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Tommy Barnham (Fulham)

Active: 1937-1952

Weight classes fought in:

Recorded fights: 93 contests (won: 73 lost: 16 drew: 4)

Fight Record

1937

Nov 14 Tom Driver (Stepney) LRSF2(6) Stadium, Hammersmith Source: Boxing 17/11/1937 page 14 Dec 5 Harry Cheshire (Walthamstow) WKO2(6) Stadium, Hammersmith Source: Boxing 08/12/1937 page 16 Dec 12 George Cowie (Notting Hill) WKO5(6) Stadium, Hammersmith Source: Boxing 15/12/1937 page 16 Dec 19 Billy Price (Hammersmith) WRSF5(6) Stadium, Hammersmith Source: Boxing 22/12/1937 page 16

1938

Jan 2 Bill Batten (Notting Hill) WRSF5(6) Stadium, Hammersmith Source: Boxing 05/01/1938 page 15 Jan 10 Ginger McDermott (Bolton) WRSF6(10) Stadium Club, Holborn Source: Boxing Weekly Record 19/01/1938 page 20 Jan 18 Terry McGovern (Belfast) WRSF3(12) Corporation Baths, Worthing Source: Boxing 26/01/1938 page 18 Promoter: Jack Hope Jan 23 Young Hayman (Kingston) WRTD5(6) Stadium, Hammersmith Source: Boxing 26/01/1938 page 14 Feb 6 Dicky Poole (Spitalfields) WRTD8(8) Devonshire Club, Hackney Source: Boxing 09/02/1938 pages 13 and 14 Feb 27 Charlie Roberts (Canning Town) WRTD4(8) Devonshire Club, Hackney Source: Boxing 02/03/1938 pages 13 and 14 Feb 28 Johnny Toohig (Croydon) DRAW(4) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing Weekly Record 09/03/1938 page 21 Mar 28 Eddie Scott (Finchley) WPTS(4) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing 30/03/1938 page 11 Apr 11 Tug Wilson (Southall) WRTD5(8) Stadium Club, Holborn Source: Boxing 13/04/1938 page 11 May 20 Charlie Birkett (Canning Town) WPTS(8) Devonshire Club, Hackney Source: Boxing 25/05/1938 page 14 Jun 20 Jack Ryan (West Drayton) WKO1(8) Stadium Club, Holborn Source: Boxing 22/06/1938 page 11 Jul 25 Chris Birkett (Canning Town) LRSF5(8) Stadium Club, Holborn Source: Boxing 27/07/1938 page 11 Sep 19 Kid Seeley (Lurgan) WPTS(8) Stadium Club, Holborn Source: Boxing 21/09/1938 pages 11 and 12 Oct 10 Freddie Thomas (Bethnal Green) WPTS(3) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 12/10/1938 page 12 (Featherweight competition 1st series) Oct 24 Alf Boom (Stratford) WPTS The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 26/10/1938 page 12 (Featherweight novice competition final) Nov 7 Jack Watkins (Muswell Hill) LPTS(10) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 09/11/1938 page 12 Nov 8 Frank Marco (Chelsea) LPTS Butlin's Holiday Camp, Clacton Source: East Anglian Daily Times (Ipswich) Nov 24 Steve Watson (Stepney) WPTS(8) Baths, Paddington Source: Boxing Weekly Record 30/11/1938 page 20 Dec 1 Sid Worgan (Llanharan) LPTS(8) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing 07/12/1938 page 15

1939

Jan 2 Mick O'Brien (Walthamstow) WRSF5(10) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 04/01/1939 page 11 Jan 9 Tug Wilson (Southall) WPTS(4) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing 11/01/1939 page 11 Barnham 9st 4lbs Wilson 9st 4lbs Jan 15 Ernie Gaze (Euston) WRSF6(10) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 18/01/1939 page 10 Feb 9 Johnny Sage (Bethnal Green) WPTS(10) Palais de Danse, East Ham Source: Boxing 15/02/1939 page 10 Feb 12 Mike Kavan (Ireland) WPTS(10) Vale Hall, Kilburn Source: Boxing Weekly Record 15/02/1939 page 22 Feb 27 Wally Davis (Notting Hill) DRAW(10) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 01/03/1939 page 12 Mar 2 Jimmy Doyle (Stepney) WRTD9(10) Palais de Danse, East Ham Source: Boxing 08/03/1939 pages 10 and 14 Apr 3 Harry Brown (Derby) WRTD7(10) Windmill Club, Rushden Source: Boxing 12/04/1939 page 10 Apr 30 Jackie Stayton (Euston) WPTS(6) Devonshire Club, Hackney Source: Boxing 03/05/1939 page 12 May 14 Bert Buxton (Norwich) WPTS(6) Devonshire Club, Hackney Source: Boxing 17/05/1939 page 12 Buxton was Eastern Area Welterweight Champion 1949. Jul 3 Jimmy Bitmead (Kings Cross) WRSF7(10) Stadium Club, Holborn Source: Boxing 05/07/1939 page 13 Barnham 9st 5lbs Bitmead 9st 11lbs Aug 18 Tom Thomas (Wales) LRTD9(12) Memorial Park, Redhill Source: Boxing Weekly Record 23/08/1939 page 19 Dec 24 Joey Brown (Poplar) WRTD2(6) Devonshire Club, Hackney Source: Boxing 27/12/1939 page 19

