Bill Ladbury (14 October 1891 – June 1917) was an English

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who competed from 1908 to 1917. He held the IBU world flyweight title from 1913 to 1914, as well as the

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and European flyweight titles in 1913.

Career

Born in

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, London, in 1891, Ladbury had his first professional fight in November 1908. In January 1910 he stopped

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in four rounds and in October 1911 he beat Albert Cocksedge to take the English 112lbs title. In November 1911 he fought Ledoux again, this time losing in four rounds, and was knocked out by

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only 8 days later. In 1912 he had three fights against Joe Fox, winning two and losing the third. After a run of eight straight wins he faced Sid Smith in June 1913 for the British, European, and World ( IBU) flyweight titles; He stopped Smith in the eleventh round to take the three titles. He lost all three titles in January 1914 when he was outpointed over 20 rounds by Percy Jones.Prior, Neil (2014)
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, 25 January 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2015 He drew with

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in March 1914, and beat

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a month later, but in his third fight in eight weeks was stopped in the eighth round by

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at the end of April. With the outbreak of

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, Ladbury joined the

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, initially serving as a private in the

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, rising to Lance-Corporal by late 1916. He beat Hughes in December but lost all three of his fights in 1915 including another fight with Jones. His final fight was a win over Bert Clark in May 1917. Bill Ladbury was killed in action in France in June 1917.

Professional boxing record

References

External links

Career record
at boxrec.com
Career record
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