© 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 Randolph Turpin (Leamington) Active: 1946-1958 Weight classes fought in: Recorded fights: 73 contests (won: 64 lost: 8 drew: 1) Fight Record 1946 Sep 17 Gordon Griffiths (Taunton) WRSF1(8) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 25/09/1946 pages 12 and 13 Turpin 11st 6lbs 8ozs Griffiths 11st 1lbs Nov 19 Des Jones (Tredegar) WPTS(6) Seymour Hall Baths, Marylebone Source: Boxing News 13/11/1946 page 15 Jones boxed for the Welsh Middleweight Title 1949. Turpin 11st 6lbs 8ozs Jones 11st 4lbs 12ozs Dec 26 Bill Blything (Wolverhampton) WKO1(8) Birmingham Source: Boxing News 01/01/1947 page 14 1947 Jan 14 Jimmy Davis (Bethnal Green) WKO4 Seymour Hall Baths, Marylebone Source: Boxing News 22/01/1947 page 11 Turpin 11st 7lbs 4ozs Davis 11st 3lbs Jan 24 Dai Jones (Wales) WKO3 Birmingham Source: Boxing News 29/01/1947 page 14 Feb 18 Johnny Best (Poplar) WRSF1 Seymour Hall Baths, Marylebone Source: Boxing News 05/03/1947 page 11 Turpin 11st 7lbs 8ozs Best 11st 6lbs Mar 18 Bert Hyland (Ireland) WKO1 Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 26/03/1947 pages 11 and 12 Apr 1 Frank Dolan (Salford) WRSF2 Seymour Hall Baths, Marylebone Source: Boxing News 09/04/1947 page 14 Turpin 11st 7lbs 8ozs Dolan 11st 7lbs 8ozs Apr 15 Tommy Davies (Cwmgorse) WKO2 Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 23/04/1947 pages 10, 11 and 12 Davies was Welsh Area Middleweight Champion 1943-49. Turpin 11st 3lbs Davies 11st 8lbs 12ozs Apr 28 Bert Sanders (Kilburn) WPTS(6) Green Pond Road FC, Walthamstow Source: Boxing News 07/05/1947 page 13 Turpin 11st 4lbs Sanders 11st 4lbs 4ozs May 12 Ron Cooper (Pyle) WRSF4 Town Hall, Oxford Source: Boxing News 21/05/1947 page 13 Cooper was Welsh Area Middleweight Champion 1952. May 27 Jury VII (France) WPTS(6) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 04/06/1947 pages 11 and 12 Turpin 11st 4lbs 4ozs Jury VII 11st 8lbs Jun 3 Mark Hart (Croydon) WPTS(8) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 11/06/1947 pages 11 and 12 Hart boxed for the British Light-Heavyweight Title 1950 and was South Eastern Area Middleweight Champion 1947-48 and South East Area Light-Heavyweight Champion 1949. Turpin 11st 2lbs 8ozs Hart 11st 5lbs 8ozs Jun 23 Leon Fouquet (Belgium) WKO1 Coventry Source: Boxing News 02/07/1947 page 13 Turpin 11st 2lbs 12ozs Fouquet 11st 3lbs 4ozs Sep 9 Jimmy Ingle (Dublin) WRSF3 Coventry Source: Boxing News 17/09/1947 pages 12 and 13 Oct 20 Mark Hart (Croydon) DRAW(6) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 22/10/1947 page 16 Turpin 11st 3lbs Hart 11st 8lbs 1948 Jan 26 Freddie Price (Dublin) WKO1(8) Coventry Source: Boxing News 28/01/1948 page 16 Feb 17 Gerry McCready (Lurgan) WRSF1(6) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 25/02/1948 pages 10 and 11 Turpin 11st 6lbs 12ozs McCready 11st 4lbs 8ozs Mar 16 Vince Hawkins (Eastleigh) WPTS(8) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 24/03/1948 pages 11 and 12 Hawkins was British Middleweight Champion 1946-48. Match made at 11st 8lbs Apr 26 Albert Finch (Croydon) LPTS(8) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 05/05/1948 pages 11 and 12 Finch was British Middleweight Champion 1949-50. Turpin 11st 4lbs 4ozs Finch 11st 4lbs 