1940

Jan 8 Evan Williams (Wales) WKO2(4) Stadium Club, Holborn Source: Boxing 10/01/1940 page 2 (Welterweight competition semi-final) Promoter: Sidney Hulls Jan 8 Jerry Jones (Silvertown) WPTS(3) Stadium Club, Holborn Source: Boxing 10/01/1940 page 2 (Welterweight competition 1st series) Promoter: Sidney Hulls Jan 8 Harry Charman (Paddington) WRSF1(4) Stadium Club, Holborn Source: Boxing 10/01/1940 page 2 (Welterweight competition final) Promoter: Sidney Hulls

1945

Feb 21 George Fordham (Edmonton) WPTS(6) Lime Grove Baths, Shepherds Bush Source: Boxing News 28/02/1945 page 14 Jul 14 Tommy Myers (Leeds) WRTD3(8) Chatteris Source: Boxing News 18/07/1945 page 15 damaged hand Aug 17 Arthur Maply WPTS(8) Pound Lane Drill Hall, Willesden Source: Boxing News 22/08/1945 page 16 Sep 11 Tommy Foxall (Tipton) WKO4(6) Queensberry Club, Soho Source: Boxing News 19/09/1945 pages 13 and 14 Oct 16 Dennis Chadwick (Bridlington) WPTS(6) Queensberry Club, Soho Source: Boxing News 24/10/1945 page 13 Barnham 9st 12lbs Chadwick 9st 10lbs 8ozs Nov 6 Freddie Wheeler (Basingstoke) DRAW(6) Queensberry Club, Soho Source: Boxing News 14/11/1945 pages 13 and 14 Barnham 9st 12lbs 12ozs Wheeler 10st 0lbs

1946

Feb 1 Freddie Wheeler (Basingstoke) WPTS(8) Lime Grove Baths, Shepherds Bush Source: Boxing News 06/02/1946 page 15 Jun 30 Warren Kendall (Tonyrefail) LPTS(8) Arena, Mile End Source: Boxing News 03/07/1946 page 16 Kendall was Welsh Area Lightweight Champion 1944-49. Sep 24 Ben Duffy (Jarrow) WPTS(8) Merry Fiddler's sports ground, Dagenham Source: Boxing News 02/10/1946 page 13 Duffy boxed for the Northern Area Featherweight Title 1945 and 1946 and 1949. Barnham 9st 7lbs Duffy 9st 5lbs Oct 11 Johnny McManus (Twechar) WPTS Skegness Source: Boxing News 16/10/1946 page 15 McManus was Scottish Area Lightweight Champion 1944. Barnham 9st 7lbs McManus 9st 8lbs Oct 29 Billy Biddles (Birmingham) WPTS(8) Seymour Hall Baths, Marylebone Source: Boxing News 06/11/1946 pages 10 and 11 Barnham 9st 10lbs Biddles 10st 0lbs Dec 4 Warren Kendall (Tonyrefail) WPTS(8) Lime Grove Baths, Shepherds Bush Source: Boxing News 11/12/1946 pages 13 and 14 Barnham 9st 8lbs Kendall 9st 9lbs

1947

Jan 7 Ray Famechon (France) WPTS(8) Seymour Hall Baths, Marylebone Source: Boxing News 15/01/1947 page 11 Barnham 9st 9lbs Famechon 9st 8lbs 12ozs Feb 17 Roberto Proietti (Italy) LPTS(8) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 05/03/1947 page 9 Barnham 9st 12lbs Proietti 9st 11lbs Mar 11 Ben Duffy (Jarrow) WPTS(8) Seymour Hall Baths, Marylebone Source: Boxing News 19/03/1947 page 12 Barnham 9st 11lbs 12ozs Duffy 9st 5lbs 12ozs Mar 19 Mick Gibbons (Belfast) WPTS(8) Lime Grove Baths, Shepherds Bush Source: Boxing News 26/03/1947 page 14 Barnham 9st 11lbs Gibbons 9st 12lbs Jul 1 Billy Thompson (Hickleton Main) DRAW(8) Olympia, Kensington Source: Boxing News 09/07/1947 page 12 Thompson was British Lightweight Champion 1947-51 and European Lightweight Champion 1948-49. Barnham 9st 10lbs 8ozs Thompson 9st 11lbs Aug 29 Ben Duffy (Jarrow) WPTS(8) Brighton Source: Boxing News 03/09/1947 page 12 Barnham 9st 9lbs Duffy 9st 5lbs 8ozs Nov 18 Billy Barton (Liverpool) WPTS(8) Romford Road Baths, West Ham Source: Boxing News 26/11/1947 page 11 Barnham 9st 13lbs 4ozs Barton 9st 12lbs 12ozs Dec 2 Vic Manini (Lambeth) WRSF6(8) Romford Road Baths, West Ham Source: Boxing News 10/12/1947 page 14 Match made at 9st 12lbs Barnham 9st 10lbs 4ozs Manini 9st 11lbs 4ozs

