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National ABA title 1950

63rd ABA National Championships 

 

1949 - 1950

 

Year:                        21 April 1950 

 

Venue:                     Wembley Arena, London

 

Peter Brander 57kg (Slough Centre ABC) wins his last ABA title.    Following his successes of 1945, 1946, 1948.    Brander was also an Olympian in 1948 (London, England), Commonwealth Bronze medal in 1950 (Auckland, New Zealand), and a member of the 1949 European Championship team (Oslo, Norway).

 

Ron Lantham 60kg (Hickleton Main ABC) and Terry Ratcliffe 69kg (Royal Air Force) become Commonwealth Champions in Auckland (New Zealand).

 

KG 

Weight 

Champion 

Finalist 

Result 

 

51

 

Fly

 

Albert Jones

(Kynoch BC)

 

A.Moore

(LMS Rovers ABC)

 

 

54

 

Bantam

 

Ken Lawrence

(Southampton ABC)

 

Walter Taylor

(LMS Rovers ABC)

 

 

57

 

Feather

 

Peter Brander

(Slough Centre ABC)

 

Percy Lewis

(Royal Air Force)

 

 

60

 

Light

 

Ron Latham

(Hickleton Main ABC)

 

Freddie King

(Robert Browning ABC)

 

 

69

 

Welter

 

Terry Ratcliffe

(Royal Air Force)

 

A.Light

(Winchester ABC)

 

 

75

 

Middle

 

P.Longo

(Army)

 

Terry Gooding

(GKB & N ABC)

 

 

81

 

Light Heavy

 

Peter Messervy

(Royal Navy)

 

Albert Gall

(Brixton Ivy Leaf ABC)

 

 

91

 

Heavyweight

 

P.Toch

(Army)

 

C.Carver

(Steel, Peech & Tozer ABC)

 



64th ABA National Championships

 

1950 - 1951

 

Year:                        20 April 1951

 

Venue:                    Wembley Arena, London

 

Jim Travers 57kg (Lansdowne BC) beats Percy Lewis 57kg (Royal Air Force) when the contest was stopped in the first round with both boxers having cuts to their eyes.   Travers was ahead on points and was declared the winner.   This rule was introduced in 1934.   Lewis did win the title in 1952.   Lewis, and Tommy Nicholls 54kg (Royal Air Force), John Maloney 69kg (Dagenham ABC) all represented England at the 1951 European Championship (Milan, Italy).

 

KG

Weight

Champion

Finalist

Result

 

51

 

Fly

 

Gerald John

(Slough Centre ABC)

 

S. Hawyes

(Jarrow Community ABC)

 

DIS(3)

 

54

 

Bantam

 

Tommy Nicholls

(Royal Air Force)

 

T. Icke

(Bournebrook ABC)

 

 

57

 

Feather

 

Jim Travers

(Lansdowne BC)

 

Percy Lewis

(Royal Air Force)

 

Contest stopped (RSC1)

 

60

 

Light

 

Ron Hinson

(West Ham ABC)

 

C. Harrison

(Steel, Peech & Tozer ABC)

 

DIS(3)

 

64

 

Light Welter

 

W. Connor

(Lowe House ABC)

 

T. Budge

(Empire Swansea BC)

 

 

67

 

Welter

 

Johnny Maloney

(Dagenham ABC)

 

A. Baird

(Army)

 

RSC(2)

 

71

 

Light Middle

 

Alf Lay

(Battersea ABC)

 

D. Roberts

(Army)

 

RSC(1)

 

75

 

Middle

 

Eric Ludham

(Army)

 

G. Wilson

(Market District ABC)

 

RSC(2)

 

81

 

Light Heavy

 

George Walker

(Thomas Refinery ABC)

 

R. Crookes

(Army)

 

RSC(1)

 

91

 

Heavyweight

 

Albert Halsey

(Kyrle Hall ABC)

 

J. Crickman

(Stepney Institute ABC)

 

 


65th ABA National Championships

 

1951 - 1952

 

Year:                        25 April 1952

 

Venue:                    Wembley Arena, London

 

Tommy Nicholls 54kg (Sankeys ABC) wins his second of (4) titles (1951, 1952, 1955, 1956).   All (10) ABA titles winners become 'Olympians' and travel to the 1952 Games (Helsinki, Finland).   However no medals were won.   It was also the first National ABA title for the famous Henry Cooper 81kg (Eltham & District ABC).

 

KG

Weight

Champion

Finalist

Result

 

51

 

Fly

 

Dai Downer

(Roath Youth BC)

 

Gerald John

(Slough Centre ABC)

 

 

54

 

Bantam

 

Tommy Nicholls

(Sankeys ABC)

 

C. Salter

(Ormiston ABC)

 

RSC(1)

 

57

 

Feather

 

Percy Lewis

(Royal Air Force)

 

Steve Trainer

(Hulme Lads ABC)

 

 

60

 

Light

 

Freddie Reardon

(Downham Community ABC)

 

A. Wallace

(Royal Air Force)

 

 

64

 

Light Welter

 

Peter Waterman

(Caius ABC)

 

Cy Harrison

(Steel, Peech & Tozer ABC)

 

 

67

 

Welter

 

Johnny Maloney

(Royal Air Force)

 

Les Morgan

(Rotax ABC)

 

 

71

 

Light Middle

 

Bernard Foster

(Mitchell & Butlers ABC)

 

Bruce Wells

(Royal Air Force)

 

 

75

 

Middle

 

Terry Gooding

(Army)

 

K. Phillips

(Warley ABC)

 

 

81

 

Light Heavy

 

Henry Cooper

(Eltham & District ABC)

 

J. McLean

(Burntisland ABC)

 

 

91

 

Heavyweight

 

Eddie Hearn

(Battersea ABC)

 

D. Rowe

(Royal Air Force)

 

 


66th ABA National Championships

 

1952 - 1953

 

Year:                        24 April 1953

 

Venue:                    Wembley Arena, London

 

Bruce Wells 71kg (Royal Air Force) wins his first title, going onto win again 1954.   Wells also become European Champion in 1953 (Warsaw, Poland).   Adding a further European Gold in 1955 (Berlin, Germany) and a Bronze Commonwealth Medal in 1954.  

 

Percy Lewis 57kg (Oxford YMCA ABC), Dennis Hinson 60kg (Army) and Henry Cooper 81kg (Army) attend the 1953 European Championships (Berlin, Germany).   Ron Barton 75kg (Royal Air Force) returned with a Bronze medal.

 

KG

Weight

Champion

Finalist

Result

 

51

 

Fly