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George Aldridge (Market Harborough)

Active: 1956-1963

Weight classes fought in:

Recorded fights: 52 contests (won: 36 lost: 14 drew: 2)

Fight Record

1956

Oct 22 Paddy Delargy (Galway) DRAW(6) Cossington Street Baths, Leicester Source: Boxing News 26/10/1956 page 12 Aldridge 11st 10lbs Delargy 12st 4lbs Promoter: Joe Jacobs Nov 26 Frankie Davis (Gloucester) WRSF5 Granby Halls, Leicester Source: Boxing News 30/11/1956 pages 8 and 9 Aldridge 11st 12lbs 4ozs Davis 11st 9lbs 8ozs

1957

Jan 29 Jackie Scott (Preston) LPTS(6) Baths, Willenhall Source: Boxing News 01/02/1957 page 12 Aldridge 11st 13lbs Scott 12st 0lbs Feb 4 Tommy Turner () WKO2 Town Hall, Walsall Source: Boxing News 08/02/1957 page 4 Aldridge 11st 13lbs Turner 12st 0lbs Mar 4 Jacob Dempsey (Antigua) WPTS(6) Granby Halls, Leicester Source: Boxing News 08/03/1957 pages 8 and 9 Aldridge 11st 13lbs 12ozs Dempsey 11st 6lbs Mar 11 Jack Whittaker (Warwick) WRTD3 Town Hall, Walsall Source: Boxing News 15/03/1957 page 12 Whittaker boxed a British Light-Heavyweight Title Eliminator 1959. Aldridge 12st 0lbs Whittaker 12st 0lbs cut eye Apr 1 Johnny Stansfield (South Africa) WPTS(6) Ice Stadium, Source: Boxing News 05/04/1957 pages 8 and 9 Aldridge 11st 12lbs 8ozs Stansfield 11st 12lbs 4ozs Apr 8 Johnny Hunt (Birkenhead) WRSF2 Town Hall, Walsall Source: Boxing News 12/04/1957 page 11 Aldridge 11st 12lbs 8ozs Hunt 12st 2lbs May 6 Joe Walcott (Trinidad) WPTS(6) Arden Ballroom, Bedworth Source: Boxing News 10/05/1957 page 10 Aldridge 11st 9lbs 8ozs Walcott 12st 0lbs Jun 11 Jackie Scott (Preston) WDSQ6 Granby Halls, Leicester Source: Boxing News 14/06/1957 page 5 Aldridge 11st 12lbs 2ozs Scott 12st 0lbs Jul 31 Danny Wall () WKO2 Coney Beach Arena, Porthcawl Source: Boxing News 09/08/1957 pages 10 and 11 Aldridge 11st 9lbs 8ozs Wall 12st 5lbs 8ozs Sep 6 Alan Dean (Birkenhead) WPTS(8) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing News 13/09/1957 page 9 Aldridge 11st 7lbs 4ozs Dean 11st 6lbs 4ozs Nov 4 Bonny Garraway (British Guiana) WRTD4 Market Harborough Source: Boxing News 08/11/1957 page 7 Nov 25 Len Mullen (Glasgow) LRSF2 Granby Halls, Leicester Source: Boxing News 29/11/1957 page 4 Mullen boxed for the Scottish Middleweight Title 1958. Aldridge 11st 7lbs 7ozs Mullen 11st 9lbs cut eye

1958

Feb 3 Les Allen (Bedworth) WPTS(12) Cossington Street Baths, Leicester Source: Boxing News 07/02/1958 page 7 (Midlands Area Middleweight Title) Allen boxed a British Middleweight Title Eliminator 1954 and 1955 and was Midlands Area Middleweight Champion 1953-58. Referee: Chris Maggs Apr 21 John Woolard (Glasgow) WRSF6 Granby Halls, Leicester Source: Boxing News 25/04/1958 pages 8 and 9 Aldridge 11st 8lbs 8ozs Woolard 11st 7lbs Promoter: Joe Jacobs Apr 28 Ted Buck (Nottingham) WPTS(8) Pershore Road Stadium, Birmingham Source: Boxing News 02/05/1958 page 12 Aldridge 11st 9lbs 11ozs Buck 11st 8lbs 8ozs Promoter: Lew Phillips Sep 9 Ronnie Vale (Leamington) WRTD7(8) Pershore Road Stadium, Birmingham Source: Boxing News 12/09/1958 page 6 Vale boxed for the Midlands Area Middleweight Title 1962. Match made at 11st 8lbs Vale 11st 6lbs Promoter: Alex Griffiths & Joe Jacobs Oct 20 Attu Clottey (Gold Coast) LPTS(10) Cossington Street Baths, Leicester Source: Boxing News 24/10/1958 page 8 Aldridge 11st 7lbs 8ozs Clottey 11st 0lbs 4ozs Referee: Chris Maggs Nov 24 Martin Hansen () LPTS(10) Granby Halls, Leicester Source: Boxing News 28/11/1958 page 5 Hansen boxed for the British Middleweight Title 1957. Aldridge 11st 8lbs Hansen 11st 6lbs 8ozs Dec 9 Freddie Cross (Nuneaton) LPTS(8) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing News 12/12/1958 pages 8 and 9 Cross boxed a British Middleweight Title Eliminator 1958 and was Welsh Area Featherweight Champion 1957. Aldridge 11st 7lbs 4ozs Cross 11st 7lbs Aldridge sub for Johnny McCormack(Glasgow)

