SPORT & NOTE
John McCormack

Male

"Cowboy McCormick"
Middleweight, Great Britain, Maryhill, Scotland
Born: 9 January 1935, Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
Died: 23 May 2014, Paisley, Scotland, Great Britain

as an amateur:
1956 Melbourne, Australia, Olympic Games super-welterweight bronze medal


Amateur results

DateOpponentPlaceResult
1956
Melbourne, Australia, Olympic Games bronze medal, 71 kg
+ Nov. 24Alexander Webster (RSA)Melbourne, Australia WPTS
+ Nov. 28Ulrich Kienast (FRG)Melbourne, Australia WKO 3
- Nov. 30Jose Torres (PUR)Melbourne, Australia LPTS

Professional record

DateOpponentPlaceResult
1957
+ Feb. 20Dudley CoxGlasgow, Great BritainW 6
+ Mar. 26Cliff GarveyEdinburgh-Leith, Great BritainKO 1
+ Apr. 10Eddie WilliamsPaisley, Great BritainKO 3
+ May 9Jack WillisGovan, Great BritainKO 1
+ May 22Frank Davis Glasgow, Great BritainKO 1
+ May 28Young Garvin GarrawayEdinburgh-Leith, Great BritainTKO 3
+ June 26Wally ScottGlasgow, Great BritainTKO 5
+ Aug. 15Eddie LennonGlasgow, Great BritainKO 2
- Oct. 23Jimmy LynasGlasgow, Great BritainKO by 5
+ Nov. 28Evvie VorsterGlasgow, Great BritainTKO 7
1958
+ Feb. 5Vincent O'KineGlasgow, Great BritainTKO 7
+ Apr. 15Harry DodooNewcastle, Great BritainKO 2
+ Apr. 23Johnny ReadGlasgow, Great BritainW 8
+ May 5Attu ClotteyNewcastle, Great BritainW 8
+ July 2Len MullenGlasgow, Great BritainW 12
Scottish Middleweight Title
+ Aug. 28Jimmy LynasPaisley, Great BritainW 8
+ Oct. 9Martin HansenLiverpool, Great BritainW 10
+ Oct. 16Jean RuelletPaisley, Great BritainW 8
1959
+ Jan. 19Orlando PasoNewcastle, Great BritainW 8
+ Feb. 25Paddy DelargyGlasgow, Great BritainTKO 6
+ Mar. 18Michel DioufPaisley, Great BritainW 10
+ May 7Gene JohnsPaisley, Great BritainW 10
+ May 28Remo CaratiGlasgow, Great BritainTKO 6
+ Sept. 15 Terry DownesWembley, Great BritainWDQ 8
British Middleweight Title
- Nov. 3 Terry DownesWembley, Great BritainKO by 8
British Middleweight Title
1960
+ Mar. 9Tommy TagoeGlasgow, Great BritainKO 3
+ June 18Giancarlo GarbelliMilano, Italy W 10
+ Aug. 10George AldridgePaisley, Great BritainKO 9
- Aug. 19Gustav ScholzCharlottenburg, Germany L 10
+ Nov. 2George BentonPaisley, Great BritainW 10
1961
+ Feb. 22Phil EdwardsPaisley, Great BritainW 12
+ May 10Michel DioufGlasgow, Great BritainW 10
+ July 11Sandy LukeWembley, Great BritainW 8
+ Oct. 17Harko KokmeijerWembley, Great BritainW 15
vacant European Middleweight Title
1962
+ Jan. 5 Heinz FreytagFrankfurt, Germany W 15
European Middleweight Title
- Feb. 8 Christian ChristensenCopenhagen, Denmark LDQ 4
European Middleweight Title
+ June 14Henry HankGlasgow, Great BritainW 8
+ Sept. 13Ike WhiteGlasgow, Great BritainW 10
- Nov. 26George AldridgeManchester, Great BritainKO by 6
vacant British Middleweight Title
1963
- Sept. 10Harry ScottWembley, Great BritainTKO by 5
1964
+ Jan. 21 Joe LouisGlasgow, Great BritainTKO 1
+ Mar. 4Malcolm WorthingtonPaisley, Great BritainKO 1
1965
+ Apr. 29Bernard QuellierGlasgow, Great BritainTKO 6
+ June 10Chic CalderwoodPaisley, Great BritainKO 2
1966
- June 28John Young McCormackKensington, Great BritainL 10

 

Summary

Total bouts: 45, Won: 38 (18 inside the limit), Lost: 7 (4 inside the limit), Draw: 0, NC: 0