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Peter Keenan (Glasgow)
Active: 1948-1959
Weight classes fought in: fly, bantam
Recorded fights: 66 contests (won: 54 lost: 11 drew: 1)
Born: 8th August 1928
Manager: Tommy Gilmour
Fight Record
1948
Sep 17 Al Hutt (Burma) WKO1 Carntyne Greyhound Stadium, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 22/09/1948 pages 15 and 16 Keenan 8st 1lbs 2ozs Hutt 8st 0lbs 15ozs Oct 7 Dennis Sale (Northwich) WPTS(6) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 20/10/1948 page 13 Keenan 8st 0lbs 12ozs Sale 8st 1lbs hand injury Oct 25 Dennis Reed (Lancaster) WRSF2 Ice Rink, Falkirk Source: Boxing News 03/11/1948 page 14 Nov 17 Ken Jepson (Chesterfield) WKO2 Pleasuredrome, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 01/12/1948 page 12 Keenan 8st 0lbs Jepson 7st 12lbs 8ozs Dec 1 Billy Hazelgrove (Brighton) WPTS(6) Pleasuredrome, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 15/12/1948 page 13 Keenan 8st 0lbs 15ozs Hazlegrove 8st 2lbs Dec 8 Pat Kelly (Belfast) WKO2 Ice Rink, Paisley Source: Boxing News 22/12/1948 page 13 Keenan 8st 2lbs Kelly 8st 0lbs 1ozs Kelly a sub Dec 22 Jimmy Gill (Nottingham) WPTS(8) St Mungo's Hall, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 05/01/1949 page 12 Gill was North Midlands Area Bantamweight Champion 1949. Match made at 8st 3lbs Promoter: Jim Gilmour
1949
Jan 6 Jackie Fairclough (Preston) WPTS(8) Pleasuredrome, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 19/01/1949 page 11 Keenan 8st 1lbs 7ozs Fairclough 8st 2lbs 1ozs Jan 14 Johnny Bartles (Nottingham) WRSF5(8) St Mungo's Hall, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 26/01/1949 page 13 Keenan 8st 2lbs 2ozs Bartles 8st 1lbs 10ozs Jan 27 Mickey McLaughlin (Belfast) WRSF8(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 16/02/1949 page 10 McLaughlin boxed for the Northern Ireland Flyweight Title 1951. Keenan 8st 2lbs 8ozs McLaughlin 7st 12lbs 8ozs Feb 9 Vic Herman (Glasgow) WPTS(8) Kelvin Hall, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 23/02/1949 page 12 Herman boxed for the British Flyweight Title 1951 and was Scottish Area Flyweight Champion 1951-52. Keenan 8st 1lbs 7ozs Herman 8st 1lbs 9ozs Mar 9 Chris Hardy (Dublin) WKO7(8) Ice Rink, Paisley Source: Boxing News 23/03/1949 page 11 Keenan 8st 2lbs 2ozs Hardy 8st 1lbs 14ozs Mar 16 Charlie Squire (Coventry) WKO3(8) Pleasuredrome, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 30/03/1949 page 13 Squire boxed a British Flyweight Title Eliminator 1947. Keenan 8st 0lbs Squire 8st 0lbs 4ozs Apr 20 Jackie Briers (Belfast) WRTD6(8) Kelvin Hall, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 04/05/1949 page 13 Briers was Northern Ireland Area Flyweight Champion 1948. Keenan 8st 1lbs 11ozs Briers 8st 2lbs 5ozs cut eye May 18 Raoul Degryse (Belgium) WPTS(8) Celtic Park, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 25/05/1949 pages 13 and 14 Keenan 8st 2lbs DeGryse 8st 3lbs 2ozs Jul 7 Joe Murphy (Glasgow) WRSF6(8) Ice Rink, Paisley Source: Boxing News 20/07/1949 pages 13 and 14 Murphy boxed a British Flyweight Title Eliminator 1950. Keenan 8st 1lbs 1ozs Murphy 7st 13lbs 10ozs Sep 14 Emile Famechon (France) WDSQ7(8) Ice Rink, Paisley Source: Boxing News 21/09/1949 page 14 Keenan 8st 2lbs 3ozs Famechon 8st 0lbs 12ozs Nov 18 Theo Nolten (Holland) WRTD2 Ice Rink, Paisley Source: Boxing News 30/11/1949 page 10 Keenan 8st 1lbs 13ozs cut eye
