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Johnny Kramer (West Ham)

Active: 1959-1970

Weight classes fought in:

Recorded fights: 69 contests( won: 39 lost: 27 drew: 3)

Fight Record

1959

Sep 15 Steve Richards (Bermondsey) WRSF3(6) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: News 18/09/1959 pages 8 and 9 Kramer 10st 5lbs Richards 10st 8lbs 2ozs Sep 22 Les Platt (Barnsley) WRSF1(6) Town Hall, Shoreditch Source: Boxing News 25/09/1959 page 5 Kramer 10st 5lbs 4ozs Platt 10st 5lbs 8ozs Oct 6 Don Symonds (Bellingham) WPTS(6) Town Hall, Shoreditch Source: Boxing News 09/10/1959 page 5 Kramer 10st 6lbs 2ozs Symons 10st 6lbs 2ozs Oct 20 Jack Burley (Hackney) WRTD4(6) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing News 23/10/1959 pages 8 and 9 Kramer 10st 5lbs 12ozs Burley 10st 0lbs cut eye Nov 19 Bernard Hart (Eltham) WRSF5 N.S.C., Mayfair Source: Boxing News 27/11/1959 page 5 Kramer 10st 6lbs Hart 10st 4lbs 12ozs Dec 15 Billy Underwood (Hainault) WRSF4 Town Hall, Shoreditch Source: Boxing News 18/12/1959 page 7 Kramer 10st 7lbs 8ozs Underwood 10st 11lbs

1960

Jan 26 Joe Ceroni (Bournemouth) WRSF6(6) Olympia, Kensington Source: Boxing News 29/01/1960 pages 8 and 9 Kramer 10st 8lbs 4ozs Ceroni 10st 9lbs 4ozs Referee: Pat Floyd Mar 1 Richie Edwardson (Bootle) WRSF1 Town Hall, Shoreditch Source: Boxing News 04/03/1960 page 3 Kramer 10st 9lbs 12ozs Edwardson 10st 9lbs 12ozs Referee: Tommy Little Mar 14 Pat Aaron (Nigeria) WPTS(6) High Road Baths, Leyton Source: Boxing News 18/03/1960 page 3 Kramer 10st 8lbs 8ozs Aaron 10st 3lbs Apr 19 Tony Barry (Birkenhead) WKO2(8) Town Hall, Shoreditch Source: Boxing News 22/04/1960 page 5 Kramer 10st 8lbs Barry 10st 4lbs 8ozs May 10 Freddie Collins (Chingford) LDSQ2(8) Town Hall, Shoreditch Source: Boxing News 13/05/1960 page 5 May 23 Eddie Phillips (Nigeria) WRSF4(8) National Sporting Club, Piccadilly Source: Boxing News 27/05/1960 page 3 Kramer 10st 8lbs Phillips 10st 6lbs 8ozs Referee: Fred Hall Jun 21 Pat Aaron (Nigeria) WRSF6(8) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 24/06/1960 page 5 Kramer 10st 5lbs 4ozs Aaron 10st 0lbs 12ozs Referee: Harry Gibbs Promoter: Stan Baker Sep 20 Al Sharpe (Belfast) LPTS(8) Town Hall, Shoreditch Source: Boxing News 23/09/1960 page 5 Sharpe boxed a British Title Eliminator 1966 and was Northern Ireland Area Lightweight Champion 1957-58 and Northern Ireland Area Champion 1959-62. Kramer 10st 7lbs 4ozs Sharpe 10st 8lbs Referee: Jack Hart Nov 15 Bob Roberts (Ghana) WPTS(8) Town Hall, Shoreditch Source: Boxing News 18/11/1960 page 7 Kramer 10st 8lbs Roberts 10st 9lbs Nov 29 Paddy Graham (Belfast) WRSF4(8) National Sporting Club, Piccadilly Source: Boxing News 02/12/1965 page 2 Graham was Northern Ireland Area Welterweight Champion 1962. Kramer 10st 6lbs Graham 10st 9lbs 8ozs Referee: Tommy Little

