British Flyweight Title Eliminator twice in 1931 and again<br />
in 1932 and was Southern Area Flyweight Champion 1931-33 and Southern<br />
Area Bantamweight Champion 1933.<br />
Promoter: Albert Heslop<br />
Feb 12 Ge<strong>org</strong>e Greaves (Salford) WPTS(20) Free Trade Hall, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 20/02/1929 page 499<br />
(Northern Area Flyweight Title<br />
Greaves boxed for the Northern Area Flyweight Title 1929.<br />
Promoter: Jack Smith<br />
Mar 5 Walter Lemmon (Clydebank) WRTD13(15) Free Trade Hall, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 13/03/1929 page 539<br />
Lemmon was Scottish Area Flyweight Champion 1930.<br />
Match made at 8st 1lb<br />
Mar 19 Toni Roberti (Italy) WRTD4(15) Free Trade Hall, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 27/03/1929 pages 570 and 569<br />
Match made at 8st 1lb<br />
Apr 22 Phineas John (Pentre) WPTS(12) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden<br />
Source: Boxing 24/04/1929 page 628<br />
Match made at 8st<br />
Jun 18 Jim Campbell (Glasgow) WRSF9(15) Belle Vue, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 26/06/1929 page 20<br />
Campbell was Scottish Area Flyweight Champion 1929 and 1932-34.<br />
Promoter: Jack Smith
Oct 13 Bert Kirby (Birmingham) WKO3(15) Rink, West Bromwich<br />
Source: Boxing 16/10/1929 page 246<br />
(British Flyweight Title)<br />
Kirby was British Flyweight Champion 1930-31.<br />
Attendance: 10000<br />
Nov 13 Phineas John (Pentre) WPTS(15) Stadium Club, Holborn<br />
Source: Boxing 20/11/1929 page 320<br />
Match made at 8st 1lb<br />
Dec 22 Harry Hill (Birmingham) WRSF11(15) Palais de Danse, West Bromwich<br />
Source: Boxing 24/12/1929 page 408<br />
1930<br />
Mar 3 Bert Kirby (Birmingham) LKO3(15) Stadium (NSC), Holborn<br />
Source: Boxing 05/03/1930 page 564<br />
(British Flyweight Title)<br />
Apr 21 Emile Degand (Belgium) WPTS(15) Belle Vue, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 23/04/1930 page 677<br />
May 18 Percy Dexter (Sheffield) WKO9(15) Ice Rink, West Bromwich<br />
Source: Boxing 21/05/1930 page 743<br />
Dexter was Northern Area Flyweight Champion 1934.<br />
Jun 23 Rene Chalange (France) WPTS(15) Belle Vue, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 02/07/1930 page 10<br />
Jul 20 Billy James (Birmingham) LPTS(15) Palais de Danse, West Bromwich<br />
Source: Boxing 23/07/1930 page 60<br />
James boxed a British Flyweight Title Eliminator 1929.<br />
Sep 22 Billy Kid Hughes (Maesteg) WRSF11(15) Belle Vue, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 24/09/1930 pages 201 and 200<br />
Hughes sub for Billy James(Birmingham)<br />
1931<br />
Feb 2 Bert Kirby (Birmingham) WPTS(15) Belle Vue, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 04/02/1931 page 501<br />
(British Flyweight Title)<br />
Attendance: 7000<br />
May 4 Lucien Popescu (Romania) WPTS(15) Belle Vue, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 06/05/1931 pages 709 and 710<br />
Attendance: 7000<br />
Jun 15 Emile Degand (Belgium) WPTS(15) Olympia, Kensington<br />
Source: Boxing 17/06/1931 pages 806 and 807<br />
(European Flyweight Title)<br />
Jul 6 Vincenzo Savo (Italy) WPTS(15) Belle Vue, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 08/07/1931 page 21<br />
(European Flyweight Title)
Jul 20 Desire Colignon (Belgium) WPTS(15) Sportsman's Group Gardens, Owlerton<br />
Source: Boxing 29/07/1931 page 74<br />
