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Tommy BURNS
Male
(Geoffrey Mostyn Murphy)
Welterweight, Australia, Gold Coast, Queensland
Born: May 19, 1922, Mullumbimby, New South Wales, Australia
Died: February 16, 2011, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Height: 5ft 7 1/2in, mt 1,71
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No amateur resultsProfessional record| Date | Opponent | Place | Result | | 1936 | | + June 6 | Ted Harris | Proston, Australia | KO 2 | | 1937 | | = Oct. 12 | Wally Pepper | Lismore, Australia | Draw 4 | | = Oct. 19 | Wally Pepper | Lismore, Australia | Draw 4 | | + Nov. 18 | Wally Pepper | Lismore, Australia | W 4 | | 1938 | | + Apr. 27 | Eddie Baker | Brisbane, Australia | W 4 | | + May 2 | Eddie Baker | Brisbane, Australia | W 4 | | + May 21 | Sonny Close | Brisbane, Australia | W 4 | | + June 11 | Chris Dowling | Brisbane, Australia | TKO 2 | | + June 22 | Lyle Law | Brisbane, Australia | W 6 | | + July 9 | Len Fogarty | Brisbane, Australia | KO 1 | | + July 19 | Wally Pepper | Casino, Australia | W 4 | | + July 30 | Ron Baker | Brisbane, Australia | W 6 | | + Aug. 10 | Eddie Baker | Brisbane, Australia | TKO 2 | | + Aug. 27 | Ron Baker | Brisbane, Australia | KO 2 | | + Sept. 3 | Bart Craigon | Brisbane, Australia | KO 1 | | 1939 | | + Jan. 20 | Jack Conway | Brisbane, Australia | KO 1 | | + Jan. 27 | Bart Craigon | Brisbane, Australia | KO 2 | | + Feb. 3 | Ron Baker | Brisbane, Australia | W 4 | | + Mar. 3 | Sonny Close | Brisbane, Australia | KO 1 | | + Mar. 17 | Jack McCann | Brisbane, Australia | KO 1 | | + Mar. 31 | Bud Andrews | Brisbane, Australia | W 4 | | = May 19 | Lyle Law | Brisbane, Australia | Draw 6 | | + June 23 | Ron Baker | Brisbane, Australia | KO 2 | | + July 7 | Bill O'Brien | Brisbane, Australia | W 6 | 1940
Inactive | | 1941 | | + Feb. 17 | Luke Brown | Lismore, Australia | KO 5 | | + Mar. 24 | Bob Clapham | Lismore, Australia | KO 5 | | - Apr. 18 | Lyle Law | Brisbane, Australia | TKO by 10 | | Queensland State Lightweight Title | | + June 13 | Paddy Hooper | Brisbane, Australia | KO 3 | | + July 18 | Jimmy Locke | Brisbane, Australia | KO 5 | | Queensland State Welterweight Title | | + Aug. 22 | Tommy Hunter | Brisbane, Australia | W 12 | | + Dec. 12 | Jimmy Dundee | Brisbane, Australia | KO 6 | | 1942 | | + Mar. 20 | Archie Rash | Brisbane, Australia | KO 3 | | + Apr. 24 | Tommy Johns | Brisbane, Australia | TKO 9 | | + June 19 | Jimmy Day | Brisbane, Australia | KO 9 | | + Aug. 7 | Billy De Belin | Brisbane, Australia | TKO 5 | | = Aug. 28 | Tommy Hunter | Brisbane, Australia | Draw 12 | | + Sept. 18 | Bill Fadden | Brisbane, Australia | KO 12 | | + Oct. 9 | Ron Warner | Brisbane, Australia | KO 7 | | + Nov. 6 | Jimmy Dundee | Brisbane, Australia | KO 1 | | + Dec. 18 | Rush Milling | Brisbane, Australia | W 12 | | 1943 | | + Feb. 19 | Rush Milling | Brisbane, Australia | KO 2 | | + Aug. 27 | Bobby Rivers | Brisbane, Australia | TKO 4 | | + Sept. 18 | Terry Reilly | Melbourne, Australia | TKO 7 | | + Oct. 29 | Tommy Hunter | Brisbane, Australia | KO 10 | | 1944 | | + July 14 | Carl Dell | Brisbane, Australia | KO 5 | | + Aug. 18 | Laurie Peterson | Brisbane, Australia | KO 1 | | Queensland State Welterweight Title | | + Sept. 2 | Ron Heron | Sydney, Australia | KO 4 | | + Sept. 16 | Bill Hebbard | Sydney, Australia | TKO 8 | | + Dec. 8 | Vic Caltaux | Brisbane, Australia | TKO 5 | | 1945 | | + Oct. 13 | Vic Caltaux | Melbourne, Australia | W 12 | | + Nov. 3 | Jimmy Brunt | Sydney, Australia | W 12 | | + Dec. 28 | Al Moran | Brisbane, Australia | TKO 4 | | 1946 | | - Feb. 2 | Vic Patrick | Sydney, Australia | KO by 9 | | Australian Welterweight Title | | + May 25 | Clarrie Gordon | Sydney, Australia | W 12 | | + Aug. 31 | Clarrie Gordon | Sydney, Australia | KO 3 | | = Oct. 11 | Jackie Daniels | Brisbane, Australia | Draw 12 | | 1947 | | - Jan. 13 | Ronnie James | Sydney, Australia | LDQ 4 | | + Feb. 3 | Hockey Bennell | Sydney, Australia | KO 4 | | vacant Australian Welterweight Title | | + Mar. 3 | O'Neill Bell | Sydney, Australia | TKO 11 | | + Sept. 22 | Eddie Marcus | Sydney, Australia | KO 8 | | 1948 | | + Mar. 1 | Benny Evans | Sydney, Australia | WDQ 6 | | - Mar. 22 | Benny Evans | Sydney, Australia | L 12 | | + May 3 | Bobby Maloney | Sydney, Australia | KO 3 | | = Sept. 20 | Mickey Tollis | Sydney, Australia | Draw 12 | | + Oct. 18 | Mickey Tollis | Sydney, Australia | W 15 | | Australian Welterweight Title | | 1949 | | - July 11 | Kevin Delaney | Sydney, Australia | L 15 | | Australian Welterweight Title | 1950
Inactive | | 1951 | | + Oct. 2 | Mickey Tollis | Sydney, Australia | TKO 8 | | + Nov. 12 | Don Johnson | Sydney, Australia | TKO 5 | | 1952 | | - Jan. 21 | Len Dittmar | Sydney, Australia | L 15 | | vacant Australian Welterweight Title | | 1953 | | + Apr. 4 | Harry Hayes
| Mount Isa, Australia | TKO 8 | | = June 4 | Harry Hayes
| Sydney, Australia | Draw 12 | | + Aug. 10 | Pran Mikus | Sydney, Australia | W 12 | | - Nov. 30 | George Barnes | Sydney, Australia | KO by 11 | | Australian Welterweight Title | | 1954 | | + Mar. 12 | Frank Donnelly | Tamworth, Australia | KO 6 | | + Mar. 17 | Mickey McDonald | Wollongong, Australia | KO 8 | | + Apr. 28 | Americo Agostini | Newcastle, Australia | W 12 | | - July 27 | George Barnes | Brisbane, Australia | L 15 | | Australian Welterweight Title |
Summary
Total bouts: 77, Won: 62 (43 inside the limit), Lost: 8 (3 inside the limit), Draw: 7, NC: 0
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