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Pat O'Keefe (Canning Town)
Active: 1904-1918
Weight classes fought in:
Recorded fights: 75 contests (won: 57 lost: 14 drew: 3 other: 1)
Fight Record
1904
Jan 4 Peter Brown (Woolwich) LPTS(3) International AC, Marylebone Source: Sporting Life (10st 8lbs Championship competition open to all England 1st series) Brown boxed for the World Welterweight Title 1910. Referee: Joe Steers
1905
Feb 9 Jack Meekins (Battersea) WPTS(6) Drill Hall, Woolwich Source: Mirror of Life Referee: J G Evitt Promoter: Jim Hulls Mar 11 Walter Kelcher (Woolwich) WPTS(6) Drill Hall, Woolwich Source: Sporting Life Referee: JG Evitt Promoter: JT Hulls Mar 25 Ted Goodfellow (Woolwich) WKO4(6) Drill Hall, Woolwich Source: Sporting Life Referee: JG Evitt Promoter: JT Hulls Mar 27 Jim Watts (Reading) WPTS(6) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Sporting Life Referee: JH Douglas Apr 6 Jack Palmer (Plumstead) WPTS(6) Drill Hall, Woolwich Source: Sporting Life Referee: JG Evitt May 22 Cpl. Stebbings (21st Lancers) WPTS(10) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Sporting Life Referee: JH Douglas Sep 23 Ted Goodfellow (Woolwich) WPTS(6) Drill Hall, Woolwich Source: Mirror of Life Referee: JG Evitt Oct 12 Bert Smith (Custom House) WPTS(6) Public Hall, Canning Town Source: Mirror of Life Referee: JT Hulls jun Promoter: Dick Pepper Oct 16 Harry Wade (Stepney) WRSF4(6) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Mirror of Life Referee: JH Douglas Oct 26 Tim Williams (RHA Beckton) WKO4(6) Drill Hall, Woolwich Source: Mirror of Life Referee: JG Evitt Promoter: Jim Hulls Nov 25 Jack Palmer (Plumstead) WPTS(6) Drill Hall, Woolwich Source: Mirror of Life Referee: JG Evitt Nov 30 Walter Kelcher (Woolwich) WKO1(6) Amersham Hall, New Cross Source: Mirror of Life Dec 18 Charlie Allum (Notting Hill) DRAW(6) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Mirror of Life Referee: JH Douglas
1906
Jan 13 Harry Wade (Stepney) WRTD3(6) Drill Hall, Woolwich Source: Mirror of Life Referee: J G Evitt Promoter: J T Hulls Jan 22 Pte. Casling (Grenadier Gds.) WRTD7(10) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Mirror of Life Referee: J H Douglas Mar 19 Mike Crawley (Limehouse) WPTS(15) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Sporting Life Referee: JH Douglas Apr 23 Charlie Allum (Notting Hill) WKO6(15) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Sporting Life O'Keefe 11st 2lbs Allum 10st 13lbs 8ozs Referee: Tom Scott May 28 Tom Thomas (Penygraig) LPTS(20) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Sporting Life Thomas was British Middleweight Champion 1906-10. Referee: JH Douglas Sep 29 Jim Watts (Reading) WPTS(6) Drill Hall, Woolwich Source: Mirror of Life Referee: J Evitt Promoter: JT Hulls Oct 27 Trooper Cooke (RHG) WPTS(6) Drill Hall, Woolwich Source: Mirror of Life Referee: Jack Evitt Promoter: JT Hulls Nov 5 George Brooks (Oxford) W(6) Public Hall, Canning Town Source: Mirror of Life Referee: J Frank Bradley Promoter: Joe Bowker Nov 19 George West (Ashford) WPTS(6) Public Hall, Canning Town Source: Mirror of Life Referee: J Frank Bradley Promoter: Joe Bowker Dec 5 Pte. Casling (Grenadier Gds.) W(6) Barracks, Maidstone Source: Mirror of Life Referee: RP Watson
1907
Jan 14 Seaman Sugg (HMS Pembroke) WRSF2(6) Public Hall, Barking Source: Sporting Life Referee: B Meadows Promoter: Joe Bowker Jan 17 Bill Pearce (Bermondsey) WKO3 Casino de Paris, Paris France Source: Sporting Life (Heavyweight competition) Jan 19 Luke Huntley (Notting Hill) WRSF Casino de Paris, Paris France Source: Sporting Life (Heavyweight competition) Jan 24 Bill Pearce (Bermondsey) WKO4 Casino de Paris, Paris France Source: Sporting Life Jan 26 Mike Groves (Hackney) WKO3(6) Casino de Paris, Paris France Source: Sporting Life Jan 28 George West (Ashford) WPTS7(6) Casino de Paris, Paris France Source: Sporting Life (Heavyweight competition final) Feb 11 Joe Scott (Stoke Newington) WRSF2(15) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Sporting Life Referee: J H Douglas Mar 1 Charlie Allum (Notting Hill) WKO7(20) Salle Wagram, Paris France Source: Sporting Life Referee: Brummy Meadows winner's purse £140 loser's purse £60 Aug 24 Mike Crawley (Limehouse) WKO4(6) Wonderland, Whitechapel Source: Sporting Life Referee: Dave Jacobs Sep 14 Charlie Allum (Notting Hill) WPTS(6) Wonderland, Whitechapel Source: Sporting Life Referee: Dave Jacobs Dec 23 Willie Lewis (USA) LKO2 Long Acre AC, New York City USA Source: Sporting Life (8st novice competition semi-final)
1908
Apr 11 Geoff Thorne (Greenwich) LDSQ4 Wonderland, Paris France Source: Sporting Life Dec 15 Jack Blackmore DRAW(20) Stadium, Sydney Australia Source: Sporting Life (Heavyweight novice competition 1st series) Referee: Mr Nathan
1909
Apr 24 Dave Smith (Australia) LPTS(20) Stadium, Brisbane Australia Source: Sporting Life
1910
