Bill Ladbury Explained

Bill Ladbury
Weight:	Flyweight Bantamweight
Height:	5inchesft2inchesin (ftin)
Nationality:	British
Birth Date:	1891 10, df=y
Birth Place:	New Cross, London, England
Death Date:	June 1917 (aged 25)
Death Place:	France
Total:	53
Wins:	31
Ko:	13
Losses:	17
Draws:	5

Bill Ladbury (14 October 1891 – June 1917) was an English professional boxer who competed from 1908 to 1917. He held the IBU world flyweight title from 1913 to 1914, as well as the British and European flyweight titles in 1913.

Career

Born in New Cross, London, in 1891, Ladbury had his first professional fight in November 1908. In January 1910, he stopped Charles Ledoux 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 Johnny Hughes 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.^[1] He lost all three titles in January 1914 when he was outpointed over 20 rounds by Percy Jones.^{[2] [3]}

Ladbury drew with Joe Symonds in March 1914,^[4] and beat Tommy Harrison a month later,^[5] but in his third fight in eight weeks was stopped in the eighth round by Tancy Lee at the end of April.

With the outbreak of World War I, Ladbury joined the British Army, initially serving as a private in the Royal West Kent Regiment, rising to Lance-Corporal by late 1916.^{[6] [7]}

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.

Ladbury was killed in action in France in June 1917.^{[8] [9]}

Professional boxing record

	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
53	Win	31–17–5	Bert Clark	PTS	10	1 May 1917
52	Win	30–17–5	Alf Mansfield	PTS	15	27 Nov 1916
51	Win	29–17–5	Harry Curley	RTD	11 (15)	9 Nov 1916
50	Loss	28–17–5	Tommy Noble	KO	13 (15)	9 Oct 1916
49	Loss	28–16–5	Tommy Noble	PTS	15	21 Aug 1916
48	Loss	28–15–5	Nat Young Brooks	RTD	12 (15)	17 Jul 1916
47	Draw	28–14–5	Peter Cain	PTS	10	21 Feb 1916
46	Win	28–14–4	Harry Curley	PTS	15	10 Jan 1916
45	Loss	27–14–4	Percy Jones	KO	5 (15)	11 Oct 1915
44	Loss	27–13–4	Joe Symonds	KO	2 (15)	11 Jun 1915
43	Loss	27–12–4	Joe Symonds	KO	1 (20)	22 Mar 1915
42	Win	27–11–4	Johnny Hughes	PTS	20	10 Dec 1914
41	Loss	26–11–4	Tancy Lee	TKO	8 (20)	27 Apr 1914
40	Win	26–10–4	Tommy Harrison	RTD	15 (20)	6 Apr 1914
39	Draw	25–10–4	Joe Symonds	PTS	20	2 Mar 1914
38	Loss	25–10–3	Percy Jones	PTS	20	26 Jan 1914
37	Loss	25–9–3	Jimmy Berry	KO	10 (20)	15 Dec 1913
36	Win	25–8–3	Tommy Harrison	PTS	20	24 Nov 1913
35	Win	24–8–3	Sid Smith	TKO	11 (20)	2 Jun 1913
34	Win	23–8–3	George Peters	PTS	10	7 Apr 1913
33	Win	22–8–3	Louis Ruddick	PTS	20	10 Mar 1913
32	Win	21–8–3	Joe Young Wilson	KO	17 (20)	3 Feb 1913
31	Win	20–8–3	Young George Dando	RTD	7 (20)	6 Jan 1913
30	Win	19–8–3	Jack Arundel	KO	5 (10)	9 Dec 1912
29	Win	18–8–3	Tommy Harrison	PTS	10	21 Nov 1912
28	Win	17–8–3	Sam Kellar	PTS	20	11 Nov 1913
27	Win	16–8–3	Joe Young Wilson	KO	12 (20)	7 Oct 1912
26	Loss	15–8–3	Nat Young Brooks	PTS	12	3 Aug 1912
25	Loss	15–7–3	Nat Young Brooks	PTS	10	20 Jul 1912
24	Win	15–6–3	Bill Kyne	PTS	10	29 Jun 1912
23	Loss	14–6–3	Joe Fox	TKO	5 (10)	15 Jun 1912
22	Loss	14–5–3	Joe Young Wilson	PTS	10	1 Jun 1912
21	Win	14–4–3	Joe Fox	PTS	10	27 Apr 1912
20	Win	13–4–3	Frank Warner	PTS	10	20 Apr 1912
19	Win	12–4–3	Joe Fox	PTS	15	9 Mar 1912
18	Draw	11–4–3	Joe Young Wilson	PTS	12	10 Feb 1912
17	Win	11–4–2	Stoker Bill Hoskyne	PTS	10	27 Jan 1912
16	Win	10–4–2	Nat Young Brooks	TKO	6 (10)	13 Jan 1912
15	Loss	9–4–2	Johnny Hughes	KO	3 (20)	16 Nov 1911
14	Loss	9–3–2	Charles Ledoux	RTD	4 (10)	8 Nov 1911
13	Draw	9–2–2	Georges Gaillard	PTS	10	4 Nov 1911
12	Win	9–2–1	Albert Cocksedge	KO	7 (20)	16 Oct 1911
11	Win	8–2–1	Sweeper Madge	PTS	10	15 Jul 1911
10	Win	7–2–1	Jack Arundel	RTD	10 (10)	18 Feb 1911
9	Win	6–2–1	Stoker Bill Hoskyne	PTS	10	30 Jan 1911
8	Loss	5–2–1	Sam Kellar	PTS	20	28 Feb 1910
7	Win	5–1–1	Charles Ledoux	RTD	4 (10)	8 Jan 1910
6	Loss	4–1–1	Johnny Condon	PTS	15	29 Nov 1909
5	Win	4–0–1	Albert Bass	TKO	4 (10)	29 Mar 1909
4	Win	3–0–1	Young Longhorn	PTS	10	8 Mar 1909
3	Win	2–0–1	Jack Fox	RTD	10 (15)	18 Jan 1909
2	Draw	1–0–1	Jack Fox	PTS	6	30 Nov 1908
1	Win	1–0	Bob Campion	PTS	6	9 Nov 1908

External links

• Career record at boxrec.com
• Career record at boxinghistory.org.uk

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Notes and References

1. News: Ladbury Gains World's Title By Defeating Sid Smith in Eleven Rounds . Dundee Courier . 3 June 1913 . 21 March 2015 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
2. News: Boxing: Fly-Weight Championship: Bill Ladbury Defeated by Percy Jones . Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette . 27 January 1914 . 21 March 2015 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
3. Prior, Neil (2014) "Percy Jones' 1914 title began century of Wales' boxing wins", BBC, 25 January 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2015
4. News: Ladbury Shares the Honours with Symonds . Western Mail . 4 March 1914 . 21 March 2015 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
5. News: Bill Ladbury Wins: Tommy Harrison Knocked Out at the N.S.C. . Liverpool Evening Express . 7 April 1914 . 21 March 2015 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
6. News: Seen His Best: Bill Ladbury Knocked Out by Percy Jones . Birmingham Gazette . 12 October 1915 . 21 March 2015 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
7. News: Yesterday's Boxing . Daily Mirror . 28 November 1916 . 21 March 2015 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
8. News: Bill Ladbury Killed . Liverpool Echo . 25 June 1917 . 21 March 2015 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
9. News: Bill Ladbury... . Evening Despatch . 25 June 1917 . 21 March 2015 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .