© 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 Jack Bodell (Swadlincote) Active: 1962-1972 Weight classes fought in: Recorded fights: 71 contests (won: 58 lost: 13) Fight Record 1962 Feb 13 Mick Cowan (Sheffield) WPTS(6) Adelphi Ballroom, West Bromwich Source: Boxing News 23/02/1962 page 4 Bodell 12st 9lbs 8ozs Cowan 12st 11lbs Feb 22 Ossie Nelson (Jamaica) WRSF1(6) Drill Hall, Coventry Source: Boxing News 02/03/1962 page 4 Bodell 12st 7lbs Nelson 12st 7lbs 8ozs Mar 20 Jimmy Leach (Manchester) WRSF2 Civic Hall, Wolverhampton Source: Boxing News 23/03/1962 page 3 Bodell 12st 7lbs Apr 2 Joe Louis (Nigeria) WPTS(6) Ice Rink, Nottingham Source: Boxing News 06/04/1962 page 3 Bodell 12st 10lbs 14ozs Louis 12st 1lbs 8ozs Promoter: Reg King Apr 17 Jack Whittaker (Warwick) WPTS(6) Granby Halls, Leicester Source: Boxing News 27/04/1962 page 3 Jun 7 Roy Seward (Lincoln) WRSF5(10) Alexandra Rink, Swadlincote Source: Boxing News 15/06/1962 page 4 (Midlands Area Light-Heavyweight Title) Seward boxed for the Midlands Area Light-Heavyweight Title twice in 1962. Bodell 12st 4lbs Seward 12st 7lbs Jul 3 Joe Louis (Nigeria) LRTD1(8) Marine Hall, Fleetwood Source: Boxing News 13/07/1962 page 3 Bodell 12st 7lbs Louis 12st 5lbs 8ozs Promoter: Johnny Williams (Blackpool) Sep 18 Jimmy Blanche (Coventry) WPTS(8) Embassy Sportsdrome, Birmingham Source: Boxing News 28/09/1962 page 12 Bodell 12st 9lbs Promoter: Lew Phillips Oct 8 Brian Stannard (King's Lynn) WRSF7(8) Ice Stadium, Nottingham Source: Boxing News 12/10/1962 page 5 Bodell 12st 10lbs 1ozs Stannard 12st 4lbs 14ozs Oct 31 Rupert Bentley (Jamaica) WKO1(8) Civic Hall, Wolverhampton Source: Boxing News 09/11/1962 page 2 Bodell 12st 10lbs Bentley 12st 10lbs 4ozs Nov 7 Johnny Hendrickson (St Kitts) WRSF4(8) Seymour Hall Baths, Marylebone Source: Boxing News 16/11/1962 page 3 Bodell 12st 9lbs Hendrickson 12st 4lbs 12ozs Dec 10 Roy Seward (Lincoln) WRSF3 Ice Rink, Nottingham Source: Boxing News 14/12/1962 page 3 (Midlands Area Light-Heavyweight Title) Bodell 12st 7lbs Seward 12st 5lbs 12ozs 1963 Feb 13 Jack Whittaker (Warwick) WRSF8(8) Granby Halls, Leicester Source: Boxing News 22/02/1963 pages 5 and 16 Whittaker boxed a British Light-Heavyweight Title Eliminator 1959. Bodell 13st 2lbs 12ozs Whittaker 14st 5lbs 8ozs Promoter: Alex Griffiths damaged lip Mar 6 Rupert Bentley (Jamaica) WKO3(8) Civic Hall, Solihull Source: Boxing News 15/03/1963 page 5 Bodell 13st 3lbs Bentley 12st 13lbs 8ozs Promoter: Alex Griffiths Mar 11 Dave Ould (Bermondsey) WPTS(8) Manor Place Baths, Walworth Source: Boxing News 15/03/1963 page 5 Ould was Southern Area Heavyweight Champion 1964. Bodell 13st 3lbs Ould 13st 6lbs Promoter: Mike Barrett Bodell sub for Peter Bates(Shirebrook) May 7 Ron Gray (Walsall) WDSQ5(10) Embassy Sportsdrome, Birmingham Source: Boxing News 10/05/1963 page 5 (Midlands Area Heavyweight Title Eliminator) Gray boxed for the Midlands Area Heavyweight Title 1960. Bodell 13st 1lbs 8ozs Gray 14st 6lbs Promoter: Alex Griffiths Sep 7 Stoffel Willemse LRSF2 Johannesburg South Africa Source: Boxing News Dec 5 Renato Moraes (Brazil) LRTD6 Milan Italy Source: Boxing News 1964 Mar 3 Joe