Sport & Note

Albert FINCH

Male

Light-Heavyweight, Great Britain, Croydon, London, England
Born: 16 May 1926
Died: 23 January 2003

No amateur results

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1945
= Aug. 14	Eddie Starrs	Soho, Great Britain	Draw 6
+ Sept. 11	Gordon Griffiths	Soho, Great Britain	W 6
+ Oct. 9	Ted Baxter	Islington, Great Britain	W 6
+ Oct. 20	Jim Hockley	Kingston, Great Britain	W 6
+ Nov. 6	Cyril Johnson	Soho, Great Britain	KO 2
+ Nov. 13	Jack Lewis	Islington, Great Britain	W 8
+ Dec. 3	Jack Lewis	Plumstead, Great Britain	W 6
+ Dec. 18	Jim Laverick	Soho, Great Britain	W 8
1946
+ Jan. 7	Jim Hockley	Islington, Great Britain	W 8
+ Jan. 16	Billy Cottrell	Beckenham, Great Britain	TKO 5
+ Jan. 24	Paddy Roche	Tunbridge Wells, Great Britain	W 8
+ Jan. 25	Billy Cottrell	Walworth, Great Britain	W 8
+ Mar. 19	Frank Hayes	Beckenham, Great Britain	W 8
- Mar. 25	Harry Watson	Greenwich, Great Britain	TKO by 5
+ May 31	Johnny Blake	Maidstone, Great Britain	W 8
+ June 25	Jimmy Stewart	Brighton, Great Britain	W 8
+ July 9	Jim Hockley	Willesden, Great Britain	W 8
- Sept. 17	Vince Hawkins	Harringay, Great Britain	L 8
+ Oct. 9	Harry Groves	Clapham, Great Britain	W 10
+ Oct. 14	Paddy Roche	Beckenham, Great Britain	TKO 8
- Oct. 23	Mark Hart	Clapham, Great Britain	L 12
+ Nov. 19	Alby Hollister	Marylebone, Great Britain	W 8
+ Nov. 28	Frank Hayes	Ramsgate, Great Britain	W 8
+ Dec. 3	Paddy Roche	Margate, Great Britain	W 8
+ Dec. 17	Tommy Braddock	Beckenham, Great Britain	W 8
1947
+ Jan. 21	Arthur Sadd	Marylebone, Great Britain	W 8
+ Feb. 11	Bert Hyland	Marylebone, Great Britain	TKO 6
+ Mar. 11	Jimmy Ingle	Marylebone, Great Britain	W 8
- Apr. 16	Mark Hart	Walworth, Great Britain	L 12
(For vacant Southern Area Middleweight Title)
+ Apr. 28	Freddie Price	Walthamstow, Great Britain	W 8
* July 1	Jack Johnson	Kensington, Great Britain	NC 4
+ Nov. 28	Al Marson	Plumstead, Great Britain	W 8
+ Dec. 10	Geoff Heath	Croydon, Great Britain	W 8
+ Dec. 15	Pat Mulcahy	Leyton, Great Britain	TKO 6
1948
+ Apr. 26	Randy Turpin	Kensington, Great Britain	W 8
+ June 8	Jock Taylor	Crystal Palace, Great Britain	TKO 7
+ June 11	George Dilkes	Manchester, Great Britain	W 8
+ Aug. 10	Bert Sanders	Crystal Palace, Great Britain	W 10
+ Oct. 11	Mark Hart	Croydon, Great Britain	W 12
(Won vacant Southern Area Middleweight Title)
+ Dec. 13	Doug Myers	Walworth, Great Britain	TKO 6
1949
- Jan. 24	Luc van Dam	Kensington, Great Britain	L 10
+ Mar. 10	Des Jones	Islington, Great Britain	W 8
+ Apr. 21	Bert Hyland	Walworth, Great Britain	W 8
+ May 24	Bob Cleaver	Crystal Palace, Great Britain	KO 7
- June 20	Dick Turpin	Birmingham, Great Britain	L 15
(For British and Commonwealth Middleweight Titles)
+ Aug. 18	Bert Sanders	Dartford, Great Britain	W 8
+ Oct. 4	George Ross	Kensington, Great Britain	W 10
- Oct. 24	Bert Hyland	Leyton, Great Britain	L 8
+ Nov. 14	Albert Heyen	Croydon, Great Britain	W 10
+ Dec. 5	Jimmy Ingle	Leeds, Great Britain	KO 4
1950
- Feb. 7	Baby Day	Kensington, Great Britain	L 10
= Feb. 21	Allan Cooke	West Ham, Great Britain	Draw 8
= Mar. 13	Mel Brown	Streatham, Great Britain	Draw 10