Aug 24 Jim Maharg (Glasgow) WDSQ8(15) Belle Vue, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 26/08/1931 page 136<br />
Maharg boxed for the British Flyweight Title 1932 and was Scottish Area<br />
Flyweight Champion 1930-32 and Scottish Area Bantamweight Champion 1934.<br />
Match made at 8st 2lbs<br />
Oct 12 Ottavio Gori (Italy) WRTD8(15) Belle Vue, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 14/10/1931 pages 244 and 245<br />
Nov 8 Benny Thackray (Leeds) WPTS(15) NSB, Royton<br />
Source: Boxing 11/11/1931 page 13<br />
Nov 13 Ge<strong>org</strong>e Aziz (Egypt) WPTS(12) Tower Circus, Blackpool<br />
Source: Boxing 18/11/1931 page 13<br />
Dec 2 Percy Dexter (Sheffield) WRSF9(15) Winter Gardens, Morecambe<br />
Source: Boxing 09/12/1931 page 12<br />
1932<br />
Feb 1 Jean Cuart (France) WRSF11(15) Belle Vue, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 03/02/1932 page 8<br />
Match made at 8st 2lbs<br />
Feb 15 Benny Thackray (Leeds) WPTS(15) Town Hall, Leeds<br />
Source: Boxing 17/02/1932 page 8<br />
Match made at 8st 4lbs<br />
Feb 22 Mickey McGuire (Newcastle) LPTS(15) New St James Hall, Newcastle<br />
Source: Boxing 24/02/1932 pages 8 and 9<br />
Mar 7 Emile Degand (Belgium) WPTS(15) Belle Vue, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 09/03/1932 page 8<br />
Apr 18 Len Beynon (Swansea) WPTS(15) Belle Vue, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 20/04/1932 page 8<br />
Beynon boxed a British Bantamweight Title Eliminator three times in 1933<br />
and again in 1934 and 1936 and was Welsh Area Bantamweight<br />
Champion 1932-33 and 1934 and 1936.<br />
Match made at 8st 2lbs<br />
Jun 9 Ge<strong>org</strong>e Marsden (Nottingham) WRSF6 Palace Coliseum, Douglas<br />
Source: Boxing 15/06/1932 page 14<br />
Marsden boxed a British Bantamweight Title Eliminator 1935.<br />
Promoter: T Ratcliffe<br />
Jul 6 Johnny Regan (Rotherham) WRSF9(12) Winter Gardens, Morecambe<br />
Source: Morecambe Visitor<br />
Aug 1 Bob Fielding (Wrexham) WRTD6(15) Football Ground, Blackpool<br />
Source: Boxing 03/08/1932 page 9<br />
Fielding was Welsh Area Flyweight Champion 1932.<br />
Promoter: Jack Madden
Aug 13 Tucker Winch (Dagenham) LDSQ4(12) Hyde Park, Sheffield<br />
Source: Boxing 17/08/1932 page 12<br />
Sep 19 Jim Maharg (Glasgow) WDSQ8(15) Belle Vue, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 21/09/1932 page 8<br />
(British Flyweight Title)<br />
<strong>Brown</strong> 7st 13lbs 4ozs Maharg 7st 13lbs<br />
Referee: William Allen(Cardiff)<br />
Oct 31 Young Perez (Tunisia) WRTD13(15) Belle Vue, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 02/11/1932 page 2<br />
<strong>Brown</strong> 7st 13lbs 8ozs Perez 7st 12lbs 12ozs<br />
Dec 2 Emile Degand (Belgium) WPTS(10) Charleroi Belgium<br />
Source: Pugilato 1979<br />
1933<br />
Feb 19 Etienne Mura (France) LPTS(10) Paris France<br />
Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian)<br />
May 1 Dave Crowley (Clerkenwell) LDSQ10(15) Belle Vue, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 03/05/1933 page 8<br />
Crowley was British Lightweight Champion 1938.<br />
Match made at 8st 4lbs<br />
May 7 Billy Bryon (Walkden) WRSF14(15) The Ring, Blackfriars<br />
Source: Boxing 10/05/1933 page 6<br />
Jun 12 Valentin Angelmann (France) WPTS(15) Olympia, Kensington<br />
Source: Boxing 14/06/1933 pages 7 and 14<br />
(World Flyweight Title)<br />
Referee: Mr Villa<br />
