Fight Record Jake Kilrain

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Jake Kilrain (Bellshill)

Active: 1929-1949

Weight classes fought in:

Recorded fights: 138 contests (won: 108 lost: 26 drew: 4)

Fight Record

1929

Feb 12 Johnny Smith (Edinburgh) WRSF8 Edinburgh Source: Brian Strickland (Boxing Historian)

1931

Jan 31 J Gallagher (Coatbridge) WKO4(6) Parkhead AC, Glasgow Source: Glasgow Evening News Feb 7 C Mack LDSQ1(6) Glasgow Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Feb 22 Charlie Mack (Motherwell) WPTS(6) Parkhead AC, Glasgow Source: Glasgow Evening News Mar 28 H Marshall WRTD3(6) Glasgow Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Apr 18 Jack Donnelly (Airdrie) LPTS(6) Parkhead AC, Glasgow Source: Glasgow Evening News Jul 11 M Lorimer (Glasgow) WKO2(6) The Ring, Glasgow Source: Glasgow Evening News Aug 29 D Yardley (Cambuslang) WPTS(6) Glasgow Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Oct 2 D Bates (Hamilton) WPTS(6) Blantyre Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Oct 8 Kid Harvey (Glasgow) WPTS(6) Premierland, Bridgeton Source: Glasgow Evening Citizen Oct 21 Jack Fisher (Belfast) WPTS(10) Edinburgh Source: Boxing 28/10/1931 page 15 Nov 26 Sonny Love (Wishaw) WPTS(6) Premierland, Bridgeton Source: Boxing 02/12/1931 page 14 Promoter: Jim Gilmour Dec 14 Billy Mack (Whitevale) WKO3(6) Glasgow Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Dec 23 Pat Maguire (Glasgow) WPTS(6) Premierland, Bridgeton Source: Boxing 30/12/1931 page 14 Dec 25 Frank Higgins (Airdrie) WPTS(6) Glasgow Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian)

