Fight Record Wally Swift (Nottingham)

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Wally Swift (Nottingham)

Active: 1957-1969

Weight classes fought in:

Recorded fights: 88 contests (won: 68 lost: 17 drew: 3)

Fight Record

1957

Sep 26 Willie Smith (Manchester) WPTS(6) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 04/10/1957 page 12 Swift 10st 7lbs 8ozs Smith 10st 4lbs Oct 7 Cliff Lawrence (Rotherham) WPTS(6) Ice Stadium, Nottingham Source: Boxing News 11/10/1957 page 4 Swift 10st 8lbs Lawrence 10st 7lbs Oct 14 Terry Tulley (Brighton) WPTS(6) Winter Gardens, Banbury Source: Boxing News 18/10/1957 page 4 Swift 10st 4lbs Tulley 10st 2lbs Promoter: Mrs Etel Usher Attendance: 1400 Oct 21 Bill Wooding (Birmingham) WPTS(8) Derby Source: Boxing News 25/10/1957 page 7 Wooding was Midlands Area Welterweight Champion 1953-56. Match made at 10st 9lbs 1958

Jan 6 Fitzroy Lindo (Jamaica) WPTS(6) Town Hall, Walsall Source: Boxing News 10/01/1958 page 6 Swift 10st 7lbs 8ozs Lindo 10st 12lbs Feb 3 Tommy Saxon (Manchester) WRSF3(6) Cossington Street Baths, Leicester Source: Boxing News 07/02/1958 page 7 Feb 17 Tommy Keeley (Birkenhead) WPTS(8) New St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing News 21/02/1958 page 11 Swift 10st 9lbs 8ozs Keeley 10st 12lbs Feb 24 Joe Somerville (Berkhamstead) WPTS(6) King's Hall, Derby Source: Boxing News 28/02/1958 page 11 Swift 10st 8lbs 8ozs Somerville 11st 2lbs 3ozs May 12 Terry Burnett (Cardiff) WPTS(8) N.S.C., Mayfair Source: Boxing News 16/05/1958 page 7 Swift 10st 6lbs Burnett 10st 6lbs 8ozs Jun 24 Albert Carroll (Bethnal Green) LPTS(8) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing News 27/06/1958 pages 8 and 9 Carroll boxed for the British Welterweight Title 1959 and was Southern Area Welterweight Champion 1959-61. Swift 10st 5lbs 12ozs Carroll 10st 7lbs 12ozs Sep 25 Peter Cobblah (Ghana) WPTS(8) Farrer Street Stadium, Middlesbrough Source: Boxing News 03/10/1958 page 7 Swift 10st 3lbs 7ozs Cobblah 10st 3lbs 7ozs Oct 20 Santos Martins (Nigeria) LDSQ8(8) Cossington Street Baths, Leicester Source: Boxing News 24/10/1958 page 8 Swift 10st 7lbs 8ozs Martins 10st 8lbs Nov 17 Harry Haydock (British Guiana) WPTS(8) King's Hall, Derby Source: Boxing News 21/11/1958 page 12 Swift 10st 7lbs 8ozs Haydock 10st 5lbs 8ozs

1959

Jan 29 Tony Smith (Bootle) LPTS(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 06/02/1959 page 12 Smith boxed for the British Welterweight Title 1963 and was Central Area Welterweight Champion 1962-65. Swift 10st 6lbs 8ozs Smith 10st 7lbs Feb 6 Phil Williams (Cardiff) WPTS(8) Sports Stadium, Brighton Source: Boxing News 13/02/1959 page 6 Swift 10st 6lbs Williams 10st 4lbs Promoter: Alec Taylor Attendance: 2500 Mar 2 Brian Husband (Hull) WPTS(8) Drill Hall, Nottingham Source: Boxing News 06/03/1959 page 7 Swift 10st 9lbs 2ozs Husband 10st 7lbs Promoter: Reg King Attendance: 1200 Jun 25 Richie Edwardson (Bootle) WPTS(8) Civic Hall, Digbeth Source: Boxing News 03/07/1959 page 13 Swift 10st 4lbs 4ozs Edwardson 10st 8lbs 1ozs Promoter: Lew Phillips Sep 17 Ray Corbett (Birmingham) WRTD6(12) Civic Hall, Digbeth Source: Boxing News 25/09/1959 page 4 (Midlands Area Welterweight Title) Corbett boxed for the Midlands Area Lightweight Title 1956 and boxed for the Midlands Area Welterweight Title 1959. Swift 10st 4lbs 8ozs Corbett 10st 7lbs damaged eye Oct 19 Terry Banning (Leamington) WPTS(8) N.S.C., Mayfair Source: Boxing News 23/10/1959 page 5 Swift 10st 7lbs Banning 10st 3lbs 8ozs Oct 26 Brian Husband (Hull) WPTS(8) Victoria Baths, Nottingham Source: Boxing News 30/10/1959 page 3 Dec 1 Boswell St Louis (Trinidad) DRAW(8) Town Hall, Sheffield Source: Boxing News 11/12/1959 page 4 Swift 10st 6lbs 12ozs St Louis 10st 7lbs Dec 7 Willie Toweel (South Africa) WPTS(8) Ice Stadium, Nottingham Source: Boxing News 11/12/1959 page 10

1960

Feb 1 Tommy Molloy (Liverpool) WPTS(15) Ice Rink, Nottingham Source: Boxing News 05/02/1960 page 8 (British Welterweight Title) Molloy was British Welterweight Champion 1958-60. Swift 10st 6lbs Molloy 10st 5lbs 10ozs Referee: Frank Wilson Promoter: Reg King Mar 8 Virgil Akins (USA) WPTS(10) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing News 11/03/1960 pages 8 and 9 Swift 10st 7lbs 4ozs Akins 10st 8lbs 12ozs Referee: Ike Powell Promoter: Harry Levene Apr 25 Emile Vlaemynck (Belgium) WPTS(10) Ice Rink, Nottingham Source: Boxing News 29/04/1960 page 3 Swift 10st 7lbs 4ozs Vlaemynck 10st 5lbs 12ozs Promoter: Reg King May 9 Larry Baker (USA) WPTS(10) Vetch Field, Swansea Source: Boxing News 13/05/1960 pages 8 and 9 Swift 10st 8lbs 8ozs Baker 10st 8lbs Referee: Ike Powell Promoter: Jack Solomons and Syd Wignall Attendance: 14000 Aug 11 Assane Fakyh (Lebanon) WPTS(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 19/08/1960 page 5 Swift 10st 7lbs Fakyh 10st 4lbs Promoter: Mickey Duff Sep 15 Henri Cabelduc (France) WPTS(10) Embassy Sportsdrome, Birmingham Source: Boxing News 23/09/1960 page 9 Swift 10st 9lbs Cabelduc 10st 9lbs Promoter: Lew Phillips Nov 21 Brian Curvis (Swansea) LPTS(15) Ice Rink, Nottingham Source: Boxing News 25/11/1960 page 3 (British and Empire Welterweight Title) Curvis was British and British Empire Welterweight Champion 1960-66. Swift 10st 4lbs 14ozs Curvis 10st 6lbs 11ozs Promoter: Reg King

1961

Feb 27 Tony Smith (Bootle) WPTS(12) Ice Rink, Nottingham Source: Boxing News 03/03/1961 page 3 (British Welterweight Title Final Eliminator) Swift 10st 6lbs 13ozs Smith 10st 5lbs 8ozs Promoter: Reg King May 8 Brian Curvis (Swansea) LPTS(15) Ice Rink, Nottingham Source: Boxing News 12/05/1961 page 3 (British and Empire Welterweight Title) Swift 10st 6lbs 8ozs Curvis 10st 6lbs Referee: Jack Hart Promoter: Reg King Jul 18 Boswell St Louis (Trinidad) WPTS(10) Majestic Ballroom, Finsbury Park Source: Boxing News 21/07/1961 page 10 Swift 10st 7lbs 4ozs St Louis 10st 4lbs 4ozs Sep 2 Fortunato Manca (Italy) LPTS(10) Cagliari Italy Source: Boxing News Sep 14 Albert Carroll (Bethnal Green) WPTS(10) Civic Hall, Digbeth Source: Boxing News 22/09/1961 page 5 Swift 10st 7lbs 12ozs Carroll 10st 9lbs Promoter: Lew Taylor Oct 24 Albert Carroll (Bethnal Green) LDSQ3 Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 27/10/1961 page 3 Swift 10st 10lbs 8ozs Carroll 10st 13lbs 8ozs Referee: Wally Thom Nov 20 Mauri Backman (Finland) WPTS(8) Ice Stadium, Nottingham Source: Boxing News 24/11/1961 page 2 Promoter: Reg King Nov 28 Bob Cofie (Ghana) WRSF4(10) Town Hall, Leeds Source: Boxing News 01/12/1961 page 2 Swift 10st 9lbs 8ozs Cofie 11st 11lbs 8ozs Referee: Jim Mahoney