1950
Jan 18 Dickie O'Sullivan (Finsbury Park) WKO3(10) Ice Rink, Paisley Source: Boxing News 25/01/1950 page 14 O'Sullivan boxed for the European Flyweight Title twice in 1948. Match made at 8st 4lbs Keenan 8st 3lbs 8ozs O'Sullivan 8st 3lbs 10ozs Promoter: Charlie Black Mar 7 Jean Sneyers (Belgium) WPTS(10) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing News 15/03/1950 page 5 Keenan 8st 2lbs 4ozs Sneyers 8st 1lbs 8ozs May 10 Maurice Sandeyron (France) WPTS(8) Kelvin Hall, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 17/05/1950 page 12 Match made at 8st 5lbs Keenan 8st 4lbs 15ozs Sandeyron 8st 3lbs 11ozs May 31 Vic Herman (Glasgow) WPTS(10) Firhill Park, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 07/06/1950 pages 13 and 14 Match made at 8st 3lbs Keenan 8st 2lbs 12ozs Herman 8st 2lbs 10ozs Promoter: Charlie Black Attendance: 15000 Jul 6 Bunty Doran (Belfast) WPTS(10) Ice Rink, Paisley Source: Boxing News 12/07/1950 page 13 (British Bantamweight Title Eliminator) Doran boxed a British Bantamweight Title Eliminator 1948 and 1949 and 1950 and was Northern Ireland Area Flyweight Champion 1942-45 and Northern Ireland Area Bantamweight Champion 1947-53. Keenan 8st 5lbs 4ozs Doran 8st 5lbs 6ozs Promoter: Charles Black Nov 15 Tommy Proffitt (Manchester) WKO2(12) Ice Rink, Paisley Source: Boxing News 22/11/1950 page 5 (British Bantamweight Title Final Eliminator) Proffitt boxed a British Bantamweight Title Eliminator twice in 1950. Keenan 8st 4lbs 5ozs Proffitt 8st 5lbs 10ozs Dec 13 Louis Skena (France) WPTS(8) Ice Rink, Paisley Source: Boxing News 20/12/1950 page 7 Keenan 8st 6lbs 3ozs Skena 8st 3lbs 12ozs
1951
Feb 14 Jose Rubio (Spain) WPTS(8) Ice Rink, Paisley Source: Boxing News 21/02/1951 page 13 Keenan 8st 5lbs Rubio 8st 7lbs 8ozs Mar 20 Armand Deianna (France) WRSF6(10) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing News 28/03/1951 page 11 Match made at 8st 7lbs Mar 28 Amleto Falcinelli (Italy) WPTS(10) Baths Hall, Paisley Source: Boxing News 04/04/1951 page 14 Keenan 8st 6lbs Falcinelli 8st 6lbs 13ozs May 9 Danny O'Sullivan (Finsbury Park) WKO6(15) Firhill Park, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 16/05/1951 page 6 (British Bantamweight Title) O'Sullivan was British Bantamweight Champion 1949-51. Keenan 8st 5lbs 6ozs O'Sullivan 8st 5lbs 10ozs Jun 27 Bobby Boland (Dundee) WRSF12(15) Firhill Park, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 04/07/1951 page 7 (British Bantamweight Title) Boland boxed for the British Bantamweight Title 1951. Keenan 8st 5lbs 8ozs Boland 8st 5lbs 7ozs Referee: Ben Green Attendance: 25000 Sep 5 Luis Romero (Spain) WPTS(15) Firhill Park, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 12/09/1951 page 11 (European Bantamweight Title) Keenan 8st 5lbs 13ozs Romero 8st 6lbs Oct 31 Maurice Sandeyron (France) DRAW(10) Ice Rink, Paisley Source: Boxing News 07/11/1951 page 13 Sandeyron 8st 4lbs 9ozs
