© 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 Gus Platts (Sheffield) Active: 1910-1927 Weight classes fought in: Recorded fights: 149 contests (won: 96 lost: 32 drew: 11 other: 10) Manager: Ted Broadribb Fight Record 1910 Mar 5 Jack Frith (RFA) WRSF3 Sheffield Source: Larry Braysher (Boxing Historian) Jun 18 H Eastwood (Huddersfield) WPTS(3) Palace Theatre, Bradford Source: Boxing 25/06/1910 page 402 (10st competition 1st series) Jun 25 Jim Long (Leeds) LRSF1(3) Palace Theatre, Bradford Source: Boxing 02/07/1910 page 428 (10st competition semi-final) Aug 8 Albert Woodhouse WRSF4(10) New City BC, Sheffield Source: Sheffield Daily Telegraph Referee: Arthur Ellis Aug 22 Jack Frith (RFA) WKO3(6) Attercliffe Boxing Hall, Sheffield Source: Boxing Sep 12 Lewis (Attercliffe) WKO5 Attercliffe Boxing Hall, Sheffield Source: Boxing 17/09/1910 page 689 Sep 24 Jack Bentley (Rotherham) WKO6(10) Don AC, Rotherham Source: Rotherham Express Referee: Joe Williams Oct 17 Tich Higold (Rotherham) WPTS(10) Attercliffe Boxing Hall, Sheffield Source: Boxing 22/10/1910 page 820 Oct 31 Jack Marshall WPTS(10) Attercliffe Boxing Hall, Sheffield Source: Boxing 05/11/1910 page 17 Nov 7 Johnny Hague (Mexborough) WPTS(6) Attercliffe Boxing Hall, Sheffield Source: Sheffield Daily Telegraph Nov 28 Jack Frith (RFA) WKO3(6) Attercliffe Boxing Hall, Sheffield Source: Sheffield Daily Telegraph Dec 12 Harry Mitchell (Sheffield) WPTS(10) Attercliffe Boxing Hall, Sheffield Source: Boxing 17/12/1910 page 168 Dec 17 Kid Vinton (Gateshead) LPTS(10) St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing 24/12/1910 page 214 1911 Jan 9 Lewis Moore (Sheffield) LPTS(10) Attercliffe Boxing Hall, Sheffield Source: Boxing 14/01/1911 page 276 Referee: Tom Bolton Jan 23 Fireman Gibson (Newcastle) DRAW(10) Attercliffe Boxing Hall, Sheffield Source: Boxing 28/01/1911 page 320 Feb 27 Lewis Moore (Sheffield) WPTS(15) New City BC, Sheffield Source: Boxing 04/03/1911 page 450 Match made at 9st 9lbs Mar 6 Pte. Foster (RAMC) DRAW(15) Roller Rink, Doncaster Source: Boxing 11/03/1911 page 477 Referee: JR Smoult Promoter: W Bridgwater Mar 27 Jim Cavanagh (Manchester) WPTS(15) Attercliffe Boxing Hall, Sheffield Source: Boxing 01/04/1911 page 552 Apr 10 Kid Fitzgerald (USA) WPTS(10) New City BC, Sheffield Source: Boxing 15/04/1911 page 612 Promoter: Sheffield Sports Syndicate May 18 Paddy Connor (Widnes) WPTS(8) Roller Rink, Doncaster Source: Boxing 27/05/1911 page 88 Referee: Iron hague Promoter: W Bridgwater May 29 Kid Fitzgerald (USA) WPTS(20) Attercliffe Boxing Hall, Sheffield Source: Boxing 03/06/1911 page 110 Jul 15 Fir Thomas (Chesterfield) WPTS(20) Pheasant Inn Grounds, Carbrook Source: Boxing 22/07/1911 page 292 Promoter: Will Kay Attendance: 3000 Jul 31 Ted Vaughan (Rotherham) WRTD16(20) Attercliffe Boxing Hall, Sheffield Source: Boxing 12/08/1911 page 376 Aug 12 Alf Defries (Long Acre) WRTD11(15) Pheasant Inn Grounds, Carbrook Source: Boxing 19/08/1911 page 391 Sep 14 Percy Wilson (Hull) WPTS(20) Roller Rink, Doncaster Source: Boxing 23/09/1911 page 511 (Yorkshire Welterweight Title) Oct 2 Joe Goodwin (London) WPTS(20) Attercliffe Boxing Hall, Sheffield Source: Boxing 