Don Theobald (Sudbury)

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Active: 1932-1939

Weight classes fought in:

Recorded fights: 37 contests (won: 28 lost: 6 drew: 3)

Fight Record

1932

Apr Buster Willsher (Chelmsford) DRAW(6) Chelmsford Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian)

1935

Oct 5 Herbie Beckett (Ipswich) LRTD1(6) Victoria Hall, Sudbury Source: East Anglian Daily Times (Ipswich) Nov 7 Arty French (Washbrook) WRTD4(6) Corn Exchange, Bury St Edmunds Source: East Anglian Daily Times (Ipswich) Referee: Johnny Brown Promoter: Corinithian Promotions and Wally Dakin Nov 23 Slim Ward (Braintree) WPTS(4) Corn Exchange, Chelmsford Source: Essex Weekly News(Chelmsford) Referee: Mickey Fox Promoter: Corinithian Promotions Dec 5 Walter Chard (Methwold) WRSF Corn Exchange, Bury St Edmunds Source: East Anglian Daily Times (Ipswich) Referee: Mickey Fox Promoter: Corinithian Promotions Dec 21 Seaman Sparkes (Felixstowe) WPTS Victoria Hall, Sudbury Source: East Anglian Daily Times (Ipswich) Promoter: Leslie Alston

1936

Jan 30 Boy Rayner (Cambridge) WPTS(6) Corn Exchange, Bury St Edmunds Source: East Anglian Daily Times (Ipswich) Referee: Mickey Fox Promoter: Corinithian Promotions Feb 26 Buster Willsher (Chelmsford) LPTS(6) Baths Hall, Ipswich Source: Boxing Weekly Record 04/03/1936 page 23 Mar 9 Buster Willsher (Chelmsford) DRAW(6) Corn Exchange, Chelmsford Source: East Anglian Daily Times (Ipswich) Referee: Mickey Fox Promoter: Corinithian Promotions and Wally Dakin Big crowd Jul 23 Arty French (Washbrook) WPTS(6) Suffolk Greyhound Stadium, Ipswich Source: Boxing 29/07/1936 page 17 Promoter: Nat Shaw Oct 14 Herbie Beckett (Ipswich) WPTS(6) Baths Hall, Ipswich Source: Boxing Weekly Record 21/10/1936 page 21 Referee: Mickey Fox Promoter: W Dutton Oct 19 Arty French (Washbrook) WPTS(6) Corn Exchange, Bury St Edmunds Source: East Anglian Daily Times (Ipswich) Nov 16 Wally Bridgeman (Cambridge) LKO2(6) Corn Exchange, Bury St Edmunds Source: East Anglian Daily Times (Ipswich) Referee: Mickey Fox Promoter: W Dutton Dec 12 Herbie Beckett (Ipswich) WPTS(6) Crittall Social Club, Braintree Source: East Anglian Daily Times (Ipswich) Theobald 11st 7lbs 8ozs Beckett 11st 9lbs 8ozs

1937

Jan 27 Herbie Beckett (Ipswich) WPTS(6) Corn Exchange, Colchester Source: East Anglian Daily Times (Ipswich) Promoter: Wally Dakin Feb 15 Jeff Castell (Bacton) WRSF3(6) Corn Exchange, Bury St Edmunds Source: Boxing Weekly Record 24/02/1937 page 19 Attendance: 2000 Mar 8 George Ellis (Chelmsford) WRSF2 Corn Exchange, Chelmsford Source: East Anglian Daily Times (Ipswich) Promoter: W Dutton Full house Ellis sub for Johnny Thurston(Feltwell) Mar 15 Fred Hardy (Barlestone) WPTS(8) Corn Exchange, Bury St Edmunds Source: Boxing Weekly Record 24/03/1937 page 19 Mar 29 Roy Driver (Chatteris) LKO4(8) Corn Exchange, Bury St Edmunds Source: Boxing Weekly Record 07/04/1937 page 20 Jun 27 Charlie Bitmead (Kings Cross) LKO4(8) Cavendish Suffolk Source: Boxing Weekly Record 07/07/1937 page 18 Nov 5 Billy Brown (Stepney) LPTS(8) Corn Exchange, Chelmsford Source: Essex Weekly News(Chelmsford) Nov 29 Fred Minnikin (Great Bromley) WPTS(6) Corn Exchange, Bury St Edmunds Source: Boxing Weekly Record 08/12/1937 page 23

1938

Jan 10 Seaman Wolfe (Sheerness) WKO2(6) Corn Exchange, Bury St Edmunds Source: Boxing Weekly Record 19/01/1938 page 20 Mar 28 Harry Frolick (Chelsea) WRTD5 Corn Exchange, Chelmsford Source: East Anglian Daily Times (Ipswich) cut eye Apr 11 Jim Doyle (Ireland) WRSF1 Corn Exchange, Chelmsford Source: East Anglian Daily Times (Ipswich) Apr 25 Jock Leatch (Necton) WPTS(10) Corn Hall, Norwich Source: Boxing 27/04/1938 page 11 Aug 13 Billy Bennett (Stepney) WPTS(6) Hamlet Croft, Haverhill Source: East Anglian Daily Times (Ipswich) Theobald 11st 5lbs Bennett 11st 5lbs Sep 29 Billy Brown (Stepney) WPTS Corn Exchange, Colchester Source: East Anglian Daily Times (Ipswich) Promoter: Wally Dakin Nov 12 Paddy Hayes (Ireland) WPTS(8) Corn Exchange, Chelmsford Source: East Anglian Daily Times (Ipswich) Promoter: P J Ferguson Attendance: large Nov 18 Alf Vickery (Colchester) WKO3(8) Corn Exchange, Colchester Source: East Anglian Daily Times (Ipswich) Promoter: Wally Dakin Nov 26 Red Pullen (Cardiff) WPTS(8) Corn Exchange, Chelmsford Source: East Anglian Daily Times (Ipswich) Promoter: P J Ferguson Nov 28 Jack Forster (Norwich) WRSF9(10) Corn Exchange, Bury St Edmunds Source: Boxing 30/11/1938 page 13 Forster was Eastern Counties Middleweight Champion 1934. Promoter: W Dutton Dec 12 Tommy Evans (London) WKO(10) Corn Exchange, Bury St Edmunds Source: Boxing Weekly Record 21/12/1938 page 14 Attendance: large 1939

Jan 9 Harry Hunt (Surfleet) WPTS(10) Corn Exchange, Bury St Edmunds Source: Boxing Weekly Record 18/01/1939 page 21 Mar 20 Pat O'Hara (Victoria) DRAW(10) Corn Exchange, Bury St Edmunds Source: Boxing Weekly Record 05/04/1939 page 6 Apr 17 Wally Bridgeman (Cambridge) WPTS(12) Corn Exchange, Bury St Edmunds Source: Boxing Weekly Record 26/04/1939 page 6 Aug 7 Soldier Jim Green (London) WRTD9(10) Culford School, Bury St Edmunds Source: Boxing Weekly Record 16/08/1939 page 19

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