1948

Jan 8 Bert Hornby (Bolton) WPTS(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 14/01/1948 page 12 Hornby boxed for the Central Area (North) Lightweight Title 1949. Barnham 9st 11lbs 8ozs Hornby 9st 11lbs 8ozs Jan 15 Ernie Stapleton (Wood Green) WRTD5(8) Porchester Hall Baths, Paddington Source: Boxing News 21/01/1948 page 16 Barnham 9st 11lbs Stapleton 9st 11lbs Feb 12 Johnny Fitzpatrick (Doncaster) WPTS(8) Porchester Hall Baths, Paddington Source: Boxing News 18/02/1948 page 16 Barnham 9st 13lbs 2ozs Fitzpatrick 9st 12lbs 12ozs Mar 11 Ernie Thompson (Bedworth) WPTS(8) Porchester Hall Baths, Paddington Source: Boxing News 17/03/1948 pages 14 and 15 Barnham 9st 9lbs 14ozs Thompson 9st 9lbs Apr 29 Andre Famechon (France) LRSF7 Football Ground, Leyton Source: Boxing News 05/05/1948 pages 12 and 13 Barnham 9st 9lbs 12ozs Famechon 9st 11lbs 8ozs cut eye Jun 17 Claude Dennington (Peckham) LPTS(12) Orient Football Ground, Leyton Source: Boxing News 23/06/1948 page 14 (South Eastern Area Lightweight Title) Dennington was South Eastern Area Lightweight Champion 1948-49. Barnham 9st 9lbs Dennington 9st 8lbs 8ozs Oct 21 Hughie Smith (Sunderland) WPTS(8) Lime Grove Baths, Shepherds Bush Source: Boxing News 03/11/1948 page 11 Smith was Northern Area Lightweight Champion 1949. Barnham 9st 11lbs 4ozs Smith 9st 10lbs 2ozs Nov 2 George Harrison (Shirebrook) WPTS(8) Porchester Hall Baths, Paddington Source: Boxing News 17/11/1948 page 12 Barnham 9st 12lbs 10ozs Harrison 9st 13lbs

1949

Jan 17 Emmett Kenny (St Helens) WPTS(8) Lime Grove Baths, Shepherds Bush Source: Boxing News 26/01/1949 page 14 Barnham 9st 11lbs 4ozs Kenny 9st 13lbs 5ozs Promoter: Colin L Fox Feb 3 Johnny Hazel (Jamaica) WPTS(8) Queensway Hall, Paddington Source: Boxing News 16/02/1949 page 14 Barnham 9st 11lbs 4ozs Hazel 9st 8lbs Feb 14 Hyman Williams (Jamaica) WPTS(8) Lime Grove Baths, Shepherds Bush Source: Boxing News 02/03/1949 page 10 Barnham 9st 12lbs Williams 9st 11lbs 12ozs Mar 2 Johnny Smith (Clydebank) LPTS(8) Pleasuredrome, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 16/03/1949 page 11 Smith boxed a British Lightweight Title Eliminator 1949. Barnham 9st 11lbs 6ozs Smith 9st 11lbs 10ozs Jul 12 Bob Foster (Covent Garden) WPTS(8) Selhurst Park Football Ground, Sydenham Source: Boxing News 20/07/1949 page 13 Barnham 9st 12lbs Foster 9st 11lbs 8ozs Aug 26 Tommy Shaw (Plymouth) LPTS(8) Greyhound Stadium, Plymouth Source: Boxing News 31/08/1949 page 14 Barnham 9st 10lbs Shaw 9st 10lbs Oct 6 Vernon Ball (Cwmparc) WRTD8(10) Ynysangharad Park, Pontypridd Source: Boxing News 12/10/1949 page 14 Ball boxed for the Welsh Lightweight Title 1948. Barnham 9st 1lbs Ball 9st 9lbs 4ozs Promoter: Albert Davies injured eye Oct 26 Johnny Flannigan (Whitburn) LPTS(8) Hampden Park, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 02/11/1949 page 7 Flannigan was Scottish Area Lightweight Champion 1951. Barnham 9st 11lbs 13ozs Flannigan 9st 11lbs 13ozs 1950

