© 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 Barton (Lancaster) Active: 1943-1959 Weight classes fought in: Recorded fights: 62 contests( won: 32 lost: 28 drew: 2) Fight Record 1943 Jan 1 Johnny Cato (Fleetwood) WPTS(6) Tower Circus, Blackpool Source: Boxing News 21/01/1943 page 12 1946 Feb 14 Tommy Renner (Liverpool) LPTS(6) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 20/02/1946 pages 14 and 15 Sep 16 Jack Brown (Stockport) WRTD4(6) Winter Gardens, Morecambe Source: Boxing News 25/09/1946 page 14 Sep 30 Jack Harding (Crewe) LPTS(8) Winter Gardens, Morecambe Source: Boxing News 09/10/1946 page 12 Barton 11st 8lbs Harding 11st 4lbs Oct 14 Billy Taylor (Preston) DRAW(8) Winter Gardens, Morecambe Source: Boxing News 23/10/1946 page 14 Barton 11st 4lbs Taylor 10st 12lbs 8ozs 1947 Feb 3 Jimmy Tipper (Burton-on-Trent) WPTS(8) Barrow Source: Boxing News 12/02/1947 pages 11 and 12 Mar 3 Len Gidney (Norwich) WRTD4(8) Barrow Source: Boxing News 12/03/1947 page 14 Jun 30 Jack Harding (Crewe) WPTS(10) Winter Gardens, Morecambe Source: Boxing News 09/07/1947 pages 13 and 14 Jul 21 Ted Frances (Manchester) WKO5(10) Winter Gardens, Morecambe Source: Boxing News 30/07/1947 page 13 Aug 28 Doug Brock (Newcastle) LPTS(6) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 03/09/1947 pages 15 and 16 Barton 10st 12lbs Brock 10st 11lbs 1948 Jan 12 Tommy Renner (Liverpool) LPTS(6) Public Hall, Preston Source: Harold Alderman (Boxing Historian) Feb 2 Dennis Powell (Four Crosses) WPTS(8) Morecambe Source: Boxing News 11/02/1948 pages 13 and 14 Powell was British Light-Heavyweight Champion 1953. Feb 16 Billy Hesmond (Preston) WRSF1(8) Public Hall, Preston Source: Boxing News 25/02/1948 pages 13 and 14 Barton 12st 8lbs Hesmond 12st 2lbs cut eye Feb 26 Jack Red O'Hara (Dublin) WKO6(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 03/03/1948 page 15 Barton 12st 9lbs O'Hara 13st 0lbs Apr 16 Frank Fallon (Ashton-in-Makerfield) WKO2(8) Public Hall, Preston Source: Boxing News 21/04/1948 page 13 Barton 12st 5lbs 12ozs Fallon 12st 0lbs May 10 Tommy Paddock (Wolverhampton) WKO6(8) Public Hall, Preston Source: Boxing News 19/05/1948 page 15 Barton 12st 7lbs 4ozs Paddock 12st 3lbs 4ozs May 31 Billy Hesmond (Preston) WKO4(8) Blackburn Source: Boxing News 09/06/1948 page 16 Barton 12st 5lbs Hesmond 12st 10lbs Jul 1 Gerry McDermott (Ireland) WPTS(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 07/07/1948 page 14 Barton 12st 0lbs McDernott 13st 0lbs Aug 19 Gerry McDermott (Ireland) DRAW(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 01/09/1948 page 11 Barton 12st 6lbs McDermott 12st 8lbs Sep 9 Dennis Powell (Four Crosses) WPTS(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 15/09/1948 page 16 Barton 12st 5lbs 8ozs Powell 12st 7lbs Sep 17 Lloyd Barnett (Jamaica) LPTS(8) Public Hall, Preston Source: Boxing News 22/09/1948 page 16 Barton 12st 4lbs Barnett 12st 1lbs Oct 12 Don Cockell (Battersea) WPTS(8) Granby Halls, Leicester Source: Boxing News 20/10/1948 page 15 Cockell was British Light-Heavyweight Champion 1950-52 and European