Pat Ford (11 May 1931 – 26 July 2012) was an Australian professional

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boxer of the 1950s who won the Australian lightweight title, and British Empire lightweight title, his professional fighting weight varied from , i.e.

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to , i.e.

. He was inducted into the

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in 2006. Ford suffered from Alzheimer’s disease in the last 12 years of his life. He died on 26 July 2012, at the age of 81.

Professional boxing record

Career Record date opponent record location result 26 1955-05-30 Lahouari Godih 31 3 2 Sydney Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia L DQ 25 1955-05-02 Don McTaggart 39 7 4 Sydney Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia W TKO 24 1955-03-21 Lahouari Godih 29 3 2 Sydney Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia L PTS 23 1954-07-02 Ivor Germain 31 16 2 West Melbourne Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia W PTS Commonwealth (British Empire) lightweight title 22 1954-04-09 Ivor Germain 30 15 2 West Melbourne Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia L PTS Commonwealth (British Empire) lightweight title 21 1954-02-26 Agustin Argote 31 10 6 West Melbourne Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia L PTS 20 1953-12-11 Agustin Argote 29 9 6 West Melbourne Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia L KO 19 1953-11-13 Ivor Germain 29 13 2 West Melbourne Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia W PTS 18 1953-10-09 Frank Johnson 36 3 0 West Melbourne Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia W KO Commonwealth (British Empire) lightweight title 17 1953-08-28 Frank Johnson 36 2 0 West Melbourne Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia W PTS Commonwealth (British Empire) lightweight title 16 1953-07-24 Jackie Ryan 29 9 1 West Melbourne Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia W TKO Australian lightweight title 15 1953-05-08 Frank Flannery 33 17 9 West Melbourne Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia W TKO Australian lightweight title 14 1953-03-09 Joe McEntee 22 4 0 Sydney Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia W TKO 13 1953-02-13 Ray Fitton 30 14 8 West Melbourne Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia W TKO 12 1952-11-24 Ray French 14 0 4 Sydney Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia W TKO 11 1952-10-31 Eric Boon 97 21 5 Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia W TKO 10 1952-10-03 Alfie Clay 15 9 3 Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia W TKO 9 1952-09-12 Gordon Meredith 14 7 0 Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia W TKO 8 1952-07-25 Dave Landers 35 22 3 Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia W TKO 7 1952-06-23 Charlie Dunn 22 8 3 Sydney Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia W TKO 6 1952-06-13 Jackie Ryan 24 8 1 Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia W KO 5 1951-12-03 Mickey Anelzark 36 8 4 Sydney Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia W TKO 4 1951-10-15 Teddy Dillon 13 5 0 Sydney Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia W KO 3 1951-07-02 Charlie Dunn 20 6 3 Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia L KO 2 1951-07-02 Charlie Ward 11 11 1 Sydney Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia W TKO 1 1951-05-25 Gordon Meredith 7 2 0 Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia W PTS

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ford, Pat 1931 births 2012 deaths Lightweight boxers People from the Central West (New South Wales) Welterweight boxers Australian male boxers Commonwealth Boxing Council champions Sportsmen from New South Wales