Jul 3 Young Perez (Tunisia) WPTS(12) Belle Vue, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 05/07/1933 pages 5 and 7<br />
Jul 24 Mickey McGuire (Newcastle) LDSQ7(12) Belle Vue, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 26/07/1933 page 3<br />
Sep 11 Valentin Angelmann (France) WPTS(15) Belle Vue, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 13/09/1933 page 13<br />
Match made at 8st 2lbs<br />
Sep 26 Jimmy Knowles (Aberdeen) WPTS(12) Music Hall, Edinburgh<br />
Source: Boxing 03/10/1933 page 13<br />
Knowles was Scottish Area Bantamweight Champion 1934.<br />
Referee: Ben Green<br />
Oct 30 Midget Wolgast (USA) LPTS(12) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington<br />
Source: Boxing 31/10/1933 page 16
Dec 11 Ginger Foran (Liverpool) WPTS(15) <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 13/12/1933 page 8<br />
(World Empire and British Flyweight Title)<br />
Foran boxed for the British Flyweight Title 1933 and was Northern Area<br />
Flyweight Champion 1933.<br />
1934<br />
Apr 16 Aurel Toma (Rumania) WPTS(12) Belle Vue, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 18/04/1934 page 10<br />
Jun 18 Valentin Angelmann (France) DRAW(15) Belle Vue, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 20/06/1934 page 10<br />
(European Flyweight Title)<br />
1935<br />
Feb 11 Orlando Magliozzi (Italy) WKO4(12) Belle Vue, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 13/02/1935 page 10<br />
Feb 22 Henri Barras (France) WPTS(12) Tower Circus, Blackpool<br />
Source: Boxing 27/02/1935 page 13<br />
Referee: Arthur Myers<br />
Mar 4 Benny Lynch (Glasgow) DRAW(12) Glasgow<br />
Source: Boxing 06/03/1935 page 8<br />
Lynch was British and World Flyweight Champion 1935-38.<br />
Mar 11 Kid Francis (France) DRAW(12) Belle Vue, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 13/03/1935 page 9<br />
Mar 25 Maurice Filhol (France) WPTS(12) Embassy Rink, Birmingham<br />
Source: Boxing Weekly <strong>Record</strong> 03/04/1935 page 16<br />
May 30 Ge<strong>org</strong>e Marsden (Nottingham) WKO6(12) Stadium, Liverpool<br />
Source: Boxing 05/06/1935 page 13<br />
Match made at 8st 4lbs<br />
Referee: Jim Kenrick<br />
Jun 24 Ernst Weiss (Austria) WPTS(10) Belle Vue, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 26/06/1935 page 10<br />
Jul 29 <strong>Jackie</strong> Quinn (Belfast) WRSF2(10) Belle Vue, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 31/07/1935 page 10<br />
Quinn boxed a British Flyweight Title Eliminator 1932.<br />
Quinn overweight and paid forfeit<br />
Jul 29 Syd Rose (Preston) WRSF3(10) Belle Vue, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 31/07/1935 page 10<br />
Aug 15 Eric Jones (Coalville) WKO3(12) Darnall Greyhound Track, Sheffield<br />
Source: Boxing 21/08/1935 page 12<br />
Jones boxed a British Flyweight Title Eliminator 1939 and was Southern<br />
Area Flyweight Champion 1939.<br />
Attendance: 5000
Sep 9 Benny Lynch (Glasgow) LRTD2(15) Belle Vue, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 11/09/1935 page 10<br />
(British Flyweight Title)<br />
Referee: Moss Deyong<br />
<strong>Brown</strong>'s purse £2850 Lynch's purse £950<br />
Oct 14 Bert Kirby (Birmingham) WRSF12(12) Embassy Rink, Sparkbrook<br />
Source: Boxing 16/10/1935 page 13<br />
Nov 4 Tommy Pardoe (Birmingham) WKO4(12) Embassy Rink, Sparkbrook<br />
Source: Boxing 06/11/1935 page 14<br />
Pardoe boxed a British Flyweight Title Eliminator 1935 and was Southern<br />
Area Flyweight Champion 1934-35.<br />
Match made at 8st 4lbs<br />
Nov 22 Johnny King (<strong>Manchester</strong>) LRSF6(12) Belle Vue, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 27/11/1935 page 16<br />
King was British Bantamweight Champion 1932-34 and 1935-47 and British<br />
Empire Bantamweight Champion 1932-34.<br />
Dec 22 Ellis Ashurst (Denaby) WKO2(12) Brunswick Stadium, Leeds<br />
Source: Boxing 26/12/1935 page 22<br />
Ashurst boxed for the Northern Area Flyweight Title 1935.<br />
1936<br />
Feb 7 Petit Biquet (Belgium) WKO6(12) Belle Vue, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 12/02/1936 page 21<br />
Match made at 8st 6lbs<br />
Referee: Gus Platts<br />
Feb 28 Jacky Ryan (Hamilton) WKO4(12) Tower Circus, Blackpool<br />
Source: Boxing 04/03/1936 pages 17 and 18<br />
Mar 6 Fred Morris (Stepney) WKO8(12) Kings Hall, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 11/03/1936 pages 21 and 22<br />
Morris was Southern Area Bantamweight Champion 1934.<br />
Match made at 8st 6lbs<br />
Mar 27 Tucker Winch (Dagenham) WKO8(12) Tower Circus, Blackpool<br />
Source: Boxing 01/04/1936 page 19<br />
May 18 Johnny Cusick (<strong>Manchester</strong>) LPTS(15) Belle Vue, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 20/05/1936 page 14<br />
(Northern Area Bantamweight Title Eliminator)<br />
Cusick was British and British Empire Featherweight Champion 1939-40.<br />
Jul 13 Johnny Cusick (<strong>Manchester</strong>) WPTS(15) Junction Stadium, Miles Platting<br />
Source: Boxing 15/07/1936 page 11<br />
Match made at 8st 6lbs<br />
Billed as elim for Northern Area Bantam title
Oct 5 Len Hampston (Batley) WPTS(15) Junction Stadium, Miles Platting<br />
Source: Boxing 07/10/1936 page 11<br />
(Northern Area Bantamweight Title)<br />
Hampston boxed for the British Bantamweight Title 1935 and 1938<br />
and was Northern Area Bantamweight Champion 1937.<br />
<strong>Brown</strong> 8st 5lbs 14ozs Hampston 8st 5lbs 4ozs<br />
Nov 2 Jim McInally (Glasgow) WKO15(15) Belle Vue, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 04/11/1936 pages 13 and 14<br />
(British Bantamweight Title Eliminator)<br />
McInally boxed a British Bantamweight Title Eliminator 1936 and was<br />
Scottish Area Bantamweight Champion 1935.<br />
<strong>Brown</strong> 8st 6lbs McInally 8st 0lbs<br />
Referee: Ben Hardwick<br />
Nov 16 Rafael Valdes (Cuba) WPTS(10) Kings Theatre, Cardiff<br />
Source: Boxing 18/11/1936 page 12<br />
Nov 30 Len Beynon (Swansea) WPTS(15) Belle Vue, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 02/12/1936 page 12<br />
(British Bantamweight Title Eliminator)<br />
<strong>Brown</strong> 8st 5lbs 10ozs Beynon 8st 5lbs 12ozs<br />
1937<br />
Mar 8 Bobby Hinds (South Elmsall) WPTS(12) Batley<br />
Source: Boxing Weekly <strong>Record</strong> 17/03/1937 page 19<br />
Mar 15 Van Meensal (Belgium) WKO10(12) New Baths Hall, Rotherham<br />
Source: Boxing 17/03/1937 page 12<br />
Mar 21 Juanita Hernandez (Spain) WRSF8(12) Junction Stadium, Miles Platting<br />
Source: Boxing 24/03/1937 pages 15 and 16<br />
May 31 Johnny King (<strong>Manchester</strong>) LKO13(15) Belle Vue, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 02/06/1937 pages 11 and 12<br />
(British Bantamweight Title)<br />
<strong>Brown</strong> 8st 5lbs 13ozs King 8st 5lbs 12ozs<br />
Sep 7 Benny Jones (Hanley) WPTS(10) Victoria Hall, Hanley<br />
Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian)<br />