12ozs Jun 28 Alby Hollister (Islington) WPTS(8) Villa Park, Birmingham Source: Boxing News 30/06/1948 page 16 Turpin 11st 4lbs 8ozs Hollister 11st 6lbs 12ozs Sep 21 Jean Stock (France) LRTD5 Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 29/09/1948 pages 12 and 13 Turpin 11st 8lbs Stock 11st 7lbs 4ozs 1949 Feb 7 Jackie Jones (Bolton) WRTD5(8) Coventry Source: Boxing News 09/02/1949 page 15 Turpin 11st 8lbs 12ozs Jones 11st 7lbs 12ozs Feb 21 Duggie Miller (South Africa) WPTS(8) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 23/02/1949 page 15 Turpin 11st 7lbs 4ozs Miller 11st 5lbs Mar 25 Mickey Laurent (France) WRSF3(8) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing News 30/03/1949 page 15 Turpin 11st 8lbs Laurent 11st 6lbs 8ozs May 3 Bill Poli (Italy) WDSQ4(8) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing News 11/05/1949 page 14 Turpin 11st 6lbs Poli 11st 5lbs Jun 20 Cyril Delannoit (Belgium) WRSF8(10) City Football Ground, Birmingham Source: Boxing News 22/06/1949 page 15 Turpin 11st 5lbs Delannoit 11st 6lbs 8ozs cut eye Aug 22 Jean Wanes (France) WRTD3(10) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing News 24/08/1949 page 16 Turpin 11st 6lbs 4ozs Wanes 11st 3lbs 12ozs damaged eye Sep 19 Roy Wouters (Canada) WRSF5 The Butts, Coventry Source: Boxing News 28/09/1949 page 12 Turpin 11st 5lbs 4ozs Wouters 11st 7lbs 4ozs Nov 15 Pete Mead (USA) WRTD4(10) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 23/11/1949 page 7 Turpin 11st 6lbs 8ozs Mead 11st 5lbs 4ozs 1950 Jan 31 Gilbert Stock (France) WPTS(8) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing News 08/02/1950 page 7 Turpin 11st 7lbs 15ozs Stock 11st 1lbs 12ozs Promoter: Bill Goodwin & Alf Hart Mar 6 Richard Armah (West Africa) WRTD6(8) Davis Theatre, Croydon Source: Boxing News 15/03/1950 page 10 Match made at 11st 8lbs Turpin 11st 7lbs 8ozs Armah 11st 7lbs 6ozs Promoter: Bill Goodwin & Alf Hart cut eye Apr 24 Gustave Degouve (France) WPTS(8) Ice Stadium, Nottingham Source: Boxing News 03/05/1950 page 10 Match made at 11st 8lbs Turpin 11st 7lbs 12ozs Degouve 11st 6lbs 8ozs Promoter: Reg King Sep 5 Eli Elandon (Belgian Congo) WKO2 Vicarage Road Football Ground, Watford Source: Boxing News 20/09/1950 page 10 Turpin 11st 9lbs Elandon 11st 8lbs 8ozs Promoter: Jack Solomons Oct 17 Albert Finch (Croydon) WKO5(15) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 08/11/1950 page 12 (British Middleweight Title) Turpin 11st 4lbs Finch 11st 5lbs 10ozs Nov 13 Jose Alamo (Spain) WKO2 Abergavenny Source: Boxing News 22/11/1950 page 13 Turpin 11st 8lbs Alamo 11st 6lbs 8ozs Dec 12 Tommy Yarosz (USA) WDSQ8(10) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 20/12/1950 page 5 Turpin 11st 9lbs Yarosz 12st 0lbs 14ozs 1951 Jan 22 Eduardo Lopez (Spain) WKO1(10) Embassy Sportsdrome, Birmingham Source: Boxing News 31/01/1951 page 7 Turpin 11st 9lbs Lopez 11st 0lbs 8ozs Feb 27 Luc van Dam (Holland) WKO1(15) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 07/03/1951 pages 8 and 9 (European Middleweight Title) Turpin 11st 5lbs 4ozs Van Dam 11st 3lbs 8ozs Mar 19 Jean Stock (France) WRSF5(10) Granby Halls, Leicester Source: Boxing News 28/03/1951 pages 5 and 14 Match made at 11st 9lbs Apr 16 Billy Brown (USA) WKO2(10) Sportsdrome, Birmingham