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Joe Fox (Leeds)

Active: 1909-1925

Weight classes fought in: fly, bantam, feather

Recorded fights: 147 contests (won: 73 lost: 24 drew: 18 other: 32)

Born: 8th February 1892

Died: 1965

Manager: Harry Dorsey and Harry Berman

Trainer: Jack Goodwin

Mini Bio

Joe Fox was described by Britain's leading trainer of the 1910s and early 1920s, Jack Goodwin, as the cleverest boxer he had ever trained. He came from a fighting family and many of his early contests are only now coming to light. He was discovered by Harry Dorsey and managed, whilst in London, by Harry Berman. He boxed extensively in the United States, where he toured three times, and in Australia. He won a outright by the time he was 23 and did so in a very competitive division and during a very competitive era. Fight Record

1909

Jun 14 W Hunt (Leeds) WRTD3(8) Jewish AC, Leeds Source: Manchester Sporting Chronicle

1910

Jun 11 Fred Harley (Scunthorpe) RNK Empress Hall, Scunthorpe Source: Sheffield Daily Telegraph Jun 25 Stagger Burnell (Scunthorpe) WRSF2 Empress Hall, Scunthorpe Source: Sheffield Daily Telegraph Referee: George Corfield Jul 25 Andy Gannon (Holbeck) WRSF4(15) Gymnasium, Leeds Source: Manchester Sporting Chronicle Aug 1 Sullivan (Bradford) WRSF2 Greenfield Ground, Dudley Hill Source: Manchester Sporting Chronicle Referee: Tom Gamble Aug 22 Burke WRTD2(10) Olympia Club, Leeds Source: Sep 5 Myers (Ripon) WKO3(15) Olympia Club, Leeds Source: Boxing 10/09/1910 page 669 Sep 19 Kid Fitzpatrick (Birmingham) WRTD6 Olympia Gymnasium, Leeds Source: Boxing 24/09/1910 page 722 Oct 17 Joe Percival (Leeds) WPTS(20) Olympia Club, Leeds Source: Boxing 22/10/1910 page 819 Nov 21 Joe Percival (Leeds) LDSQ4(20) Olympia Club, Leeds Source: Boxing 26/11/1910 page 89 Dec Fred Blakeborough (Bradford) DRAW(20) Olympia Gymnasium, Leeds Source: Boxing 17/12/1910 pages 186 and 188 Promoter: George Barrett combined purse £80 Dec 16 Young Myers (Leeds) DRAW(10) NSC, Leeds Source: Boxing 24/12/1910 page 203 (6st Championship of Yorkshire) Dec 24 Pete Thompson (Sheffield) WKO3(20) NSC, Leeds Source: Boxing 31/12/1910 page 235 Referee: Tom Lees(Australia) £10 a side

1911

Jan 9 Harry McDermott (South Shields) WPTS(15) NSC, Leeds Source: Boxing 21/01/1911 page 310 Referee: Tom Gamble combined purse £25 £10 a side Feb Herbert Parker WRTD3(15) NSC, Leeds Source: Boxing 04/03/1911 page 457 Feb 6 George Schofield (Dewsbury) WRTD5(15) NSC, Leeds Source: Boxing 11/02/1911 page 382 Referee: Mr Hinton combined purse £25 £10 a side Feb 20 Herbert Parker (Leeds) WRSF3(15) Olympia Gymnasium, Leeds Source: Leeds Mercury Referee: Mr Blayney 10 £25 a side Apr 3 Sticker Atkinson (Bradford) LPTS(15) NSC, Bradford Source: Boxing 08/04/1911 page 579 Referee: Harry Jennings Apr 24 Eddie Morgan (Merthyr) WPTS(20) St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing 29/04/1911 page 658 Match made at 8st 4lbs Fox a sub for Kid Logan(London) May 5 Alec Lafferty (Airdrie) LPTS(20) Olympia Gymnasium, Leeds Source: Boxing 13/05/1911 pages 42 and 44 Lafferty boxed for the British Bantamweight Title 1912. Promoter: George Barrett May 15 Jack Flowers (Salford) WKO8(20) NSC, Bradford Source: Boxing 20/05/1911 page 62 May 22 Nick Kelly (Newcastle) LPTS(20) St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing 27/05/1911 page 84 Match made at 8st 6lbs Jul 26 Driver Knox (Liverpool) WPTS(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 05/08/1911 page 348 Aug 7 Jim Lewis (Liverpool) DRAW(10) Olympia Skating Rink, West Hartlepool Source: Newcastle Daily Journal Sep 4 Sticker Atkinson (Bradford) WKO14(15) Carlton Hill Barracks, Leeds Source: Boxing 16/09/1911 pages 484 and 486 Sep 16 Billy Atkin (Chester-le-Street) DRAW(10) Durham Source: Boxing 23/09/1911 page 514 Oct Jack Simms (Leeds) WPTS(20) NSC, Leeds Source: Boxing 04/11/1911 page 20 Oct 30 Johnny Robinson (South Shields) LPTS(10) Olympia Skating Rink, South Shields Source: Boxing 04/11/1911 page 13 Nov 16 Johnny Curran (Dublin) WPTS(20) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 25/11/1911 page 90 Match made at 8st 6lbs Dec 26 Johnny Curran (Dublin) DRAW(20) Dublin Source: Boxing 06/01/1912 pages 253 and 254