1959

Feb 5 Johnny Read (Norwood) LDSQ3(8) Municipal Baths, Epsom Source: Boxing News 13/02/1959 page 12 Aldridge 11st 5lbs 12ozs Read 11st 4lbs 4ozs Apr 27 Ted Buck (Nottingham) WPTS(8) Assembly Rooms, Market Harborough Source: Boxing News 01/05/1959 page 12 Aldridge 11st 8lbs Buck 11st 9lbs 8ozs Sep 29 Derek Liversidge (Retford) WPTS(12) Granby Halls, Leicester Source: Boxing News 02/10/1959 page 5 (Midlands Area Middleweight Title) Liversidge boxed for the Midlands Area Middleweight Title 1959. Aldridge 11st 3lbs Liversedge 10st 10lbs 15ozs Oct 27 Jimmy Lynas (Coventry) WRSF9(10) Cossington Street Baths, Leicester Source: Boxing News 30/10/1959 page 5 Aldridge 11st 6lbs Lynas 11st 7lbs Referee: Austin O'Connor Dec 8 Attu Clottey (Gold Coast) LRSF8(10) Cossington Street Baths, Leicester Source: Boxing News 18/12/1959 pages 8 and 9 Aldridge 11st 4lbs 12ozs Clottey 11st 8lbs Referee: Austin O'Connor Promoter: Joe Jacobs

1960

Jan 11 Johnny Melfah (Ghana) WPTS(8) National Sporting Club, Piccadilly Source: Boxing News 15/01/1960 page 2 Aldridge 11st 7lbs 12ozs Melfah 11st 3lbs 12ozs Feb 4 Teddy Haynes (Birmingham) WRTD6 Embassy Sportsdrome, Birmingham Source: Boxing News 12/02/1960 page 3 (Midlands Area Middleweight Title) Haynes was Midlands Area Middleweight Champion 1963. Aldridge 11st 4lbs 4ozs Haynes 11st 4lbs Promoter: Lew Phillips Mar 18 Johnny Cunningham (Huddersfield) WPTS(10) Embassy Sportsdrome, Birmingham Source: Boxing News 25/03/1960 page 2 Cunningham boxed for the Central Area Middleweight Title 1960. Aldridge 11st 7lbs 4ozs Cunningham 11st 3lbs 8ozs Promoter: Lew Phillips Aug 10 John McCormack (Maryhill) LRSF9(10) Ice Rink, Paisley Source: Boxing News 19/08/1960 page 5 (British Middleweight Title Eliminator) McCormack was British Middleweight Champion 1959 and European Middleweight Champion 1961-62. Aldridge 11st 4lbs McCormack 11st 7lbs 8ozs Referee: George Smith Promoter: Peter Keenan Sep 30 Max Smith () WPTS(8) Town Hall, Walsall Source: Boxing News 07/10/1960 page 7 Smith was Midlands Area Middleweight Champion 1962. Aldridge 11st 8lbs Smith 11st 8lbs

