© 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 Johnny Williams (Rugby) Active: 1946-1956 Weight classes fought in: Recorded fights: 65 contests (won: 52 lost: 10 drew: 3) Manager: Ted Broadribb Fight Record 1946 Jun 4 Harry O'Grady (Amersham) WKO4(8) Rugby Source: Boxing News 12/06/1946 pages 14 and 15 Sep 24 Jim Hollis (Sedgley) WPTS(8) Birmingham Source: Boxing News 02/10/1946 page 13 Oct 21 Jim Greaves (Leicester) DRAW(8) Cossington Street Baths, Leicester Source: Boxing News 30/10/1946 page 11 Nov 4 Joe Burt (Leicester) WPTS(8) Birmingham Source: Boxing News 13/11/1946 pages 12 and 13 Williams 11st 12lbs Burt 10st 11lbs Dec 9 Tom Bostock (Mansfield) WRSF4 Assembly Rooms, Market Harborough Source: Boxing News 18/12/1946 page 12 Promoter: Reggie Meen 1947 Feb 10 Ted Barter (Kingston) WKO3 Town Hall, Oxford Source: Boxing News 05/03/1947 page 10 Williams 11st 11lbs 8ozs Barter 11st 8lbs Feb 24 Art Owen (Ramsey) WRSF6 Kettering Source: Boxing News 05/03/1947 page 15 Mar 19 Wally With (Hoxton) WPTS(8) Caledonian Road Baths, Islington Source: Boxing News 26/03/1947 page 14 Williams 12st 1lbs 8ozs With 11st 9lbs Mar 24 Joe Kerry (Birmingham) WRSF5 Birmingham Source: Boxing News 02/04/1947 pages 13 and 14 Apr 3 Paddy Roche (Ireland) WRSF7(10) Leamington Source: Boxing News 16/04/1947 page 13 Jun 17 Johnny Houlston (Cardiff) DRAW(8) Newport Source: Boxing News 25/06/1947 pages 12 and 13 Houlston was Welsh Area Welterweight Champion 1938. Williams 11st 7lbs 12ozs Houlston 11st 5lbs 4ozs Jul 7 Bernard O'Neill (Gravesend) WRSF2 Town Hall, Wembley Source: Boxing News 16/07/1947 page 12 Williams 11st 10lbs O'Neill 11st 7lbs Aug 12 Jimmy Carroll (Stockport) WRSF5 Town Hall, Wembley Source: Boxing News 20/08/1947 page 15 Carroll boxed a British Light-Heavyweight Title Eliminator 1950. Williams 12st 0lbs 8ozs Carroll 12st 5lbs 8ozs Sep 16 Trevor Burt (Ogmore Vale) WKO2(10) Rugby Source: Boxing News 24/09/1947 page 15 Burt sub for Jimmy Carroll Nov 3 Jimmy Carroll (Stockport) WKO5(8) Leicester Source: Boxing News 12/11/1947 pages 13 and 14 Nov 10 George Barrett (Eltham) WRSF3(8) Coventry Source: Boxing News 19/11/1947 page 11 Williams 11st 12lbs 8ozs Barrett 12st 5lbs 12ozs Nov 24 Doug Richards (Swansea) WPTS(8) Town Hall, Cheltenham Source: Boxing News 17/12/1947 page 12 Richards boxed for the Welsh Light-Heavyweight Title 1949. Dec 2 Reg Spring (Southall) LPTS(8) Co-op Hall, Rugby Source: Boxing News 10/12/1947 page 11 Spring was South Eastern Area Light-Heavyweight Champion 1949. 1948 Jan 15 Des Jones (Tredegar) WPTS(8) Smethwick Source: Boxing News 21/01/1948 page 12 Jones boxed for the Welsh Middleweight Title 1949. Williams 12st 5lbs Jones 12st 2lbs Jan 26 Matt Locke (Belfast) WKO1 Coventry Source: Boxing News 28/01/1948 page 16 Locke boxed for the Northern Ireland Light-Heavyweight Title 1947. Feb 12 Allan Cooke (Warsop) WRSF1(8) Hull Source: Boxing News 18/02/1948 page 16 Cooke was North Midlands Area Light-Heavyweight Champion 1950. cut eye Feb 17 Billy Phillips (Caerphilly) WRSF3(6) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 25/02/1948 pages 10 and 11 Williams 12st 3lbs Phillips 12st 6lbs Mar 11 Sid Falconer (Stepney) WRTD3 Smethwick Source: Boxing News 17/03/1948 pages 15 and 16 Apr 20 Bobby Ogg (Ormiston) WPTS(6) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 28/04/1948 pages 11, 12 and 13 Williams 12st 6lbs 8ozs Ogg 12st 13lbs 8ozs May 18 Don Cockell (Battersea) LPTS(8) Football Ground, Coventry Source: Boxing News 26/05/1948 pages 12 and 13 Cockell was British Light-Heavyweight Champion 1950-52 and European Light-Heavyweight Champion 1951-52 and British and British Empire Heavyweight Champion 1953-56. Williams 12st 1lbs Cockell 12st 4lbs Attendance: 25000 Jun 22 Gene Fowler (Canada) WKO3(8) City Football Ground, Exeter Source: Boxing News 30/06/1948 page 14 Williams 12st 2lbs Fowler 12st 9lbs Attendance: 5000 Jul 27 Don Cockell (Battersea) WRSF2 Embassy Sportsdrome, Birmingham Source: Boxing News 04/08/1948 page 14 Williams 12st 3lbs 12ozs Cockell 12st 4lbs 8ozs cut eye Sep 2 Reg Spring (Southall) WRTD6(8) Civic Hall, Exeter Source: Boxing News 15/09/1948 page 12 Williams 12st 5lbs Spring 12st 4lbs injured hand Sep 21 Jock Taylor (Sidcup) WPTS(6) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 29/09/1948 pages 12 and 13 Taylor boxed for the South East Area Light-Heavyweight Title 1948. Williams 12st 7lbs Taylor 12st 1lbs 12ozs 1949 Apr 19 Ken Shaw (Dundee) WRSF8(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 27/04/1949 pages 14 and 15 Shaw boxed a British Heavyweight Title Eliminator in 1945 and 1947 and 1948 and was Scottish Area Heavyweight Champion 1945-49. Williams 13st 6lbs 4ozs Shaw 13st 13lbs Jun 2 Nils Andersson (Sweden) WPTS(8) Stadium, White City Source: Boxing News 08/06/1949 page 16 Williams 13st 8lbs Andersson 15st 8lbs Jun 20 Paddy Slavin (Belfast) WRSF3(8) City Football Ground, Birmingham Source: Boxing News 22/06/1949 page 15 Slavin was Northern Ireland Area Heavyweight Champion 1948. Williams 13st 8lbs Slavin 12st 9lbs Aug 17 Piet Wilde (Belgium) WPTS(10) Coney Beach Arena, Porthcawl Source: Boxing News 24/08/1949 page 14 Williams 13st 2lbs Wilde 14st 12lbs 12ozs Promoter: Major H Leslie Joseph Attendance: 10000 Sep 6 Stephane Olek (France) WPTS(8) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 14/09/1949 pages 13 and 14 Williams 13st 4lbs 8ozs Olek 14st 1lbs 1950 Jan 24 Piet Wilde (Belgium) WKO4 Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing News 01/02/1950 pages 8, 09 and 10 Williams 13st 7lbs 8ozs Wilde 14st 13lbs Feb 20 Lloyd Barnett (Jamaica) WPTS(10) Embassy Sportsdrome, Birmingham Source: Boxing News 01/03/1950 page 10 Williams 13st 6lbs Barnett 13st 0lbs 4ozs Promoter: Jimmy Gough Feb 28 Vern Escoe (Canada) WPTS(10) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 08/03/1950 page 5 (British Empire Heavyweight Title Eliminator) Williams 13st 5lbs 12ozs Escoe 13st 1lbs 8ozs Jun 6 Pat Comiskey (USA) LRTD6 Stadium, White City Source: Boxing News 14/06/1950 pages 8, 09 and 10 Williams 13st 5lbs 4ozs Comiskey 15st 9lbs Attendance: 50000 cut eye Jul 17 Jack Gardner (Market Harborough) LPTS(12) Granby Halls, Leicester Source: Boxing News 26/07/1950 page 10 Gardner was British and British Empire Heavyweight Champion 1950-52 and European Heavyweight Champion 1951. Williams 13st 6lbs 12ozs Gardner 14st 8lbs 12ozs Nov 14 George Kaplan (USA) WRSF7 Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing News 22/11/1950 pages 8, 09 and 13 Williams 13st 9lbs 8ozs Kaplan 13st 5lbs Dec 12 Bill Weinberg (USA) LRTD6 Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 20/12/1950 page 5 Williams 13st 10lbs 12ozs Weinberg 14st 11lbs 12ozs 1951 Mar 19 Reg Andrews (Deal) WKO2 Granby Halls, Leicester Source: Boxing News 28/03/1951 pages 5 and 14 Andrews boxed for the South East Area Heavyweight Title 