1912

Jan 15 Fred Blakeborough (Bradford) WDSQ11(20) Carlton Hill Barracks, Leeds Source: Boxing 20/01/1912 page 292 Referee: Tom Gamble Promoter: George Barratt Feb 17 Young Warner (St George's) WPTS(10) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing Referee: HW Keen Mar 9 Bill Ladbury (Greenwich) LPTS(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 16/03/1912 pages 495 and 496 Ladbury was British and European and World Champion 1913-14. Promoter: Harry Jacobs Apr 13 Sam Kellar (Aldgate) DRAW(10) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 20/04/1912 pages 615 and 616 Apr 27 Bill Ladbury (Greenwich) LPTS(10) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 04/05/1912 pages 15, 016 and 18 May 18 Tom Ringer (Walworth) WPTS(10) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 25/05/1912 pages 89 and 90 Jun 15 Bill Ladbury (Greenwich) WRSF5(10) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 22/06/1912 pages 187 and 188 Aug 3 Sam Kellar (Aldgate) DRAW(10) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 10/08/1912 pages 362 and 363 Aug 17 Joe Wilson (Stepney) LPTS(10) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 24/08/1912 pages 408 and 409 Wilson boxed for the British Flyweight Title 1911. Aug 22 Frank Warner (Woolwich) WPTS(20) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 31/08/1912 page 434 Match made at 8st 6lbs Sep 30 Nat Brooks (Aldgate) LPTS Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 05/10/1912 pages 544 and 545 Nov 2 Tom Anderson (Marylebone) WPTS(10) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 09/11/1912 pages 45, 046 and 48 Nov 4 Stoker Hoskyne (Walworth) WPTS(6) , Covent Garden Source: Boxing 09/11/1912 pages 40 and 41 Hoskyne boxed for the British Flyweight Title 1911. Nov 25 Arthur Ireland (St Pancras) W Free Trade Hall, Manchester Source: Boxing 30/11/1912 page 120

1913

Feb 1 Billy Taylor (Bethnal Green) WPTS(10) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 08/02/1913 page 400 Feb 8 Nat Brooks (Aldgate) DRAW(10) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 15/02/1913 page 423 Feb 22 Nat Brooks (Aldgate) WPTS(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 01/03/1913 pages 472 and 474 Mar 17 Johnny Curran (Dublin) WPTS(20) Antient Concert Rooms, Dublin Source: Boxing 29/03/1913 pages 582 and 583 Mar 31 Bert Moughton (Dublin) WPTS(10) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 05/04/1913 pages 595 and 596 Apr 14 Albert Taylor (Darfield) WDSQ17(20) Olympia Skating Rink, Leeds Source: Boxing 26/04/1913 page 684 Match made at 8st 9lbs Referee: Tom Gamble Promoter: George Barrett May 31 Charlie Ward (Blackfriars) WPTS(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 07/06/1913 page 147 Jun 21 Billy Robson (Newcastle) WRSF7(15) St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing 28/06/1913 page 218 Jul 7 Jimmy Berry (Dinnington) WPTS(20) St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing 19/07/1913 page 290 Berry boxed for the British Bantamweight Title 1915. Match made at 8st 8lbs Sep 8 Billy Atkin (Chester-le-Street) WRTD5(20) St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing 13/09/1913 page 476 Match made at 8st 8lbs Sep 29 Harold Littlewood (Lofthouse) WPTS(20) Olympia Skating Rink, Leeds Source: Manchester Sporting Chronicle Referee: Tom Gamble Dec 23 Joe Mooney (USA) ND Madison Square Garden, City USA Source: Boxing 10/01/1914 page 267

