© 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 Jock McAvoy (Rochdale) Active: 1927-1945 Weight classes fought in: welter, middle, light-heavy Recorded fights: 147 contests (won: 132 lost: 14 drew: 1) Born: 20th November 1907 Died: 20th November 1971 Manager: Joe Tolley and Harry Fleming Fight Record 1927 Nov 6 Billy Longworth (Royton) WKO2(6) Stadium, Royton Source: Boxing 08/11/1927 page 238 Nov 27 Bert Hilditch (Shaw) WRSF6(6) Stadium, Royton Source: Boxing 29/11/1927 page 286 1928 Jan 27 Billy Chew (Darwen) LRTD8 Public Hall, Haslingden Source: Boxing 31/01/1928 page 430 Promoter: messrs Harrison & Barlow Mar 19 Teddy Cox (Todmorden) WKO7 Todmorden Source: Harold Alderman (Boxing Historian) 1929 Jul 4 Frank Ormerod (Nelson) WKO1(10) New Market Stadium, Burnley Source: Boxing 10/07/1929 page 44 Promoter: P Heys 20 secs Jul 14 Jack Ogden (Chadderton) WKO3(10) Stadium, Royton Source: Boxing 17/07/1929 page 55 Aug 6 Billy Chew (Darwen) WPTS(10) New Market Hotel, Burnley Source: Burnley Express and Advertiser Aug 14 Eric Basher Bargh (Morecambe) WRSF4(10) Winter Gardens, Morecambe Source: Boxing 21/08/1929 page 116 Aug 28 Jack Jukes (Tyldesley) WRSF6(10) Winter Gardens, Morecambe Source: Boxing 04/09/1929 page 149 Sep 17 Tiger Ennis (Halifax) WKO1 Burnley Source: Jock McAvoy record - from biography Sep 25 Seaman Douglas (Warrington) WRTD6 Winter Gardens, Morecambe Source: Boxing 02/10/1929 page 211 Sep 29 Billy Chew (Darwen) WPTS Stadium, Royton Source: Boxing 02/10/1929 page 212 Sep 30 Jack Ogden (Chadderton) WPTS(10) Co-op Hall, Fleetwood Source: Fleetwood Chronicle Referee: W Howarth(Blackpool) Dec 2 Jack Harrison (Hanley) WRTD4(10) Palais de Danse, Hanley Source: Boxing 11/12/1929 page 375 Dec 5 Soldier Jones (Rhyl) WRSF2(10) Town Hall, Rhyl Source: Rhyl Journal Referee: Joe Tolley Promoter: Sgt Maj Bloxham Dec 6 Ted Abbott (Stainforth) WRTD6(12) King Street Barracks, Blackburn Source: Boxing 11/12/1929 pages 374 and 371 Promoter: Mr Westwell(Accrington) Dec 15 Lud Greswig (Norway) WRTD2 Stadium, Royton Source: Boxing 18/12/1929 page 391 Dec 20 Billy Horner (Leeds) WRTD4(12) Majestic Rink, Preston Source: Boxing 24/12/1929 page 407 Big crowd Dec 27 Griff Williams (Denbigh) DRAW(10) Town Hall, Rhyl Source: Rhyl Journal Referee: Joe Tolley 1930 Jan 12 Marine Davis (RM Deal) WKO6(12) Stadium, Royton Source: Boxing 15/01/1930 page 454 Match made at 10st 7lbs Jan 24 Sid Aldridge (Leeds) WKO4(12) Majestic Rink, Preston Source: Boxing 29/01/1930 page 486 Feb 7 Jack Ogden (Chadderton) WKO2(12) Public Hall, Haslingden Source: Boxing 12/02/1930 pages 518 and 515 Feb 9 Andy Ross (Barrow) WKO5(15) Stadium, Royton Source: Boxing 12/02/1930 page 515 Feb 14 Fred Oldfield (Doncaster) WPTS(12) Majestic Rink, Preston Source: Lancashire Daily Post(Preston) Promoter: Tommy Ritchie Feb 27 Bill Lee (Wrexham) WKO3(15) Town Hall, Rhyl Source: Rhyl Journal Promoter: Sgt Maj Bloxam Mar 7 Shocker Bowman (Penrith) WKO3(15) Market Hall, Penrith Source: Penrith Observer Referee: J Barnes(Penrith) Promoter: Dick Edwards Mar 10 Fred Blything (Wolverhampton) WPTS(15) Baths, Stourbridge Source: Birmingham Gazette Promoter: Owen Moran Mar 16 Jack Wilkinson (Warrington) WKO2 