Source: Boxing News 25/04/1951 page 5 Turpin 11st 10lbs Brown 11st 7lbs 8ozs May 7 Jan de Bruin (Holland) WKO6(15) Butts Stadium, Coventry Source: Boxing News 16/05/1951 page 11 (European Middleweight Title) Turpin 11st 5lbs 12ozs De Bruin 11st 5lbs 8ozs Attendance: 15000 Jun 5 Jackie Keough (USA) WRSF7(10) Stadium, White City Source: Boxing News 13/06/1951 pages 10, 11 and 14 Turpin 11st 6lbs Keough 11st 2lbs Attendance: 60000 Jul 10 Sugar Ray Robinson (USA) WPTS(15) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing News 18/07/1951 pages 7, 11 and 14 (World Welterweight Title) Turpin 11st 4lbs 12ozs Robinson 11st 0lbs 8ozs Sep 12 Sugar Ray Robinson (USA) LRSF10(15) Polo Grounds, New York City USA Source: Boxing News 19/09/1951 pages 14 and 10 Turpin 11st 5lbs Robinson 11st 3lbs 8ozs 1952 Feb 12 Alex Buxton (Watford) WRTD7(10) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 20/02/1952 pages 4 and 5 Buxton was British Light-Heavyweight Champion 1953-55. Apr 22 Jacques Hairabedian (France) WKO3(10) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 30/04/1952 page 5 Turpin 11st 10lbs Hairabedian 12st 5lbs 4ozs Jun 10 Don Cockell (Battersea) WRSF11(15) Stadium, White City Source: Boxing News 18/06/1952 pages 4, 05 and 14 (British and Empire Light-Heavyweight Title) Cockell was British Light-Heavyweight Champion 1950-52 and European Light-Heavyweight Champion 1951-52 and British and British Empire Heavyweight Champion 1953-56. Turpin 11st 8lbs 8ozs Cockell 12st 6lbs 4ozs Oct 21 George Angelo (South Africa) WPTS(15) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 29/10/1952 pages 7, 10 and 13 (British Empire Light-Heavyweight Title) 1953 Jan 19 Victor D'Haes (Belgium) WKO6(10) Embassy Sportsdrome, Birmingham Source: Boxing News 28/01/1953 pages 10 and 11 Match made at 12st 9lbs Feb 16 Duggie Miller (South Africa) WPTS(10) Granby Halls, Leicester Source: Boxing News 25/02/1953 page 9 Attendance: 9000 Mar 17 Walter Cartier (USA) WDSQ2(10) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing News 25/03/1953 pages 4 and 5 Jun 9 Charles Humez (France) WPTS(15) Stadium, White City Source: Boxing News 17/06/1953 pages 2, 03, 04 and 14 (Billed for World Middleweight Title) Attendance: 55000 Oct 21 Carl Bobo Olson (USA) LPTS(15) Madison Square Garden, New York City USA Source: Boxing News 28/10/1953 pages 7, 10 and 5 (World Middleweight Title) Turpin 11st 3lbs Olson 11st 5lbs 8ozs 1954 Mar 30 Olle Bengtsson (Sweden) WPTS(10) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing News 02/04/1954 pages 3, 04 and 5 Match made at 11st 8lbs Attendance: 18000 May 2 Tiberio Mitri (Italy) LKO1(15) Stadio Torino, Rome Italy Source: Boxing News 07/05/1954 page 3 1955 Feb 15 Ray Schmit (Luxembourg) WDSQ8(10) Embassy Sportsdrome, Birmingham Source: Boxing News 18/02/1955 page 12 Turpin 12st 3lbs 1ozs Schmit 12st 7lbs 12ozs Mar 8 Jose Gonzalez (Spain) WKO7(10) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing News 11/03/1955 pages 8, 09 and 10 Turpin 12st 3lbs 12ozs Gonzalez 12st 5lbs 8ozs Apr 26 Alex Buxton (Watford) WKO2 Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 29/04/1955 pages 8 and 9 (British Light-Heavyweight Title) Referee: Ben Green Sep 19 Eddie Polly Smith (Bermuda) WPTS(10) Perry Barr Greyhound Stadium,