1932

Jan 13 Harry Small (Dundee) W Premierland, Dundee Source: Brian Strickland (Boxing Historian) Jan 22 J Wilson WRTD4 Dundee Source: Brian Strickland (Boxing Historian) Feb 1 Jim Murphy (Glasgow) WRSF3(10) Scottish Stadium, Govan Source: Glasgow Evening Citizen Feb 9 Johnny Smith (Edinburgh) WRSF8(10) Music Hall, Edinburgh Source: Boxing 17/02/1932 page 15 Smith was Scottish Area Bantamweight Champion 1929. Feb 10 George Lewthwaite (Dundee) WRTD8 Dundee Source: Brian Strickland (Boxing Historian) Mar 5 Frank Higgins (Airdrie) WPTS(6) Glasgow Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Mar 16 Curly Mitchell (Portobello) LDSQ3 Dundee Source: Brian Strickland (Boxing Historian) Apr 1 Charlie McDonald (Edinburgh) WPTS(10) Premierland, Dundee Source: Boxing 06/04/1932 page 15 Apr 11 Peter Kerr (Glasgow) WPTS(12) Dundee Source: Brian Strickland (Boxing Historian) Apr 16 Jock McFarlane (Greenock) LDSQ5(10) The Ring, Glasgow Source: Boxing 20/04/1932 page 15 Jun 8 Bobby Turnbull (Glasgow) WPTS(12) Dundee Source: Brian Strickland (Boxing Historian) Jun 22 Ralph Townsley (Aberdeen) WPTS(10) The Beach, Aberdeen Source: Boxing 29/06/1932 page 15 Jun 23 Bobby Lees (Dumbarton) WRTD6(8) Caledonian Market, Glasgow Source: Boxing 29/06/1932 pages 14 and 15 Promoter: J McNeil Attendance: 4000 Jun 29 Phil Malloy (Glasgow) WKO4 The Beach, Aberdeen Source: Boxing 07/07/1932 page 15 Aug 7 Fred Martin (Liverpool) WRTD5(6) Glasgow Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Aug 11 Harry McQuade (Barrhead) WKO3(6) White City, Glasgow Source: Boxing 17/08/1932 page 14 Aug 12 Jim Boyle (Coatbridge) WPTS(10) Blantyre Source: Harold Alderman (Boxing Historian) Aug 25 Alex Tennant (Glasgow) WRTD4(10) Caledonian Market, Glasgow Source: Boxing 31/08/1932 page 13 Aug 27 Jim Boyle (Coatbridge) LPTS(12) The Ring, Glasgow Source: Glasgow Evening Citizen Sep 3 Tommy Taylor (Liverpool) WPTS(12) The Ring, Glasgow Source: Glasgow Evening Citizen Sep 22 Kid Williams (Glasgow) WPTS(10) Leith Source: Brian Strickland (Boxing Historian) Oct 6 Joe Kerr (Glasgow) WPTS(6) Caledonian Market, Glasgow Source: Boxing 12/10/1932 page 13 Kerr was Scottish Area Lightweight Champion 1943-44. Promoter: Mr McNeil Oct 14 Matt Callaghan (Glasgow) WPTS(6) Premierland, Bridgeton Source: Boxing 19/10/1932 page 13 Oct 17 Bob Coyle (Edinburgh) WPTS(10) Leith Source: Brian Strickland (Boxing Historian) Oct 29 Con Tansey (Sunderland) WRTD10(12) The Ring, Glasgow Source: Glasgow Evening Citizen Nov 3 Jerry Smith (Birkenhead) WKO3 Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 09/11/1932 page 10 Nov 5 Al Kenny (Salford) WPTS(12) The Ring, Glasgow Source: Glasgow Evening Citizen Nov 10 Seaman James Hall (Peebles) WPTS(10) Music Hall, Edinburgh Source: Boxing 16/11/1932 page 12 Hall was British and European Lightweight Champion 1922-23. Promoter: Harold Bownas Nov 25 Billy Armour (Belfast) WPTS(12) The Ring, Glasgow Source: Glasgow Evening Citizen Dec 1 Tommy Spiers (Alloa) LPTS(12) Scottish Stadium, Govan Source: Boxing 07/12/1932 page 6 Spiers boxed a British Lightweight Title Eliminator 1933 and 1934 and twice in 1935 and was Scottish Area Lightweight Champion 1934. Dec 4 Bobby Reid (Newcastle) WKO4(12) The Ring, Glasgow Source: Boxing 04/01/1933 page 14 Dec 14 Sid Webster (Kirriemuir) WKO5(10) Premierland, Dundee Source: Boxing 21/12/1932 page 14 Dec 22 Jim Boyle (Coatbridge) WPTS(8) Scottish Stadium, Govan Source: Boxing 29/12/1932 page 13