1914

Jan 1 Pekin Kid Herman (Pekin Illinois) ND(10) Fairmont Club, USA Source: Boxing 17/01/1914 page 291 Jan 19 Frank Bradley ( USA) ND(6) Olympia AC, Philadelphia USA Source: Boxing 07/02/1914 page 365 Jan 31 Dutch Brandt ( USA) ND(10) Gowanus AC, New York City USA Source: Boxing 21/02/1914 page 415 Feb 12 (Jersey City USA) ND(10) Madison Square Garden, New York City USA Source: Boxing 28/02/1914 page 432 Feb 23 Freddie Diggins (Philadelphia USA) ND(6) Olympia AC, Philadelphia USA Source: Boxing 14/03/1914 page 501 Mar 16 Tommy O'Toole (Philadelphia USA) ND(10) Wilkes-Barre USA Source: Boxing 04/04/1914 page 585 Mar 30 Tommy O'Toole (Philadelphia USA) ND(10) USA Source: Boxing 18/04/1914 page 648 Apr 4 Joe Mooney (New York USA) ND(10) Fairmont Club, New York City USA Source: Boxing 25/04/1914 page 670 Apr 24 Billy Bevan (Wilkes-Barre USA) ND(10) Coliseum, Wilkes-Barre USA Source: BoxRec Apr 30 Eddie Campi (San Francisco USA) ND(10) Stadium AC, New York City USA Source: Boxing 09/05/1914 page 33 Jul 13 Billy Deane (Dublin) WRTD9(15) St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Newcastle Daily Journal Jul 20 Stanley Walsh (Warrington) WRTD7(15) Opera House, Wakefield Source: Manchester Sporting Chronicle Referee: Tom Gamble for £75 Nov 7 Billy Taylor (Bethnal Green) WPTS(15) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 14/11/1914 page 44 Nov 30 Ike Bradley (Liverpool) WRTD8(20) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 05/12/1914 page 88 Bradley boxed for the British Bantamweight Title 1911. Dec 12 Alf Wye (Hoxton) WRTD2(10) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 19/12/1914 page 124 Wye boxed for the British Featherweight Title 1917. Dec 21 Tommy Phillips (Neath) WPTS(10) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 16/12/1914 page 135 Dec 26 Curley Walker (Bermondsey) DRAW(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 02/01/1915 page 154 Walker was British Bantamweight Champion 1914-15. Referee: J H Thwaites

1915

Feb 22 Alec Lafferty (Airdrie) WPTS(15) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 27/02/1915 pages 279 and 280 May 20 Bill Beynon (Taibach) DRAW(15) West London Stadium, Marylebone Source: Boxing 26/05/1915 page 46 Beynon was British Bantamweight Champion 1913. Jul 5 Charlie Ward (Blackfriars) LPTS(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 14/07/1915 page 156 Aug 5 Bill Beynon (Taibach) WPTS(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 11/08/1915 pages 221 and 222 Sep 16 (Fulham) LPTS(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 22/09/1915 page 307 Stanley was British Bantamweight Champion 1910-13 and 1913-14 and European Bantamweight Champion 1910-12 and World Bantamweight Champion 1906-12. Nov 22 Jimmy Berry (Dinnington) WRTD16(20) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 24/11/1915 page 54 (British Bantamweight Title)

1916

Jan 24 Bill Beynon (Taibach) WPTS(15) Kursaal, Bradford Source: Boxing 26/01/1916 page 175 Feb 14 Bat McCarthy (Cardiff) WDSQ9(15) Pitfield Street Baths, Hoxton Source: Boxing 16/02/1916 page 224 Promoter: Jack Callaghan Mar 20 Johnny Best (Glasgow) WRTD5(20) Kursaal, Bradford Source: Boxing 29/03/1916 page 326 Apr 17 Tommy Harrison (Hanley) WPTS(20) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 19/04/1916 page 366 (British Bantamweight Title) Harrison was British and British Empire Bantamweight Champion 1922-23 and European Bantamweight Champion 1921-22. May 29 Billy Deane (Dublin) WRTD9(20) St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing 31/05/1916 page 87 Jun 10 Billy Fry (Tylorstown) WPTS(15) Royal Court Theatre, Wigan Source: Boxing 21/06/1916 page 140 Fry was Welsh Area Champion 1930-31. Promoter: messrs Donovan & Mitchell Jun 24 Walter Rossi (Pontypridd) WPTS(15) Headingley Football Ground, Leeds Source: Boxing 28/06/1916 page 157 Jul 15 Walter Rossi (Pontypridd) DRAW(20) Headingley Football Ground, Leeds Source: Boxing 19/07/1916 pages 194 and 195 Oct 9 Digger Stanley (Fulham) WDSQ10(20) Central Baths, Bradford Source: Boxing 11/10/1916 page 334 Attendance: 2000 Nov 6 (Bermondsey) WDSQ8(20) Baths, New Source: Boxing 08/11/1916 page 30 Noble was British Bantamweight Champion 1918-19.

