Sport & Note

Eric BOON

Male

"Fen Tiger" "Boy Boon"
Lightweight, Great Britain, Chatteris, England
Born: 28 December 1919, Chatteris, England, Great Britain
Died: 19 January 1981, Chatteris, England, Great Britain
Height: 5ft 5 1/2in, mt 1,66

No amateur results

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1935
+ Jan. 17	Young Snowball	Peterborough, Great Britain	TKO 6
+ Feb. 7	Teddy Royal	St Ives, Great Britain	W 6
= Mar. 10	Young Higgins	Hackney, Great Britain	Draw 6
+ Apr. 7	Teddy Softley	Hackney, Great Britain	W 6
+ June 2	Young Higgins	Hackney, Great Britain	W 6
+ June 23	Roy Bissell	Hackney, Great Britain	W 6
- Aug. 28	Kid Savage	Hackney, Great Britain	L 6
+ Oct. 21	Charlie Smith	Cambridge, Great Britain	W 6
+ Nov. 25	Ginger Daniels	Cambridge, Great Britain	TKO 2
+ Dec. 4	Charlie Smith	Watford, Great Britain	TKO 2
1936
+ Feb. 3	Terry Ellis	Cambridge, Great Britain	KO 1
+ Mar. 2	Young Hawes	Norwich, Great Britain	KO 1
+ Mar. 16	Young Griffo	Norwich, Great Britain	KO 1
+ Mar. 30	Charlie Smith	Cambridge, Great Britain	W 10
+ Apr. 15	Jack Roberts	Hackney, Great Britain	KO 2
+ Sept. 4	Charlie Wise	Hackney, Great Britain	W 8
+ Oct. 1	Bert Whall	Norwich, Great Britain	TKO 2
+ Oct. 4	Teddy Larkham	Hackney, Great Britain	KO 1
+ Oct. 4	Teddy Larkham	Hackney, Great Britain	KO 1
+ Oct. 18	Len Ash	Hackney, Great Britain	W 8
+ Nov. 1	Jack Watkins	Hackney, Great Britain	W 8
= Nov. 5	Young Fred Dyer	Norwich, Great Britain	Draw 8
+ Nov. 12	Bobby Lyons	Norwich, Great Britain	TKO 6
= Nov. 16	Jack Kershaw	Kensington, Great Britain	Draw 6
+ Nov. 22	Joe Page	Hackney, Great Britain	KO 1
+ Nov. 26	Jack Watkins	Hackney, Great Britain	W 8
+ Nov. 30	Nat Williams	Kensington, Great Britain	KO 5
+ Dec. 9	George Cunningham	Holborn, Great Britain	W 4
+ Dec. 13	Nick Lucas	Hackney, Great Britain	TKO 6
+ Dec. 21	Danny Mack	Kensington, Great Britain	W 4
1937
+ Jan. 3	Al Church	Hackney, Great Britain	TKO 6
= Jan. 11	Bert Chambers	Kensington, Great Britain	Draw 6
+ Jan. 14	Billy Bennett	Holborn, Great Britain	KO 2
+ Jan. 24	Billy Sheldon	Hackney, Great Britain	W 10
+ Jan. 27	Billy Griffiths	Hackney, Great Britain	KO 1
+ Feb. 7	Mile Sullivan	Hackney, Great Britain	KO 4
+ Feb. 16	Dave James	Reading, Great Britain	W 8
+ Feb. 25	Chucky Robinson	Norwich, Great Britain	W 10
+ Mar. 1	Spin Anson	Bury Saint Edmunds, Great Britain	KO 5
+ Mar. 7	Tony Butcher	Hackney, Great Britain	TKO 3
- Mar. 21	Harry Brooks	Hackney, Great Britain	TKO by 4
+ Apr. 12	Jocker Johnson	Bury Saint Edmunds, Great Britain	TKO 5
= Apr. 15	Angus McGregor	Harringay, Great Britain	Draw 4
+ Apr. 29	Bob Barlow	Norwich, Great Britain	W 10
+ May 7	George Kelly	Hackney, Great Britain	W 12
+ May 10	Bobby Lyons	Bury Saint Edmunds, Great Britain	KO 1
+ May 16	Ron Porter	Hackney, Great Britain	TKO 5
+ May 28	Jack Lilley	Hackney, Great Britain	W 12
- July 2	Johnny Softley	Hackney, Great Britain	TKO by 7
+ July 16	Bryn Morris	Hackney, Great Britain	W 10
+ Aug. 20	Albert Heaseman	Hackney, Great Britain	KO 3
+ Sept. 3	Wilf Dexter	Hackney, Great Britain	TKO 7
+ Sept. 15	Charlie Wise	Hackney, Great Britain	TKO 3
+ Oct. 16	Bryn Morris	Hackney, Great Britain	W 10
+ Oct. 25	Fred Thackeray	Cambridge, Great Britain	KO 2
+ Nov. 5	Harry McKenzie	Hackney, Great Britain	KO 2
+ Nov. 29	Bob Rowlands	Cambridge, Great Britain	KO 2
+ Dec. 10	Con Flynn	Hackney, Great Britain	WDQ 3
+ Dec. 13	Llew Thomas	Bury Saint Edmunds, Great Britain	KO 3
1938
+ Jan. 13	Alec Jackson	Ipswich, Great Britain	W 8
+ Jan. 21	George Reynolds	Hackney, Great Britain	KO 2
