© 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 Ron Barton (West Ham) Active: 1954-1961 Weight classes fought in: Recorded fights: 31 contests (won: 26 lost: 5) Fight Record 1954 Feb 1 Jim Lindley (Doncaster) WKO1 High Road Baths, Leyton Source: Boxing News 05/02/1954 page 5 Barton 11st 12lbs Lindley 11st 5lbs 8ozs Feb 8 Joe Odeyemi (West Africa) WRSF3(8) Lime Grove Baths, Shepherds Bush Source: Boxing News 12/02/1954 page 5 Barton 11st 9lbs 8ozs Odeyemi 11st 12lbs Feb 26 Roy Johnson (Liverpool) WPTS(6) Tower Circus, Blackpool Source: Boxing News 05/03/1954 page 12 Barton 11st 7lbs 8ozs Johnson 11st 0lbs 4ozs Mar 15 Gerry McNally (Liverpool) WKO2 High Road Baths, Leyton Source: Boxing News 19/03/1954 page 5 Barton 11st 11lbs McNally 11st 11lbs Mar 25 Eric Metcalfe (Northwich) WRSF2 Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 02/04/1954 page 10 Barton 11st 2lbs 8ozs Metcalfe 11st 12lbs Apr 15 Ken Gardner (Newport) WKO2(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 23/04/1954 page 11 Barton 12st 0lbs Gardner 12st 6lbs 8ozs May 11 Wally Beckett (Carshalton) WRSF2 Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing News 14/05/1954 pages 5 and 12 Beckett was Southern Area Middleweight Champion 1953. Barton 11st 13lbs Beckett 11st 12lbs 12ozs May 27 Wally Curtis (Swindon) WPTS(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 04/06/1954 page 12 Barton 12st 1lbs Curtis 12st 8lbs Jul 8 Ron Crookes (Sheffield) WKO1(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 16/07/1954 page 5 Barton 12st 2lbs Crookes 12st 3lbs Sep 14 Brian Anders (Brighton) WPTS(10) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 17/09/1954 pages 4 and 5 Anders boxed for the Southern Area Middleweight Title 1954. Match made at 12st 9lbs Nov 29 Sammy Mercier (Trinidad) WKO2(8) High Road Baths, Leyton Source: Boxing News 03/12/1954 page 10 Barton 12st 3lbs Mercier 13st 4lbs 8ozs Dec 7 Jimmy Davis (Bethnal Green) WKO4(8) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 10/12/1954 pages 8, 09 and 10 Match made at 12st 9lbs 1955 Jan 27 Arthur Howard (Islington) WPTS(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 04/02/1955 pages 8 and 9 (British Light-Heavyweight Title Eliminator) Howard boxed for the British Light-Heavyweight Title 1957 and 1960 and was Southern Area Light-Heavyweight Champion 1959. Barton 12st 6lbs 12ozs Howard 12st 4lbs 12ozs Feb 8 Andre Domenico (Italy) WRSF3(8) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 11/02/1955 pages 8 and 9 Barton 12st 4lbs Domenico 12st 2lbs Mar 8 Don Ellis (USA) WRSF7 Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing News 11/03/1955 pages 8, 09 and 10 Barton 12st 4lbs 12ozs Ellis 12st 5lbs Mar 22 Ramon Martinez (Spain) WRSF2(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 25/03/1955 pages 8, 09 and 12 Barton 12st 5lbs 4ozs Martinez 12st 7lbs 4ozs May 24 Yvon Durelle (Canada) WDSQ3(12) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 27/05/1955 pages 8 and 9 (British Empire Light-Heavyweight Title Eliminator) Barton 12st 3lbs 8ozs Durelle 12st 3lbs 10ozs Jun 9 Mel Brown (USA) WRSF6(10) Perry Barr Greyhound Stadium, Birmingham Source: Boxing News 17/06/1955 page 8 Barton 12st 3lbs 2ozs Brown 11st 12lbs 8ozs Oct 13 Austin Jones (USA) WKO2(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 21/10/1955 pages 8 and 9 Barton 12st 7lbs 4ozs Jones 12st 6lbs Promoter: Harry Levene Nov 11 Alessandro d'Ottavio (Italy) LPTS(10) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing News 18/11/1955 pages 8 and 9 Barton 12st 5lbs 1ozs d'Ottavio 12st 8lbs 4ozs 1956 Jan 24 Alessandro d'Ottavio (Italy) WPTS(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 03/02/1956 pages 4 and 5 Barton 12st 6lbs 12ozs d'Ottavio 12st 7lbs 12ozs Mar 13 Albert Finch (Croydon) WRTD8(15) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 23/03/1956 pages 4, 05 and 7 (British Light-Heavyweight Title) Finch was British Middleweight Champion 1949-50. Barton 12st 4lbs 8ozs Finch 12st 6lbs Jun 19 Gordon Wallace (Canada) LPTS(15) Stadium, Clapton Source: Boxing News 22/06/1956 pages 8 and 9 (British Empire Light-Heavyweight Title) Barton 12st 6lbs 4ozs Wallace 11st 7lbs 12ozs 1959 Jan 27 Andre Verbugh (Belgium) WRSF3(8) Town Hall, High Wycombe Source: Boxing News 30/01/1959 page 4 Barton 12st 7lbs 4ozs Verbugh 12st 6lbs 8ozs Referee: Fred Hall Promoter: Doug Always Mar 10 Neville Rowe (Australia) WPTS(8) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing News 13/03/1959 pages 8 and 9 Barton 12st 6lbs 4ozs Rowe 12st 9lbs 8ozs Mar 24 Redvers Sangoe (Cardiff) WPTS(8) Ice Rink, Streatham Source: Boxing News 27/03/1959 page 3 Sangoe was Welsh Area Light-Heavyweight Champion 1958-60. Barton 12st 5lbs 12ozs Sangoe 12st 12lbs Sep 29 Gordon Corbett (Birmingham) WRSF2(8) Granby Halls, Leicester Source: Boxing News 02/10/1959 page 5 Barton 12st 3lbs 8ozs Corbett 12st 7lbs 4ozs Referee: Austin O'Connor Oct 12 Billy Smith (Croydon) LPTS(8) Town Hall, Cheltenham Source: Boxing News 16/10/1959 page 4 Smith boxed for the Southern Area Light-Heavyweight Title 1960. Barton 12st 8lbs Smith 12st 8lbs Referee: Dick Burt 1960 Dec 5 Stan Cullis (Bristol) LRSF3(8) Drill Hall, Northampton Source: Boxing News 09/12/1960 page 3 Cullis boxed for the British Light-Heavyweight Title 1962 and was Southern Area Light-Heavyweight Champion 1962-64. Barton 12st 3lbs 12ozs Cullis 12st 4lbs 8ozs Referee: Ben Stichbury Promoter: Jack Solomons 1961 Feb 6 Jimmy Attoy (Ghana) WDSQ3 Lime Grove Baths, Shepherds Bush Source: Boxing News 10/02/1961 page 3 Barton 12st 8lbs Attoy 12st 5lbs 8ozs Referee: Harry Gibbs Promoter: Len and Alf Mancini Mar 30 Stan Cullis (Bristol) LKO7(8) Colston Hall, Bristol Source: Boxing News 07/04/1961 page 2 Barton 12st 6lbs 12ozs Cullis 12st 5lbs Referee: Ike Powell Promoter: Jack Solomons © 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 © 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 We have a lot more information on this boxer, and for all of the boxers listed on this record. Please email [email protected] or phone 07872 578596 for details.