1933

Jan 7 Joe Broughy (West Stanley) WRSF3 The Ring, Glasgow Source: Glasgow Evening Citizen Jan 13 Jim Christie (Coatbridge) WPTS(12) The Ring, Glasgow Source: Boxing 18/01/1933 page 15 Jan 21 Boyo Rees (Abercwmboi) WKO3(12) Glasgow Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Rees boxed a British Lightweight Title Eliminator 1935 and was Welsh Area Lightweight Champion 1934-37 and 1938. Jan 27 Pat Haley (Brighton) WPTS(10) Premierland, Bridgeton Source: Boxing 01/02/1933 page 15 Feb 1 Billy Gilmore (Belfast) WPTS(8) Belfast Source: Inverness Courier Feb 10 Jim Lusk (Kilmarnock) WPTS(12) The Ring, Glasgow Source: Boxing 15/02/1933 page 15 Mar 10 Eddie Beattie (Castlecary) WPTS The Ring, Glasgow Source: Brian Strickland (Boxing Historian) Mar 13 Snowball Reynolds (Wolverhampton) WRTD6(10) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 15/03/1933 page 9 Apr 8 Alex Tennant (Glasgow) WPTS(12) Glasgow Source: Brian Strickland (Boxing Historian) Apr 15 Pat O'Connor WRTD7 The Ring, Glasgow Source: Glasgow Evening Citizen Apr 27 Eric Harkness (West Kirby) WKO4(12) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 03/05/1933 page 11 May 4 Tommy Spiers (Alloa) WKO6(12) The Ring, Glasgow Source: Boxing 10/05/1933 page 15 May 24 Alistair McInroy (Dundee) WRSF10 Parkhead Arena, Glasgow Source: Boxing 31/05/1933 page 14 McInroy boxed for the Scottish Lightweight Title 1930 and boxed for the Scottish Welterweight Title 1931 and twice in 1932. Aug 5 Tommy Sinclair (Tillicoutry) WRTD6 Glasgow Source: Brian Strickland (Boxing Historian) Aug 10 Jim Clamp (Walsall) WKO5(10) Parkhead Arena, Glasgow Source: Boxing 16/08/1933 page 13 Aug 24 Tommy Taylor (Liverpool) WPTS(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 30/08/1933 page 13 Aug 29 Charlie Donnelly (Sunderland) WKO2 Scottish Stadium, Govan Source: Boxing 06/09/1933 page 14 Sep 7 Johnny Cuthbert (Sheffield) WPTS(15) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 13/09/1933 page 13 Cuthbert was British Featherweight Champion 1927-28 and 1929-31 and British Lightweight Champion 1932-34. Match made at 9st 10lbs Sep 14 Joe Kerr (Glasgow) WRTD2(10) Parkhead Arena, Glasgow Source: Boxing 20/09/1933 page 14 Oct 12 Jim Learoyd (Leeds) WPTS(15) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 17/10/1933 page 11 Learoyd was Northern Area Lightweight Champion 1931-32 and 1932-33. Oct 26 Alphonse Heintz (France) WDSQ9 Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 31/10/1933 page 11

1934

Apr 5 Joe Davis (Bethnal Green) WKO5(10) Adelphi SC, Glasgow Source: Boxing Weekly Record 11/04/1934 page 15 Apr 16 Boyo Rees (Abercwmboi) LRSF11(12) Town Hall, Leeds Source: Boxing Weekly Record 25/04/1934 page 17

1935

Mar 21 Fred Lowbridge (Wolverhampton) LDSQ4(12) Adelphi SC, Glasgow Source: Boxing 27/03/1935 page 13 Kilrain return after long layoff due to injured hands Apr 18 Harry Brown (Northampton) WPTS(12) Adelphi SC, Glasgow Source: Boxing 24/04/1935 page 13 May 6 Len Wickwar (Leicester) WKO4(10) Cathkin Park, Glasgow Source: Boxing 08/05/1935 page 11 May 16 Billy Hughes (Birkenhead) WRSF6(12) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 22/05/1935 page 13 Jun 20 Frankie Brown (Liverpool) WPTS(12) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 26/06/1935 page 13 Brown boxed a British Lightweight Title Eliminator twice in 1935. Match made at 9st 11lbs Aug 13 Joe Kerr (Glasgow) DRAW(12) Parkhead, Glasgow Source: Boxing 21/08/1935 page 13 (Scottish Area Lightweight Title Final Eliminator) Sep 5 Leo Phillips (Birmingham) LPTS(12) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 11/09/1935 page 12 Phillips boxed for the Southern Area Welterweight Title 1936. Sep 16 George Purchase (South Africa) WPTS(10) Edinburgh Source: Boxing Weekly Record 25/09/1935 page 15 Purchase boxed for the Welsh Welterweight Title twice in 1936. Oct 3 Herbie Nurse (Cardiff) WRSF6(12) Adelphi SC, Glasgow Source: Boxing 09/10/1935 page 17 Oct 17 Ted Turner (Morpeth) WKO5(10) NSC, Leith Source: Boxing 23/10/1935 page 18 Oct 31 Billy Graham (Gateshead) WPTS(10) NSC, Leith Source: Boxing 06/11/1935 page 18 Nov 7 Mick Miller (Mansfield) DRAW(10) NSC, Leith Source: Boxing 13/11/1935 page 18 Dec 3 J P Boyle (Glasgow) WRSF8(15) Caledonian Stadium, Glasgow Source: Boxing 11/12/1935 page 16 (Scottish Area Welterweight Title) Boyle was Scottish Area Welterweight Champion 1932. Dec 17 Harry Mason (Leeds) WRSF8(12) Caledonian Stadium, Glasgow Source: Boxing 26/12/1935 page 16 Mason was British Lightweight Champion 1923-24 and 1925-28 and European Lightweight Champion 1923 and British Welterweight Champion 1925-26 and 1934.