+ Jan. 28	Tommy Dowlais	Hackney, Great Britain	KO 1
+ Feb. 2	Jack Hardiman	Hackney, Great Britain	KO 3
+ Feb. 18	Dodo Williams	Hackney, Great Britain	KO 1
+ Mar. 3	Johnny Softley	Kensington, Great Britain	W 8
+ Apr. 7	Johnny Ward	Harringay, Great Britain	TKO 1
+ Apr. 17	Matt Moran	Hackney, Great Britain	TKO 7
+ May 2	Boyo Rees	Holborn, Great Britain	KO 1
+ May 28	Jimmy Walsh	Chatteris, Great Britain	W 10
+ June 21	Len Lemaux	Harringay, Great Britain	KO 1
+ July 16	Raymond Renard	Chatteris, Great Britain	TKO 1
+ July 24	Billy Masters	Mile End, Great Britain	KO 2
+ Sept. 2	Eric Dolby	Manchester, Great Britain	TKO 3
+ Sept. 27	Mitsos Grispos	Harringay, Great Britain	W 8
+ Oct. 20	George Reynolds	Marylebone, Great Britain	KO 2
+ Oct. 31	Mak Perez	Kensington, Great Britain	WDQ 7
+ Dec. 15	Dave Crowley	Harringay, Great Britain	KO 13
British Lightweight Title
1939
+ Jan. 30	Boyo Rees	Mountain Ash, Great Britain	TKO 2
+ Feb. 23	Arthur Danahar	Harringay, Great Britain	TKO 14
British Lightweight Title
+ June 28	Johnny McGrory	Peterborough, Great Britain	KO 9
+ July 17	Len Wickwar	Leicester, Great Britain	KO 9
+ Dec. 9	Dave Crowley	Harringay, Great Britain	KO 7
British Lightweight Title
1940
- Sept. 21	Ernie Roderick	Liverpool, Great Britain	L 10
1941
+ Feb. 20	Dave Finn	Leicester Square, Great Britain	W 6
- Apr. 21	Jack Berg	London, Great Britain	LDQ 2
1942
+ Feb. 2	Norman Snow	Marylebone, Great Britain	KO 4
+ Aug. 26	Dick Wheller	Watford, Great Britain	KO 3
- Sept. 12	Frank Duffy	Bristol, Great Britain	LDQ 6
+ Oct. 21	Jake Kilrain	Soho, Great Britain	KO 2
+ Nov. 11	Jake Kilrain	Soho, Great Britain	W 10
1943
- July 13	Tommy Armour	Belfast, Great Britain	KO by 5
- Aug. 23	Harry Mizler	Kensington, Great Britain	L 8
+ Sept. 24	Billy Jones	Blackburn, Great Britain	W 8
1944
+ Apr. 26	Jimmy Molloy	Kensington, Great Britain	W 10
- Aug. 12	Ronnie James	Cardiff, Great Britain	KO by 10
British Lightweight Title
1945
- July 17	Henry Hall	Tottenham, Great Britain	TKO by 5
1946
+ Jan. 8	Cyril Wills	Marylebone, Great Britain	KO 1
+ Jan. 22	Paddy Bergin	Kensington, Great Britain	TKO 2
+ Feb. 5	Jean Wanes	Marylebone, Great Britain	TKO 5
+ Feb. 19	Mick Magee	Kensington, Great Britain	KO 2
+ Mar. 5	Maurice Ouezman	Marylebone, Great Britain	TKO 7
+ Mar. 19	Billy Stevens	Kensington, Great Britain	KO 7
- May 14	Arthur Danahar	Harringay, Great Britain	KO by 5
+ July 27	Laurie Stevens	Johannesburg, South Africa	KO 3
+ Sept. 7	Tiger Burns	Johannesburg, South Africa	KO 2
1947
+ Mar. 3	Alf James	Johannesburg, South Africa	KO 7
+ Apr. 29	Maurice Ouezman	Johannesburg, South Africa	KO 6
+ May 10	Alf James	Kitwe, Zambia	KO 5
+ Aug. 22	Maurice Ouezman	Pretoria, South Africa	W 10
- Sept. 8	Giel de Roode	Johannesburg, South Africa	L 10
- Dec. 9	Ernie Roderick	Harringay, Great Britain	L 15
British Welterweight Title
1948
+ Mar. 1	Omar Kouidri	Kensington, Great Britain	TKO 2
- Apr. 20	Robert Villemain	Harringay, Great Britain	KO by 10
* May 31	Gwyn Williams	Harringay, Great Britain	NC 6
- Aug. 5	Johnny Greco	Montreal, Canada	KO by 3
- Oct. 28	Beau Jack	Washington, United States	TKO by 3
- Dec. 14	Robert Takeshita	Honolulu, Hawaii	KO by 3
1949
- Mar. 22	Fernando Jannilli	Kensington, Great Britain	LDQ 7
1950-1951 Inactive
1952
- Aug. 8	George Barnes	Melbourne, Australia	TKO by 6
- Sept. 5	Pran Mikus	Melbourne, Australia	TKO by 7
- Oct. 31	Pat Ford	Brisbane, Australia	TKO by 4

Summary

Total bouts: 121, Won: 94 (63 inside the limit), Lost: 21 (13 inside the limit), Draw: 5, NC: 1