Jim Hunter | |
Weight: | lightweight |
Nationality: | British |
Total: | 40 |
Wins: | 20 |
Ko: | 11 |
Losses: | 19 |
Draws: | 1 |
Jim Hunter was a British boxer who was Scottish lightweight champion between 1930 and 1933. He held residence in Dunfermline, Scotland.[1]
Jim Hunter made his professional boxing debut in 1919, defeating fellow debutant Billy Jones by KO. Hunter defeated Alistair McInroy in 1930 to become Scottish area lightweight.[1] He went on to fight Johnny Cuthbert for the British lightweight title in 1932 at the White City Stadium in Glasgow but lost by KO in the tenth round.[2] [3] In 1933 he lost the Scottish lightweight title to Tommy Spiers in a rematch.[4]
His last fight was in 1934, losing to Pat Slavin by points.[1]