1962

Feb 5 Billy Tarrant (Bermondsey) WPTS(8) Grange Road Baths, Bermondsey Source: Boxing News 09/02/1962 page 5 Tarrant boxed for the Southern Area Welterweight Title 1962 and boxed for the Southern Area Middleweight Title 1964. Swift 10st 8lbs 8ozs Tarrant 10st 8lbs Referee: Harry Gibbs Promoter: Mike Barrett Feb 27 Sammy Cowan (Belfast) WKO2(8) Embassy Sportsdrome, Birmingham Source: Boxing News 02/03/1962 page 3 Swift 10st 8lbs 12ozs Cowan 10st 10lbs 12ozs Promoter: Lew Phillips Attendance: 4000 Mar 15 Ahmed Sebane (France) WPTS(8) Romford Road Baths, West Ham Source: Boxing News 23/03/1962 page 4 Swift 10st 7lbs Sebane 10st 3lbs 4ozs Mar 27 Johnny Kramer (West Ham) WRSF7(10) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing News 30/03/1962 pages 8 and 9 Kramer was Southern Area Welterweight Champion 1962-63 and 1963-64 and Southern Area Middleweight Champion 1966-68. Swift 10st 8lbs 10ozs Kramer 10st 6lbs Promoter: Harry Levene Apr 17 Tanos Lambrianides (Cardiff) WPTS(8) Granby Halls, Leicester Source: Boxing News 27/04/1962 page 3 Jun 4 Orlando Paso (Nigeria) WPTS(10) New St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing News 08/06/1962 page 4 Swift 11st 0lbs Paso 11st 5lbs Jun 19 Bob Roberts (Ghana) WRSF6(8) Colston Hall, Bristol Source: Boxing News 22/06/1962 page 5 Swift 11st 1lbs 12ozs Roberts 10st 10lbs 8ozs Promoter: Bill Meyer Attendance: Disappointing Jul 12 Harry Scott (Bootle) WPTS(8) New St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing News 20/07/1962 page 5 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. Match made at 11st 6lbs Swift 11st 0lbs Scott 11st 6lbs 8ozs Sep 10 Mick Leahy (Coventry) WPTS(8) Free Trade Hall, Manchester Source: Boxing News 14/09/1962 page 16 Leahy was British Middleweight Champion 1963-64. Swift 11st 1lbs 5ozs Leahy 11st 4lbs Referee Jim Mahoney Promoter: Gus Demmy Oct 8 Tony Smith (Bootle) WPTS(12) Ice Stadium, Nottingham Source: Boxing News 12/10/1962 page 5 (British and Empire Welterweight Title Final Eliminator) Swift 10st 6lbs 5ozs Smith 10st 5lbs 10ozs Referee: Harry Gibbs Oct 23 Max Smith (Wolverhampton) WPTS(10) Embassy Sportsdrome, Birmingham Source: Boxing News 26/10/1962 page 9 (Midlands Area Middleweight Title) Smith was Midlands Area Middleweight Champion 1962. Swift 10st 13lbs Smith 11st 5lbs 12ozs Referee: Mickey Fox Nov 9 Chris Christenson (Denmark) LPTS(10) Copenhagen Denmark Source: Boxing News Dec 10 Mick Leahy (Coventry) DRAW(12) Ice Rink, Nottingham Source: Boxing News 14/12/1962 page 3 (British Middleweight Title Eliminator) Swift 11st 2lbs Leahy 11st 5lbs 4ozs Referee: Wally Thom

1963

Feb 13 Mick Leahy (Coventry) LPTS(12) Granby Halls, Leicester Source: Boxing News 22/02/1963 pages 5 and 16 (British Middleweight Title Final Eliminator) Swift 11st 1lbs 2ozs Leahy 11st 4lbs Referee: Tommy Little Promoter: Alex Griffiths May 1 Teddy Haynes (Birmingham) LRSF5(8) Midlands SC, Solihull Source: Boxing News 10/05/1963 page 3 (Midlands Area Middleweight Title) Haynes was Midlands Area Middleweight Champion 1963. Swift 11st 1lbs 8ozs Haynes 11st 3lbs Referee: Mickey Fox Jun 4 Dennis Read (Norwood) WPTS(8) Town Hall, Shoreditch Source: Boxing News 07/06/1963 page 2 Read was Southern Area Middleweight Champion 1963-64. Swift 11st 3lbs 4ozs Read 11st 3lbs Referee: Tommy Little Promoter: Harry Goldsmith Jun 25 Wilson Harris (USA) WPTS(8) Majestic Ballroom, Finsbury Park Source: Boxing News 28/06/1963 page 5 Swift 11st 0lbs 8ozs Harris 10st 10lbs 8ozs Referee: Tommy Little Promoter: Ivor Barnard Jul 9 Johnny Angel (Jamaica) DRAW(8) Civic Hall, Wolverhampton Source: Boxing News 12/07/1962 page 16 Swift 11st 2lbs 8ozs Angel 11st 6lbs Referee: Mickey Fox Sep 12 Johnny Cooke (Bootle) WPTS(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 20/09/1963 page 5 Cooke was British and British Empire Welterweight Champion 1967-68. Swift 10st 11lbs 8ozs Cooke 10st 8lbs Referee: Roland Dakin Promoter: Ray Peers and Jack Turner Oct 21 Jim Swords (Manchester) WPTS(10) Free Trade Hall, Manchester Source: Boxing News 25/10/1963 pages 12 and 16 Swords boxed a British Middleweight Title Eliminator 1965. Match made at 11st 6lbs Swift 11st 3lbs 8ozs Swords 11st 3lbs 11ozs Promoter: Gus Demmy Nov 12 Johnny Angel (Jamaica) WPTS(8) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing News 15/11/1963 pages 8, 09 and 16 Match made at 11st 8lbs Swift 11st 4lbs Angel 11st 6lbs 4ozs Promoter: Harry Levene Nov 28 Johnny Cooke (Bootle) LPTS(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 06/12/1963 page 5 Match made at 11st Swift 11st 0lbs 4ozs Cooke 10st 8lbs 8ozs

1964

Jan 22 Felipe Alayeto (Spain) WPTS(8) Embassy Sportsdrome, Birmingham Source: Boxing News 31/01/1964 page 4 Swift 11st 4lbs 4ozs Alayeto 11st 5lbs 12ozs Promoter: Alex Griffiths Mar 5 Joe Bell (Jamaica) WPTS(10) Tower Circus, Blackpool Source: Boxing News 13/03/1964 page 4 Swift 11st 4lbs Bell 11st 7lbs 8ozs Promoter: Lawrie Lewis May 11 Harry Scott (Bootle) WPTS(10) Ice Rink, Nottingham Source: Boxing News 22/05/1964 page 4 (British Middleweight Title Final Eliminator) Swift 11st 4lbs 1ozs Scott 11st 5lbs 12ozs Referee: Bill Williams Promoter: Reg King Sep 29 Nellis Oostrum (Holland) WRSF1 Embassy Sportsdrome, Birmingham Source: Boxing News 02/10/1964 page 4 Swift 11st 4lbs 12ozs Oostrum 11st 5lbs Dec 14 Mick Leahy (Coventry) WPTS(15) Ice Rink, Nottingham Source: Boxing News 18/12/1964 page 16 (British Middleweight Title) Swift 11st 3lbs 12ozs Leahy 11st 5lbs Referee: Jack Hart Promoter: Reg King

1965

Jan 12 Charley Austin (USA) WPTS(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 15/01/1965 pages 8, 09 and 16 Swift 11st 3lbs 12ozs Austin 11st 2lbs 12ozs Promoter: Mike Barrett Jun 15 Daniel Leuillier (France) WPTS(8) City Football Ground, Birmingham Source: Boxing News 25/06/1965 pages 8 and 9 Swift 11st 4lbs 12ozs Leuillier 11st 8lbs 12ozs Promoter: Jack Solomons and Alex Griffiths Attendance: 18000 Sep 7 Jim Lloyd (Liverpool) WRSF9(10) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing News 10/09/1965 pages 8, 09 and 15 Referee: Harry Gibbs Promoter: Harry Levene Sep 21 Nat Jacobs (Manchester) WPTS(10) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing News 24/09/1965 page 12 Jacobs boxed for the British Middleweight Title 1966 and was Central Area Middleweight Champion 1965. Match made at 11st 8lbs Referee: Jim Mahoney Promoter: Harry Levene Attendance: hall half full Nov 8 Johnny Pritchett (Bingham) LRSF12(15) Ice Rink, Nottingham Source: Boxing News 12/11/1965 pages 8 and 9 (British Middleweight Title) Pritchett was British Middleweight Champion 1965-69 and British Empire Middleweight Champion 1967-69. Swift 11st 2lbs 8ozs Pritchett 11st 4lbs Referee: Harry Gibbs

