Jimmy Carruthers
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| Jimmy Carruthers | |
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| Real name | James William Carruthers |
| Rated at | Bantamweight |
| Height | 5'6 |
| Reach | 67" |
| Nationality |  Australian |
| Birth date | 5 July 1929 |
| Birth place | Paddington, New South Wales |
| Death date | 15 August 1990) |
| Death place | Sydney, New South Wales |
| Stance | Southpaw |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 25 |
| Wins | 21 |
| Wins by KO | 13 |
| Losses | 4 |
| Draws | 0 |
| No contests | 0 |
James ("Jimmy") William Carruthers (July 5, 1929 — August 15, 1990) was an Australian boxer, who became world champion in the bantamweight division during his career.
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[edit] Amateur career
Carruthers's boxing career started 1948 Summer Olympics in London.Where he fought a young bantam weight named Spencer Driver and won on points. He was an Australian representative and he defeated Arnoldo Pares of Argentina in his second bout of the Games. But he had sustained an eye injury during his bout with Pares, and had to withdraw from the quarter-final match with Tibor Csik of Hungary.
[edit] Professional career
Carruthers joined the professional ranks in 1950, and was an immediate success. By then, he was being managed by Dr. Jim McGirr, and trained by “Silent” Bill McConnell.
He won the Australian Bantamweight title in 1951, the British Commonwealth title in 1952, and was regarded by the National Boxing Association as the World Bantamweight Champion. Carruthers became Australia’s first universally recognised World Champion. Great Australians of the past--including Young Griffo, Mick King, and Les Darcy--had all won world titles, but they had not received international acceptance at the time of winning their respective crowns. After defending his newly-won title against Vic Toweel in Johannesburg, and then against the American Henry “Pappy” Gault in Sydney, it was found that Carruthers was carrying a 30-foot-long tapeworm.
He was matched to fight the New Zealand Bantamweight Champion Lyn Philp.
After a non-title bout in Sydney, and a further title defence against Chamroen Songkitrat in Bangkok, Carruthers went into retirement 16th May, 1954. Among the fighters he defeated were Vic Toweel twice; Pappy Gault; Bobby Sinn and Chamroen Songkitrat.
[edit] Honors
He was inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame in Los Angeles in 1995.
[edit] Personal
He was married to Myra (nee Hamilton) until his death and is survived by four children - Boyd, Ginna, Dimiette and Lukas. There are also a number of grandchildren. During the 1950s Jimmy owned the colourful Bells Hotel in Sydney's Woolloomooloo. After that he had a number of businesses including several vegetarian takeaway and juice bars in Sydney.
[edit] Death
He died after a long battle with lung cancer and Parkinson's disease.
[edit] References
- Complete Book of the Olympics - (Olympic Information)
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