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Fight Record Johnny Curley (Lambeth) © www.boxinghistory.org.uk - all rights reserved This page has been brought to you by www.boxinghistory.org.uk Click on the image above to visit our site Johnny Curley (Lambeth) Active: 1913-1931 Weight classes fought in: bantam, feather, light Recorded fights: 173 contests (won: 124 lost: 31 drew: 17 other: 1) Born: 9th November 1898 Died: 1982 Manager: Dan Sullivan Mini Bio There are a number of bouts included in the 1986 British Boxing Yearbook that are a regurgitation of entries originally included in the 1921 'Boxing' Book of Records. I am dubious about many of these contests and I suspect that they may not have taken place at all. Boxing historian Gilbert Odd wrote of Johnny "Round-headed and red-haired, he was on the short side, but was a genious at working his way past defensive props. Once inside he would be extremely busy with both fists, hooking to the body and upper-cutting to the chin. His face held a cheerful look, even under pressure, and as far as sportsmanship went, he was the perfect little gentleman". Johnny will be remembered particularly for his contests with northerner Johnny Cuthbert and with fellow Lambeth boxer Phil Bond. Fight Record 1913 Nov 13 Agel DRAW(10) Curley A & BC, Lambeth Source: Boxing 22/11/1913 page 90 1914 Jan 3 Tom Hazel (Vauxhall) WPTS(6) Netherlands AC, Spitalfields Source: Boxing 10/01/1914 page 274 Jan 22 Ted Fielder (Camberwell) WPTS(6) Curley A & BC, Lambeth Source: Boxing 31/01/1914 page 345 Jun 28 Young Hazell WPTS(6) Rosemary AC, London Source: Boxing 04/07/1914 page 256 Nov 26 Jack Wright (Marylebone) WPTS(6) West London Stadium, Marylebone Source: Boxing 05/12/1914 page 92 Dec 3 Young Hazel (Lambeth) WPTS(8) Athletic Club, Lambeth Source: Boxing 12/12/1914 page 108 Dec 10 Young Tozer WRSF3(6) West London Stadium, Marylebone Source: Boxing 19/12/1914 page 124 1915 Jan 14 Young Bloomfield WPTS(6) West London Stadium, Marylebone Source: Boxing 23/01/1915 page 205 Jan 28 Young Hurst WPTS West London Stadium, Marylebone Source: Boxing 06/02/1915 page 236 Feb 15 Mike Moran (London) LKO1(6) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 20/02/1915 page 264 Jun 17 Young Tidhurst WPTS(6) West London Stadium, Marylebone Source: Boxing 23/06/1915 page 109 Nov 15 Billy Ralph (Poplar) DRAW(6) West London Stadium, Marylebone Source: Boxing 17/11/1915 page 44 Nov 18 Charlie Bender (Islington) WRSF2(6) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 24/11/1915 page 57 1916 May 8 Jim Bloomfield DRAW(6) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 10/05/1916 page 39 Jun 8 Alf Davison (Battersea) LPTS(6) West London Stadium, Marylebone Source: Boxing 14/06/1916 page 122 Jun 22 Harry Martin WRSF2(6) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 28/06/1916 page 154 Aug 31 Billy Taylor (Bethnal Green) WPTS(6) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing Sep 7 Alf Davison (Battersea) WPTS(6) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 1917 Jun 9 Jim Oxley (Walworth) WRSF3(6) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 13/06/1917 page 92 1919 Feb 8 Jim Talbot (Shepherds Bush) WRTD7(10) Baths, Kingston Source: Boxing 12/02/1919 page 62 Referee: Joe Palmer Feb 10 Harry Cuttings (Blackfriars) WRSF4(6) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 12/02/1919 page 57 Feb 12 Young Wall (Ash Vale) WRTD7(10) ASC Drill Hall, Regents Park Source: Sporting Life Referee: H W Keen(Sporting Life) Feb 13 Sapper Billy Sheppard (RE) WKO8(10) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 19/02/1919 page 76 Referee: Joe Palmer Feb 27 George Langham (Clerkenwell) LRTD11(15) Stadium, Holborn Source: Boxing 05/03/1919 pages 102, 104 and 105 Mar 6 Jack Lyons (Kings Cross) WDSQ7(10) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 12/03/1919 page 124 Oct 4 Young Greenwood (Islington) WRSF3(10) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 08/10/1919 page 257 Referee: Moss Deyong Oct 18 Jack Root (Tottenham) WPTS(10) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 22/10/1919 page 302 Referee: Moss Deyong Oct 23 Harry Bennett (Lambeth) WPTS(6) Stadium, Holborn Source: Boxing 29/10/1919 pages 325 and 326 Nov 27 George Langham (Clerkenwell) LRTD9(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 03/12/1919 page 446 Referee: PJ Moss Dec 11 Harry Pullen (Blackfriars) WPTS(10) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 17/12/1919 page 492 Referee: Moss Deyong 1920 Jan 12 Harry Miller (St Luke's) WRTD6(10) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 14/01/1920 pages 556 and 557 Referee: Moss Deyong Jan 19 Mark Yobbo (Aldgate) WRTD6(10) Pitfield Street Baths, Hoxton Source: Boxing 21/01/1920 page 9 Feb 4 Charlie Williams (Kings Cross) LRTD7(10) Pitfield Street Baths, Hoxton Source: Boxing 11/02/1920 page 60 Referee: Jim Kenrick Promoter: Mr Richmond Feb 18 Frank Morelli (Lambeth) WPTS(10) Drill Hall, Grays Source: Boxing 25/02/1920 page 94 Feb 19 Johnny Brown (St