1936

Jan 29 George Purchase (South Africa) WPTS(10) Caird Hall, Dundee Source: Boxing 05/02/1936 page 24 Feb 20 Billy Graham (Gateshead) WPTS(12) Adelphi SC, Glasgow Source: Boxing 26/02/1936 page 20 Match made at 10st 8lbs Kilrain waived forfeit after Graham weighed in over agreed weight Mar 12 Ernie Roderick (Liverpool) LPTS(12) Adelphi SC, Glasgow Source: Boxing 18/03/1936 page 18 Roderick was British Welterweight Champion 1939-48 and European Welterweight Champion 1946-47 and British Middleweight Champion 1945-46. Apr 16 Jim Lawlor (Lowestoft) WDSQ1(12) Adelphi SC, Glasgow Source: Boxing 22/04/1936 page 18 Lawlor was Eastern Counties Middleweight Champion 1934. Jun 2 Dave McCleave (Battersea) WKO8(15) Shawfield Park, Glasgow Source: Boxing 10/06/1936 page 8 (British Welterweight Title) McCleave was British Welterweight Champion 1936. Promoter: Mr Creamer Attendance: 25000 Jun 30 Jean Debeaumont (Paris) WPTS(10) Cathkin Park, Glasgow Source: Boxing 08/07/1936 page 15 Match made at 10st 8lbs Promoter: George Dingley Attendance: 15000 Jul 6 Chuck Parker (Barnsley) WPTS(12) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 08/07/1936 page 12 Parker boxed for the British Welterweight Title 1936 and was Northern Area Welterweight Champion 1935-36. Match made at 10st 8lbs Jul 18 Mick Miller (Mansfield) WKO6(12) Marine Gardens, Portobello Source: Boxing 22/07/1936 pages 12 and 13 Match made at 10st 9lbs Aug 19 Paul Schaeffer (Canada) DRAW(10) Shawfield Park, Glasgow Source: Boxing 26/08/1936 page 15 Promoter: Goldie promotions(Messrs Coia & Hart) Oct 6 Sonny Jones (Canada) WDSQ11(12) Caledonian Stadium, Glasgow Source: Boxing 14/10/1936 page 20 Match made at 10st 8lbs Oct 12 Norman Snow (Northampton) WDSQ6(10) Northampton Source: Boxing 14/10/1936 page 16 Snow boxed for the British Welterweight Title 1940 and was Southern Area Lightweight Champion 1934-35 and Southern Area Welterweight Champion 1936-41. Nov 17 Paul Schaeffer (Canada) WPTS(12) Caledonian Stadium, Glasgow Source: Boxing 25/11/1936 page 16 Promoter: messrs Creamer & Black Attendance: 3000