1917

Mar 5 Dixie Corderoy (Bermondsey) WDSQ2 Pitfield Street Baths, Hoxton Source: Boxing 07/03/1917 page 246 Corderoy sub for Mike Honeyman Jun 25 (Plymouth) WRSF18(20) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 27/06/1917 page 114 (British Bantamweight Title) Symonds was British and World Flyweight Champion 1915-16. combined purse £150 £100 a side Nov 8 Bill Beynon (Taibach) DRAW(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 14/11/1917 page 46

1918

Jan 14 Fred Blakeborough (Bradford) DRAW(20) Bradford Source: Boxing 1919

Mar 1 Young Robideau (Philadelphia USA) ND(6) National AC, Philadelphia USA Source: Boxing 09/04/1919 page 194 Mar 15 Louisiana (Philadelphia USA) ND(6) National AC, Philadelphia USA Source: BoxRec Mar 29 Freddie Reese (Brooklyn USA) ND(6) National AC, Philadelphia USA Source: BoxRec Apr 7 Joe Tiplitz (Philadelphia USA) WPTS(10) Olympia AC, Philadelphia USA Source: Boxing 07/05/1919 page 286 Apr 21 Artie Root (Cleveland USA) WPTS(6) Olympia AC, Philadelphia USA Source: Boxing 21/05/1919 page 336 May 17 Frankie Brown (New York USA) ND(6) National AC, Philadelphia USA Source: BoxRec May 29 Dave Medar (New York USA) WPTS(10) Atlantic City USA Source: Boxing Jul 28 Johnny Kilbane (Cleveland USA) ND(6) Ball Park, Philadelphia USA Source: Boxing Aug 18 Terry Martin (USA) LPTS(12) Fenway AC, Boston USA Source: Boxing 17/09/1919 page 197 Oct 4 Joe Tiplitz (Philadelphia USA) ND(6) National AC, Philadelphia USA Source: BoxRec Nov 1 Artie Root (Cleveland USA) ND(6) National AC, Philadelphia USA Source: BoxRec Nov 18 Alvie Miller (Lorain USA) ND(10) Lorain USA Source: BoxRec Nov 21 Al Shubert ND(12) Baltimore USA Source: Boxing Dec 22 Joe Lynch (New York USA) ND(8) Newark USA Source: BoxRec Dec 25 Johnny Murray (New York USA) ND(6) National AC, Philadelphia USA Source: BoxRec Dec 29 Harry Kabakoff (St Louis USA) ND(10) St Louis USA Source: BoxRec

1920

Jan 27 Harry Kabakoff (St Louis USA) ND(10) St Louis USA Source: BoxRec Feb 2 Benny Valgar (New York USA) ND(8) 1st Regiment Armory, Newark USA Source: BoxRec Mar 15 Goo Stewart (Steubenville USA) ND(10) Wheeling USA Source: BoxRec Apr 12 Andy Chaney (Baltimore USA) LKO5(10) Hartford USA Source: Leeds Mercury May 3 Willie Mead (USA) WKO1 Monument National, Montreal Canada Source: Yorkshire Post Aug 4 Billy O'Brien (Middlesbrough) LDSQ7(15) Stockton Source: Newcastle Daily Journal Oct 26 Billy Marchant (Salford) WRTD3(15) Windsor Hall, Bradford Source: Boxing 03/11/1920 pages 221 and 222 Marchant boxed for the British Featherweight Title 1920. Dec 7 Benny McNeill (Bristol) WPTS(15) Beverley Road Baths, Hull Source: Boxing 15/12/1920 pages 339 and 340

