Jim Hanna (Belfast)

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Jim Hanna (Belfast)

Active: 1919-1928

Weight classes fought in:

Recorded fights: 63 contests (won: 42 lost: 15 drew: 5 other: 1)

Fight Record

1919

Feb 15 Dan Robson (Gateshead) WKO2(6) St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing 19/02/1919 page 78 Feb 17 Young Callaghan (Gateshead) WKO3(6) St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Newcastle Daily Journal Mar 1 Jim Lewis (Elswick) WKO2(6) St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing 05/03/1919 pages 109 and 110 Mar 8 Johnny McArdle (Newcastle) WRTD3(6) St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing 12/03/1919 page 126 Mar 15 George Harris (Derby) WRTD2(10) St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing 19/03/1919 page 142 Mar 22 J Lynch (Jarrow) WRTD4(10) St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing 26/03/1919 page 158 Mar 31 Kid Hunter (Gateshead) W 3(10) St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing 02/04/1919 page 174 May 24 Fred Brady (Belfast) WPTS(10) Grosvenor Park, Belfast Source: Fred Heatley (Boxing Historian) Jun 23 Chris Hudson (Pontefract) WPTS Carlton Hill Barracks, Leeds Source: Boxing 02/07/1919 page 483 Jun 28 Munro Grainger (Cardiff) WPTS(15) St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing 02/07/1919 page 483 Aug 2 Jim Clark (Blackfriars) WRSF5(6) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 06/08/1919 page 58 Referee: Moss Deyong Oct 18 Curley Kenyon (Wigan) LPTS(15) St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing 22/10/1919 pages 303 and 304

1920

Jan Mick McGuigan (Belfast) WDSQ3(10) Grosvenor Park, Belfast Source: Boxing 07/01/1920 page 547 Apr 5 Paul Farrell (Dublin) WDSQ3 Celtic Park, Belfast Source: Boxing 28/04/1920 page 256 Referee: Joe Tolley Apr 27 Jack Ritchie (Birkenhead) DRAW(10) Ulster Hall, Belfast Source: Boxing 05/05/1920 page 271 May 29 William McGuigan LPTS Belfast Source: Fred Heatley (Boxing Historian) Jul 3 Neilly Alexander (Belfast) LPTS(10) Belfast Source: Fred Heatley (Boxing Historian) Jul 10 Jimmy Shepherd (Goldthorpe) LPTS(10) Celtic Park, Belfast Source: Fred Heatley (Boxing Historian) Jul 15 Len Oldfield (Leeds) WRSF5 Belfast Source: Fred Heatley (Boxing Historian)

1921

Mar 18 Paul Howell (Dublin) WRTD11 Celtic Park, Belfast Source: Boxing 23/03/1921 page 96 Apr 1 Owen McAdam (Airdrie) LPTS(10) Ulster Hall, Belfast Source: Fred Heatley (Boxing Historian) Apr 23 Owen McAdam (Airdrie) WDSQ5 Windsor Park, Belfast Source: Fred Heatley (Boxing Historian) May 9 Young Ross (Rock Ferry) DRAW(10) Empire Theatre, Belfast Source: Boxing 18/05/1921 page 224 May 20 Jack Birch (Oldham) WPTS(10) Empire Theatre, Belfast Source: Fred Heatley (Boxing Historian) Promoter: James McAnerney Jun 24 Owen McAdam (Airdrie) WPTS(10) Belfast Source: Fred Heatley (Boxing Historian) Nov 30 Tommy Swords (Dublin) LPTS(6) La Scala Theatre, Dublin Source: Manchester Sporting Chronicle Dec 19 George Mapplebeck (West Melton) LPTS(10) Opera House, Belfast Source: Boxing

1922

Sep 18 Boy Whiteside (Belfast) WRTD7(10) Central AC, Belfast Source: Irish News and Belfast Morning News Oct 23 Mark Longmore (Walsall) WPTS(6) Ulster Hall, Belfast Source: Boxing 01/11/1922 pages 190 and 192 Dec 15 Willie Todd (Glasgow) DRAW(15) Belfast Source: Fred Heatley (Boxing Historian)

1923

Feb 12 Jack Hughes (Belfast) WPTS(15) Tamar Street Hall, Belfast Source: Fred Heatley (Boxing Historian) (Irish Bantamweight Title) Referee: Capt. Jack Grant Apr 23 Fred Vincent (Abertridwr) LPTS(10) Ulster Hall, Belfast Source: Boxing 02/05/1923 pages 27 and 28 Aug 18 Jim Graham (Springburn) WPTS(10) Nelson Recreation Grounds, Glasgow Source: Boxing 29/08/1923 pages 46 and 47 Oct 22 Frankie Ash (Plymouth) LPTS(10) Dublin Source: Fred Heatley (Boxing Historian) Ash boxed for the World Flyweight Title 1923. Nov 13 Len Oldfield (Leeds) WPTS(15) Free Trade Hall, Manchester Source: Boxing 21/11/1923 page 237 Nov 26 Georges Viriot (France) WRTD8 Belfast Source: Fred Heatley (Boxing Historian) Dec 10 Jack Dando (Manchester) WPTS(10) Sydney Street Drill Hall, Belfast Source: Fred Heatley (Boxing Historian) Dec 31 Kid Kelly (Plymouth) LPTS(15) Ulster Hall, Belfast Source: Boxing 09/01/1924 page 356 Kelly boxed for the British Flyweight Title 1924. Match made at 8st 4lbs Referee: Pat Meehan Hanna is Irish Bantam Champion