Jan 16 Des Garrod (Paddington) WPTS(10) Lime Grove Baths, Shepherds Bush Source: Boxing News 25/01/1950 page 10 (South Eastern Area Lightweight Title Eliminator) Barnham 9st 7lbs 2ozs Garrod 9st 6lbs 12ozs Mar 7 George Daly (Blackfriars) WPTS(10) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing News 15/03/1950 page 5 (South Eastern Area Lightweight Title Final Eliminator) Daly boxed a British Lightweight Title Eliminator twice in 1935. Barnham 9st 7lbs 12ozs Daly 9st 8lbs 4ozs Apr 3 Al Wilburn (Hickleton Main) WPTS(8) High Road Baths, Leyton Source: Boxing News 12/04/1950 pages 11 and 12 Barnham 9st 11lbs 8ozs Wilburn 9st 10lbs May 3 George Thresher (Edmonton) WPTS(8) Town Hall, Watford Source: Boxing News 10/05/1950 page 13 Match made at 9st 12lbs Barnham 9st 10lbs Thresher 9st 13lbs cut eye - Thresher sub for Ricky McCullough Aug 15 Jim Findlay (Wishaw) WRTD5(8) Arena, Mile End Source: Boxing News 23/08/1950 page 12 Findlay was Scottish Area Lightweight Champion 1952-53. Barnham 9st 10lbs 12ozs Findlay 9st 9lbs 12ozs cut eye Nov 6 Cliff Anderson (British Guiana) WPTS(8) Granby Halls, Leicester Source: Boxing News 15/11/1950 page 12 Barnham 9st 11lbs 12ozs Anderson 9st 10lbs Attendance: 8000 Dec 5 Tommy McGovern (Bermondsey) LPTS(12) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing News 13/12/1950 page 5 (Southern Area Lightweight Title) McGovern was British Lightweight Champion 1951-52. Barnham 9st 7lbs 10ozs McGovern 9st 8lbs 12ozs

1951

Feb 16 Freddie Smith (Sheffield) WPTS(8) Pitfield Street Baths, Hoxton Source: Boxing News 28/02/1951 page 10 Barnham 10st 0lbs 9ozs Smith 9st 10lbs Promoter: messrs Braitman & Ezra Mar 6 Pat Kelly (Belfast) WRTD6(8) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing News 14/03/1951 page 5 Kelly boxed for the Northern Ireland Featherweight Title 1953. Barnham 9st 12lbs Kelly 9st 11lbs 8ozs Apr 3 Bert Middleton (Kettering) WPTS(8) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing News 11/04/1951 page 5 Barnham 9st 11lbs 8ozs Middleton 9st 12lbs 4ozs May 15 Vince Marshall (Manchester) WPTS(8) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing News 23/05/1951 page 7 Barnham 9st 12lbs Marshall 9st 11lbs 2ozs Jun 27 Cliff Anderson (British Guiana) WPTS(10) Greyhound Stadium, Wandsworth Source: Boxing News 04/07/1951 pages 13 and 14 Barnham 9st 9lbs 8ozs Anderson 9st 10lbs 8ozs Aug 28 Laurie Buxton (Watford) WRSF8 Greyhound Stadium, Wandsworth Source: Boxing News 05/09/1951 pages 12 and 13 Barnham 9st 8lbs 8ozs Buxton 9st 11lbs 2ozs Attendance: 6000 cut eye Oct 8 Maurice Mancini (Leamington) WPTS(8) Lime Grove Baths, Shepherds Bush Source: Boxing News 17/10/1951 page 11 Mancini was Southern Central Area Lightweight Champion 1949. Barnham 9st 12lbs Mancini 9st 10lbs Dec 10 Duilio Loi (Italy) LPTS(10) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing News 19/12/1951 page 5 Match made at 9st 12lbs Barnham 9st 12lbs 2ozs Loi 9st 11lbs 2ozs Barnham overweight and no forfeit claimed

1952

Jan 15 Al Brown (British Guiana) WPTS(8) Ice Rink, Streatham Source: Boxing News 23/01/1952 page 7 Barnham 9st 11lbs 8ozs Brown 9st 9lbs 4ozs Feb 26 Joe Lucy (Mile End) WPTS(12) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 05/03/1952 page 4 (Southern Area Lightweight Title) Lucy was British Lightweight Champion 1953-55 and 1956-57. Barnham 9st 8lbs 12ozs Lucy 9st 8lbs 14ozs May 7 Frank Johnson (Manchester) LRTD10(12) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing News 14/05/1952 page 5 (British Lightweight Title Final Eliminator) Johnson was British Lightweight Champion 1952-53 and British Light-Heavyweight Champion 1955-56 and British Empire Lightweight Champion 1953. Barnham 9st 9lbs Johnson 9st 5lbs 12ozs

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