+ Mar. 29	Joe Beckett	Norwich, Great Britain	W 10
+ Apr. 24	Dick Turpin	Nottingham, Great Britain	W 15
(Won British Middleweight Title)
+ June 12	Juan Torrecillas	Crystal Palace, Great Britain	TKO 3
+ June 26	Eli Elandon	Northampton, Great Britain	W 10
+ July 3	Dick Turpin	Nottingham, Great Britain	TKO 8
= July 21	Cyrille Delannoit	Ostende, Belgium	Draw 10
+ Sept. 27	Albert Heyen	Pontypridd, Great Britain	W 10
- Oct. 17	Randy Turpin	Harringay, Great Britain	KO by 5
(Lost British Middleweight Title)
1951
+ Jan. 22	Reg Spring	Leyton, Great Britain	W 8
+ Feb. 12	Jackie Harris	Leyton, Great Britain	W 8
+ Feb. 26	Don Mogard	Leyton, Great Britain	W 8
+ Mar. 19	Johnny McGowan	Leicester, Great Britain	TKO 9
+ Apr. 30	Paddy Slavin	Kensington, Great Britain	W 10
+ May 16	Dave Williams	Cardiff, Great Britain	TKO 5
+ May 29	Billy Wood	Crystal Palace, Great Britain	TKO 5
- Oct. 16	Don Cockell	Harringay, Great Britain	KO by 7
(For European and British Light-Heavyweight Titles)
1952
+ Jan. 21	Gene Fowler	Leyton, Great Britain	TKO 5
+ Feb. 13	Michel Lapourielle	Brighton, Great Britain	TKO 8
+ Feb. 23	Garnett Denny	Belfast, Great Britain	W 10
+ Oct. 14	Brian Anders	Streatham, Great Britain	W 8
- Oct. 28	George Walker	Kensington, Great Britain	KO by 6
- Dec. 2	George Walker	Kensington, Great Britain	LDQ 5
(For vacant Southern Area Light-Heavyweight Title)
1953
+ Feb. 16	Johnny Barton	Leyton, Great Britain	W 8
- Mar. 20	Gerhard Hecht	Berlin, Germany	TKO by 9
+ Apr. 25	Charles Colin	Saint-Nazaire, France	W 10
- May 18	Wim Snoek	Kensington, Great Britain	L 10
- Sept. 8	Dennis Powell	Oswestry, Great Britain	L 10
+ Oct. 6	Jimmy Davis	Kensington, Great Britain	W 8
= Oct. 13	Arthur Howard	Kensington, Great Britain	Draw 8
+ Oct. 20	Dave Williams	Streatham, Great Britain	TKO 7
+ Nov. 3	Billy Dean	Harringay, Great Britain	TKO 5
1954
+ Feb. 23	Joe Bygraves	Kensington, Great Britain	W 8
+ Mar. 23	Arthur Howard	Kensington, Great Britain	TKO 8
+ May 18	Marcel Limage	Kensington, Great Britain	TKO 9
- Nov. 9	Alex Buxton	Birmingham, Great Britain	KO by 8
(For British Light-Heavyweight Title)
1955
= Oct. 4	Fred Powell	Streatham, Great Britain	Draw 8
+ Oct. 30	Charles Colin	Saint-Nazaire, France	W 10
1956
= Jan. 22	Uwe Janssen	Dortmund, Germany	Draw 8
- Mar. 13	Ron Barton	Harringay, Great Britain	TKO by 8
(For vacant British Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ Sept. 8	Andre Cottyn	Ostende, Belgium	TKO 10
+ Dec. 28	Serge Leveque	Gothenburg, Sweden	W 8
1957
- Feb. 3	Erich Schoppner	Dortmund, Germany	L 8
+ Mar. 26	Terrence Murphy	Streatham, Great Britain	W 12
(Won vacant Southern Area Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ May 19	Jim Cooper	Stockholm, Sweden	WDQ 7
- July 29	Manuel Burgo	West Hartlepool, Great Britain	KO by 2
- Aug. 21	Willie Armstrong	Paisley, Great Britain	L 8
+ Oct. 3	Tony Dove	Norwich, Great Britain	W 10
1958
= Jan. 13	Jack Whittaker	Cheltenham, Great Britain	Draw 8
= Feb. 3	Ron Redrup	Leyton, Great Britain	Draw 8
- Mar. 17	Noel Trigg	Cheltenham, Great Britain	KO by 3

Summary

Total bouts: 103, Won: 72 (21 inside the limit), Lost: 21 (9 inside the limit), Draw: 9, NC: 1