Sport & Note

Don COCKELL

Male

(Donald John Cockell)
Heavyweight, Great Britain, Battersea, London, England
Born: 22 September 1928, Balham, London, Great Britain
Weight: 172-181-197-204-210-218 lbs

No amateur results

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1946
+ June 26	Trevor Lowder	High Wycombe, Great Britain	KO 5
+ July 18	Sid Watts	Watford, Great Britain	TKO 1
+ July 31	Frank Baldwin	High Wycombe, Great Britain	TKO 2
+ Aug. 28	Ron Baker	Watford, Great Britain	KO 3
+ Sept. 9	Harry Lawrence	High Wycombe, Great Britain	TKO 2
+ Sept. 23	Trevor Lowder	Rugby, Great Britain	KO 3
+ Oct. 7	Jimmy Sales	High Wycombe, Great Britain	KO 2
- Oct. 10	Jock Taylor	Watford, Great Britain	L 8
+ Oct. 14	Harry O'Grady	Epsom, Great Britain	W 6
+ Nov. 4	Frank Johnson	Epsom, Great Britain	KO 2
+ Nov. 23	Paddy Roche	Chard, Great Britain	W 10
+ Nov. 25	Reg Spring	Cirencester, Great Britain	W 10
+ Dec. 2	Jimmy Carroll	High Wycombe, Great Britain	W 6
+ Dec. 16	Battling Joe Igo	Kettering, Great Britain	TKO 4
1947
- Jan. 6	Jock Taylor	High Wycombe, Great Britain	KO by 5
+ Jan. 20	Jimmy Carroll	Cirencester, Great Britain	KO 5
+ Jan. 27	Harold Anthony	Kettering, Great Britain	W 10
+ May 3	Harold Anthony	Newbury, Great Britain	KO 4
+ June 9	Ronnie Croad	Wembley, Great Britain	KO 3
+ June 23	Matt Hardy	Weston-super-Mare, Great Britain	KO 7
+ July 7	Arthur Sadd	Reading, Great Britain	W 6
+ July 21	Paddy Roche	Weston-super-Mare, Great Britain	W 8
+ July 28	Trevor Burt	Reading, Great Britain	TKO 10
+ Aug. 4	Reg Spring	Kettering, Great Britain	W 10
- Aug. 11	Dave Goodwin	Yeovil, Great Britain	TKO by 8 (Rtd)
+ Nov. 18	Reg Spring	High Wycombe, Great Britain	TKO 5
1948
= Jan. 12	Jimmy Carroll	High Wycombe, Great Britain	Draw 8
- Feb. 4	Reg Spring	Islington, Great Britain	L 8
+ Feb. 17	Jimmy Carroll	Tunbridge Wells, Great Britain	KO 4
+ Feb. 23	George Barratt	Newbury, Great Britain	KO 1
+ Mar. 8	Gene Fowler	Swindon, Great Britain	TKO 3
+ Apr. 12	Paddy Roche	Newbury, Great Britain	TKO 3
+ May 10	Koffi Kiteman	Nottingham, Great Britain	TKO 5
+ May 18	Johnny Williams	Coventry, Great Britain	W 8
+ June 14	Battling Joe Igo	Weston-super-Mare, Great Britain	TKO 4
+ July 5	Dave Goodwin	Nottingham, Great Britain	TKO 2
+ July 19	Trevor Burt	Southampton, Great Britain	KO 1
- July 27	Johnny Williams	Birmingham, Great Britain	TKO by 2
+ Sept. 6	Gene Fowler	Southampton, Great Britain	W 6
+ Sept. 13	Henry Palmer	Newbury, Great Britain	KO 5
- Oct. 12	Johnny Barton	Leicester, Great Britain	L 8
+ Oct. 25	Gene Fowler	Weston-super-Mare, Great Britain	W 8
+ Nov. 29	Johnny Barton	Leicester, Great Britain	W 8
+ Dec. 7	Doug Richards	Reading, Great Britain	KO 5
1949
+ Jan. 31	Lloyd Barnett	Leicester, Great Britain	W 8
+ Feb. 7	Mark Hart	Harringay, Great Britain	W 8
+ Mar. 29	Paddy Slavin	Kensington, Great Britain	W 8
- Apr. 11	Jimmy Carroll	Nottingham, Great Britain	LDQ 5
+ June 13	Bert Gilroy	Leicester, Great Britain	W 8
+ Oct. 11	Gabriel Bigotte	Harringay, Great Britain	KO 1
+ Oct. 31	Don Mogard	Leicester, Great Britain	W 8
+ Dec. 20	Charlie Collett	Reading, Great Britain	TKO 1
1950
+ Jan. 17	Andre Lefranc	Streatham, Great Britain	TKO 5
- Jan. 24	Aaron Wilson	Kensington, Great Britain	KO by 6
+ Feb. 13	Georges Rogiers	Leicester, Great Britain	W 8
- Feb. 28	Aaron Wilson	Harringay, Great Britain	L 8
+ Mar. 14	Lloyd Barnett	Kensington, Great Britain	W 8
+ Apr. 4	Jimmy Carroll	Kensington, Great Britain	TKO 7
+ Oct. 17	Mark Hart	Harringay, Great Britain	KO 14
(Won vacant British Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ Nov. 14	Lloyd Marshall	Kensington, Great Britain	WDQ 7
1951
+ Feb. 27	Lloyd Marshall	Harringay, Great Britain	KO 1
+ Mar. 27	Albert Yvel	Kensington, Great Britain	TKO 6
(Won European Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ Apr. 24	Freddie Beshore	Harringay, Great Britain	W 10
+ June 5	Nick Barone	White City, Great Britain	KO 6
+ Oct. 16	Albert Finch	Harringay, Great Britain	KO 7
(Retained European and British Light-Heavyweight Titles)
- Dec. 4	Jimmy Slade	Harringay, Great Britain	TKO by 4
1952
+ May 20	Renato Tontini	Harringay, Great Britain	W 10
- June 10	Randy Turpin	White City, Great Britain	TKO by 11
(Lost British and for vacant Commonwealth Light-Heavyweight Titles)
+ Oct. 14	Paddy Slavin	Streatham, Great Britain	TKO 2
+ Nov. 4	Frank Bell	Kensington, Great Britain	TKO 8
1953
+ Mar. 9	Tommy Farr	Nottingham, Great Britain	TKO 7
+ May 12	Johnny Williams	Harringay, Great Britain	W 15
(Won British and Commonwealth Heavyweight Titles)
+ Aug. 7	Harry Matthews	Seattle, USA	W 10
+ Oct. 5	Uber Bacilieri	Leicester, Great Britain	W 10
1954
+ Jan. 30	Johnny Arthur	Johannesburg, South Africa	W 15
(Retained Commonwealth Heavyweight Title)
+ Mar. 30	Roland LaStarza	Kensington, Great Britain	W 10
+ June 1	Harry Matthews	White City, Great Britain	W 10
+ July 31	Harry Matthews	Seattle, USA	TKO 7
1955
- May 16	Rocky Marciano	San Francisco, USA	TKO by 9
(For World Heavyweight Title)
- Sept. 13	Nino Valdes	White City, Great Britain	cTKO by 3
1956
- Apr. 24	Kitione Lave	Kensington, Great Britain	KO by 2

Summary

Total bouts: 81, Won: 66 (38 inside the limit), Lost: 14 (9 inside the limit), Draw: 1, NC: 0