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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) |
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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) |
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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 |
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