1952
Jan 26 Vic Toweel (South Africa) LPTS(15) Johannesburg South Africa Source: Boxing News 06/02/1952 page 4 (World and Empire Bantamweight Title) May 21 Jean Sneyers (Belgium) LKO5(15) Firhill Park, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 28/05/1952 pages 7 and 13 Keenan 8st 5lbs 8ozs Sneyers 8st 5lbs 10ozs Attendance: 30000 Keenan torn cartilage in right knee Oct 15 Amleto Falcinelli (Italy) LRTD5(10) Ice Rink, Paisley Source: Boxing News 22/10/1952 page 14 Keenan 8st 6lbs 2ozs Falcinelli 8st 8lbs cut eye
1953
Jan 28 Frank Williams (Birkenhead) WRSF7(15) Ice Rink, Paisley Source: Boxing News 04/02/1953 pages 12 and 13 (British Bantamweight Title) Keenan 8st 6lbs Williams 8st 5lbs 6ozs Mar 18 Stan Rowan (Liverpool) WPTS(10) Kelvin Hall, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 25/03/1953 page 13 Rowan was British Bantamweight Champion 1949 and British Empire Bantamweight Champion 1949. Match made at 8st 8lbs Referee: Peter Muir Jun 17 Maurice Sandeyron (France) WPTS(15) Firhill Park, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 24/06/1953 page 5 (European Bantamweight Title) Keenan 8st 5lbs 6ozs Sandeyron 8st 3lbs 15ozs Oct 3 John Kelly (Belfast) LPTS(15) King's Hall, Belfast Source: Boxing News 07/10/1953 page 3 Kelly was British and European Bantamweight Champion 1953-54. Keenan 8st 5lbs 12ozs Kelly 8st 5lbs 13ozs Attendance: 15000 Nov 17 Ron Johnson (Bethnal Green) WRSF7 Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 25/11/1953 pages 4 and 5 Johnson boxed a British Bantamweight Title Eliminator 1952. Keenan 8st 7lbs Johnson 8st 7lbs 8ozs Referee: Pat Floyd
1954
Jan 25 Robert Meunier (France) WPTS(8) Ice Stadium, Nottingham Source: Boxing News 29/01/1954 pages 3 and 4 Keenan 8st 6lbs 8ozs Meunier 8st 7lbs 1ozs Feb 24 Eddie Carson (Edinburgh) WPTS(12) Kelvin Hall, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 05/03/1954 page 10 (Scottish Area Bantamweight Title) Carson was Scottish Area Bantamweight Champion 1949-54. Keenan 8st 5lbs 3ozs Carson 8st 5lbs 8ozs May 26 Vic Herman (Glasgow) WPTS(10) Kelvin Hall, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 04/06/1954 page 11 Keenan 8st 8lbs Herman 8st 8lbs Referee: Steve McCall Sep 21 John Kelly (Belfast) WKO6(15) Ice Rink, Paisley Source: Boxing News 24/09/1954 page 5 (British Bantamweight Title) Keenan 8st 5lbs 8ozs Kelly 8st 5lbs 1ozs Referee: Ben Green(Leeds) Dec 11 George O'Neill (Belfast) WPTS(15) King's Hall, Belfast Source: Boxing News 17/12/1954 pages 9 and 11 (British Bantamweight Title) O'Neill boxed for the British Bantamweight Title 1954. Keenan 8st 5lbs 8ozs O'Neill 8st 5lbs 4ozs
1955