1961

Jan 10 Jimmy Powell (Preston) WRTD3(8) Baths, Ilford Source: Boxing News 13/01/1961 page 3 Kramer 10st 5lbs 8ozs Powell 10st 7lbs 12ozs Promoter: Alby Smith Feb 7 George Cottle (Bermondsey) WRSF5(8) Town Hall, Shoreditch Source: Boxing News 10/02/1961 page 3 Kramer 10st 6lbs Cottle 10st 6lbs 8ozs Referee: Pat Floyd Promoter: Harry Grossmith Feb 21 Peter Cobblah (Ghana) WRTD4(8) Ice Rink, Streatham Source: Boxing News 24/02/1961 page 8 Kramer 10st 7lbs 8ozs Cobblah 10st 8lbs Promoter: Stan Baker Mar 17 Al Sharpe (Belfast) WPTS(8) East India Hall, Poplar Source: Boxing News 24/03/1961 page 2 Kramer 10st 5lbs 8ozs Sharpe 10st 8lbs 8ozs Referee: Jack Hart Mar 28 Ola Michael (Nigeria) WRSF4(8) Majestic Ballroom, Finsbury Park Source: Boxing News 07/04/1961 page 2 Kramer 10st 6lbs 12ozs Michael 10st 4lbs 4ozs Referee: Tommy Little Jun 13 Sani Armstrong (Ghana) WRSF7(8) Majestic Ballroom, Finsbury Park Source: Boxing News 16/06/1961 page 5 Kramer 10st 7lbs 4ozs Armstrong 10st 9lbs 8ozs Referee: Harry Gibbs Jul 11 Tanos Lambrianides (Cardiff) WPTS(8) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing News 14/07/1961 pages 8 and 9 Kramer 10st 4lbs Lambrianides 10st 6lbs 12ozs Promoter: Harry Levene Sep 5 Tony Smith (Bootle) LPTS(8) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing News 08/09/1961 pages 8 and 9 Smith boxed for the British Welterweight Title 1963 and was Central Area Welterweight Champion 1962-65. Kramer 10st 8lbs 8ozs Smith 10st 8lbs 2ozs Referee: Pat Floyd Oct 3 Sammy Cowan (Belfast) LRSF4(8) Town Hall, Shoreditch Source: Boxing News 06/10/1961 page 4 Kramer 10st 7lbs 8ozs Cowan 10st 5lbs 8ozs Referee: Ben Stichbury Dec 14 Boswell St Louis (Trinidad) WPTS(8) Romford Road Baths, West Ham Source: Boxing News 22/12/1961 page 5 Kramer 10st 5lbs 12ozs St Louis 10st 3lbs 8ozs Promoter: William Mayer

1962

Jan 17 Albert Carroll (Bethnal Green) WKO2(10) Romford Road Baths, West Ham Source: Boxing News 26/01/1962 page 4 (Southern Area Welterweight Title Eliminator) Carroll boxed for the British Welterweight Title 1959 and was Southern Area Welterweight Champion 1959-61. Kramer 10st 5lbs Carroll 10st 6lbs Referee: Benny Caplan Promoter: Bill Meyer Feb 7 Charley Cotton (USA) WPTS(10) Seymour Hall Baths, Marylebone Source: Boxing News 16/02/1962 pages 8 and 9 Kramer 10st 8lbs 8ozs Cotton 10st 10lbs 12ozs Referee: Bill Williams Promoter: Ronnie Ezra Mar 27 Wally Swift (Nottingham) LRSF7(10) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing News 30/03/1962 pages 8 and 9 Swift was British Welterweight Champion 1960 and British Middleweight Champion 1964-65. Kramer 10st 6lbs Swift 10st 8lbs 10ozs Promoter: Harry Levene Sep 25 Billy Tarrant (Bermondsey) WRSF7(10) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing News 28/09/1962 pages 8 and 9 (Southern Area Welterweight Title) Tarrant boxed for the Southern Area Welterweight Title 1962 and boxed for the Southern Area Middleweight Title 1964. Kramer 10st 6lbs Tarrant 10st 6lbs 8ozs Referee: Jack Hart Nov 29 George Palin (Crewe) WPTS(8) Town Hall, Shoreditch Source: Boxing News 07/12/1962 pages 4 and 5 Kramer 10st 7lbs 12ozs Palin 10st 8lbs 4ozs Referee: Ben Stichbury Promoter: Harry Grossmith Dec 11 Jimmy McGrail (Liverpool) LPTS(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 14/10/1962 pages 8 and 9 McGrail boxed a British Welterweight Title Eliminator 1961 and 1964. Match made at 10st 7lbs Kramer 10st 5lbs 12ozs McGrail 10st 5lbs Promoter: Mike Barrett 1963

