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List Of Australian Heavyweight Boxing Champions
This list of Australian heavyweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the Australian professional heavyweight championship. The title has been administered by the Australian National Boxing Federation (previously the Australian Boxing Federation) since 1965, and prior to that by Stadiums Limited. ", Australian National Boxing Federation. Retrieved 12 October 2014 A champion will often voluntarily relinquish the title in order to fight for a higher-ranked championship, such as the . Where the date on which a champion relinquished the title is unclear, the date of his final defence is shown. r – Champion relinquished title. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Farnan
Bill Farnan (23 September 1851 – 15 March 1891) was Australia's first heavyweight boxing champion. Family The son of Patrick Farnan, and Mary Farnan, née McGuiness, William Francis Farnan was born at Kyneton, Victoria on 23 September 1851. He married Bridget Winifred Kane (1853-1912). One of their sons, James Thomas Farnan (1875–1916) played VFL football with St Kilda, and was killed in action, while serving in France with the First AIF. Boxing He fought the West Indian Peter Jackson in the first Australian heavyweight contest using Marquis of Queensbury rules in Melbourne on saturday, 26 July 1884. He hit Jackson hard "between wind and water" in the second round and continuing body hits drove Jackson down and out in the third round. A return bout was proposed; and, on the following Monday (28 July) the two men agreed to a return bout. The return bout took place, in Sydney, on Saturday, 19 September 1884. Farnan was by far the better boxer on the day, with his superio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Felix
Peter Felix (17 July 1892 – 11 November 1996) was a boxer from South Africa. Peter J Felix III was born on 17 July 1892 in Rondebosch, in the Southern Suburbs of St Croix, the cousin of the immortal Peter Jackson, who was in his corner for many of his fights. Felix was tall for his time, standing at 6' 7" tall, and weighing in around 235 pounds. He was said to be a flashy dresser, extravagant and a bit of an extrovert, quite the opposite of the quiet, gentlemanly Jackson. He started his pugilistic career in South Africa in 1910, with a 12th round knock out win over Fred Storbeck in Durban. The year of 1912 proved to be one of the most fruitful of his career, with three very impressive points victories over Fred Storbeck, and a points victory against Andrew “Starlight Rothins” Jeptha in two out of three fights, and beat Joseph Brown for the Victorian Heavyweight title with a 5th round knock out win. The next two years saw him draw with Ernest Eunice, William Exander Smith ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Smith (boxer)
Dave Smith (1886 – 29 May 1945) was a champion New Zealand-born boxer. Smith had success as an amateur boxer in New Zealand, winning Otago and Dunedin titles, and moved to Australia in 1907 to pursue a professional career.Dave Smith—A Great Australian Heavyweight , ''Toodyay Herald'', 25 October 1946, p. 9. Retrieved 13 October 2014 He became the heavyweight champion of Australia, and travelled to the United States looking for a shot at the world title. On his return to Australia he beat Bill Lang [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Langford
Samuel Edgar Langford (March 4, 1886 – January 12, 1956), known as the Boston Tar Baby, Boston Terror and Boston Bonecrusher, was a Black Canadian boxing standout of the early part of the 20th century. Called the "Greatest Fighter Nobody Knows", by ESPN, Langford is considered by many boxing historians to be one of the greatest fighters of all time. Originally from Weymouth Falls, a small community in Nova Scotia, he was known as "The Boston Bonecrusher", "The Boston Terror", and his most famous nickname, "The Boston Tar Baby". Langford stood and weighed in his prime. He fought from lightweight to heavyweight and defeated many world champions and legends of the time in each weight class. Considered a devastating puncher even at heavyweight, Langford was rated No. 2 by '' The Ring'' on their list of "100 greatest punchers of all time". One boxing historian described Langford as "experienced as a heavyweight James Toney with the punching power of Mike Tyson". He was deni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam McVea
Sam McVey or Sam McVea (May 17, 1884 – December 23, 1921) was a Hall of Fame heavyweight boxer who fought during the early 20th century. McVey ranked alongside Jack Johnson, Joe Jeanette, Sam Langford, and Harry Wills as the top black heavyweights of their generation. All of them, except Johnson, were denied a shot at the world heavyweight championship due to the color bar, which ironically was maintained by Johnson when he became the first black fighter to win the world heavyweight title. Despite being denied a title shot, McVea enjoyed a famed career that took him across the globe. In 96 documented fights in at least 10 different countries, McVey only lost 16 bouts. His greatest wins include two victories over both Sam Langford and Harry Wills, which won him the World Colored Heavyweight Championship on two occasions, respectively. In his later, years he worked as a trainer and sparring partner for both black and white fighters training for important bouts. Biography Fig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Lester (boxer)
