Fight Record Jack London (West Hartlepool)

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Jack London (West Hartlepool)

Active: 1931-1949

Weight classes fought in:

Recorded fights: 143 contests (won: 95 lost: 41 drew: 5 other: 2)

Fight Record

1931

Jul 10 Barney Stockton (West Hartlepool) WKO1(6) The Ring, West Hartlepool Source: Boxing 15/07/1931 page 43 Jul 18 Battling Manners (West Hartlepool) WDSQ1(6) The Ring, West Hartlepool Source: Boxing 22/07/1931 page 57 Jul 20 Phil Henry (Stockton) WKO5(8) Portrack Running Grounds, Stockton Source: Boxing 29/07/1931 page 74 Jul 31 Jack Wharton (Sunderland) WPTS(10) NSC, Middlesbrough Source: Boxing 05/08/1931 page 89 Aug 22 Jim Williams (Easington) WPTS(10) New St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing 26/08/1931 page 138 Aug 30 Eddie Strawer (Rochdale) LPTS(12) NSB, Royton Source: Boxing 02/09/1931 pages 157 and 158 Sep 12 Cpl Ingledew (Middlesbrough) WPTS(10) The Ring, West Hartlepool Source: Boxing 16/09/1931 page 186 Sep 20 Tommy Moore (Royston) LPTS(12) New Stadium, Barnsley Source: Boxing 23/09/1931 page 202 Sep 28 Jack Smith (Chopwell) LPTS(10) Queens Rink, West Hartlepool Source: Boxing 07/10/1931 page 235 Oct 16 Tom Powell (Stockton) LPTS(10) The Ring, West Hartlepool Source: Boxing 21/10/1931 page 13 Oct 21 Willie Duncan (Glasgow) LPTS(10) Edinburgh Source: Boxing 28/10/1931 page 15 Oct 24 Jim Williams (Easington) WKO2(10) New St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing 28/10/1931 page 11 Oct 26 Frank Bagley (Sunderland) LPTS(10) New St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing 04/11/1931 page 11 Oct 30 Tom Powell (Stockton) WKO6(10) Teesside Stadium, Stockton Source: Boxing 04/11/1931 page 12 Nov 16 Stan Waller (Cambridge) LPTS(10) Granby Halls, Leicester Source: Nottingham Daily Journal Waller was Eastern Counties Middleweight Champion 1930. Attendance: 12000 Dec 14 Chris Rock (Choppington) LPTS(12) Durham Source: Newcastle Daily Journal Dec 25 Jack Smith (Chopwell) LPTS(10) Miners Hall, Backworth Source: Boxing 30/12/1931 page 12