Jan 14 Johnny Cooke (Bootle) LPTS(8) National Sporting Club, Piccadilly Source: Boxing News 18/01/1963 page 2 Cooke was British and British Empire Welterweight Champion 1967-68. Kramer 10st 8lbs 12ozs Cooke 10st 7lbs 8ozs Mar 11 Al Sharpe (Belfast) WRSF4(8) National Sporting Club, Piccadilly Source: Boxing News 15/03/1963 page 4 Kramer 10st 8lbs 8ozs Sharpe 10st 5lbs 8ozs Referee: Jack Hart Apr 1 Jackie Harwood (Bolton) DRAW(8) Free Trade Hall, Manchester Source: Boxing News 05/04/1963 page 5 Harwood boxed for the Central Area Middleweight Title 1967. Kramer 10st 8lbs Harwood 10st 12lbs Promoter: Gus Demmy Harwood sub for Nat Jacobs Jun 10 Peter McLaren (Brixton) LPTS(10) National Sporting Club, Piccadilly Source: Boxing News 14/06/1963 page 2 (Southern Area Welterweight Title) McLaren boxed a British Welterweight Title Eliminator 1965 and was Southern Area Welterweight Champion 1963 and 1964-66. McLaren 10st 5lbs 12ozs Referee: Bill Williams Oct 7 Peter McLaren (Brixton) WPTS(10) National Sporting Club, Piccadilly Source: Boxing News 11/10/1963 page 4 (Southern Area Welterweight Title) Kramer 10st 6lbs McLaren 10st 5lbs 12ozs Nov 12 Wilson Harris (USA) WPTS(8) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing News 15/11/1963 pages 8, 09 and 16 Match made at 10st 9lbs Kramer 10st 7lbs Harris 10st 7lbs Promoter: Harry Levene Dec 9 Nat Jacobs (Manchester) WPTS(10) Free Trade Hall, Manchester Source: Boxing News 13/12/1963 page 3 Jacobs boxed for the British Middleweight Title 1966 and was Central Area Middleweight Champion 1965. Match made at 10st 9lbs Kramer 10st 5lbs Jacobs 10st 8lbs 8ozs Promoter: Gus Demmy Dec 17 Ernest Musso (Rhodesia) WPTS(8) Town Hall, Shoreditch Source: Boxing News 20/12/1963 page 12 Kramer 10st 7lbs 8ozs Musso 10st 7lbs 12ozs Promoter: Harry Grossmith 1964

Feb 18 Tony Lewis (Camden Town) LRSF10(12) Seymour Hall Baths, Marylebone Source: Boxing News 21/02/1964 page 5 (Southern Area Welterweight Title) Lewis was Southern Area Welterweight Champion 1964. Kramer 10st 6lbs Lewis 10st 5lbs 8ozs Referee: Harry Gibbs Promoter: Ron Ezra Sep 28 Don McMillan (Glasgow) LPTS(8) National Sporting Club, Piccadilly Source: Boxing News 02/10/1964 page 3 McMillan boxed for the British Middleweight Title 1973 and was Scottish Area Middleweight Champion 1971. Kramer 10st 6lbs 4ozs McMillan 10st 9lbs Oct 12 Brian McCaffrey (Liverpool) LRSF6(8) Anglo-American Sporting Club, Mayfair Source: Boxing News 16/10/1964 page 5 McCaffrey boxed for the British Welterweight Title 1967. Kramer 10st 6lbs 8ozs McCaffrey 10st 5lbs 12ozs Referee: Harry Gibbs

1965

Jun 14 Louis Onwuna (Nigeria) WRSF8(8) National Sporting Club, Piccadilly Source: Boxing News 18/06/1965 page 6 Kramer 11st 1lbs Onwuna 11st 5lbs Referee: Benny Caplan Oct 12 Len Gibbs (St Pancras) LKO6(8) Town Hall, Shoreditch Source: Boxing News 15/10/1965 pages 7 and 12 Gibbs boxed for the Southern Area Middleweight Title 1966. Kramer 11st 1lbs 8ozs Gibbs 11st 8lbs

1966

Jan 18 Al Sharpe (Belfast) LPTS(10) Ulster Hall, Belfast Source: Boxing News 28/01/1966 page 4 Kramer 11st 1lbs 8ozs Sharpe 11st 2lbs Promoter: Barney Eastwood Feb 14 Jim Lloyd (Liverpool) WRSF6(8) Grange Road Baths, Bermondsey Source: Boxing News 25/02/1966 page 3 Kramer 11st 4lbs Lloyd 11st 7lbs Referee: Billy White Promoter: John Parry Mar 1 Len Gibbs (St Pancras) WRSF6 Grange Road Baths, Bermondsey Source: Boxing News 04/03/1966 page 4 (Southern Area Middleweight Title) Kramer 11st 3lbs 8ozs Gibbs 11st 2lbs Referee: Pat Floyd May 21 Johnny Pritchett (Bingham) LRTD8(10) Football Ground, Highbury Source: Boxing News 27/05/1966 pages 8, 09, 12 and 13 Pritchett was British Middleweight Champion 1965-69 and British Empire Middleweight Champion 1967-69. Kramer 11st 3lbs 4ozs Pritchett 11st 7lbs 12ozs Promoter: Harry Levene Attendance: 46000 Nov 14 Les McAteer (Birkenhead) LRSF5(8) Anglo-American Sporting Club, Mayfair Source: Boxing News 18/11/1966 pages 3 and 9 McAteer was British Middleweight Champion 1969-70. Kramer 11st 6lbs McAteer 11st 8lbs Referee: Bill Williams

