Wally Thom
Wally Thom | |
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Real name | Walter Thom |
Rated at | welter/middleweight |
Nationality | English |
Born | 14 June 1926 Birkenhead, England |
Died | 1980 (aged 53) |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 54 |
Wins | 42 (KO 19) |
Losses | 11 (KO 7) |
Draws | 1 |
Wally Thom (14 June 1926[1] — 1980 (aged 53)) born in Birkenhead, Merseyside an English amateur middleweight and professional welter/middleweight boxer of the 1940s and '50s, and referee of the 1950s, '60s and '70s, who as an amateur was runner-up for the 1945 Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) middleweight title, against Randolph Turpin (Leamington Spa ABC [1]),[2] boxing out of Army ABC, was runner-up for the 1949 Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) middleweight title, against Alan Buxton[2] (Harrow ABC),[3] boxing out of Birkenhead ABC, and won a silver medal at middleweight in the 1947 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Dublin, Ireland, losing to gold medal winner Aimé-Joseph Escudie of France, and as a professional won the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) Central Area welterweight title, BBBofC British welterweight title, European Boxing Union (EBU) welterweight title, and British Empire welterweight title (twice), his professional fighting weight varied from Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value)., i.e. welterweight to Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value)., i.e. middleweight.[4] Wally Thom was managed by Johnny Campbell (circa-1905 — 2 May 1994 (aged 89)).[5]
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External links
- Professional boxing record for Wally Thom from BoxRec
- Professional boxing referee record for Wally Thom from BoxRec
- Image - Wally Thom
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