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Ernie Roderick
Ernie Roderick (25 January 1914 – 5 June 1986) was a British boxer who was British champion at both welterweight and middleweight, and European champion at welterweight and was a World title challenger losing on points against Henry Armstrong who BoxRec recognised as the second greatest pound for pound boxer of all time. Career Born in Liverpool. Ernie Roderick took up boxing as a schoolboy and began his professional boxing career in 1931. Defeated only once in his first two years as a pro, Roderick travelled to Australia in 1933, where he drew with Bobby Blay and suffered defeats to Bobby Delaney and Young Pluto. Back in the UK, he lost seven fights in 1934, but he returned to form in 1935, winning seventeen and drawing one fight in an unbeaten run which included victories over Len "Tiger" Smith and Pat Butler. His run of form continued between 1936 and 1938, beating Jake Kilrain twice among many others. In March 1939 he faced Kilrain for the British welterweight title, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welterweight
Welterweight is a weight class in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like Muay Thai, taekwondo, and mixed martial arts also use it for their own weight division system to classify the opponents. In most sports that use it, welterweight is heavier than lightweight but lighter than middleweight. Etymology The first known instance of the term is from 1831, meaning "heavyweight horseman," later "boxer or wrestler of a certain weight" by 1896. This sense comes from earlier "welter" "heavyweight horseman or boxer" from 1804, possibly from "welt", meaning "to beat severely", from 15th century. Boxing Professional boxing A professional welterweight boxer's weight is greater than 140 pounds (≈63 kg), but no more than 147 pounds (≈67 kg). Current world champions Current champions Current world rankings =''The Ring (magazine), The Ring''= As of December, 10, 2022. Keys: : Current ''The Ring (magazine), The Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS). Following the Allied victory over the Central Powers in 1918, the RAF emerged as the largest air force in the world at the time. Since its formation, the RAF has taken a significant role in British military history. In particular, it played a large part in the Second World War where it fought its most famous campaign, the Battle of Britain. The RAF's mission is to support the objectives of the British Ministry of Defence (MOD), which are to "provide the capabilities needed to ensure the security and defence of the United Kingdom and overseas territories, including against terrorism; to support the Government's foreign policy objectives particularly in promoting international peace and security". The R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1914 Births
This year saw the beginning of what became known as World War I, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It also saw the first airline to provide scheduled regular commercial passenger services with heavier-than-air aircraft, with the St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line. Events January * January 1 – The St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line in the United States starts services between St. Petersburg and Tampa, Florida, becoming the first airline to provide scheduled regular commercial passenger services with heavier-than-air aircraft, with Tony Jannus (the first federally-licensed pilot) conveying passengers in a Benoist XIV flying boat. Abram C. Pheil, mayor of St. Petersburg, is the first airline passenger, and over 3,000 people witness the first departure. * January 11 – The Sakurajima volcano in Japan begins to erupt, becoming effusive after a very large earthquake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Thomas (boxer)
Edward Thomas MBE (27 July 1925 – 2 June 1997) was a Welsh professional boxer and boxing manager. He was born in Merthyr Tydfil. After a highly successful amateur boxing career, he turned professional in 1946. He won the Welsh welterweight title in 1948 and the British welterweight title in 1949, becoming the first Welsh fighter to hold the belt for more than 30 years. He won the European welterweight title in 1951, retaining it for only four months. He held the British Empire title for a period in the same year. Retiring in 1954, he became the manager of two of Britain's most successful boxing champions, Howard Winstone and Ken Buchanan, both of whom won world titles in their weight classes. He later served as mayor of Merthyr Tydfil. Thomas was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1984 Birthday Honours for services to boxing. Early life Thomas was born in 11 Upper Colliers' Row, Heolgerrig, Merthyr Tydfil to Urias Thomas and his wife Mary (née Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Hall (British Boxer)
Henry Hall (6 September 1922 – 1979) was a British boxer who was British welterweight champion between 1948 and 1949. Career From Sheffield, Hall had success as an amateur, winning the 1944 Amateur Boxing Association British welterweight title, when boxing out of the Hillsborough ABC, before making his professional début in February 1945 with a win over Bob Moorcroft. Initially a welterweight, he won his first 15 fights before losing in April 1946 to Scottish Area champion Ginger Stewart. In September 1946 he met Stewart again in an eliminator for the British title, again losing. Over the next 18 months he won nine fights but lost to Harry Lazar, Eddie Thomas, and Tommy Armour. He had a second title eliminator in March 1948, this time against Willie Whyte, winning via a 10th round knockout. He beat Swiss Champion Rock Gianola in May, and beat Armour in a final eliminator in August to set up a title fight against Ernie Roderick in November, which had initially been delayed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Boon
Eric Boon (28 December 1919 – 19 January 1981) was a champion British lightweight boxer. Born in Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, he was known by the nicknames Boy Boon and the Fen Tiger. Of a total of 119 fights, he won 92 ( KO 62), lost 21 (KO 13) and drew 5. He beat Dave Crowley on 15 December 1938 to become British Lightweight Champion, a title he held for three years until 12 August 1944. His match against Arthur Danahar from the Harringay Arena was the first televised boxing match, broadcast on BBC television and shown live in several cinemas on 23 February 1939. ''Boon v Danaher'' was the first occasion that the BBC had been permitted to televise a boxing match but also the first time a transmission had been shown live to a paying audience in cinemas (the Marble Arch Pavilion and the Tatler News Theatre). This was achieved on Baird projection equipment using a 16-inch projection tube running at 45,000 volts, producing light levels comparable to that of normal films. Eac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gwyn Williams (boxer)
Gwyn Williams may refer to: * Gwyn Williams (football manager), Leeds United's technical director and former manager * Gwyn Williams (rugby) Gwyn Williams (birth year unknown – death year unknown) was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Cardiff RFC, and representative level rugby league (R ..., Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1930s See also * David Gwyn Williams (1904–1990), Welsh poet, novelist, translator and academic * Gwyn Alf Williams (1925–1995), Welsh historian {{hndis, Williams, Gwyn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Villemain
Robert Villemain (January 10, 1924 in Paris, France - September 4, 1984 in Montfermeil, France ) was a French boxer. Villemain defeated Hall of Famers Kid Gavilán and Jake LaMotta during his career. He lost his Pennsylvania middleweight Middleweight is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing Professional In professional boxing, the middleweight division is contested above and up to . Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have be ... title to Sugar Ray Robinson in 1950. . ''Chicago Tribune''. Part 3, p. 1. June 6, 1950. archives.chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2017-09-22. References External links *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omar Kouidri
ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb ( ar, عمر بن الخطاب, also spelled Omar, ) was the second Rashidun caliph, ruling from August 634 until his assassination in 644. He succeeded Abu Bakr () as the second caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate on 23 August 634. Umar was a senior companion and father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was also an expert Muslim jurist known for his pious and just nature, which earned him the epithet ''al-Fārūq'' ("the one who distinguishes (between right and wrong)"). Umar initially opposed Muhammad, his distant Qurayshite kinsman and later son-in-law. Following his conversion to Islam in 616, he became the first Muslim to openly pray at the Kaaba. Umar participated in almost all battles and expeditions under Muhammad, who bestowed the title ''al-Fārūq'' ('the Distinguisher') upon Umar, for his judgements. After Muhammad's death in June 632, Umar pledged allegiance to Abu Bakr () as the first caliph and served as the closest advise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Milwaukee Journal
The ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel'' is a daily morning broadsheet printed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where it is the primary newspaper. It is also the largest newspaper in the state of Wisconsin, where it is widely distributed. It is currently owned by the Gannett, Gannett Company.Gannett Completes Acquisition of Journal Media Group . ''USA Today'', April 11, 2016. In early 2003, the ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel'' began printing operations at a new printing facility in West Milwaukee, Wisconsin, West Milwaukee. In September 2006, the ''Journal Sentinel'' announced it had "signed a five-year agreement to print the national edition of ''USA Today'' for distribution in the northern and western suburbs of Chicago and the eastern h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jock McAvoy
Joseph Patrick Bamford (20 November 1908 – 20 November 1971), better known by his ring name Jock McAvoy, was a British boxer who fought from 1927 to 1945. He held the British Empire Middleweight Championship from 1933 to 1939, and took the British Empire Light Heavyweight Title in April 1937 by knocking out Eddie Phillips."Jock McAvoy Dies", ''The Guardian'', London, England, pg. 19, 22 November 1971 Early life Bamford was born in Burnley, Lancashire, but was billed as being from Rochdale. Boxing career Bamford adopted the name Jock McAvoy so that his mother did not realize he was boxing. Initially discovered, trained and managed by Joseph Tolley at Tolley's famous Rochdale Boxing Club, he was known as the Rochdale thunder bolt. During his career he held the British and Commonwealth middleweight and light heavyweight titles. McAvoy's bid to capture the European middleweight crown was derailed when he lost a unanimous decision to future world middleweight champion Marcel Thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vince Hawkins
''For the Doctor Who character, see Horror of Fang Rock'' Vincent Gregory "Vince" Hawkins (15 April 1923 – 27 November 2008) was a British middleweight boxer who became British champion in 1946. Career A reserve firefighter on the railways from Eastleigh, Vince Hawkins gained his early boxing experience with Eastleigh Boxing Club, where his father took him to teach him to deal with bullies at school.Adams, Melanie (2008)Post-war boxing champion Vince Hawkins dies aged 85, '' Southern Daily Echo'', 2 December 2008. Retrieved 4 January 2014 He began his professional career in January 1940, and went on to win his first 42 fights, including victories over Battling Charlie Parkin, Paddy Roche, and Ginger Sadd. He had his first drawn fight against Tommy Davies in March 1944. In August 1944 he beat Dave McCleave to win the Southern Area middleweight title, a fight that was also a final eliminator for the British title. He remained unbeaten until he challenged Ernie Roderick in May ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