1924

Feb 12 Ernie Veitch (Lemington) WPTS(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 20/02/1924 page 28 Match made at 8st Mar 3 Tiny Smith (Sheffield) WPTS(15) Ulster Hall, Belfast Source: Boxing 05/03/1924 pages 56 and 57 Promoter: Jim Rice Mar 10 Kid Nicholson (Leeds) WPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 19/03/1924 page 93 Nicholson boxed for the British Bantamweight Title 1928. Match made at 8st 2lbs Mar 27 Johnny Jones (Treorchy) WPTS(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 02/04/1924 pages 124 and 125 Match made at 8st Apr 4 Billy Shaw (Leeds) WPTS(15) Guildhall, Derry Source: Boxing 09/04/1924 pages 142 and 143 May 24 Billy Morris (Birkenhead) WRTD4(15) Windsor Park, Belfast Source: Boxing 28/05/1924 pages 255 and 256 Jun 21 Kid Kelly (Plymouth) WPTS(20) Turkish Baths, Belfast Source: Boxing 25/06/1924 page 320 Match made at 8st Promoter: Jim Rice Sep 6 Elky Clark (Glasgow) LRSF10(20) Hengler's Circus, Glasgow Source: Boxing 10/09/1924 page 80 (British Empire Flyweight Title) Clark was British, European and British Empire Flyweight Champion 1924-27.

1925

Dec 12 Jim Kelly (Calton) WPTS(10) Olympic Hall, Belfast Source: Boxing 16/12/1925 page 304

1926

Feb 12 Alex Boyes (Parkhead) WRTD10(15) Coplaw Street Drill Hall, Glasgow Source: Boxing 17/02/1926 page 31 Boyes boxed for the Scottish Flyweight Title 1930. Apr 1 Packy Cassidy (Govan) LDSQ8(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 07/04/1926 page 141 Match made at 8st Referee: W J Farnell Dec 22 Jim Neil (Govan) WPTS Ulster Hall, Belfast Source: Boxing

1927

Jan 10 Jack Swann (Barnsley) LPTS(15) St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Newcastle Daily Journal Feb 7 Tiny Smith (Sheffield) WPTS(15) St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing 09/02/1927 page 441 Feb 16 Louis Jerome (France) WPTS Belfast Source: Boxing 23/02/1927 page 16 Feb 21 Antoine Merlo (France) DRAW(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 23/02/1927 pages 7 and 8 Match made at 8st 6lbs Hanna 8st 5lbs 8ozs Merlo 8st 4lbs Referee: Jim Kenrick Apr 11 Johnny Hill (Leith) LRTD11(15) Waverley Market, Edinburgh Source: Boxing 13/04/1927 page 126 Hill was British Flyweight Champion 1927-29 and European Flyweight Champion 1928-9 and World Flyweight Champion 1928-29. Match made at 8st 2lbs Referee: Jack Smith Promoter: Nat Dresner Attendance: 2000 Aug 18 Phil Lolosky (Aldgate) WPTS(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 23/08/1927 page 31 Sep 19 Kid Socks (Bethnal Green) WRSF2(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 20/09/1927 page 107 Socks boxed for the British Flyweight Title 1926. Match made at 8st 4lbs Referee: Jim Kenrick lacerated eye - Socks manager is Jack King Oct 11 Dod Oldfield (Leeds) LPTS(15) People's Palace, Mile End Source: Boxing 18/10/1927 page 187

1928

Feb 17 Dick Greaves (Salford) WKO4(10) Belfast Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Feb 27 Billy Shaw (Leeds) WRTD6(15) St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing 06/03/1928 page 509 Match made at 8st 4lbs Shaw sub for Jack Swann(Barnsley) Mar 2 Joe Greenwood (Bolton) DRAW(12) Marathon Stadium, Preston Source: Boxing 06/03/1928 page 510 Match made at 8st 4lbs Referee: Ben Green Mar 15 Harry Hill (Birmingham) WRTD2(15) Skating Rink, Ilford Source: Boxing 20/03/1928 page 538 Mar 23 Joe Greenwood (Bolton) ND6(15) Marathon Stadium, Preston Source: Boxing 27/03/1928 pages 558 and 557 both cut © This record was researched and compiled by Miles Templeton and Richard Ireland. It may be published elsewhere provided full acknowledgement and a link to www.boxinghistory.org.uk are included

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