
Teddy "The Pride Of Poplar" Baldock (24 May 1907
— 8 March 1971) born in
Poplar, London
Poplar is a district in East London, England, the administrative centre of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, borough of Tower Hamlets. Five miles (8 km) east of Charing Cross, it is part of the East End of London, East End.
It is identi ...
was an
English professional bantam/
feather
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lightweight boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
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*Boxer (dog), a breed of dog
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of the 1920s and 1930s who won the
National Sporting Club (NSC) (subsequently known as the
British Boxing Board of Control
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History
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(BBBofC))
British bantamweight title,
British Empire bantamweight title, and World Bantamweight Title (British version), his professional fighting weight varied from , i.e.
flyweight to , i.e.
featherweight,
he was managed by
Joe Morris, and
Ted Broadribb
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.
Ted_Broadribb at boxrec.com
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Genealogical information
Teddy Baldock's marriage to Mary C. (née
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McRae) was registered during January→March 1931 in Poplar district, they had children; Pamela M. McRae
birth registered
October→December 1936 in East Ham
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It was originally part of the Becontree Hun ...
district).
References
External links
*
Image - Teddy Baldock
Website - Teddy Baldock ~ The Pride Of Poplar
1907 births
1971 deaths
Bantamweight boxers
English male boxers
Featherweight boxers
Lightweight boxers
People from Poplar, London
Sportspeople from the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Boxers from Greater London
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