1967

Jan 16 Len Gibbs (St Pancras) WRSF8(10) Anglo-American Sporting Club, Mayfair Source: Boxing News 20/01/1967 page 7 (Southern Area Middleweight Title) Kramer 11st 2lbs 8ozs Gibbs 11st 5lbs Referee: Benny Caplan Feb 27 Pat Dwyer (Liverpool) LPTS(10) Anglo-American Sporting Club, Mayfair Source: Boxing News 03/03/1967 page 4 Dwyer boxed for the Commonwealth Light-Middleweight Title 1972 and was Central Area Middleweight Champion 1971-73. Kramer 11st 4lbs Dwyer 11st 5lbs 12ozs Referee: Bill Williams Mar 30 Theo Pollux DRAW(8) Gothenburg Sweden Source: Boxing News Jun 15 Denny Pleace (Cardiff) LPTS(8) Cardiff Source: Boxing News Pleace boxed a British Middleweight Title Eliminator 1970. Promoter: Harry Levene Sep 25 Carl Thomas (Cardiff) WPTS(10) National Sporting Club, Piccadilly Source: Boxing News Thomas boxed a British Middleweight Title Eliminator 1970 and was Welsh Area Featherweight Champion 1968-69. Oct 16 Len Gibbs (St Pancras) LPTS(10) National Sporting Club, Piccadilly Source: Boxing News 20/10/1967 page 4 Kramer 11st 5lbs Gibbs 11st 1lbs 12ozs Referee: Bill Williams Dec 12 Harry Scott (Bootle) DRAW(8) Civic Hall, Wolverhampton Source: Boxing News 15/12/1967 page 4 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. Kramer 11st 4lbs 8ozs Scott 11st 5lbs 8ozs Referee: Mickey Fox Promoter: South Staffs SC (Alex Griffiths)

1968

Feb 14 Nojeen Adigun (Nigeria) WPTS(8) National Sporting Club, Piccadilly Source: Boxing News Kramer 11st 5lbs Adigun 11st 4lbs Referee: Benny Caplan May 6 Bunny Sterling (Finsbury Park) WPTS(10) National Sporting Club, Piccadilly Source: Boxing News (Southern Area Middleweight Title) Sterling was British Middleweight Champion 1970-74 and 1975 and Commonwealth Middleweight Champion 1970-72 and European Middleweight Champion 1976. Oct 8 Mark Rowe (Camberwell) LKO3 Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News Rowe was British and Commonwealth Middleweight Champion 1970. Nov 11 Bunny Sterling (Finsbury Park) LRSF8 National Sporting Club, Piccadilly Source: Boxing News (Southern Area Middleweight Title)

1969

Jan 6 Dick Duffy (Cardiff) LPTS(8) Connaught Rooms, Kingsway Source: Boxing News 10/01/1969 page 4 Duffy boxed a British Welterweight Title Eliminator 1967 and boxed a British Middleweight Title Eliminator in 1970. Kramer 11st 4lbs 8ozs Duffy 11st 5lbs 12ozs Feb 15 Willie Ludick (South Africa) LPTS(10) Johannesburg South Africa Source: Boxing News

1970

Feb 24 Jimmy Tibbs (West Ham) LPTS(8) York Hall, Bethnal Green Source: Boxing News Kramer 11st 8lbs Tibbs 11st 8lbs Referee: Sid Nathan Mar 31 Ralph Charles (West Ham) LRSF4(8) York Hall, Bethnal Green Source: Boxing News Charles was British and British Empire/Commonwealth Welterweight Champion 1968-72 and European Welterweight Champion 1970-71. Apr 30 Pierre Fourie (South Africa) LPTS(10) Johannesburg South Africa Source: Boxing News Apr 30 Pierre Fourie (South Africa) LPTS Cape Town South Africa Source: Boxing News Jun 15 Kahu Mahanga (New Zealand) WPTS(10) Melbourne Australia Source: Boxing News Aug 25 Tony Mundine (Australia) LRTD5(10) Sydney Australia Source: Boxing News

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