Erskine (Cardiff) LPTS(10) Granby Halls, Leicester Source: Boxing News 06/03/1964 page 4 Erskine was British Heavyweight Champion 1956-58 and British Empire Heavyweight Champion 1957-58. Bodell 13st 8lbs 8ozs Erskine 13st 13lbs Apr 21 Ron Redrup (West Ham) WPTS(8) Embassy Sportsdrome, Birmingham Source: Boxing News 24/04/1964 pages 4 and 5 Redrup boxed for the British Light-Heavyweight Title 1963. Bodell 13st 11lbs 12ozs Redrup 13st 6lbs 4ozs Promoter: Alex Griffiths Sep 29 Freddie Mack (USA) LRSF5(10) Embassy Sportsdrome, Birmingham Source: Boxing News 02/10/1964 page 4 Bodell 13st 11lbs Mack 13st 1lbs 1965 Jan 20 Ron Gray (Walsall) WPTS(10) Midlands SC, Solihull Source: Boxing News 29/01/1965 page 5 (Midlands Area Heavyweight Title) Bodell 14st 0lbs 8ozs Gray 14st 12lbs Mar 1 Al Roye (Jamaica) WRSF4(8) New St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing News 12/03/1965 page 4 Bodell 14st 1lbs 8ozs Roye 13st 11lbs Promoter: Mickey Duff Mar 22 Eric Fearon (Jamaica) WRSF4(8) Ice Stadium, Nottingham Source: Boxing News 26/03/1965 page 4 Bodell 13st 13lbs 9ozs Fearon 13st 11lbs 11ozs Promoter: Reg King Mar 30 Rudolph Vaughan (Oxford) WKO2(8) Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing News 02/04/1964 pages 8 and 9 Bodell 13st 13lbs Vaughan 13st 1lbs Apr 12 Ray Shiel (St Helens) WRSF5 Colston Hall, Bristol Source: Boxing News 23/04/1965 page 4 Bodell 13st 11lbs Shiel 14st 2lbs Referee: Bill Williams Apr 20 Buddy Turman (USA) WRSF4(8) Civic Hall, Wolverhampton Source: Boxing News 30/04/1965 page 15 Bodell 13st 13lbs Turman 13st 9lbs Apr 26 Johnny Halafihi (Tonga) WRTD7(8) Manor Place Baths, Walworth Source: Boxing News 30/04/1965 page 4 Bodell 13st 12lbs Halafihi 12st 9lbs Referee: Pat Floyd Promoter: Jack Solomons May 24 Hubert Hilton (USA) LRSF6(10) Hilton Hotel, Mayfair Source: Boxing News 28/05/1965 page 16 Bodell 13st 12lbs 4ozs Hilton 13st 10lbs 8ozs Referee: Bill White Promoter: Anglo-American SC Jun 15 Dave Ould (Bermondsey) WDSQ4(8) City Football Ground, Birmingham Source: Boxing News 25/06/1965 pages 8 and 9 Bodell 13st 11lbs Ould 13st 11lbs 12ozs Promoter: Jack Solomons and Alex Griffiths Attendance: 18000 Sep 7 Freddie Mack (USA) WPTS(8) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing News 10/09/1965 pages 8, 09 and 15 Bodell 14st 5lbs 8ozs Mack 13st 7lbs Promoter: Harry Levene Sep 20 Levi Forte (USA) WRSF2(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 24/09/1965 pages 8 and 9 Bodell 14st 3lbs Forte 13st 11lbs 8ozs Promoter: Jack Turner and Ray Peers Attendance: packed Oct 4 Al Roye (Jamaica) WKO3 Colston Hall, Bristol Source: Boxing News 08/10/1965 page 7 Bodell 14st 4lbs 4ozs Roye 13st 8lbs 8ozs Oct 19 Yvan Preberg (Yugoslavia) WRSF2(8) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing News 22/10/1965 pages 8, 09 and 16 Bodell 14st 3lbs 8ozs Preberg 13st 2lbs 4ozs Promoter: Harry Levene Nov 8 Mariano Echevarria (Spain) WRSF5 Ice Rink, Nottingham Source: Boxing News 12/11/1965 pages 8 and 9 Bodell 14st 6lbs 8ozs Echevarria 14st 3lbs 8ozs Referee: Austin O'Connor Dec 9 Benito Canal (Spain) WKO2(10) King's Hall, Derby Source: Boxing News 17/12/1965 pages 2 