Wally Thom Explained

Wally Thom
Realname:Walter Thom
Weight:welter/middleweight
Nationality:English
Birth Date:14 June 1926
Birth Place:Birkenhead, England
Death Date:1980 (aged 53)
Total:54
Wins:42 (KO 19)
Losses:11 (KO 7)
Draws:1

Wally Thom (14 June 1926[1] — 1980) born in Birkenhead, Merseyside an English amateur middleweight and professional welter/middleweight boxer of the 1940s, and 1950s, and referee of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, who as an amateur was runner-up for the 1945 Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) middleweight title, against Randolph Turpin (Leamington Spa ABC http://www.royalleamingtonspaabc.co.uk/),[2] boxing out of Army ABC, was runner-up for the 1949 Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) middleweight title, against Alan Buxtonhttp://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=106539&cat=boxer (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 NaNNaN, i.e. welterweight to 154NaN, i.e. middleweight.[4] Wally Thom was managed by Johnny Campbell (circa-1905 — 2 May 1994 (aged 89)).[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Birth details at freebmd.org.uk. freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2012. 1 January 2013.
  2. Web site: 1945 58th ABAE National Championship. abae.co.uk. 31 December 2012. 1 January 2013.
  3. Web site: 1949 62nd ABAE National Championship. abae.co.uk. 31 December 2012. 1 January 2013.
  4. Web site: Statistics at boxrec.com. boxrec.com. 31 December 2013. 1 January 2013.
  5. Web site: Johnny Campbell - The man who put Birkenhead on the map. boxingbiographies.com. 31 December 2013. 1 January 2013.