Oct 11 Pat Palmer (Battersea) WRTD6(10) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court<br />
Source: Boxing 13/10/1937 page 11<br />
Palmer boxed for the British Flyweight Title 1936 and was Southern Area<br />
Flyweight Champion 1935-37.<br />
Nov 24 Len Hampston (Batley) LDSQ13(15) Olympia, Bradford<br />
Source: Boxing 01/12/1937 page 18<br />
(Northern Area Bantamweight Title)<br />
Referee: Arthur S Myers
1938<br />
Jan 10 Battling Jim Hayes (Leeds) LPTS(12) Town Hall, Leeds<br />
Source: Boxing 12/01/1938 pages 13 and 14<br />
Hayes was Northern Area Bantamweight Champion 1939.<br />
Feb 15 Joe Skelly (Barnsley) WPTS(10) Villa Marina Ballroom, Douglas<br />
Source: Boxing 23/02/1938 page 21<br />
Referee: Jack Curphey Attendance: 2000<br />
Mar 3 Pat Palmer (Battersea) WPTS(8) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington<br />
Source: Boxing 09/03/1938 pages 13 and 14<br />
Mar 14 Fred Tennant (Dundee) WPTS(10) Darlington<br />
Source: Boxing 16/03/1938 pages 11 and 12<br />
Tennant was Scottish Area Flyweight Champion 1938-39.<br />
Apr 7 Jim Brady (Dundee) LPTS(8) Arena, Harringay<br />
Source: Boxing 13/04/1938 pages 9 and 21<br />
Brady was British Empire Bantamweight Champion 1941-45.<br />
Apr 17 Joe Skelly (Barnsley) WRSF10(10) Dillington Park Stadium, Barnsley<br />
Source: Boxing 20/04/1938 pages 10 and 11<br />
Referee: Fred Castleman<br />
Jun 29 Joe Connelly (Glasgow) LPTS(8) St Mirren Football Ground, Paisley<br />
Source: Boxing 06/07/1938 page 15<br />
Jul 25 Battling Jim Hayes (Leeds) WPTS(10) Belle Vue, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 27/07/1938 page 11<br />
Match made at 8st 6lbs<br />
Oct 5 Dave Kellar (Billingsgate) WRSF3(10) Devonshire Club, Hackney<br />
Source: Boxing 12/10/1938 page 14<br />
Kellar was Southern Area Flyweight Champion 1937.<br />
Oct 31 Pierce Ellis (<strong>Manchester</strong>) WPTS(10) Belle Vue, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 02/11/1938 pages 11 and 12<br />
<strong>Brown</strong> 8st 6lbs Ellis 8st 6lbs<br />
Nov 28 Ginger Murphy (<strong>Manchester</strong>) WRSF4(10) Belle Vue, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 30/11/1938 pages 11 and 12<br />
Dec 6 Benny Jones (Hanley) DRAW(10) Villa Marina Ballroom, Douglas<br />
Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian)<br />
Promoter: Len Dawson<br />
1939<br />
Feb 6 Syd Parker (Bolton) WPTS(10) Victoria Baths, Nottingham<br />
Source: Boxing Weekly <strong>Record</strong> 15/02/1939 page 4<br />
Mar 20 Battling Jim Hayes (Leeds) WPTS(15) Belle Vue, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 22/03/1939 page 12<br />
(Northern Area Bantamweight Title)<br />
Apr 24 Tucker Smith (Lancaster) LPTS(10) Belle Vue, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 26/04/1939 page 12
Match made at 8st 8lbs<br />
Referee: Tommy Watson<br />
May 8 Teddy O'Neill (Dumbarton) WPTS(10) Belle Vue, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 10/05/1939 page 13<br />
O'Neill was Scottish Area Bantamweight Champion 1937-48.<br />
Match made at 8st 10lbs O'Neill 8st 11lbs 4ozs<br />
O'Neill overweight<br />
Jul 20 Kid Tanner (British Guiana) LPTS(10) Stadium, Liverpool<br />
Source: Boxing 26/07/1939 page 16<br />
<strong>Brown</strong> 8st 7lbs Tanner 8st 5lbs 8ozs<br />
Referee: Jack Hart<br />
Jul 24 Benny Jones (Hanley) WPTS(10) Belle Vue, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 26/07/1939 page 13<br />
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