Light-Heavyweight Champion 1951-52 and British and British Empire Heavyweight Champion 1953-56. Promoter: Joe Jacobs Attendance: 5000 Nov 8 Paddy Slavin (Belfast) WRSF2 Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 10/11/1948 page 15 Slavin was Northern Ireland Area Heavyweight Champion 1948. Barton 12st 7lbs Slavin 13st 1lbs Nov 29 Don Cockell (Battersea) LPTS(8) Cossington Street Baths, Leicester Source: Boxing News 08/12/1948 page 14 Barton 12st 5lbs Cockell 12st 4lbs Dec 6 Lloyd Barnett (Jamaica) LPTS(6) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 08/12/1948 page 15 Barton 12st 8lbs Barnett 12st 10lbs 1949 Jan 3 Gene Fowler (Canada) WPTS(8) Public Hall, Preston Source: Boxing News 12/01/1949 page 13 Barton 12st 8lbs Fowler 12st 9lbs Jan 31 Tony Lord (Liverpool) WKO5(8) Granby Halls, Leicester Source: Boxing News 02/02/1949 page 15 Barton 12st 6lbs 8ozs Lord 12st 6lbs 8ozs Feb 14 Tommy Caswell (Mitcham) LDSQ4(8) St George's Hall, Blackburn Source: Boxing News 02/03/1949 page 11 Barton 12st 7lbs Caswell 12st 1lbs 8ozs Jun 13 Tony Lord (Liverpool) LDSQ7(8) Granby Halls, Leicester Source: Boxing News 22/06/1949 page 13 Barton 12st 4lbs 8ozs Lord 12st 2lbs Sep 19 Allan Cooke (Warsop) LPTS(8) Public Hall, Preston Source: Boxing News 28/09/1949 pages 12 and 13 Cooke was North Midlands Area Light-Heavyweight Champion 1950. Barton 11st 13lbs 8ozs Cooke 12st 4lbs 8ozs 1950 Sep 5 Gene Fowler (Canada) WPTS(8) Pavilion, Newtown Source: Boxing News 20/09/1950 page 10 Barton 12st 4lbs Fowler 12st 9lbs 8ozs Promoter: GRC promotions Oct 10 Ernie Comley (Oldbury) WPTS(8) Embassy Sportsdrome, Birmingham Source: Boxing News 08/11/1950 page 12 Barton 12st 4lbs Comley 12st 4lbs 8ozs Nov 6 Gene Fowler (Canada) WPTS(8) Public Hall, Preston Source: Boxing News 22/11/1950 page 11 Barton 11st 12lbs 8ozs Fowler 12st 6lbs 1951 Jan 16 Derek Alexander (Willenhall) LPTS(8) Baths Assembly Hall, Willenhall Source: Boxing News 24/01/1951 page 12 Alexander boxed for the Midlands Area (North) Light-Heavyweight Title 1949. Barton 12st 0lbs 8ozs Alexander 12st 11lbs 12ozs Mar 19 Dave Williams (Barry) LPTS(8) Granby Halls, Leicester Source: Boxing News 28/03/1951 pages 5 and 14 Williams was Welsh Area Light-Heavyweight Champion 1953. Barton 12st 6lbs 12ozs Williams 12st 3lbs 8ozs Apr 16 Wally Diamond (Jamaica) WKO3(8) Public Hall, Preston Source: Boxing News 25/04/1951 page 11 Barton 12st 5lbs 8ozs Diamond 12st 10lbs 4ozs May 7 Tony Lord (Liverpool) WKO7(8) Public Hall, Preston Source: Boxing News 16/05/1951 page 14 Barton 12st 7lbs 4ozs Lord 12st 0lbs Jun 4 Reg Spring (Southall) LPTS(8) Public Hall, Preston Source: Boxing News 13/06/1951 page 13 Spring was South Eastern Area Light-Heavyweight Champion 1949. Barton 12st 5lbs 8ozs Spring 12st 8lbs 8ozs Jul 7 George Dawson (Builth Wells) WKO2(8) Showground, Shrewsbury Source: Boxing News 11/07/1951 page 14 Barton 12st 6lbs Dawson 13st 6lbs Nov 20 Sugar Roy Cattouse (British Honduras) LPTS(8) Baths Assembly Hall, Willenhall Source: Boxing News 05/12/1951 page 11 Barton 12st 4lbs 8ozs Cattouse 12st 2lbs 1952 Jul 26 Nick Fisher (Nantymoel) LDSQ3(8) Pavilion, Newtown Source: Boxing News 30/07/1952 page 15 Fisher boxed for the Welsh Light-Heavyweight Title 1953. Barton 12st 5lbs 12ozs Fisher 12st 3lbs 12ozs Aug 12 George Walker (Stepney) LPTS(8) Arena, Mile End Source: Boxing News 20/08/1952 page 12 Walker boxed for the British Light-Heavyweight Title 1953 and was Southern Area Light-Heavyweight Champion 1952-54. Barton 12st 8lbs 4ozs Walker 12st 4lbs 4ozs Sep 13 Jeff Morris (Mansfield) WPTS(8) Pavilion, Newtown Source: Boxing News 17/09/1952 page 15 Barton 12st 3lbs 12ozs Morris 12st 12lbs Oct 5 Billy Dean (Greenwich) LPTS(8) Troc-ette Cinema, Bermondsey Source: Boxing News 15/10/1952 page 10 Barton 12st 2lbs 4ozs Dean 12st 6lbs 8ozs Dec 8 Al Allotey (Gold Coast) LPTS(8) Public Hall, Preston Source: Boxing News 17/12/1952 page 13 Barton 12st 3lbs Allotey 12st 7lbs 4ozs 1953 Jan 26 Dennis Fewkes (Nottingham) WPTS(8) Public Hall, Preston Source: Boxing News 04/02/1953 page 11 Barton 12st 6lbs 4ozs Fewkes 12st 11lbs 12ozs Feb 16 Albert Finch (Croydon) LPTS(8) High Road Baths, Leyton Source: Boxing News 25/02/1953 page 13 Finch was British Middleweight Champion 1949-50. Barton 12st 8lbs 8ozs Finch 12st 8lbs 8ozs Mar 23 Ron Crookes (Sheffield) WPTS(8) Public Hall, Preston Source: Boxing News 01/04/1953 pages 13 and 14 Barton 12st 12lbs Crookes 12st 4lbs Apr 1 Julio Neves (Portugal) WRSF5 Lisbon Portugal Source: Boxing News May 8 Alex Buxton (Watford) LPTS(10) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing News 13/05/1953 page 14 Buxton was British Light-Heavyweight Champion 1953-55. Barton 12st 6lbs Buxton 11st 11lbs Aug 7 Gerhard Hecht (Germany) LPTS(10) Hamburg Germany Source: Boxing News Sep 25 Garnett Denny (Belfast) LPTS(8) Ulster Hall, Belfast Source: Boxing News 30/09/1953 page 15 Denny boxed for the Northern Ireland Light-Heavyweight Title 1952. Barton 12st 6lbs 2ozs Denny 12st 10lbs Oct 7 Heins Sachs (Germany) LRSF5 Hamburg Germany Source: Boxing News 21/10/1953 page 14 Nov 16 Ken Millson (Doncaster) WRSF4(8) Public Hall, Preston Source: Boxing News 25/11/1953 page 12 Barton 12st 7lbs Millson 12st 6lbs 8ozs 1954 Feb 1 Al Allotey (Gold Coast) WPTS(8) Public Hall, Preston Source: Boxing News 05/02/1954 page 14 Barton 12st 7lbs Allotey 12st 6lbs Mar 12 Dave Williams (Barry) LPTS(8) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing News 19/03/1954 pages 4 and 5 Barton 12st 5lbs 8ozs Williams 12st 5lbs Mar 22 Hans Strelecki (Germany) WKO4(8) Public Hall, Preston Source: Boxing News 26/03/1954 page 5 Barton 12st 8lbs 4ozs Strelecki 12st 8lbs May 1 Dennis Powell (Four Crosses) LRTD7 Pavilion, Newtown Source: Boxing News 07/05/1954 page 11 Barton 12st 2lbs 8ozs Powell 12st 7lbs 8ozs Oct 19 Jo Roude (France) LRSF4(8) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 22/10/1954 pages 3, 04 and 5 Barton 12st 10lbs Roude 12st 6lbs 8ozs cut eye 1955 Jun 3 Terry Gooding (Cardiff) LDSQ5(8) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing News 10/06/1955 page 4 Gooding boxed for the Welsh Light-Heavyweight Title 1955.