Johnny Cuthbert
Johnny Cuthbert | |
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Born | Sheffield, England | 9 July 1904
Died | 29 August 1987 | (aged 83)
Nationality | British |
Other names | Young Cuthbert |
Statistics | |
Weight(s) | Featherweight, lightweight |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 175 |
Wins | 124 |
Wins by KO | 37 |
Losses | 34 |
Draws | 17 |
Johnny Cuthbert (9 July 1904 – 29 August 1987) was a British boxer who was British featherweight champion between 1927 and 1928, and again from 1929 to 1931, winning the Lonsdale Belt outright, and British lightweight champion between 1932 and 1934.
Career
Early career and featherweight title
Born in
He made his professional boxing debut in February 1920. After facing inexperienced opposition during his first two years as a pro, he beat then Scottish Area bantamweight champion (and future British, Empire, and European flyweight champion) Elky Clark on points in January 1924. During a 15-fight unbeaten run between 1923 and 1924 he beat Harry Corbett and Billy Hindley, before travelling to the United States for a series of fights. After losing his first five US fights, including a defeat at the hands of Chick Suggs, he won his final fight before returning to England.
In March 1925, he lost to former British, Empire, and European bantamweight champion
He was unbeaten again in 20 fights between March and December 1926, including wins over Lake, Curley,
He challenged for the title again a year later against Corbett, but the fight ended in a draw. He regained it at the second attempt in May 1928, beating Corbett on points at
Lightweight
After repeatedly struggling to make featherweight, Cuthbert moved up to lightweight and after beating Volante in an eliminator faced Jim Hunter in August 1932 for the vacant British title, winning via knockout in the tenth round.[11][12] Between those two fights he lost on points to Cleto Locatelli in Paris.[13] In October 1932 he beat Tommy Bland on points but suffered a broken jaw during the fight. Two weeks later he announced his retirement from boxing.[14]
In February 1933 he came out of retirement and a month later beat Jim Learoyd at Leeds Town Hall, but lost just a week later to French champion Victor Deckmyn in Paris.[15][16][17]
He defended his British title in January 1934, losing to
After boxing
Cuthbert had first applied for a referee's licence in April 1934, and refereed several bouts in 1935;[20][21] By 1933 he had moved to Boston, Lincolnshire, where he ran The Old Mill pub.[22] He again planned to move into refereeing in the late 1930s.[23][24] He went on to become a boxing trainer, working at the Consett Gym with the likes of Glenn McCrory, and at the Boston ABC.[25][26] He boxed an exhibition bout in a charity tournament in aid of Grantham Hospital in August 1944.[27]
Johnny Cuthbert died in 1987, aged 83.[28]
References
- ISBN 978-0860517153
- ^ "In Charge of Boxing at Crookes". Sheffield Evening Telegraph. 13 June 1949. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ "Johnny Curley...". Dundee Courier. 6 July 1925. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ "Win for Brown". Western Daily Press. 7 September 1925. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ "Cuthbert Defeats Curley". Western Daily Press. 24 September 1926. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ "New "Feathers" Champion". Yorkshire Evening Post. 13 March 1928. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ "Johnny Cuthbert Draws: Grand Display with Al Brown in Paris". Hull Daily Mail. 19 November 1928. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ "30,000 Crowd to See M'Grory's Title Bid". Dundee Evening Telegraph. 23 September 1936. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ "Al Brown Disqualified". Exeter and Plymouth Gazette. 16 June 1931. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ "Johnny Cuthbert in Training". Aberdeen Journal. 28 September 1931. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ "Johnny Cuthbert Beats Volante". Dundee Courier. 2 February 1932. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- Townsville Daily Bulletin, 13 August 1932, p. 10. Retrieved 27 August 2015 via trove.nla.gov.uk
- ^ "Cuthbert Beaten on Points". Aberdeen Journal. 4 April 1932. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ "Johnny Cuthbert: Former Champion Decides to Retire". Derby Daily Telegraph. 10 November 1932. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ "Cuthbert Back to Action". Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette. 4 February 1933. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ "Johnny Cuthbert's Come-Back". Dundee Courier. 14 March 1933. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ "Johnny Cuthbert Beaten: French Champion Springs a Surprise". Dundee Courier. 21 March 1933. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ "New British Lightweight Champion". Dundee Evening Telegraph. 19 January 1934. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ "Fred Miller KO's Johnny Cuthbert", Ludington Daily News, 23 November 1934, p. 4. Retrieved 27 August 2015 via Google Newspapers
- ^ "Boxing". Lincolnshire Echo. 4 April 1935. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ "Dick Dibley's Best Promotion". Lincolnshire Echo. 10 April 1935. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ "Cuthberts's Roadhouse". Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette. 8 June 1935. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ "Johnny Cuthbert...". Hull Daily Mail. 18 April 1934. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ "Johnny Cuthbert". Leicester Daily Mercury. 31 January 1939. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ "Interview with former World Cruiserweight Champion Glenn McCrory Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine", britishboxers.co.uk, 13 June 2010. Retrieved 27 August 2015
- ^ "Club History[permanent dead link]", Boston Amateur Boxing Club. Retrieved 27 August 2015
- ^ "A Grand Boxing Tournament". Grantham Journal. 11 August 1944. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ Sheffielders Born or Bred Archived 20 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Sheffield City Council, 2007. Retrieved 27 August 2015
External links
- Career record at boxinghistory.org.uk
- Boxing record for Johnny Cuthbert from BoxRec (registration required)