Stadium, Royton Source: Boxing 19/03/1930 page 599 Mar 21 Fred Oldfield (Doncaster) WRSF8(12) Public Hall, Haslingden Source: Boxing 26/03/1930 page 614 Mar 28 Jim Pearson (Bamber Bridge) LPTS(12) Majestic Rink, Preston Source: Boxing 02/04/1930 page 627 Pearson boxed for the Northern Area Middleweight Title 1930. Attendance: 3000 Apr 13 Ted Lewis (Wigan) WKO6 Stadium, Royton Source: Boxing 16/04/1930 page 661 Apr 14 Dai Beynon (Merthyr) WKO5(12) King Street Barracks, Blackburn Source: Boxing 23/04/1930 pages 677 and 676 Beynon boxed for the Welsh Middleweight Title 1931. Apr 25 Joe Rostron (Heywood) LPTS(12) Majestic Rink, Preston Source: Boxing 30/04/1930 page 694 May 25 Eddie Strawer (Rochdale) WKO10(15) Stadium, Royton Source: Boxing 28/05/1930 page 760 Jun 11 Billy Green (Taffs Well) WRSF14(15) Winter Gardens, Morecambe Source: Jock McAvoy record - from biography Green was Welsh Area Middleweight Champion 1929. Jul 26 Eddie Strawer (Rochdale) WKO6(15) Stadium, Royton Source: Boxing 30/07/1930 page 74 Jul 30 George Porter (Nottingham) WPTS(15) Winter Gardens, Morecambe Source: Boxing 06/08/1930 page 91 Aug 10 Farmer Jackson (Doncaster) WPTS(12) Stadium, Royton Source: Boxing 13/08/1930 page 103 Aug 27 Jimmy Cox (Wigan) WPTS(12) Winter Gardens, Morecambe Source: Boxing 03/09/1930 page 151 Sep 14 Jim Pearson (Bamber Bridge) WPTS Stadium, Royton Source: Boxing 17/09/1930 page 186 Sep 30 Billy Delahaye (Dowlais) WRSF2(15) Free Trade Hall, Manchester Source: Boxing 08/10/1930 page 232 Oct 3 Patsy Flynn (Lambeth) WKO3(12) Majestic Rink, Preston Source: Boxing 08/10/1930 page 232 Oct 14 Joe Rostron (Heywood) WPTS(15) Free Trade Hall, Manchester Source: Boxing 22/10/1930 page 264 Match made at 11st 2lbs Oct 22 Joe Lowther (Leeds) WPTS(15) Winter Gardens, Morecambe Source: Boxing 29/10/1930 pages 280 and 281 Lowther was Northern Area Middleweight Champion 1930-31. Nov 2 Jimmy Cox (Wigan) WPTS(15) Stadium, Royton Source: Boxing 05/11/1930 page 297 Nov 4 Trevor Evans (Caerau) WRSF15(15) Free Trade Hall, Manchester Source: Boxing 12/11/1930 page 313 Evans boxed for the Welsh Middleweight Title 1930. Dec 14 Jim Johnson (Newcastle) WKO2 Stadium, Royton Source: Boxing 17/12/1930 page 394 1931 Jan 11 Shocker Bowman (Penrith) WPTS Stadium, Royton Source: Boxing 14/01/1931 page 458 Jan 22 Charlie McDonald (Sunderland) WPTS(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 28/01/1931 page 489 Referee: Tom Gamble Feb 16 Dick Burt (Plymouth) WRTD8(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 18/02/1931 page 534 Burt was West of England Welterweight Champion 1929-31. Mar 8 Charlie Keeling (Nottingham) WKO3(12) Stadium, Royton Source: Boxing 11/03/1931 page 587 Keeling received broken ribs Mar 30 Paul McGuire (Newcastle) LDSQ4(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 01/04/1931 page 630 Apr 3 Jimmy Cox (Wigan) WPTS(12) Stadium, Bolton Source: Jock McAvoy record - from biography Apr 15 Sonny Doke (Battersea) WPTS(15) Winter Gardens, Morecambe Source: Boxing 22/04/1931 page 681 Apr 19 Johnny Seamarks (Bedford) WKO3 Stadium, Royton Source: Boxing 22/04/1931 page 682 May 11 Fred Shaw (Shipley) WPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 13/05/1931 