1932

Jan 4 Willie Unwin (South Africa) LPTS(10) New St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Newcastle Daily Journal Jan 16 Frank Bagley (Sunderland) DRAW(10) The Ring, West Hartlepool Source: Boxing 20/01/1932 page 10 Jan 18 Joe Morrison (Forest Hall) WRTD5(10) New St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Newcastle Daily Journal Feb 6 Jack Clansey (Sunderland) LPTS(10) The Ring, West Hartlepool Source: Boxing 10/02/1932 page 10 Mar 18 Dick Bartlett (West Hartlepool) WPTS(10) The Ring, West Hartlepool Source: Boxing 23/03/1932 page 10 Mar 26 Frank Bagley (Sunderland) DRAW(10) The Ring, West Hartlepool Source: Boxing 31/03/1932 page 10 Promoter: messrs Ashton & Hazeltine Apr 8 Gunner Ainsley (Wingate) WKO9(10) Queens Rink, West Hartlepool Source: Boxing 13/04/1932 page 10 Promoter: Jack Dorman Apr 22 Cpl Dorry (Sunderland) WKO1(10) The Ring, West Hartlepool Source: Boxing 27/04/1932 page 10 May 6 Dick Bartlett (West Hartlepool) WKO5(10) The Ring, West Hartlepool Source: Boxing 11/05/1932 page 10 May 11 Tom Powell (Stockton) WKO3 Belle Vue Grounds, Stockton Source: Boxing 18/05/1932 page 10 May 13 Paul McGuire (Newcastle) WPTS(10) Queens Rink, West Hartlepool Source: Boxing 18/05/1932 pages 10 and 11 Attendance: 2000 Jun 24 Charlie McDonald (Sunderland) LPTS(12) The Ring, West Hartlepool Source: Boxing 29/06/1932 page 11 London 13st 3lbs McDonald 11st 7lbs Sep 10 Gdsmn Brennan (Jarrow) WKO3(10) The Ring, West Hartlepool Source: Boxing 14/09/1932 page 10 Sep 23 Ex-Gdsmn Gater (Dewsbury) WPTS(12) Queens Rink, West Hartlepool Source: Boxing 28/09/1932 page 13 Gater boxed for the Northern Area Heavyweight Title 1932. Attendance: 3000 Oct 23 Jack O'Malley (Australia) LRTD7(12) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 26/10/1932 page 8 Dec 2 Jack Strongbow (West Hartlepool) WRTD10(12) Borough Hall, West Hartlepool Source: Boxing 07/12/1932 page 12 Promoter: messrs Ashton & Hazeltine

1933

Jan 6 Dick Bartlett (West Hartlepool) WRTD6(10) The Ring, West Hartlepool Source: Boxing 11/01/1933 page 11 Jan 16 Charlie McDonald (Sunderland) WPTS(12) New St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing 18/01/1933 page 9 Jan 27 Eddie Strawer (Rochdale) WPTS(12) The Ring, West Hartlepool Source: Boxing 01/02/1933 page 13 Feb 10 Bert Ikin (Stoke) WPTS(10) Ring, West Hartlepool Source: Boxing 15/02/1933 page 10 Feb 27 Jack Morris (Newcastle) WRTD6(10) New St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Newcastle Daily Journal Mar 24 Les Saunders (Rotherham) NC3 Ring, West Hartlepool Source: Boxing 29/03/1933 page 10 Apr 8 Battling Sullivan (Preston) WRTD5(10) Ring, West Hartlepool Source: Boxing 12/04/1933 page 7 Apr 10 Gipsy Daniels (Newport) LRTD6(12) Drill Hall, Merthyr Source: Western Mail Daniels was British and British Empire Light-Heavyweight Champion 1927. London sub for Rene Morris(Australia) Apr 30 Al Conquest (Canada) WPTS(12) Brunswick Stadium, Leeds Source: Boxing 03/05/1933 page 12 May 18 Bobby Shields (Glasgow) WKO2(10) Belle Vue, Norton-on-Tees Source: Boxing 24/05/1933 page 10 Shields was Scottish Area Heavyweight Champion 1929-33. May 19 Tony Arpino (Bedford) WPTS(15) Drill Hall, Merthyr Source: Boxing 24/05/1933 page 14 May 26 George Slack (Doncaster) DRAW(12) Engineers Club, West Hartlepool Source: Boxing 31/05/1933 page 11 Slack was Northern Area Heavyweight Champion 1932 and 1933-35. Jun 5 Battling Sullivan (Preston) WRSF7(10) New St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Newcastle Daily Journal Jun 12 Jack Casey (Sunderland) LRTD10(15) Engineers Club, West Hartlepool Source: Boxing 21/06/1933 pages 11 and 12 Casey boxed for the British Middleweight Title 1932 and was Northern Area Middleweight Champion 1932. Referee: Harry Jennings(Bradford) Attendance: 2500 Jul 3 Con Van Leuwen (Holland) WRTD8(12) Engineers Club, West Hartlepool Source: Boxing 12/07/1933 page 7 Jul 17 Gipsy Daniels (Newport) LPTS(12) Engineers Club grounds, West Hartlepool Source: Boxing 26/07/1933 page 10 Attendance: 3000 Jul 31 Gipsy Daniels (Newport) DRAW(12) Engineers Club grounds, West Hartlepool Source: Newcastle Daily Journal Aug 31 Len Johnson (Manchester) LPTS(12) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 06/09/1933 page 13 Sep 25 Johnny Rice (Hounslow) WDSQ6(12) Queens Rink, West Hartlepool Source: Newcastle Daily Journal Nov 6 Ben Foord (South Africa) LPTS(10) Crystal Palace, Sydenham Source: Boxing 08/11/1933 page 16 Foord was British and British Empire Heavyweight Champion 1936-37. Dec 4 Harry Rowles (Battersea) WPTS(12) Crystal Palace, Sydenham Source: Boxing 06/12/1933 page 8 Dec 11 Larry Gains (Canada) LKO2(10) New St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing 13/12/1933 page 9

