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Willie Smith
(William Alexander Smith)

BORN   July 19 1904; Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa (Some sources report July 18 1904)
DIED December 20 1955; Roodeport, Transvaal, South Africa (Some sources report Johannesburg)
HEIGHT 5-4
WEIGHT 116-127 lbs
MANAGER Bill Duffy

Smith was a capable boxer but not a puncher; During his career, he captured the Bantamweight Championship of the World (as recognized by Great Britain), the Featherweight Championship of South Africa and the Bantamweight Championship of South Africa; Following his retirement from the ring, Smith became a well-known referee in South Africa

Willie defeated such men as Teddy Baldock, Maurice Holtzer, Dick Corbett, Ernie Jarvis, Benny Sharkey, Kid Socks, "Young" Johnny Brown, Len McLoughlin and Sammy Tucker

*** AMATEUR BOUTS ***

1924
       Harry Wolff               Paris, France                       W  3
       Jacques Lemouton          Paris, France                       W  3
       Jean Ces                  Paris, France                       W  3
       Salvatore Tripoli         Paris, France                       W  3
          -Smith won the Olympic Games Bantamweight Competition


*** PROFESSIONAL BOUTS ***

1925
Jun 20 Scotty Fraser             Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    D  8
Aug  1 Clarence Walker           Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    W 10
Sep 26 Scotty Fraser             Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica   TK 13
          -Bantamweight Championship of South Africa
Oct 10 Sammy Lee                 Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica   TK  5
Dec 12 "Young" Johnny Brown      Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    W 20

1926
Feb 13 Taffy Jones               Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica   TK 12
Apr 10 Jim McKenzie              Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    W 20
May 15 Jim McKenzie              Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    W 20
Jul 17 Kid Socks                 Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    W 20
Dec 18 Arthur Webb               Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    W 15

1927
Jan 29 Johnny Brown              Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    W 15
Feb  5 Rein Kokke                Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica   TK  4
Mar  5 Ralph Minshull            Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    W 10
Jun  4 Ernie Jarvis              Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    W 15
Oct  6 Teddy Baldock             London, England                     W 15
          -Bantamweight Championship of the World
          (as recognized by Great Britain)
Dec  7 Dominick Petrone          Cleveland, Oh                       L 10

1928
May  5 "Young" Johnny Brown      Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    W 15
May 31 Pierre Pothier            Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    D 15
Aug  4 Sammy Tucker              Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica   WF  9
Oct  6 Mickey Doyle              Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    W 15

1929
Jan 12 Archie Cowan              Sydney, NSW, Australia             TK  8
Feb  9 Fidel LaBarba             Sydney, NSW, Australia              L 15
Mar 16 Fidel LaBarba             Sydney, NSW, Australia             LT 12
Apr 13 Jack Roberts              Sydney, NSW, Australia             LK  5
Jul  8 Wilbur Cohen              Roanoke, Va                         L  8
Nov 30 Dolf du Plessis           Durban, Natal, SAfrica              W 15
          -Featherweight Championship of South Africa

1930
Mar  5 George "Kid" Nicholson    Cape Town, WCape, SAfrica           W 15
May 22 Dick Corbett              London, England                     L 15
          -Bantamweight Championship of British Empire (Commonwealth)
Dec  1 Johnny Bosman             Cape Town, WCape, SAfrica           W 15
          -Featherweight Championship of South Africa

1931
Mar 21 George Panther Purchase   Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    W 15
Apr 18 Sammy Shark               Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    W 15
Jun  6 Dick Corbett              Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    L 15
Jun 27 Dick Corbett              Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    W 15
Jul 15 Bryn "Ginger" Jones       Kitwe, Zambia                       W 15
Aug 29 Cecil Como                Durban, Natal, SAfrica             LT  8
Sep  5 Cecil Como                Bulawayo, Zimbabwe                  W 15
Sep 19 Cecil Como                Kitwe, Zambia                       W 15
Oct  3 Benny Sharkey             Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    W 12

1932
Apr  6 Cecil Como                Durban, Natal, SAfrica              W 12
          -Featherweight Championship of South Africa
May 14 Phineas John              Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    L 12
Jul 30 Len McLoughlin            Durban, Natal, SAfrica              L 12
          -Featherweight Championship of South Africa
Oct  1 Len McLoughlin            Bloemfontein, OFS, SAfrica          L 12
          -Featherweight Championship of South Africa

1933
Dec 26 Piet Swanepoel            Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    W  6

1934
Jan 13 Dave Burger               Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    W  6
Feb  3 Gerry Stone               Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    W  6
Feb 17 Len McLoughlin            Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    D  8
Apr  7 Giuliano Secchi           Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    W  8
May  5 Len McLoughlin            Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    W 12
          -Featherweight Championship of South Africa
Jul 28 Giuliano Secchi           Pietermaritzburg, Natal, SAfrica    W 10

1935
Oct 12 "Babe" Smith              Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    W 12
          -Featherweight Championship of South Africa

1936
Feb 29 Ernst Wohrer              Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    W 12
Sep 26 Maurice Holtzer           Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    W 12
Oct 10 Freddie Miller            Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica   LK  6
Nov 21 Freddie Miller            Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica   LK  6
Dec 26 Johnny McGrory            Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    L 12
          -Featherweight Championship of British Empire (Commonwealth)


Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization

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