May Mike Williams LRTD18(20) Rushcutter Bay Stadium, Sydney Australia Source: Boxing Dec 19 Fred Drummond (Lambeth) WPTS(6) Empire, Holborn Source: Boxing 24/12/1910 page 202
1911
Jan 23 Johnny Mathieson (Elgin) WPTS(20) Victoria AC, Glasgow Source: Boxing 28/01/1911 page 321 Feb 27 George Beckett (Southampton) WPTS(10) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 04/03/1911 pages 447, 448 and 449 Match made at 11st 12lbs Apr 10 Eddie McGoorty (USA) LPTS(15) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 15/04/1911 pages 611 and 612 Apr 17 Jack Burns (USA) WPTS(20) Sporting Club, Dublin Source: Boxing 22/04/1911 page 646 May 25 Jack Burns (USA) NC3(10) Arena, Liverpool Source: Boxing 03/06/1911 pages 114 and 115 Jun 10 Pte. Harris (Coldstream Gds) LPTS(10) Wonderland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 17/06/1911 pages 167 and 168 Nov Johnny Mathieson (Elgin) LPTS(10) Olympia, Edinburgh Source: Boxing 02/12/1911 pages 119 and 120 Attendance: 2000 Dec 30 George Hinds (Whickham) LPTS(10) St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing 06/01/1912 page 250
1912
Jan 22 Harry Croxon (West Drayton) WPTS(6) Hippodrome, Poplar Source: Boxing 27/01/1912 page 318 Promoter: Henry Forest Apr 19 Stoker Doran (HMS Commonwealth) WRTD9(15) Cosmopolitan Gymnasium, Plymouth Source: Boxing 27/04/1912 page 642 May 6 Johnny Mathieson (Elgin) WPTS(20) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 11/05/1912 page 38 Jun 10 Arthur Harman (Lambeth) WKO2(10) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 15/06/1912 pages 157 and 158 Jul 18 Louis Verger (France) WKO3(10) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 27/07/1912 pages 316 and 317 Aug 17 Louis Verger (France) WPTS(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 24/08/1912 pages 408 and 409 Nov 7 Nichol Simpson (Hetton-le-Hole) WPTS(20) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 16/11/1912 page 76 Simpson boxed for the British Middleweight Title 1914. Referee: Harry Lewis
1913
Feb 10 Pte. Harris (Coldstream Gds) LPTS(15) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 15/02/1913 pages 416 and 417 O'Keefe 11st 5lbs Harris 11st 3lbs Referee: J H Douglas for £150 Apr 14 Frank Mantell (USA) WPTS The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 19/04/1913 pages 653 and 654 May Stuber (France) WKO2 Salle Wagram, Paris France Source: Boxing 24/05/1913 page 83 May 2 Pte. Harris (Coldstream Gds) WPTS(20) Canterbury Music Hall Source: Boxing 10/05/1913 pages 38 and 39 Aug 4 Bombardier Billy Wells (Streatham) LKO15(20) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 09/08/1913 page 357 (British Heavyweight Title) Wells was British and British Empire Heavyweight Champion 1911-19. Dec 3 Adrien Hogan (France) LRTD17(20) Salle Wagram, Paris France Source: Boxing 13/12/1913 page 173
1914
Feb 23 Harry Reeve (Plaistow) WPTS(20) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 28/02/1914 pages 434 and 435 (British Middleweight Title) Reeve was British Light-Heavyweight Champion 1916-17. Apr 4 Harry Croxon (West Drayton) WRTD3 Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 11/04/1914 page 622 Apr 27 Nichol Simpson (Hetton-le-Hole) WPTS(20) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 02/05/1914 pages 13 and 14 (British Middleweight Title) May 25 Jim Sullivan (Bermondsey) WPTS(20) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 30/05/1914 pages 109, 110 and 111 (British Middleweight Title) Sullivan was British Middleweight Champion 1910-12. Dec 18 Dan Sullivan (USA) WPTS(15) Cosmopolitan Gymnasium, Plymouth Source: Boxing 26/12/1914 page 143
1915
Mar 4 Joe Beckett (Southampton) WKO8 West London Stadium, Marylebone Source: Boxing 10/03/1915 pages 316 and 318 Beckett was British and British Empire Heavyweight Champion 1919-23. May 10 Bandsman Blake (Great Yarmouth) WKO13(20) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 12/05/1915 page 8 Blake was British Middleweight Champion 1916-18. Aug 26 Johnny Webb (Scots Gds) WKO8(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 01/09/1915 pages 268 and 269
1916
Feb 21 Jim Sullivan (Bermondsey) DRAW(20) Hippodrome, Golders Green Source: Boxing 23/02/1916 pages 239 and 240 (British Middleweight Title) Apr 21 Johnny Webb (Scots Gds) WPTS(15) Athletic Grounds, Kensal Rise Source: Boxing 26/04/1916 page 11 Promoter: Alf Stanbrook May 22 Bandsman Blake (Great Yarmouth) LPTS(20) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 24/05/1916 pages 70 and 71 (British Middleweight Title)
1917
Aug 3 Sgt. H R Rolfe (Canada) W Aldershot Source: Boxing Nov 26 Pte. Braddock (RM) WKO10(15) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing
1918
Jan 28 Bandsman Blake (Great Yarmouth) WKO2(20) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing (British Middleweight Title) Referee: JH Douglas
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