1934

Jan 15 Charlie Smith (Deptford) LPTS(12) Crystal Palace, Sydenham Source: Boxing 17/01/1934 page 16 Smith boxed for the British Heavyweight Title 1931. Jan 21 George Slack (Doncaster) LPTS(12) NSC, Middlesbrough Source: Boxing 24/01/1934 page 12 Feb 5 Frank Borrington (Derby) WPTS Crystal Palace, Sydenham Source: Boxing 07/02/1934 page 16 Feb 16 George Slack (Doncaster) LPTS(12) Olympia, Bradford Source: Halifax Daily Courier and Guardian Apr 29 Bert Melzow (Belgium) LDSQ11(12) Stadium, Rotherham Source: Boxing 02/05/1934 page 15 May 21 Jack Pettifer (Kings Cross) DRAW(10) Stadium, Brighton Source: Boxing 23/05/1934 page 10 Pettifer boxed for the British Heavyweight Title 1933. Jun 4 Charlie Belanger (Canada) LDSQ8(12) New St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing 06/06/1934 page 11 Jul 16 Jack Strongbow (West Hartlepool) WPTS(12) Engineers Club, West Hartlepool Source: Boxing 18/07/1934 page 8 Jul 28 Pierre Charles (Belgium) LKO1 Ostend Belgium Source: Pugilato 1979 Oct 8 Charlie Belanger (Canada) LKO3 Hull Source: Boxing 10/10/1934 page 9 Oct 14 Johnny Rice (Hounslow) WRSF9(10) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 17/10/1934 page 16 Nov 5 Alex Bell (Leith) WPTS(10) Crystal Palace, Sydenham Source: Boxing 07/11/1934 page 10 Bell was Scottish Area Heavyweight Champion 1938-39. Nov 18 Alex Bell (Leith) WPTS(10) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 21/11/1934 page 12 Dec 3 Italo Colonello (Italy) WPTS(10) Crystal Palace, Sydenham Source: Boxing 05/12/1934 page 10

1935

Jan 3 Frank Borrington (Derby) WPTS(12) Romford Road Baths, West Ham Source: Boxing 09/01/1935 page 12 Jan 28 Jack Pettifer (Kings Cross) WKO4(10) Crystal Palace, Sydenham Source: Boxing 30/01/1935 page 8 Feb 7 Alex Bell (Leith) LDSQ9(12) NSC, Leith Source: Boxing 13/02/1935 page 15 Feb 25 Ben Foord (South Africa) LPTS(12) Plymouth Source: Boxing 27/02/1935 page 8 Mar 7 George Slack (Doncaster) WRSF10(12) Romford Road Baths, West Ham Source: Boxing 13/03/1935 page 12 Slack sub for Jack Pettifer May 25 Jack Casey (Sunderland) WPTS(12) Royal, Sunderland Source: Boxing 29/05/1935 page 13 Jun 17 Helmuth Hartkopp (Germany) WKO2(12) New St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing 19/06/1935 page 10 Jul 29 Charlie Smith (Deptford) WRTD2(12) New St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing 31/07/1935 page 10 Oct 8 Jack Strongbow (West Hartlepool) WKO2(4) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing 16/10/1935 pages 16 and 17 (Open Heavyweight Competition) Nov 12 Johnny Rice (Hounslow) WPTS(6) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing 20/11/1935 pages 14 and 15 (Open heavyweight competition semi-final) Nov 12 Ginger Hauxwell (Crook) WRSF4(4) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing 20/11/1935 pages 14 and 15 (Open heavyweight competition 2nd series) Nov 24 Ginger Hauxwell (Crook) WKO3(10) NSC, Middlesbrough Source: Boxing 27/11/1935 page 23 Dec 9 Eddie Steele (Norwood) WPTS(12) Queens Rink, West Hartlepool Source: Boxing Weekly Record 18/12/1935 page 25

