Jimmy Warnock
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| Jimmy Warnock | |
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| Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Real name | Jimmy Warnock |
| Nickname | Gloved Dynamite |
| Weight | Flyweight |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Birth date | 1912 |
| Birth place | Belfast, Ireland |
| Style | Southpaw |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 85 |
| Wins | 64 |
| Wins by KO | 24 |
| Losses | 15 |
| Draws | 6 |
| No contests | |
Jimmy Warnock was a Belfast boxer born on the Shankill Road. He was a Southpaw [1]. Born in 1912 and died in hospital in 1987. He boxed on Belfast's Chapel Fields in prize fights organised by Clara Copley, beating undisputed world flyweight champion Benny Lynch on points twice - on March 2, 1936 at the King's Hall Belfast and again on June 2, 1937 in front of 16,000 people in torrential rain at Parkhead, Celtic F.C.'s home ground in Glasgow.[2]
Jimmy was one of three boxing brothers including Billy Warnock.
[edit] References
- Malcolm Brodie Belfast Telegraph, Down Memory Lane Wednesday, January 03, 2007
- List of pre-war boxers in UK
- Belfast Cathedral Artists & Sculptors page reference to bust by Morris Harding
- article about John Thomas (Tut) Whalley who fought Jimmy Warnock
- Article about the night the lights went out in the King's Hall Belfast
[edit] Further reading
- Benny: The Life and Times of a Fighting Legend - by John Burrowes ISBN 978-1840186611
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