1966

Jan 19 Reinnard Dampmann (West Germany) WRSF4(8) Midlands SC, Solihull Source: Boxing News 28/01/1966 page 4 Swift 11st 6lbs Dampmann 11st 6lbs Mar 2 Freddie Thomas (Bermuda) WPTS(10) Midlands SC, Solihull Source: Boxing News 11/03/1966 page 5 Swift 11st 3lbs 12ozs Thomas 11st 8lbs 4ozs Mar 21 James Shelton (USA) WKO1 Ice Stadium, Nottingham Source: Boxing News 25/03/1966 page 5 Swift 11st 3lbs 9ozs Shelton 11st 5lbs 5ozs Promoter: Reg King May 5 Al Sharpe (Belfast) WPTS(12) Ulster Hall, Belfast Source: Boxing News 13/05/1966 page 5 (British Middleweight Title Eliminator) Sharpe boxed a British Middleweight Title Eliminator 1966 and was Northern Ireland Area Lightweight Champion 1957-58 and Northern Ireland Area Welterweight Champion 1959-62. Swift 11st 4lbs Referee: George Smith (Edinburgh) Promoter: Barney Eastwood Jun 6 Horst Wiesorek (Germany) WPTS(10) New St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing News 10/06/1966 page 3 Swift 11st 2lbs Wiesorek 11st 9lbs Promoter: Lawrie Lewis Aug 23 Manfred Graus (Germany) WPTS(8) Civic Hall, Wolverhampton Source: Boxing News 02/09/1966 page 2 Swift 11st 4lbs Graus 11st 7lbs Promoter: Alex Griffiths Nov 14 Freddie Thomas (Bermuda) WRSF6(8) Victoria Baths, Nottingham Source: Boxing News 18/11/1966 page 3 Swift 11st 5lbs 8ozs Thomas 11st 5lbs 8ozs Referee: Austin O'Connor

1967

Feb 20 Johnny Pritchett (Bingham) LPTS(15) Ice Rink, Nottingham Source: Boxing News 24/02/1967 page 3 (British Middleweight Title) Swift 11st 2lbs 11ozs Pritchett 11st 3lbs 12ozs Referee: Wally Thom Apr 24 Len Gibbs (St Pancras) WPTS(10) Ice Rink, Nottingham Source: Boxing News 28/04/1967 page 7 Gibbs boxed for the Southern Area Middleweight Title 1966. Swift 11st 4lbs 6ozs Gibbs 11st 2lbs 14ozs Promoter: Reg King Jun 13 Bob Cofie (Ghana) WPTS(8) Wolverhampton Source: Boxing News Sep 9 Sandro Mazzinghi (Italy) LRSF6(15) Milan Italy Source: Boxing News (European Middleweight Title) Oct 23 Bunny Sterling (Finsbury Park) WPTS(8) Anglo-American Sporting Club, Mayfair Source: Boxing News 27/10/1967 page 4 Sterling was British Middleweight Champion 1970-74 and 1975 and Commonwealth Middleweight Champion 1970-72 and European Middleweight Champion 1976. Swift 11st 4lbs Sterling 11st 5lbs Referee: Bill Williams Nov 28 Ade Ajasco (Nigeria) WKO2 Victoria Baths, Nottingham Source: Boxing News 08/12/1967 page 4 Swift 11st 4lbs 13ozs Ajasco 11st 5lbs 12ozs

1968

Mar 26 Carlos Duran (Italy) LDSQ10(15) Embassy Sportsdrome, Birmingham Source: Boxing News 29/03/1968 page 5 (European Middleweight Title) Swift 11st 1lbs 8ozs Duran 11st 8lbs 12ozs Referee: Georges Gondre(France) May 8 Len Gibbs (St Pancras) WPTS(8) Solihull Source: Boxing News Jun 13 Tom Bogs (Denmark) LRSF5 Copenhagen Denmark Source: Boxing News

1969

Jan 15 Bunny Sterling (Finsbury Park) WPTS(8) Midlands SC, Solihull Source: Boxing News Feb 17 Les McAteer (Birkenhead) WPTS(10) Nottingham Source: Boxing News McAteer was British Middleweight Champion 1969-70. Jul 14 Les McAteer (Birkenhead) LPTS(15) Nottingham Source: Boxing News (British and Commonwealth Middleweight Title)

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