Feb 22 Dante Bini (France) WPTS(10) Kelvin Hall, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 25/02/1955 page 11 Keenan 8st 7lbs 10ozs Bini 8st 7lbs 7ozs Promoter: Sammy Docherty Mar 28 Bobby Sinn WPTS(15) Sydney Australia Source: Boxing News 01/04/1955 page 3 (British Empire Bantamweight Title) May 9 Andre Valignat (France) LPTS(12) Sydney Australia Source: Boxing News Jun 20 Roberto Spina LPTS(12) Sydney Australia Source: Boxing News Sep 14 Jake Tuli (South Africa) WKO14(15) Cathkin Park, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 23/09/1955 page 8 (British Empire Bantamweight Title) Keenan 8st 6lbs Tuli 8st 5lbs 14ozs Nov 3 Pierre Cossemyns (Belgium) WPTS(10) Ice Rink, Paisley Source: Boxing News 11/11/1955 page 5 Keenan 8st 7lbs 10ozs Cossemyns 8st 6lbs 12ozs Referee: Fred Blakeborough Dec 11 Emile Chemama (France) LPTS(10) Marseilles France Source: Boxing News
1956
Oct 22 Kevin James (Australia) WRSF2 Sydney Australia Source: Boxing News 26/10/1956 page 10 (British Empire Bantamweight Title) Nov 9 Federico Scarponi (Italy) WPTS(12) Melbourne Australia Source: Boxing News 09/11/1956 page 5 Dec 15 Al Asuncion (Philippinnes) LKO9 Manila Philippinnes Source: Boxing News
1957
May 22 John Smillie (Fauldhouse) WRSF6(15) Firhill Park, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 31/05/1957 pages 8 and 9 (British Bantamweight Title) Smillie boxed for the British Bantamweight Title 1957. Keenan 8st 6lbs Smillie 8st 6lbs Referee: Jack Hart Jun 26 Robert Tartari (France) WPTS(10) Firhill Park, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 07/05/1957 page 4 Match made at 8st 8lbs Aug 21 Rudy Edwards (British Guiana) WPTS(8) Ice Rink, Paisley Source: Boxing News 30/08/1957 page 9 Edwards sub for Antonio Diaz(Spain) Sep 25 Alfred Schweer (Germany) WPTS(10) Ice Rink, Paisley Source: Boxing News 04/10/1957 page 12
1958
Mar 5 Dick Currie (Glasgow) WRSF10(10) Kelvin Hall, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 14/03/1958 page 12 Currie boxed a British Flyweight Title Eliminator 1956 and was Scottish Area Flyweight Champion 1956. Match made at 8st 8lbs Apr 2 Graham Van der Walt (South Africa) WPTS(15) Ice Rink, Paisley Source: Boxing News 11/04/1958 page 11 (British Empire Bantamweight Title) Keenan 8st 6lbs Van der Walt 8st 3lbs 11ozs Jul 2 Billy Peacock (USA) WPTS(10) Cathkin Park, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 11/07/1958 page 12 Keenan 8st 7lbs 8ozs Peacock 8st 7lbs 1ozs Attendance: 25000 Aug 28 Derry Treanor (Glasgow) LRSF6(10) Ice Rink, Paisley Source: Boxing News 05/09/1958 page 12 Treanor boxed for the British Featherweight Title 1962. Match made at 8st 9lbs Keenan 8st 8lbs 4ozs Treanor 8st 11lbs cut eye - Treanor overweight Oct 16 Pat Supple (Canada) WPTS(15) Ice Rink, Paisley Source: Boxing News 24/10/1958 page 12 (British Empire Bantamweight Title) Keenan 8st 5lbs 8ozs Supple 8st 4lbs Nov 17 Alphonse Halimi (France) LPTS(10) Paris France Source: Boxing News
1959
Jan 10 Freddie Gilroy (Belfast) LRSF11(15) King's Hall, Belfast Source: Boxing News 16/01/1959 page 3 (British Bantamweight Title) Gilroy was British and British Empire Bamtamweight Champion 1962-63 and European Flyweight Champion 1959-60. Keenan 8st 5lbs 8ozs Gilroy 8st 3lbs 12ozs
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