1961

Jan 16 Brian Husband (Hull) WRSF4(8) Free Trade Hall, Manchester Source: Boxing News 20/01/1961 page 7 Aldridge 11st 8lbs Husband 11st 5lbs Referee: Mr Mahoney Promoter: Gus Demmy Feb 13 Malcolm Worthington (Crewe) WPTS(8) Free Trade Hall, Manchester Source: Boxing News 17/02/1961 page 3 Aldridge 11st 7lbs 8ozs Worthington 11st 9lbs Promoter: Harry Levene Feb 20 Sandy Luke (Nigeria) WPTS(8) Public Hall, Preston Source: Boxing News 24/02/1961 page 2 Aldridge 11st 7lbs 8ozs Luke 11st 4lbs 8ozs Mar 13 Harry Scott (Bootle) WPTS(8) Free Trade Hall, Manchester Source: Boxing News 17/03/1961 page 2 Scott boxed a British Middleweight Title Eliminator 1964 and 1968 and twice in 1970 and again in 1972 and was Central Area Middleweight Champion 1962-65. Aldridge 11st 8lbs Scott 11st 6lbs 8ozs Promoter: Gus Demmy Apr 10 Pat O'Grady (Bermondsey) WKO5(8) Free Trade Hall, Manchester Source: Boxing News 14/04/1961 page 2 O'Grady boxed for the Southern Area Middleweight Title 1962. Aldridge 11st 6lbs 8ozs O'Grady 11st 6lbs 8ozs Promoter: Gus Demmy Sep 4 Harry Scott (Bootle) LPTS(8) Free Trade Hall, Manchester Source: Boxing News 08/09/1961 page 5 Aldridge 11st 7lbs Scott 11st 6lbs Promoter: Gus Demmy Oct 5 Egon Thomson WKO3 Source: Boxing News Oct 27 Giancarlo Garbelli () DRAW(8) Rome Italy Source: Boxing News Dec 1 Chris Christenson (Denmark) LDSQ9 Copenhagen Denmark Source: Boxing News

1962

Jan 8 Fred Elderfield (Hammersmith) WKO6(10) National Sporting Club, Piccadilly Source: Boxing News 12/01/1962 page 4 (Southern Area Middleweight Title Eliminator) Aldridge 11st 6lbs Elderfield 11st 2lbs 8ozs Jan 19 (Italy) LKO6 Rome Italy Source: Boxing News Feb 8 Orlando Paso (Nigeria) WRSF3(8) Queen's Hall, Preston Source: Boxing News 16/02/1962 page 4 Aldridge 11st 7lbs Paso 11st 6lbs 8ozs Promoter: Jack Turner and Ray Peers Apr 7 Ray Drayton WPTS(6) Boston USA Source: Boxing News May 7 Harry Scott (Bootle) WPTS(10) Free Trade Hall, Manchester Source: Boxing News 11/05/1962 page 5 Match made at 11st 8lbs Aldridge 11st 9lbs Scott 11st 7lbs Referee: Jack Board Promoter: Gus Demmy Jul 23 Pat O'Grady (Bermondsey) WPTS(10) De Montfort Hall, Leicester Source: Boxing News 27/07/1962 page 5 (Southern Area Middleweight Title) Aldridge 11st 5lbs 3ozs O'Grady 11st 4lbs 4ozs Promoter: Benny Deane and terry Kirk (D & K Promotions) Sep 24 Phil Edwards (Cardiff) WPTS(10) De Montfort Hall, Leicester Source: Boxing News 28/09/1962 page 13 (British Middleweight Title Eliminator) Edwards boxed for the British Middleweight Title 1958 and 1960 and was Welsh Area Featherweight Champion 1957-58. Match made at 11st 8lbs Aldridge 11st 7lbs 4ozs Edwards 11st 7lbs 4ozs Referee: Austin O'Connor Promoter: Benny Deane and terry Kirk (D & K Promotions) Nov 26 John McCormack (Maryhill) WKO6(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing News 30/11/1962 page 4 (British Middleweight Title) Aldridge 11st 5lbs 4ozs McCormack 11st 4lbs 8ozs Referee: Billy Jones

1963

Feb 6 Laszlo Papp (Hungary) LRSF15(15) Vienna Austria Source: Boxing News 15/02/1963 page 11 (European Middleweight Title) May 28 Mick Leahy (Coventry) LRSF1(15) Ice Stadium, Nottingham Source: Boxing News 31/05/1963 page 2 (British Middleweight Title) Leahy was British Middleweight Champion 1963-64. Aldridge 11st 4lbs 12ozs Leahy 11st 5lbs 4ozs Referee: Ike Powell Promoter: Reg King Dec 3 Dave Wakefield (Hackney) WRSF6(8) Seymour Hall Baths, Marylebone Source: Boxing News 06/12/1963 page 3 Wakefield boxed for the Southern Area Middleweight Title 1963. Aldridge 11st 7lbs 8ozs Wakefield 11st 6lbs 8ozs Promoter: Ronnie Ezra Dec 9 Jackie Harwood (Bolton) LKO1(8) Free Trade Hall, Manchester Source: Boxing News 13/12/1963 page 3 Harwood boxed for the Central Area Middleweight Title 1967. Match made at 11st 7lbs Aldridge 11st 7lbs Harwood 11st 5lbs Referee: Wally Thom Promoter: Gus Demmy

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