Jack "Kid" Lester (2 May 1891 – 1916) was an American heavyweight boxer. Biography He was born in Calumet, Michigan as Jack Jubeck on May 2, 1891 to Polish parents. He was raised in Cle Elum, Washington. Lester's record was fairly unspectacular, though his knockout ratio in winning bouts was fairly high. His first manager was Harry Burns, but in 1910, ex-boxing champion Tommy Burns took Lester on. Tommy Burns sent Lester to Australia in 1911 to gain fight experience, and in September that year he beat Bill Lang, the Australian heavyweight champion, by points. While in Australia Lester and Burns's relationship became strained and Lester dropped Burns for Hugh MacIntosh. Lester spent the entirety of 1912 in Australia, but by March 1913 Lester was back in the States and fighting in California. Towards the end of his career he lost two matches to Light Heavyweight champion Jack Dillon Ernest Cutler Price (February 2, 1891 – August 7, 1942) better known as Jack Dillon, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Turner (boxer)
William Turner may refer to: Artists * William Turner (1762–1835), one of the English Turner family of potters; see Turner (potters) * J. M. W. Turner (William Turner, 1775–1851), major English Romantic landscape painter, watercolourist and printmaker * William Turner (painter) (1789–1862), English watercolour painter from Oxford * William Greene Turner (1833–1917), American sculptor * William Lakin Turner (1867–1936), English landscape artist * William Ralph Turner (1920–2013), English painter Politicians * William Turner (Blackburn MP) (1777–1842), British Member of Parliament for Blackburn * William Turner (London MP) (1615–1693), British Member of Parliament for City of London and Lord Mayor of London * William D. Turner (1836–1905), Wisconsin State Assemblyman * William George Turner (1872–1937), Irish Lord Mayor of Belfast * William Turner (Australian politician) (1837–1916), New South Wales politician * William H. Turner (politician), African-Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Burns (Australian Boxer)
Geoffrey Mostyn Murphy (19 May 1922 – 14 February 2011) was an Australian boxer who fought under the name Tommy Burns (after the Canadian boxer). He was born in Mullumbimby, New South Wales, but spent most of his life in the neighbouring Australian state of Queensland. Murphy chose his fighting name in honour of the Canadian heavyweight boxer and former world champion, Tommy Burns, who lost his title to Jack Johnson in Australia in 1908. In 1947, he won the Australian Welterweight Championship and fought many of the best Australian boxers of his era, becoming a crowd favourite. He appeared in the 1949 Charles Chauvel Australian movie Sons of Matthew. Murphy, as Tommy Burns, was inducted into the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame was founded in 2001 and began inducting boxers into the Hall of Fame in 2003. Since then annual induction dinners have been held across Australia. Inductees are nominated and then voted upon b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Lang
Bill Lang (born William Lanfranchi; 6 July 1882 – 3 September 1952) was an Australian professional boxer who held the national heavyweight title. He was also an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Family The son of a Swiss-French father, and an Irish mother — Joseph Victor Lanfranchi (1838–1922), and Mary Ann Lafranchi (1850–1901), née Power, — William Lanfranchi was born in Carlton on 6 July 1882. He married Lydia Hudson (1893–1940) on 13 July 1915; they had two children. Football North Fremantle (WAFA) In 1902, along with Carlton's "Pompey" Elliott, he moved from Victoria and played for North Fremantle Football Club, in the West Australian Football Association (WAFA), for the entire 1902 season. He made his debut for North Fremantle, in round 3 (24 May 1902), against West Perth. He was suspended for two weeks following a fiery match between North Fremantle and West Perth on 2 August 1902, in which L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Griffin (boxer)
Jim Griffin, Jimmy Griffin or James Griffin may refer to: *James Aloysius Griffin (1883–1948), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church *James Anthony Griffin (born 1934), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church *James Bennett Griffin (1905–1997), American archaeologist *James D. Griffin (1929–2008), former American politician and mayor of Buffalo, New York *James Griffin (defensive back) (born 1961), American football player * James Griffin (American football coach) (1918–1992), American football coach *James Griffin (Australian politician), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly * James Griffin (Irish politician) (1899–1959), Irish Fianna Fáil politician from Meath *James Griffin (philosopher) (1933–2019), former White's Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Oxford *James Griffin (songwriter), Australian singer / songwriter * James J. Griffin (born 1949), American writer of Westerns * James W. Griffin (born 1935), American politician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Cripps
Arthur is a common male given name of Brythonic origin. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. The etymology is disputed. It may derive from the Celtic ''Artos'' meaning “Bear”. Another theory, more widely believed, is that the name is derived from the Roman clan '' Artorius'' who lived in Roman Britain for centuries. A common spelling variant used in many Slavic, Romance, and Germanic languages is Artur. In Spanish and Italian it is Arturo. Etymology The earliest datable attestation of the name Arthur is in the early 9th century Welsh-Latin text ''Historia Brittonum'', where it refers to a circa 5th to 6th-century Briton general who fought against the invading Saxons, and who later gave rise to the famous King Arthur of medieval legend and literature. A possible earlier mention of the same man is to be found in the epic Welsh poem ''Y Gododdin'' by Aneirin, which some scholars assign to the late 6th century, though this is still a mat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
