Pat O'Keefe

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Pat O'Keefe
Statistics
Rated at Welterweight, Middleweight
Nationality United Kingdom British
Born (1883-03-17)17 March 1883
Bromley-by-Bow, England
Died 1960
Boxing record
Total fights 39
Wins 17
Wins by KO 8
Losses 19
Draws 2

Pat O'Keefe (17 March 1883 - 1960) was an English boxer who became British champion at both welter and middleweight. His professional career spanned between 1903 and 1915, and in 1914 he made an unsuccessful bid at the European Heavyweight belt, losing to Georges Carpentier. Between 1907 and 1910 he left Britain and continued his boxing career firstly in the United States and then Australia.

Boxing career

References

    Bibliography

    • Lee, Tony (2009). All in My Corner: A tribute to some forgotten Welsh boxing heroes. Ammanford: TL Associates. ISBN 978-0-9564456-0-5. 

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