14/10/1911 page 595 Oct 16 Tom Bolton WPTS(20) Attercliffe Boxing Hall, Sheffield Source: Boxing 21/10/1911 page 615 Nov 20 Johnny Basham (Newport) WPTS(15) Badminton Club, Cardiff Source: Boxing 02/12/1911 pages 118 and 119 Basham was British Welterweight Champion 1914-20 and British Empire and European Welterweight Champion 1919-20 and British Middleweight Champion 1921. Dec 29 Percy Wilson (Hull) WPTS(15) New City BC, Sheffield Source: Boxing 06/01/1912 page 252 1912 Feb 12 Paddy Orwin (Sheffield) WDSQ6(20) New City BC, Sheffield Source: Boxing Referee: Ted Ward Feb 26 Tom Stokes (Mexborough) WDSQ17(20) Attercliffe Boxing Hall, Sheffield Source: Sheffield Daily Telegraph combined purse £50 £25 a side May 6 George Proctor (Southwark) WKO4(15) New City BC, Sheffield Source: Boxing 11/05/1912 page 39 May 28 P.O. Roche (Chatham) WPTS(15) Pheasant Inn Grounds, Carbrook Source: Boxing 08/06/1912 page 140 Attendance: 5000 Jun 10 P.O. Roche (Chatham) WKO4(15) Pheasant Inn Grounds, Carbrook Source: Boxing 15/06/1912 page 158 Promoter: Sheffield Sportsman's Syndicate Attendance: 4000 Jun 17 Albert Badoud (Switzerland) WPTS(20) Attercliffe Boxing Hall, Sheffield Source: Boxing 22/06/1912 page 186 Sep 11 Cpl. Baker (Royal West Kents) WRTD9 Attercliffe Boxing Hall, Sheffield Source: Boxing 21/09/1912 page 506 Sep 19 Paddy Orwin (Sheffield) WKO4(15) Attercliffe Boxing Hall, Sheffield Source: Boxing 28/09/1912 pages 530 and 532 Referee: Spike Robson Dec 16 Jack Goldswain (Bermondsey) WRTD4(20) Attercliffe Boxing Hall, Sheffield Source: Boxing 21/12/1912 page 218 Goldswain boxed for the British Welterweight Title 1910. 1913 Dave Kurt ND Source: British Boxing Yearbook 1986 Jan 27 Eddie Elton (St James) WPTS(15) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 01/02/1913 pages 359, 360, 362, 363 and 364 Referee: J H Douglas Mar 17 Billy Hughes (Salford) WPTS(20) Edmund Road Drill Hall, Sheffield Source: Boxing 22/03/1913 pages 539 and 540 Match made at 10st 7lbs Referee: JT Hulls £100 a side Apr 21 Tom McCormick (Dundalk) LPTS(20) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 26/04/1913 pages 673 and 674 McCormick was British and British Empire and World Welterweight Champion 1914. Jun 5 Dave Kurtz ND(10) Madison Square Garden, New York City USA Source: Boxing 21/06/1913 page 188 Jun 25 Tom Maloney ND(10) New York City USA Source: Larry Braysher (Boxing Historian) Jul 9 Mike Glover ND(10) New York City USA Source: Larry Braysher (Boxing Historian) Sep 8 Tom McCormick (Dundalk) WPTS(20) Drill Hall, Sheffield Source: Boxing 13/09/1913 page 476 Sep 29 Eddie Beattie (Castlecary) DRAW Drill Hall, Sheffield Source: Boxing 04/10/1913 page 555 Beattie boxed for the British Welterweight Title 1916. Oct 6 Fred Dyer (Cardiff) LPTS(20) Skating Rink, Cardiff Source: Boxing 11/10/1913 page 581 Dyer boxed for the World Middleweight Title 1915. Dec 15 Harry Duncan (Holloway) WPTS(15) Artillery Barracks, Sheffield Source: Boxing 20/12/1913 page 196 1914 Fred Stanley (Birmingham) WRSF Source: Brian Strickland (Boxing Historian) Fred Stanley (Birmingham) WRSF Source: Brian Strickland (Boxing Historian) Costica Alexandrescu (Rumania) LPTS Source: Brian