Willie Reilly

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Willie Reilly
Born (1947-03-25) 25 March 1947 (age 77)
Glasgow, Scotland
NationalityBritish
Statistics
Weight(s)Featherweight, lightweight
Boxing record
Total fights23
Wins13
Wins by KO5
Losses7
Draws3

Willie Reilly (born 25 March 1947) is a British former boxer who was British lightweight champion in 1972.

Career

Born in

BBBofC Southern Area title, leading to a British title eliminator against Jim Watt in September.[1] Watt won that fight via a seventh round stoppage to earn the right to challenge for Ken Buchanan
's British title.

After Buchanan relinquished the title, Watt faced Reilly in February 1972 at the Nottingham Ice Rink for the vacant title. Reilly opened a cut over Watt's right eyebrow in the seventh round and after the cut worsened the fight was stopped in the tenth, leaving Reilly the new British champion.[2][3][4]

Reilly's final fight was in March 1972, beating Herbie McLean on points at the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow.

References

  1. ^ "Listings", BBC. Retrieved 27 December 2015
  2. Sydney Morning Herald
    , 3 February 1972, p. 9. Retrieved 27 December 2015
  3. Glasgow Herald
    , 21 February 1979, p. 7. Retrieved 27 December 2015
  4. ^ "Reilly Takes Vacant Title", The Age, 3 February 1972, p. 12. Retrieved 27 December 2015

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