1936

Jan 29 Eddie Houghton (USA) WPTS(6) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing 05/02/1936 pages 17 and 18 Feb 11 Roy Lazer (USA) WPTS(10) Dome, Brighton Source: Boxing 19/02/1936 page 25 Mar 2 Frank Borrington (Derby) WKO9(10) King's Hall, Derby Source: Boxing 04/03/1936 page 14 Mar 11 Maurice Strickland (New Zealand) WPTS(8) King's Hall, Belfast Source: Boxing 18/03/1936 page 23 Promoter: Jim Rice Attendance: 12000 Mar 16 Tommy Loughran (USA) LPTS(10) Colston Hall, Bristol Source: Boxing 18/03/1936 page 14 Jun 15 Obie Walker (USA) WPTS(10) Tigers Rugby Football ground, Leicester Source: Boxing 17/06/1936 pages 11 and 12 Attendance: 3000 Oct 7 Hans Schonrath (Germany) WPTS(10) Berlin Germany Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Oct 19 Larry Gains (Canada) NC8(10) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing 21/10/1936 pages 11 and 12 London 15st 1lbs Gains 14st 0lbs Attendance: 10000 Nov 9 Pat Marrinan (Belfast) WDSQ6(8) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing 11/11/1936 pages 13 and 14 Promoter: Arthur Elvin Attendance: 11800

1937

Jan 25 Bob Carvill (Bridlington) WPTS(15) Borough Hall, West Hartlepool Source: Boxing 03/02/1937 page 16 (Northern Area Heavyweight Title Eliminator) Carvill was Northern Area Heavyweight Champion 1932-33. Feb 3 Harry Staal (Holland) LPTS(10) York Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Mar 8 Pancho Villar (Spain) WKO2(12) Colston Hall, Bristol Source: Boxing 10/03/1937 page 12 Mar 15 George Bennett (Manchester) WKO2(15) New St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing 24/03/1937 page 15 May 24 Buddy Baer (USA) LPTS(10) Vetch Field, Swansea Source: Boxing 26/05/1937 page 11 Referee: CB Thomas Attendance: 15000 Jul 19 Jim Wilde (Swansea) WKO3(10) St Helen's Rugby Ground, Swansea Source: Boxing 21/07/1937 page 12 Wilde was Welsh Area Heavyweight Champion 1935-36. Nov 29 Manuel Abrew (Edinburgh) WKO6(8) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing 01/12/1937 page 14

