Ernie Field
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Real name | Ernest Field |
Nickname(s) | Ernie, 'Cloise (Yorkshire dialect pronunciation of 'Close', the Old English word for 'Field') |
Rated at | middle/light heavy/cruiserweight |
Nationality | British |
Born |
6 February 1943 Wakefield, England |
Died |
2 May 2013 70)[1] Wakefield, England | (aged
Stance | initially Orthodox, then Southpaw |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 19 |
Wins | 6 |
Wins by KO | 5 |
Losses | 12 |
Draws | 1 |
No contests | 0 |
Ernest "Ernie" Field (6 February 1943[2] – 2 May 2013 (aged 70)) born in Wakefield, was an English amateur middleweight and professional light heavy/cruiserweight boxer, and rugby league footballer of the 1960s, playing at club level for Stanley Rangers ARLFC, Wakefield Trinity 'A', and Bramley, as a Centre, or Loose forward/Lock, i.e. number 3 or 4, or 13, during the era of contested scrums.[3] He initially lived at Bottomboat, near Stanley, later moving to Outwood, and he studied at Stanley Secondary Modern.[4] He died at Snapethorpe Hall Care Home, Wakefield from throat cancer (Oropharyngeal cancer) having developed Dementia. Outside boxing he worked initially as a Motor mechanic, then as a Fitter for the National Coal Board at Lofthouse Colliery (Wakefield), Bouncer, Paviour (Paver), and general construction worker.
Boxing career
Amateur
Ernie Field trained at the Robin Hood & Thorpe Amateur Boxing Club (ABC), he was the National Coal Board British Middleweight Champion, he fought internationally for the Amateur Boxing Association of England;[5] including against Hungary with a points victory over Hungarian amateur middleweight (75 kg (165.3 lb; 11 st 11.3 lb)) champion Tibor Borda[6] (born circa-1939), of Bonyhádi Spartacus, at King's Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester on Monday 11 November 1963,[7] and fought overseas; including a tournament in Castrop-Rauxel, West Germany.
Professional
Ernie Field's professional fighting weight varied from 173 lb (78.5 kg; 12 st 5 lb), i.e. Light heavyweight to 189 lb (85.7 kg; 13 st 7 lb), i.e. Cruiserweight, managed by Tommy Miller,[8] Ernie Field's first professional boxing bout took place against Louis Samuels on Monday 7 March 1966, he built-up an initial record of six wins (4 knockouts), five defeats by points, and one draw by March 1967, including; a points victory over Tony Moore on the undercard of the Muhammad Ali versus Henry Cooper bout for the Heavyweight Championship of the World in front of a crowd of 46,000 at Arsenal Stadium, Highbury on Saturday 21 May 1966, and a second-round technical knockout of future British, and British Commonwealth light-heavyweight Champion Eddie Avoth at Wyvern Sporting Club (Midland Hotel), Manchester on Monday 30 January 1967,[9] despite initially being a Middleweight,[5] he began to be matched against Heavyweights, e.g. Rocky Campbell, and Peter Boddington, and this resulted in a downturn in his career, losing his last seven bouts, with five by points decisions, of which four were by narrow margins, including a bout outside of the United Kingdom, against South African light-heavyweight Champion Jan Happy Pieterse at Johannesburg City Hall Johannesburg, South Africa on Monday 18 March 1968, his final professional bout took place against Gene Innocent on Monday 13 May 1968.[10] Ernie Field was scheduled to compete with Ray Ako[11] for the vacant Central (England) Area light heavyweight title at Liverpool Stadium, Liverpool on Tuesday 17 September 1968, however Ernie Field was forced to withdraw before the bout, and was replaced by Shaun Dolan,[12] Ray Ako beat Shaun Dolan with a third-round knockout.[13]
Amateur boxing record (incomplete)
x Wins (x knockouts, x decisions), x Losses (x knockouts, x decisions) | |||||||
Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round | Date | Location | Notes |
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win | unknown | Tibor Borda | PTS | 3 | 11 November 1963 | King's Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom | (Hungarian amateur middleweight (75 kg (165.3 lb; 11 st 11.3 lb)) champion) |
Professional boxing record
6 Wins (4 knockouts, 2 decisions), 12 Losses (1 knockouts, 11 decisions)[14] | ||||||||
Result | Record | Opponent | Weight Class | Type | Round | Date | Location | Notes |
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss | 8–0–0 | Gene Innocent | Cruiserweight | RTD | 2 of 8 | 13 May 1968 | King's Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom | (future Welsh Area heavyweight Challenger) |
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss | 6–0–0 | Peter Boddington | Heavyweight | TKO | 7 of 8 | 9 April 1968 | Empire Pool, Wembley, London, United Kingdom | Referee stopped the bout at 2:42 of the 7th round. (1967 ABA of England heavyweight Champion) |
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss | 12–3–0 | Jan Happy Pieterse | Cruiserweight | PTS | 10 | 18 March 1968 | Johannesburg City Hall, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa | (South African light-heavyweight Champion) |
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss | 7–0–0 | Des Cox | Cruiserweight | PTS | 8 | 13 February 1968 | East India Hall, Poplar, London, United Kingdom | 39–39¼ (Des Cox down in 7th round for a count of seven.[15]) |
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss | 11–7–0 | Rocky Campbell | Heavyweight | PTS | 8 | 15 January 1968 | Raynors Sporting Club (Grand Hotel), Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom | 38–39¾ (future Midlands Area heavyweight Champion) |
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss | 11–9–3 | Johnny Hendrickson | Cruiserweight | PTS | 8 | 7 May 1967 | World Sporting Club (Grosvenor House Hotel), Mayfair, London, United Kingdom | 38¾–39¾ (1962 ABA of England Light-heavyweight champion) |
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss | 19–6–1 | Leweni Waqa | Cruiserweight | PTS | 10 | 27 April 1967 | Colston Hall, Bristol, Somerset, United Kingdom | 47¾–50 (future Fijian heavyweight Champion, and South Seas heavyweight Challenger) |