Strickland (Boxing Historian) Mar 2 Constant Pluyette (France) WRTD15(20) Drill Hall, Sheffield Source: Boxing 07/03/1914 page 482 Referee: Tom Gamble May 22 Percy Wilson (Hull) WRTD6(15) Circus, Hull Source: Boxing 30/05/1914 page 124 May 30 Constant Pluyette (France) WRTD9(15) Pheasant Inn Grounds, Carbrook Source: Boxing 06/06/1914 page 150 Jun 8 Winnipeg O'Brien (Canada) WPTS(15) Skating Rink, Chesterfield Source: Boxing 13/06/1914 page 166 Referee: JT Hulls Promoter: AV Davis and F Renshaw Attendance: 2000 Jun 11 Johnny Basham (Newport) LPTS(20) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 20/06/1914 page 194 Jul 9 Noah Brusso (USA) WPTS(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 18/07/1914 page 316 Aug 6 Noah Brusso (USA) DRAW(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 15/08/1914 pages 410 and 412 Dec 17 Costica Alexandrescu (Rumania) LPTS(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 16/12/1914 page 142 1915 Jan 21 Matt Wells (Lambeth) LPTS(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 30/01/1915 page 219 Wells was British and European Lightweight Champion 1911-12 and British Welterweight Champion 1914 and British Empire Welterweight Champion 1914-19 and Claimed World Welterweight Title 1914-15. Match made at 10st 10lbs May 15 J McCusker (Belfast) WRTD4(15) Pheasant Inn Grounds, Carbrook Source: Boxing 19/05/1915 page 30 Attendance: 2500 Platts arrested after bout as he is AWOL Jun 19 Liscumb Morland (Nottingham) WPTS(15) Pheasant Inn Grounds, Carbrook Source: Boxing 23/06/1915 page 110 Referee: Nat Mawby Jul 10 Jack Daniels (St George's) WRTD4(15) Pheasant Inn Grounds, Carbrook Source: Boxing 14/07/1915 page 158 Referee: Charlie Rose Daniels sub for Liscumb Moreland(Nottingham) Jul 31 Johnny Summers (Canning Town) DRAW(10) Pheasant Inn Grounds, Carbrook Source: Boxing 04/08/1915 page 206 Summers was British Featherweight Champion claimant 1906 and British Lightweight Champion 1908-09 and British and British Empire Welterweight Champion 1912-14. Referee: Nat Mawby Aug 28 Tom Gummer (Rotherham) WPTS(15) Pheasant Inn Grounds, Carbrook Source: Boxing 01/09/1915 page 269 Gummer was British Middleweight Champion 1920-21. Referee: Tom Gamble Nov 15 Bill Johnson (Smethwick) WPTS(15) Metropole Theatre, Birmingham Source: Boxing 17/11/1915 page 43 Match made at 11st £50 a side 1916 Sep 30 Tom Stokes (Mexborough) WRSF8 Rovers Football Ground, Doncaster Source: Boxing 04/10/1916 page 327 Promoter: Billy Bridgwater Oct 12 Jerry Thompson (Grimsby) WPTS(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 18/10/1916 page 349 Oct 21 Palfreyman (Hull) WPTS(15) Assembly Rooms, Pontefract Source: Boxing 25/10/1916 page 11 Referee: Charles Blackburn Promoter: C Bridgwater Nov 20 Liscumb Morland (Nottingham) DRAW(15) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 22/11/1916 page 54 Nov 30 Bill Johnson (Smethwick) WRSF5(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 06/12/1916 page 83 Referee: Jack Smith Dec 26 Johnny Basham (Newport) DRAW(20) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 27/12/1916 pages 126 and 127 1917 Willie Farrell (Southwark) WPTS Source: Brian Strickland