1947. Williams 13st 13lbs Andrews 13st 4lbs 8ozs Mar 27 Aaron Wilson (USA) WPTS(8) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing News 04/04/1951 pages 8, 09 and 14 Williams 13st 11lbs Wilson 13st 12lbs Jun 5 Jo Weidin (Austria) WRSF6(10) Stadium, White City Source: Boxing News 13/06/1951 pages 10, 11 and 14 Attendance: 60000 Oct 14 Heinz Neuhaus (Germany) DRAW(10) Rote Erde Stadium, Dortmund Germany Source: Boxing News Dec 4 Omelio Agramonte (Cuba) WPTS(10) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 12/12/1951 pages 4, 05 and 14 Williams 13st 10lbs 12ozs Agramonte 13st 11lbs 4ozs 1952 Mar 11 Jack Gardner (Market Harborough) WPTS(15) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing News 19/03/1952 pages 4 and 5 (British Heavyweight Title) Williams 13st 12lbs 12ozs Gardner 15st 4lbs 12ozs Referee: Jack Hart Jul 22 Jimmy Rousse (USA) WRSF8(10) Newark USA Source: Boxing News Oct 13 Johnny Arthur (South Africa) WRTD7(15) Granby Halls, Leicester Source: Boxing News 22/10/1952 page 7 (British Empire Heavyweight Title) Williams 13st 10lbs 15ozs Arthur 15st 8lbs 8ozs Dec 10 Werner Wiegand (Luxembourg) WKO5(10) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 17/12/1952 pages 7, 10 and 14 Williams 13st 9lbs 8ozs Wiegand 15st 12lbs 1953 Feb 15 Heinz Neuhaus (Germany) LKO9(10) Westfalenhalle, Dortmund Germany Source: Boxing News Apr 13 Ansell Adams (Trinidad) WPTS(10) Granby Halls, Leicester Source: Boxing News 22/04/1953 page 5 Williams 13st 9lbs 8ozs Adams 14st 8lbs Attendance: 8000 May 12 Don Cockell (Battersea) LPTS(15) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 20/05/1953 pages 4, 05 and 13 (British Heavyweight Title) Cockell 14st 9lbs Oct 5 Fred Powell (Walworth) WKO2 Granby Halls, Leicester Source: Boxing News 14/10/1953 page 11 Williams 14st 1lbs 8ozs Powell 14st 6lbs 12ozs Nov 10 Al Bernard (Belgium) WPTS(10) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing News 18/11/1953 pages 4 and 5 1954 Jan 22 Gerhard Hecht (Germany) WKO2(10) Berlin Germany Source: Boxing News 29/01/1954 page 12 Apr 4 Hugo Salfeld (Germany) WPTS(10) Westfalenhalle, Dortmund Germany Source: Boxing News 09/04/1954 page 13 Williams 13st 12lbs Salfeld 15st 0lbs Sep 14 Jack Hobbs (Shepherds Bush) WRSF7(10) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 17/09/1954 pages 4 and 5 Williams 14st 2lbs Hobbs 15st 0lbs 8ozs Dec 10 Francis Coeuret (France) WRSF4(10) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing News 17/12/1954 pages 8 and 9 Williams 13st 13lbs Coeuret 12st 13lbs 8ozs 1955 Mar 5 Hennie Quentemeyer (Holland) WKO2(10) Pavilion, Newtown Source: Boxing News 11/03/1955 page 13 Williams 14st 2lbs Quentemeyer 14st 1lbs Apr 18 Lucien Touzard (France) WRSF3(10) Sophia Gardens, Cardiff Source: Boxing News 22/04/1955 page 11 Williams 14st 2lbs Touzard 13st 11lbs Jun 6 Jack Gardner (Market Harborough) LKO6(12) Ice Stadium, Nottingham Source: Boxing News 10/06/1955 pages 8 and 9 (British and Empire Heavyweight Title Final Eliminator) Williams 13st 10lbs Gardner 15st 7lbs Attendance: 6000 Jul 26 Kitione Lave (Tonga) WRSF1(10) Embassy Sportsdrome, Birmingham Source: Boxing News 29/07/1955 page 4 Williams 13st 12lbs Lave 14st 5lbs 4ozs 1956 Aug 27 Joe Erskine (Cardiff) LPTS(15) Maindy Stadium, Cardiff Source: Boxing News 31/08/1956 pages 8 and 9 (British Heavyweight Title) Erskine was British Heavyweight Champion 1956-58 and British Empire Heavyweight Champion 1957-58.