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win | 5–7–2 | Charlie Wilson | Cruiserweight | PTS | 8 | 29 March 1967 | Manor Suite, Porthcawl, Wales, United Kingdom | |
Draw | 12–10–1 | Lloyd Walford | Cruiserweight | PTS | 8 | 7 March 1967 | Free Trade Hall, Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom | 39½–39½ (future Central Area light-heavyweight Champion) |
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win | 29–2–0 | Eddie Avoth | Cruiserweight | TKO | 2 of 8 | 30 January 1967 | Wyvern Sporting Club (Midland Hotel), Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom | (future British, and British Commonwealth light-heavyweight Champion, and (EBU) European light-heavyweight Challenger). Eddie Avoth weighed 12 st 6 lb (174 lb; 78.9 kg), and Ernie Field weighed 12 st 11 lb (179 lb; 81.2 kg)[16] |
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss | 6–1–0 | Dave Barber | Cruiserweight | PTS | 8 | 29 November 1966 | Leeds Town Hall, Leeds, Yorkshire, United Kingdom | 39–39½ (former Irish ABA representative) |
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss | 7–0–0 | Jimmy Tibbs | Cruiserweight | PTS | 8 | 25 October 1966 | Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, London, United Kingdom | 38¼–40 |
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win | 2–8–0 | Vernon Allen | Light heavyweight | KO | 6 of 8 | 10 October 1966 | Free Trade Hall, Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom | (future New South Wales (Australia) heavyweight challenger) |
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss | 26–2–0 | Eddie Avoth | Light heavyweight | PTS | 8 | 19 September 1966 | Wyvern Sporting Club (Midland Hotel), Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom | (future British, and British Commonwealth light-heavyweight Champion, and (EBU) European light-heavyweight Challenger). Ernie Field weighed 12 st 9 lb (177 lb; 80.3 kg)[17] |
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss | 5–1–0 | Dave Barber | Light heavyweight | PTS | 6 | 6 September 1966 | Empire Pool, Wembley, London, United Kingdom | (former Irish ABA representative) |
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win | 6–1–1 | Tony Moore | Light heavyweight | PTS | 6 | 21 May 1966 | Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, London, United Kingdom | |
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss | 1–2–0 | Tom Calderwood | Light heavyweight | PTS | 6 | 25 April 1966 | New St James Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom | |
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win | 1–1–0 | Tom Calderwood | Light heavyweight | TKO | 5 of 6 | 22 March 1966 | Tower Circus, Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom | |
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win | 3–4–1 | Louis Samuels | Light heavyweight | TKO | 4 of 6 | 7 March 1966 | Sheffield City Hall, Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
Genealogical information
Ernie Field was the son of Harry Field,[18] and Florence 'Flo'/'Florrie' "Queenie" (née Smith),[19][20] and the older brother of Richard Field,[21] and Douglas Edward "Tiny" Field.[22]
Funeral
Ernie Field's funeral took place at 1pm on Monday 20 May 2013 at Wakefield Crematorium, Crigglestone, and was attended by family and friends, including; rugby league footballers Dave Sampson (who read the eulogy), Dean Sampson, Avis Sampson (wife of Malcolm Sampson), and Melvin Castle (husband of Denise Castle), and boxers Alan Richardson, Keith Tate, Steve Butler, and White Rose Boxing Club[23] trainer John Hall.
References
- ↑ FIELD ERNEST Obituary, announce.jpress.co.uk
- ↑ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ↑ "Tributes to middleweight boxing champion Ernie Field". wakefieldexpress.co.uk. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ↑ http://www.stanleyhistoryonline.com/Schools.html
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Sampson, David (30 Aug 2012). Dark Side of Shangri-la. Format: Kindle Edition. ASIN: B008TSWAV2
- ↑ http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Nationalchamps/Hungary1963.html
- ↑ "Duals England-Hungary – London & Manchester, England – November 7–11 1963". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ↑ http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/community/obituaries/tommy-miller-1-2555906
- ↑ Boxing News (30 May 2013 Page-38). Boxing News – Reaching out for Wright. Boxing News. ISBN n/a
- ↑ "Statistics at boxrec.com". boxrec.com. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ↑ http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=39398&cat=boxer
- ↑ http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=39403&cat=boxer
- ↑ Boxing News (13 September 1968 Page-2). Boxing News – Mersey Men Battle For Title Chance. Boxing News. ISBN n/a
- ↑ http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=133434&cat=boxer
- ↑ Boxing News (23 February 1968). Boxing News – Cox's Win Over Field. Boxing News. ISBN n/a
- ↑ Boxing News (1967). Boxing News 3 February 1967 Page-2. Boxing News. ISBN n/a
- ↑ Boxing News (1966). Boxing News 23 September 1966 Page-2. Boxing News. ISBN n/a
- ↑ http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=m%2F0xlPNjgM%2B7qhGPByc9Ig&scan=1
- ↑ http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=qjQhWZbIE%2BaksmFyV%2BUhDw&scan=1
- ↑ http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=k6bMWibzKdRSqiJ8tfnRzw&scan=1
- ↑ http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=ZGXF9kV8Gbs2KmrIxnGoiA&scan=1
- ↑ http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=BDC5Wsg2i3Yk5xr5vqMQTA&scan=1
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/pages/White-Rose-Boxing-Club/243188927925
External links
- Professional boxing record for Ernie Field from BoxRec
- Tributes to middleweight boxing champion Ernie Field
- Ernie Field at facebook.com