and 16 Bodell 14st 3lbs 4ozs Canal 15st 3lbs 12ozs Referee: Chris Maggs Promoter: Alex Griffiths Dec 14 Billy Daniels (USA) WPTS(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 17/12/1965 page 4 Bodell 14st 3lbs Daniels 14st 2lbs Promoter: Jack Turner and Ray Peers 1966 Jan 19 Jo Juvillier (France) WPTS(10) Midlands SC, Solihull Source: Boxing News 28/01/1966 page 4 Bodell 14st 8lbs Juvillier 14st 8lbs Jan 31 Bill Nielsen (USA) WRSF8(10) Colston Hall, Bristol Source: Boxing News 04/02/1966 page 4 Bodell 14st 7lbs 4ozs Nielsen 13st 8lbs Referee: Ike Powell Promoter: Len Munden Feb 17 Ski Goldstein (USA) WRSF3 World Sporting Club, Mayfair Source: Boxing News 25/02/1966 page 4 Bodell 14st 7lbs Goldstein 13st 7lbs Referee: Pat Floyd Mar 22 Guiseppa Migliari WPTS(10) Civic Hall, Wolverhampton Source: Boxing News 01/04/1966 page 5 Bodell 14st 6lbs Migliari 15st 1lbs 4ozs Promoter: South Staffs SC Apr 18 Thad Spencer (USA) LRSF2(10) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing News 22/04/1966 pages 4 and 16 Bodell 14st 1lbs 12ozs Spencer 14st 1lbs Promoter: Gus Demmy Jun 28 Piero Tomasini (Italy) LRSF3(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 01/07/1966 page 4 Bodell 14st 2lbs 8ozs Tomasini 14st 7lbs Referee: Bill Williams Promoter: Mike Barrett Sep 21 Renato Moraes (Brazil) WPTS(10) Embassy Sportsdrome, Birmingham Source: Boxing News 30/09/1966 page 2 Bodell 14st 5lbs Moraes 12st 7lbs 4ozs Referee: Chris Maggs Oct 27 Sante Amonti (Italy) WPTS(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 04/11/1966 pages 2 and 3 Bodell 14st 4lbs 4ozs Amonti 13st 11lbs Referee: Wally Thom Promoter: Lawrie Lewis Attendance: 500 Nov 15 Giorgio Masteghin (Italy) WRTD1 Civic Hall, Wolverhampton Source: Boxing News 18/11/1966 page 2 Bodell 14st 5lbs Masteghin 17st 3lbs 12ozs Dec 13 Bob Stallings (USA) WRSF7(10) Civic Hall, Wolverhampton Source: Boxing News 16/12/1966 page 3 Bodell 14st 6lbs 8ozs Stallings 13st 13lbs 12ozs Referee: Chris Maggs Promoter: Alex Griffiths 1967 Jan 24 Ray Patterson (USA) WPTS(10) Civic Hall, Wolverhampton Source: Boxing News 27/01/1967 page 4 Bodell 14st 2lbs 8ozs Patterson 13st 12lbs Promoter: Alex Griffiths Apr 17 Sonny Moore (USA) WPTS(10) De Montfort Hall, Leicester Source: Boxing News 21/04/1967 page 2 Bodell 14st 9lbs Moore 13st 8lbs Referee: Chris Maggs Promoter: Alex Griffiths Jun 13 Henry Cooper (Bellingham) LRSF2 Wolverhampton Source: Boxing News (British and Empire Heavyweight Title) Cooper was British Heavyweight Champion 1959-69 and 1970-71 and British Empire/Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion 1959-71. Sep 6 Rocky Campbell (Leicester) WPTS(8) Leicester Source: Boxing News Campbell was Midlands Area Heavyweight Champion 1974. Oct 19 Rocky Campbell (Leicester) WPTS(8) Colston Hall, Bristol Source: Boxing News 27/10/1967 page 4 Bodell 14st 11lbs Campbell 13st 8lbs 12ozs Referee: Harry Humphreys Promoter: Len Munden 1968 Feb 6 Johnny Prescott (Birmingham) WPTS(10) Civic Hall, Wolverhampton Source: Boxing News (Midlands Area Heavyweight Title) Prescott boxed for the British Heavyweight Title 1965 and was Midlands Area Heavyweight Champion 1962.