1921

Oct 31 Mike Honeyman (Woolwich) WPTS(20) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 02/11/1921 page 184 (British Featherweight Title) Honeyman was British Featherweight Champion 1920. Fox 8st 13lbs Honeyman 8st 13lbs 8ozs Referee: AF Bettinson Nov 21 Benny McNeill (Bristol) WRTD5(15) Fenton Street Barracks, Leeds Source: Boxing 30/11/1921 page 246

1922

Apr 28 Young Otto (New York USA) DRAW(10) 15th Regiment Armory, New York City USA Source: BoxRec May 29 Eugene Criqui (France) LRSF12(20) Holland Park, Kensington Source: Boxing 31/05/1922 page 248 Match made at 9st Referee: C H Douglas Jul 31 Jimmy O'Donnell (Stockport) WDSQ5(15) Armoury, Stockport Source: Boxing 02/08/1922 page 392 Nov 27 Nat Brooks (Aldgate) NC5(20) White City Ballroom, Manchester Source: Boxing 29/11/1922 page 249 Match made at 9st 2lbs Referee: Tom Gamble

1923

Apr 2 Joe O'Donnell (Philadelphia USA) ND(10) Arena, Philadelphia USA Source: Sporting Life Apr 26 Cuddy DeMarco (McKeesport USA) ND(10) Palisade Rink, McKeesport USA Source: BoxRec May 14 Ernie Goozeman (San Diego USA) ND(10) Arena Ice Gardens, Milwaukee USA Source: BoxRec Jul 24 Babe Herman (New York USA) LPTS(8) Yankee Stadium, New York City USA Source: BoxRec Aug 15 Leo Kid Roy (Canada) LPTS(10) St Denis Theatre, Montreal Canada Source: BoxRec Sep 17 Sammy Mandell (Rockford USA) ND(10) Tomlinson Hall, Indianapolis USA Source: BoxRec Sep 25 Lew Young Silver (Atlanta USA) LPTS(10) Auditorium, Atlanta USA Source: BoxRec Oct 12 Curly Wilsher (Canada) LPTS(10) Toronto Canada Source: Sporting Life (Canadian Featherweight Title) Dec 5 Blockie Richards (Dayton USA) DRAW Dayton USA Source: BoxRec Dec 20 Lou Paluso (Salt Lake City USA) LPTS Crescent Rink, Lowell USA Source: BoxRec

1924

Jan 7 Eddie Pinchot (Canada) WDSQ6(6) Coliseum, Toronto Canada Source: BoxRec Mar 29 Bert Spargo (Australia) WPTS(20) Stadium, Melbourne Australia Source: Sydney Morning Herald Apr 19 Billy Grime (Australia) DRAW(20) Stadium, Melbourne Australia Source: Adelaide Register May 10 Bert Spargo (Australia) LPTS(20) Stadium, Melbourne Australia Source: Sydney Morning Herald Jun 7 Bert Ristuccia (Australia) DRAW(20) Stadium, Melbourne Australia Source: Melbourne Argus Jul 5 Billy Grime (Australia) WPTS(20) Stadium, Melbourne Australia Source: Sydney Morning Herald Jul 19 Bert Spargo (Australia) WPTS(20) Stadium, Sydney Australia Source: Sydney Morning Herald Sep 13 Billy Grime (Australia) LPTS(20) Stadium, Melbourne Australia Source: Western Mail Oct 11 Ansel Bell (New York USA) WPTS(20) Stadium, Melbourne Australia Source: Melbourne Argus Nov 22 Bert Spargo (Australia) WPTS(20) Stadium, Melbourne Australia Source: Melbourne Argus Dec 13 Ben Martin (Australia) LPTS(20) Stadium, Melbourne Australia Source: Western Mail

1925

Jan 31 Billy Grime (Australia) LRSF13(20) Stadium, Melbourne Australia Source: Melbourne Argus Aug 5 Johnny Curley (Lambeth) DRAW(20) The Dome, Brighton Source: Boxing 12/08/1925 pages 15 and 16 Curley was British Featherweight Champion 1925-27. Match made at 9st 2lbs Referee: Sam Russell combined purse £750 £200 a side Sep 14 Johnny Cuthbert (Sheffield) WPTS(20) Leeds Source: Record published in Boxing News in the 1960s Cuthbert was British Featherweight Champion 1927-28 and 1929-31 and British Lightweight Champion 1932-34.

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