George's) WRTD8(10) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 25/02/1920 page 91 Referee: Moss Deyong Mar 8 Pte. Kid Abel (Manchester) WRTD6 Kettering Source: Sid Green (Boxing Historian) Mar 11 Harry Baker (Bermondsey) WRTD9(10) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 17/03/1920 page 138 Referee: Moss Deyong Mar 12 Frank Morelli (Lambeth) WPTS(15) Yeovil Source: Sporting Life Mar 29 Tom Smith (Blackfriars) WRSF5(10) Prince of Wales Road Baths, Kentish Town Source: Sporting Life Referee: HW Keen May 13 Charlie Huggins (Bethnal Green) WRTD5(10) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 19/05/1920 page 314 Referee: Moss Deyong Dec 20 Tom Foy (Herne Hill) WRTD5(10) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 22/12/1920 page 352 1921 Jan 13 Fred Fletcher (Kentish Town) WRTD5(10) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 19/01/1921 page 420 Jan 25 Jack Mancini (Notting Hill) WRTD5(10) Lime Grove Baths, Shepherds Bush Source: Boxing 04/02/1921 page 451 Referee: Lew Potter Feb 22 George Harrison (Bermondsey) DRAW(10) Lime Grove Baths, Shepherds Bush Source: Boxing 02/03/1921 page 42 Referee: Lew Potter Promoter: Charlie Griffiths Mar 19 Patsy Coram (Marylebone) WPTS(6) Pound Lane Drill Hall, Willesden Source: Sporting Life Jun 1 Tom Gough (Gloucester) WKO1(10) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 08/06/1921 page 267 Referee: JT Thwaites Jul 21 Johnny Gibbons (Bermondsey) WPTS(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 27/07/1921 page 388 Referee: Moss Deyong Aug 20 Sam Dryer (Aldgate) WRTD2(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 24/08/1921 page 23 Referee: Alec Lambert Oct 3 Fred Bullions (Deptford) WPTS(20) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 05/10/1921 page 121 Referee: Alec Lambert Oct 24 Nat Brooks (Aldgate) WPTS(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 26/10/1921 page 169 Referee: Alec Lambert Dec 3 Albert Colcombe (Tylorstown) WPTS(15) The Dome, Brighton Source: Boxing 07/12/1921 page 260 Promoter: Harry Preston Dec 12 Eddie Kennedy (Plymouth) WKO10(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 14/12/1921 page 266 Referee: Alec Lambert Dec 29 Bill Handley (Hackney) WPTS(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 04/01/1922 page 308 1922 Johnny Chislett (Treherbert) LPTS Source: British Boxing Yearbook 1986 Jan 21 Arthur Abbott (St George's) WPTS(20) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 25/01/1922 page 356 Match made at 9st Referee: Ted Broadribb Feb 18 Tibby Watson (Australia) WPTS(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 22/02/1922 page 27 Match made at 9st Referee: Ted Broadribb Apr 10 Jimmy Corp (St George's) WPTS(15) Holland Park, Kensington Source: Boxing 12/04/1922 page 136 Match made at 9st 2lbs Apr 29 Jim Cartlidge (Plymouth) WRTD10(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 03/05/1922 page 188 Match made at 9st Referee: Jim Kenrick May 25 Charlie Stone (Taffs Well) WPTS(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 31/05/1922 page 252 Match made at 8st 12lbs Referee: Jim Kenrick Jun 24 Chris Langdon (Swansea) WRTD10(20) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing Match made at 9st Referee: Jim Kenrick Jul 29 Albert Colcombe (Tylorstown) WRTD13(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 02/08/1922 page 396 Referee: Jim Kenrick Aug 17 Benny Thomas (Swansea) WPTS(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 23/08/1922 page 27 Match made at 8st 11lbs Referee: Jim Kenrick Sep 28 Benny Lee (Margate) WKO1(20) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 04/10/1922 page 124 Match made at 9st Curley 8st 13lbs 8ozs Lee 8st 13lbs 8ozs Referee: Matt Wells Oct 9 Bill Handley (Hackney) DRAW(15) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 11/10/1922 page 137 Oct 19 Johnny Chislett (Treherbert) LPTS(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 25/10/1922 page 170 Match made at 8st 12lbs Referee: Matt Wells Oct 30 Fred Bullions (Deptford) WPTS(20) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 01/11/1922 page 184 Match made at 9st 1lb Referee: Matt Wells Nov 8 Fred Bullions (Deptford) WPTS(15) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 15/11/1922 page 218 Referee: Joe Palmer Dec 7 Danny Frush (Aldgate) LKO1(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 13/12/1922 page 283 Frush boxed for the World Featherweight Title 1921 and 1922 and boxed for the European Lightweight Title 1924. Match made at 9st 2lbs Referee: Moss Deyong 1923 Jan 18 George McKenzie (Leith) LRTD11(20) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 24/01/1923 page 379 McKenzie was British Featherweight Champion 1924-25. Match made at 9st Curley 8st 12lbs 4ozs McKenzie 9st 0lbs Referee: Matt Wells Mar 1 Al Foreman (Bow) WRTD11(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 07/03/1923 pages 475 and 476 Foreman was British Lightweight Champion 1930-32 and British Empire Lightweight Champion 1930-33 and 1933-34.
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