1937

Feb 10 Sonny Jones (Canada) WPTS(12) Kelvin Hall, Glasgow Source: Boxing 17/02/1937 page 15 Mar 10 Ernie Roderick (Liverpool) LRSF10(12) Kelvin Hall, Glasgow Source: Boxing 17/03/1937 page 15 Match made at 10st 8lbs Jul 7 Frank Erne (Glasgow) WPTS(12) Shawfield Park, Glasgow Source: Boxing 14/07/1937 page 15 Erne was Scottish Area Welterweight Champion 1937. Match made at 10st 8lbs Aug 20 Jimmy Purcell (Australia) LPTS(10) Shawfield Park, Glasgow Source: Boxing 25/08/1937 page 15 Promoter: George Dingley Attendance: 15000 Sep 15 Lefty Satan Flynn (Jamaica) DRAW(10) Shawfield Parl, Glasgow Source: Boxing 22/09/1937 page 15 Promoter: Mr Creamer Attendance: 20000 Oct 4 Jack Kid Berg (Whitechapel) LRSF5(10) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing 06/10/1937 page 12 Berg was British Lightweight Champion 1934-36 and World Junior Welterweight Champion 1930-31. Referee: Jack Hart 1938

Feb 21 Jack Lord (Bolton) WPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 23/02/1938 page 10 (British Welterweight Title) Lord boxed for the British Welterweight Title 1938 and was Northern Area Welterweight Champion 1936. Mar 2 Jimmy Purcell (Australia) WPTS(10) Kelvin Hall, Glasgow Source: Boxing 09/03/1938 page 15 Promoter: George Dingley junior Jun 7 Bob Moorcroft (Liverpool) WRTD8(10) Parkhead Arena, Glasgow Source: Boxing 15/06/1938 page 15 Jun 25 Jack Phillips (Tredegar) WRSF7(10) Central Park, Cowdenbeath Source: Boxing 29/06/1938 page 16 Jun 30 Armand Allissindrini (Italy) WPTS(10) Sheffield Source: Boxing 06/07/1938 page 17 Sep 27 Johnny Clements (Coatbridge) LRSF7(10) Shawfield Park, Glasgow Source: Boxing 05/10/1938 page 15 Clements boxed for the Scottish Middleweight Title 1939. Promoter: Neil McGhie Attendance: 12000

1939

Mar 23 Ernie Roderick (Liverpool) LKO7(15) Annfield Football Ground, Liverpool Source: Boxing 29/03/1939 page 20 (British Welterweight Title) Kilrain 10st 4lbs Roderick 10st 5lbs Referee: CB Thomas May 1 Tommy Jones (Derby) WKO8(10) Municipal Sports Ground, Derby Source: Boxing 03/05/1939 page 13 Jones was Northern Area Welterweight Champion 1939. Kilrain 10st 8lbs 4ozs Jones 10st 6lbs Attendance: 5000 Jun 28 Felix Wouters (Belgium) WPTS(10) Glasgow Source: Boxing 05/07/1939 page 15 Attendance: 7000

1940

Feb 21 Tommy Armour (Belfast) LPTS(8) Ulster Hall, Belfast Source: Boxing 28/02/1940 page 20 Armour boxed a British Welterweight Title Eliminator 1948 and was Northern Ireland Area Welterweight Champion 1939-44 and 1949-51. Mar 18 Arthur Danahar (Bethnal Green) LRTD2 Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing 20/03/1940 page 9 Danahar boxed for the British Lightweight Title 1939 and boxed for the British Welterweight Title 1941 and was Southern Area Welterweight Champion 1941-45. Arranged by Marquis of Queensberry and John Harding

1942

Jun 6 Billy Mack (London) WRTD4(8) Caird Hall, Dundee Source: Boxing News 25/06/1942 page 13 Jun 18 Lefty Satan Flynn (Jamaica) LPTS(10) Glasgow Source: Boxing News 25/06/1942 page 16 Jun 27 Johnny Kilburn (North Shields) WRTD4 Caird Hall, Dundee Source: Dundee Courier and Advertiser Promoter: George Grant Attendance: 1500 Jul 20 George Odwell (Camden Town) WPTS Queensberry Club, Soho Source: Boxing News 23/07/1942 pages 15 and 16 Odwell boxed a British Lightweight Title Eliminator 1937. Aug 26 Joe Connelly (Glasgow) WRSF3 Glasgow Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Aug 27 Arthur Danahar (Bethnal Green) LRTD7(10) Queensberry Club, Soho Source: Boxing News 10/09/1942 page 13 cut eye Oct 21 Eric Boon (Chatteris) LKO2 Queensberry Club, Soho Source: Boxing News 29/10/1942 page 15 Boon was British Lightweight Champion 1938-44. Kilrain 10st 9lbs Boon 10st 3lbs 4ozs Nov 11 Eric Boon (Chatteris) LPTS(10) Queensberry Club, Soho Source: Boxing News 26/11/1942 pages 13 and 14