page 728 May 24 Sonny Doke (Battersea) WPTS(12) Stadium, Royton Source: Boxing 27/05/1931 page 764 Jun 21 Con Van Leuwen (Holland) WRTD5 Stadium, Royton Source: Boxing 24/06/1931 page 828 Jul 11 Jack Bottomley (Middlesbrough) WKO1(12) Hornets Football Ground, Rochdale Source: Boxing 15/07/1931 page 42 Referee: Jack Ward Jul 19 Jack O'Brien (Belfast) WRTD3(12) Tolca Park, Dublin Source: Boxing 29/07/1931 page 79 Promoter: Jack McFarland Attendance: 4500 Aug 10 Joe Lowther (Leeds) WRTD8(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 12/08/1931 page 102 (Northern Area Middleweight Title) Attendance: 6000 Aug 30 Jack Hyams (Stepney) WRSF8(12) Brunswick Stadium, Leeds Source: Boxing 02/09/1931 pages 155 and 156 Hyams boxed for the British Middleweight Title 1937 and was Southern Area Middleweight Champion 1936-38 and Southern Area Light-Heavyweight Champion 1938-39 and 1941. Sep 7 Jerry Daley (Penygraig) WKO2(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 09/09/1931 page 165 Daley was Welsh Area Middleweight Champion 1929-31 and 1931-32. Match made at 11st 6lbs Oct 12 Alfredo Pegazzano (Italy) WRSF3(12) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 14/10/1931 pages 244 and 245 Nov 6 Paul McGuire (Newcastle) WRTD2(15) Tower Circus, Blackpool Source: Boxing 11/11/1931 page 13 Attendance: 3000 Nov 16 Billy Adair (Bethnal Green) WKO2(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 18/11/1931 page 9 Adair sub for Seaman Harvey(Plymouth) Nov 22 Sonny Doke (Battersea) WRTD5(12) NSB, Royton Source: Boxing 25/11/1931 page 11 Dec 20 Red Pullen (Cardiff) WKO1(12) NSB, Royton Source: Boxing 23/12/1931 page 15 Pullen sub for Glen Moody 1932 Jan 17 Jack Marshall (Accrington) WKO2 NSB, Royton Source: Boxing 27/01/1931 page 12 Feb 1 Seaman Harvey (Chatham) WPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 03/02/1932 page 8 Harvey was Eastern Counties Middleweight Champion 1930. Feb 29 Jack Etienne (Belgium) WPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 02/03/1932 page 8 Mar 21 Len Harvey (Plymouth) LPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 23/03/1932 page 6 (British Middleweight Title) Harvey was British and British Empire and World Champion from Middleweight and to Heavyweight between 1929 and 1942. May 9 Edwin John (Chelsea) WRSF6(12) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 11/05/1932 page 9 May 29 Bill Hood (Plymouth) WKO2(12) NSB, Royton Source: Boxing 01/06/1932 page 17 Jun 19 Sandy McKenzie (Glasgow) WKO1(12) NSB, Royton Source: Boxing 22/06/1932 page 13 McKenzie boxed for the Scottish Middleweight Title 1931. Jun 28 Billy Thomas (Deri) WRSF3(15) Stadium, Blackpool Source: Boxing 07/07/1932 page 12 Thomas boxed a British Middleweight Title Eliminator 1934 and was Welsh Area Middleweight Champion 1934-35 and 1935-36. Promoter: Jim Harris Attendance: 3000 Jul 4 Carmelo Candel (France) WPTS(10) Stadium, White City Source: Boxing 07/07/1932 pages 8 and 9 Jul 18 Jack Casey (Sunderland) LDSQ14(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing 20/07/1932 page 8 (Northern Area Middleweight Title) Casey boxed for the British Middleweight Title 1932 and was Northern Area Middleweight Champion 1932.