Record details

	Joe ERSKINE
	Heavyweight Male Great Britain, Cardiff, Wales Born: 26 January 1934 Height: 5ft 11in, mt 1,80

Amateur Results


1952
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
Cardiff, Wales, Dual Match Wales vs British Army, 81 kg
- Feb. 9	Peter Toch	Cardiff, Wales	LPTS
London, England, British ABA National Championships bronze medal, 81 kg
- Apr. 23	Henry Cooper	London, England	LPTS
Tidworth, England, Royal Army Trials finals, 81 kg
- Oct. 8	Henry Cooper	Tidworth, England	LPTS
Aldershot, England, Dual Match Royal Army vs Wales, 81 kg
+ Oct. 31	Henry Cooper	Aldershot, England	WPTS

1953
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
London, England, British ABA National Championships gold medal, +81 kg
+ Apr. 22	Dave Sammons	London, England	WPTS
+ Apr. 24	Albert Halsey	London, England	WPTS
Madrid, Spain, Dual Match Spain vs England, +81 kg
+ June 28	Arizmendi	Madrid, Spain	WPTS
Frankfurt and Fulda, West Germany, Dual Match West Germany vs England, +81 kg
- Sept. 26	Karl Kistner (GER)	Frankfurt, West Germany	LPTS
+ Sept. 28	Wosgien	Fulda, West Germany	WPTS
London, England, Dual Match Great Britain vs France, +81 kg
+ Oct. 28	Bernard Navarre	London, England	WPTS
Dublin, Ireland and Belfast, Northern Ireland, Dual Match Ireland vs Great Britain, +81 kg
+ Nov. 27	Jim Robinson	Dublin, Ireland	WPTS
+ Nov. 30	John Lyttle (IRL)	Belfast, Northern Ireland	WPTS

Professional record


1954
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 9	Alf Price	Hanley, Great Britain	KO 2
+ Mar. 16	Tommy Rogers	Willenhall, Great Britain	KO 2
+ Mar. 22	Frank Walker	Birmingham, Great Britain	WDQ 5
= Apr. 12	Dinny Powell	Cardiff, Great Britain	Draw 6
+ May 1	Frank Walshaw	Newtown, Great Britain	W 6
+ May 11	Mick Cowan	Kensington, Great Britain	W 6
+ June 1	Joe Farley	White City, Great Britain	KO 2
+ June 1	Eddie Keith	White City, Great Britain	KO 2
+ June 1	Denny Ball	White City, Great Britain	W 3
+ July 19	Denny Ball	Cardiff, Great Britain	W 6
+ Sept. 14	Jimmy Moran	Sheffield, Great Britain	W 6
+ Sept. 28	Dennis Lockton	Hanley, Great Britain	W 6
+ Oct. 11	Morrie Bush	Haverfordwest, Great Britain	W 8
+ Nov. 8	Jack Walker	Leicester, Great Britain	KO 1
+ Dec. 7	Cliff Purnell	Walsall, Great Britain	W 8

1955
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 1	Hugh McDonald	Willenhall, Great Britain	TKO 6
+ Feb. 15	Cliff Purnell	Birmingham, Great Britain	W 8
+ Feb. 28	Joe Crickmar	Leicester, Great Britain	W 8
+ Mar. 15	Peter Bates	Birmingham, Great Britain	W 10
+ Apr. 26	Simon Templar	Harringay, Great Britain	TKO 8
+ May 9	Ansell Adams	Leicester, Great Britain	W 10
+ July 18	Henk de Voogd	Cardiff, Great Britain	KO 1
+ Aug. 29	Uber Bacilieri	Cardiff, Great Britain	W 10
+ Sept. 13	Antonio Crosia	White City, Great Britain	KO 8
+ Oct. 10	Al Bernard	Cardiff, Great Britain	TKO 2
+ Nov. 15	Henry Cooper	Harringay, Great Britain	W 10
(Won British Heavyweight Title Eliminator)

1956
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 16	Marcel Limage	Cardiff, Great Britain	W 10
+ Mar. 19	Guenter Nurnberg	Carmarthen, Great Britain	W 10
+ May 7	Dick Richardson	Cardiff, Great Britain	W 10
+ Aug. 27	Johnny Williams	Cardiff, Great Britain	W 15
(Won vacant British Heavyweight Title)

1957
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Feb. 19	Nino Valdes	Kensington, Great Britain	KO by 1
+ May 28	Peter Bates	Doncaster, Great Britain	W 12
+ Sept. 17	Henry Cooper	Harringay, Great Britain	W 15
(Retained British and won vacant Commonwealth Heavyweight Titles)
+ Nov. 25	Joe Bygraves	Leicester, Great Britain	W 15
(Retained Commonwealth Heavyweight Title)

1958
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Feb. 21	Ingemar Johansson	Gothenburg, Sweden	TKO by 13
(For European Heavyweight Title)
- June 3	Brian London	White City, Great Britain	KO by 8
(Lost British and Commonwealth Heavyweight Titles)
+ Nov. 12	Max Brianto	Cardiff, Great Britain	W 10

1959
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 24	Willie Pastrano	Wembley, Great Britain	W 10
+ June 24	Dick Richardson	Porthcawl, Great Britain	W 10
+ Aug. 26	Bruno Scarabellin	Porthcawl, Great Britain	W 10
- Nov. 17	Henry Cooper	Kensington, Great Britain	TKO by 12
(For British and Commonwealth Heavyweight Titles)

1960
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Sept. 22	Jose Gonzalez	Cardiff, Great Britain	TKO 5

1961
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 24	Ulli Ritter	Leicester, Great Britain	W 10
- Mar. 21	Henry Cooper	Wembley, Great Britain	TKO by 5
(For British and Commonwealth Heavyweight Titles)
+ Oct. 2	George Chuvalo	Toronto, Canada	WDQ 5

1962
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Apr. 2	Henry Cooper	Nottingham, Great Britain	TKO by 9
(For British and Commonwealth Heavyweight Titles)
+ Nov. 20	Mariano Echevarria	Leicester, Great Britain	W 10
+ Dec. 12	Alex Barrow	Blackpool, Great Britain	KO 7

1963
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ July 29	Ray Cillien	Cardiff, Great Britain	TKO 4
+ Aug. 10	Freddie Mack	Newtown, Great Britain	W 10
- Oct. 13	Karl Mildenberger	Dortmund, Germany	L 10

1964
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 3	Jack Bodell	Leicester, Great Britain	W 10
+ Apr. 21	Johnny Prescott	Birmingham, Great Britain	W 10
- Oct. 27	Billy Walker	Wembley, Great Britain	L 10