1938

Feb 7 Hans Schonrath (Germany) WPTS(10) Colston Hall, Bristol Source: Boxing 09/02/1938 pages 11 and 12 Apr 11 Harry Staal (Holland) WPTS(10) Colston Hall, Bristol Source: Boxing 13/04/1938 pages 11 and 12 Jun 27 Al Delaney (Canada) LDSQ4(10) Stadium, New Cross Source: Boxing 29/06/1938 page 11 London 15st 12lbs Delaney 13st 1lbs 8ozs Referee: Wilfred Smith Jul 15 Harry Lister (Lynemouth) WDSQ10(10) Greyhound Stadium, Easington Source: Boxing 20/07/1938 pages 15 and 16 Lister boxed for the Northern Area Heavyweight Title 1938. Aug 4 Joe Zeman (USA) WKO3(10) Promenade, West Hartlepool Source: Boxing 10/08/1938 pages 15 and 16 London 15st 7lbs Zeman 14st 10lbs Attendance: 8000 Aug 22 Charlie Bundy (Treherbert) WKO3(10) Engineers Club Grounds, West Hartlepool Source: Boxing 24/08/1938 page 11 Bundy boxed for the Welsh Light-Heavyweight Title 1934 and boxed for the Welsh Heavyweight Title 1935. Sep 2 Al Delaney (Canada) WPTS(10) White City Greyhound Stadium, Manchester Source: Boxing 07/09/1938 page 17 London 15st 3lbs 12ozs Delaney 13st 8lbs Promoter: Sydney Hulls Dec 12 Alf Luxton (Birmingham) WRSF1(10) West Hartlepool Source: Boxing 21/12/1938 page 16 Dec 18 George Cook (Australia) WKO2(10) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 21/12/1938 pages 10 and 13 Cook boxed for the British Heavyweight Title 1934. 1939

Mar 2 Al Delaney (Canada) WKO8(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing 08/03/1939 page 10 London 16st 1lbs Delaney 13st 4lbs 8ozs Apr 3 George James (Cwm) WPTS(12) Pavilion, Mountain Ash Source: Boxing 05/04/1939 page 12 James was Welsh Area Heavyweight Champion 1938-49. Aug 11 Jean Verbeeren (Belgium) WKO1(10) Engineers Club Grounds, West Hartlepool Source: Boxing 16/08/1939 page 15 Nov 27 Tommy Martin (Deptford) LPTS(10) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing 29/11/1939 pages 2 and 19 Dec 9 Tom Reddington (Salford) WRSF7(10) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing 13/12/1939 pages 12, 13 and 19 Promoter: Sydney Hulls

1940

Apr 24 Al Robinson (Leeds) WRTD3(10) New St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing 01/05/1940 pages 15 and 19 Robinson boxed a British Heavyweight Title Eliminator in 1943.

1941

Jan 25 Larry Gains (Canada) WKO4(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 30/01/1941 page 10 Feb 20 Tom Reddington (Salford) WPTS(6) Odeon, Leicester Square Source: Boxing News 28/02/1941 pages 10 and 11 May 28 Larry Gains (Canada) WKO3(10) New St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing News 05/06/1941 page 14 Aug 1 Tommy Martin (Deptford) WPTS(10) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing News 07/08/1941 page 11 (British Empire Heavyweight Title Eliminator) Dec 8 Freddie Mills (Bournemouth) LPTS(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 11/12/1941 pages 11 and 12 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. Promoter: John Muldoon

1942

Jun 6 Larry Gains (Canada) WKO2(10) Caird Hall, Dundee Source: Boxing News 25/06/1942 page 13 London 16st 0lbs Gains 13st 11lbs 12ozs Aug 15 Jim Wilde (Swansea) WRTD3(10) Racecourse, Wrexham Source: Liverpool Daily Post

1943

Mar 8 Jim Wilde (Swansea) WRTD2(10) Civic Hall, Wolverhampton Source: Boxing News 18/03/1943 pages 11 and 12 London 15st 11lbs Wilde 15st 3lbs Mar 29 Al Robinson (Leeds) WKO6(10) De Montfort Hall, Leicester Source: Boxing News 15/04/1943 page 13 (British Heavyweight Title Eliminator)

1944

Mar 17 George James (Cwm) WPTS(6) Thorney Island Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Sep 15 Freddie Mills (Bournemouth) WPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing News 09/11/1944 pages 14 and 15 (British Heavyweight Title) Referee: C B Thomas Attendance: 7000

