Sport & Note

Ben FOORD

Male

Heavyweight, South Africa
Born: January 21, 1913, Vrede, North-West, South Africa
Stance: September 29, 1942
Height: 6ft 2 1/2in, mt 1,89

No amateur results

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1932
+ June 4	Billy Miller	Durban, South Africa	KO 3
+ July 9	Dick Mans	Johannesburg, South Africa	KO 2
+ July 23	Bill Greyling	Johannesburg, South Africa	KO 2
+ Aug. 20	Jack Vaney	Brakpan, South Africa	KO 1
- Sept. 3	Johnny Squires	Johannesburg, South Africa	L 6
+ Oct. 8	Big Bill Horn	Johannesburg, South Africa	W 8
+ Nov. 5	Ben Oosthuizen	Durban, South Africa	TKO 2
= Nov. 12	Big Bill Horn	Johannesburg, South Africa	Draw 8
= Dec. 3	Dave Carstens	Johannesburg, South Africa	Draw 8
+ Dec. 17	Alec Storbeck	Johannesburg, South Africa	KO 7
1933
+ Feb. 4	Clyde Chastain	Johannesburg, South Africa	W 10
- Mar. 4	Clyde Chastain	Johannesburg, South Africa	L 10
+ Apr. 8	Clyde Chastain	Durban, South Africa	W 10
+ May 29	Vicente Parrile	Kensington, Great Britain	W 8
+ July 12	Charley Smith	White City, Great Britain	W 10
+ Oct. 23	Tommy Tucker	Sydenham, Great Britain	TKO 2
+ Oct. 30	Hans Schoenrath	Kensington, Great Britain	W 10
+ Nov. 6	Jack London	Sydenham, Great Britain	W 10
1934
- Mar. 8	Jack Petersen	Kensington, Great Britain	TKO by 13
+ Apr. 12	Eddie Phillips	Kensington, Great Britain	KO 8
+ June 25	Willie Storm	Cape Town, South Africa	KO 4
vacant South African Heavyweight Title
+ Aug. 4	Big Bill Horn	Bloemfontein, South Africa	WDQ 3
= Sept. 8	Presidio Pavesi	Johannesburg, South Africa	Draw 10
+ Nov. 26	Alf Luxton	Hull, Great Britain	KO 3
1935
= Feb. 4	Eddie Wenstob	Wembley, Great Britain	Draw 8
+ Feb. 11	Frank Borrington	Leicester, Great Britain	KO 1
+ Feb. 25	Jack London	Plymouth, Great Britain	W 12
- Mar. 11	Norman Baines	Wembley, Great Britain	L 8
+ Mar. 25	Harry Staal	Leicester, Great Britain	TKO 11
+ Mar. 29	Gunner Mick Bennett	Torquay, Great Britain	KO 5
+ May 18	Harry Staal	Leicester, Great Britain	TKO 12
+ June 17	Jack Pettifer	Leicester, Great Britain	TKO 6
- June 25	Gunnar Barlund	Wembley, Great Britain	L 6
+ July 15	Frank Moody	Pontypridd, Great Britain	KO 8
+ Aug. 26	Frank Borrington	Newport, Great Britain	KO 2
+ Aug. 31	Guardsman Brown	Ashby De La Zouch, Great Britain	KO 4
+ Sept. 23	Claudio Villar	Kensington, Great Britain	TKO 4
- Oct. 8	Maurice Strickland	Wembley, Great Britain	TKO by 3
+ Nov. 25	Larry Gains	Leicester, Great Britain	W 12
- Dec. 16	Roy Lazer	Kensington, Great Britain	L 10
1936
+ Jan. 20	Roy Lazer	Leicester, Great Britain	W 12
+ Feb. 10	Tommy Loughran	Leicester, Great Britain	W 10
+ Mar. 9	Larry Gains	Leicester, Great Britain	W 12
+ June 6	George Cook	Cardiff, Great Britain	KO 9
+ June 15	Manuel Abrew	Leicester, Great Britain	KO 5
+ Aug. 17	Jack Petersen	Leicester, Great Britain	TKO 3
British and British Empire Heavyweight Titles
- Nov. 18	Walter Neusel	Harringay, Great Britain	L 15
1937
- Mar. 15	Tommy Farr	Harringay, Great Britain	L 15
British and British Empire Heavyweight Titles
- May 27	Max Baer	Harringay, Great Britain	TKO by 9
1938
- Jan. 30	Max Schmeling	Hamburg, Germany	L 12
- Apr. 16	Walter Neusel	Hamburg, Germany	LDQ 8
- June 21	Eddie Phillips	Harringay, Great Britain	KO by 9
+ July 19	Manuel Abrew	Laxey, Great Britain	WDQ 3
+ Aug. 2	Jim Wilde	Harringay, Great Britain	W 12
- Sept. 21	George James	Cardiff, Great Britain	TKO by 9
1939
+ Aug. 5	Buck Everett	Johannesburg, South Africa	W 10
+ Oct. 7	James J Britt	Johannesburg, South Africa	W 10
1940
- Jan. 20	Tommy Bensch	Johannesburg, South Africa	L 12
South African Heavyweight Title
+ June 15	Tom Porter	Johannesburg, South Africa	W 4

Summary

Total bouts: 59, Won: 40 (22 inside the limit), Lost: 15 (5 inside the limit), Draw: 4, NC: 0