1943

Jun 17 Johnny Kilburn (North Shields) WPTS(10) Parkhead Arena, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 08/07/1943 page 13 Jun 30 Pat O'Connor (Ireland) LRTD6 Queensberry Club, Soho Source: Boxing News 08/07/1943 pages 12 and 13

1945

Dec 27 Dennis Skidmore (Rotherham) WKO2(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 02/01/1946 page 15 Kilrain 10st 11lbs Skidmore 10st 2lbs 1946

Jan 10 George Dilkes (South Elmsall) WKO4(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 16/01/1946 page 15 Dilkes was North Central Area Middleweight Champion 1948-49. Kilrain 10st 13lbs Dilkes 11st 4lbs 12ozs Jan 23 Jock McCusker (Glasgow) WPTS(10) Clydebank Source: Boxing News 30/01/1946 pages 14 and 15 (Scottish Area Middleweight Title Eliminator) McCusker boxed for the Scottish Light-Heavyweight Title 1945. Feb 26 Harry Lazar (Aldgate) LRSF3(8) Seymour Hall Baths, Marylebone Source: Boxing News 06/03/1946 pages 13 and 14 Kilrain 10st 11lbs Lazar 10st 10lbs 4ozs Jun 12 Johnny Clements (Coatbridge) WPTS(10) Saracen Park, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 19/06/1946 page 14 (Scottish Area Middleweight Title Eliminator) Sep 11 Eddie Starrs (Lochgelly) WRTD4 Kelvin Hall, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 18/09/1946 page 14 (Scottish Area Middleweight Title) Starrs boxed for the Scottish Middleweight Title 1946. Starrs 19yo Kilrain 32yo Oct 10 Jack Clancy (Dublin) WRSF7(10) Eldorado Stadium, Leith Source: Boxing News 16/10/1946 pages 14 and 15 Dec 4 Willie Whyte (Glasgow) WPTS(10) Dundee Source: Boxing News 11/12/1946 page 13 Whyte boxed a British Welterweight Title Eliminator 1948 and was Scottish Area Welterweight Champion 1947-50 and 1952-53. combined purse £250

1947

Jan 29 Tommy Armour (Belfast) WRTD8 Caird Hall, Dundee Source: Boxing News 05/02/1947 page 13 May 15 Freddie Price (Dublin) LDSQ4 Kelvin Hall, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 21/05/1947 pages 13 and 14

1948

Mar 10 Johnny McKenna (New Zealand) WRTD1 Dunfermline Source: Boxing News 17/03/1948 page 13 split mouth Mar 16 Duggie Miller (South Africa) LPTS(8) Edinburgh Source: Boxing News 31/03/1948 page 12 Kilrain 11st 7lbs 4ozs Miller 11st 4lbs 12ozs Jul 2 Jackie Wilson (Belfast) LKO2(8) Airdrie Source: Boxing News 07/07/1948 pages 15 and 16 Wilson was Northern Ireland Area Middleweight Champion 1947-49 and 1951. Kilrain 11st 6lbs 4ozs Wilson 11st 3lbs 14ozs

1949

May 18 Willie Whyte (Glasgow) WPTS(12) Celtic Park, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 25/05/1949 pages 13 and 14 (Scottish Area Middleweight Title) Kilrain 11st 5lbs 6ozs Whyte 10st 9lbs 11ozs

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