1945

Jun 15 Ken Shaw (Dundee) WRTD8(10) Football Ground, West Hartlepool Source: Boxing News 20/06/1945 page 15 Shaw boxed a British Heavyweight Title Eliminator in 1945 and 1947 and 1948 and was Scottish Area Heavyweight Champion 1945-49. Attendance: 5000 Jul 17 Bruce Woodcock (Doncaster) LKO6(15) White Hart Lane, Tottenham Source: Boxing News 25/07/1945 pages 13, 14 and 15 (British Heavyweight Title) Woodcock was British and British Empire Heavyweight Champion 1945-50 and European Heavyweight Champion 1946-50. London 15st 6lbs Woodcock 13st 0lbs Attendance: 38000 Aug 1 Jock Porter (Glasgow) LPTS(10) St Mirren Football Gound, Paisley Source: Boxing News 08/08/1945 pages 13 and 14 Porter boxed a British Heavyweight Title Eliminator in 1945.

1946

Jun 2 Olle Tandberg (Sweden) LPTS(10) Stockholm Sweden Source: Boxing News 05/06/1946 page 16 Aug 24 Nick Wolmarans (South Africa) WPTS(10) Johannesburg South Africa Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Sep 4 Joe Foord (South Africa) WKO6(10) Durban South Africa Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian)

1947

Feb 18 Jan Klein (Holland) WKO1 Seymour Hall Baths, Marylebone Source: Boxing News 05/03/1947 page 11 London 16st 13lbs Klein 14st 11lbs May 5 James J Britt (South Africa) WKO2 West Hartlepool Source: Boxing News 14/05/1947 page 14 London 15st 13lbs Britt 14st 4lbs May 19 Fernand Honore (Belgium) WRSF3 Green Pond Road FC, Walthamstow Source: Boxing News 28/05/1947 page 12 London 16st 1lbs Honore 13st 1lbs 12ozs Jun 9 Ken Shaw (Dundee) LPTS(12) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing News 11/06/1947 page 16 (British Heavyweight Title Eliminator) London 15st 9lbs 8ozs Shaw 13st 4lbs Sep 9 Al Robinson (Leeds) WPTS(8) Leeds Source: Boxing News 17/09/1947 page 13 Oct 6 Piet Wilde (Belgium) WPTS(10) Nottingham Source: Boxing News 15/10/1947 pages 13 and 14 London 15st 13lbs Wilde 15st 8lbs

1949

Feb 7 Reg Andrews (Deal) WPTS(8) Farrer Street Stadium, Middlesbrough Source: Boxing News 09/02/1949 page 15 Andrews boxed for the South East Area Heavyweight Title 1947. London 16st 4lbs Andrews 13st 9lbs Mar 21 Piet Wilde (Belgium) LPTS(8) Farrer Street Stadium, Middlesbrough Source: Boxing News 06/04/1949 page 10 London 16st 0lbs Wilde 15st 7lbs May 2 Reg Andrews (Deal) WPTS(8) Engineers Club, West Hartlepool Source: Boxing News 11/05/1949 page 13 London 15st 10lbs Andrews 13st 3lbs Jun 13 Prosper Beck (Belgium) WRSF5(8) Engineers Club, West Hartlepool Source: Boxing News 22/06/1949 page 14 London 15st 1lbs Beck 14st 10lbs cut eye Jul 25 Don Mogard (Canada) WPTS(8) Engineers Club, West Hartlepool Source: Boxing News 03/08/1949 page 14 London 15st 2lbs Mogard 13st 5lbs Aug 29 Vern Escoe (Canada) LRTD6(12) Greyhound Stadium, West Hartlepool Source: Boxing News 07/09/1949 page 12 (British Empire Heavyweight Title Eliminator) London 15st 4lbs Attendance: 11000 Nov 29 Aaron Wilson (USA) LKO1(10) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing News 07/12/1949 page 7 London 16st 6lbs Wilson 13st 5lbs

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