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	Matt WELLS
	Welterweight Male (Matthew Wells) Great Britain, Walworth, London, England Born: 14 December 1886, Walworth, London, England, Great Britain Died: 27 June 1953, Walworth, London, England, Great Britain Height: 5ft 4in, mt 1,62

as an amateur:

ABA lightweight champion 1905, 1906 and 1907
1908 London, England, Olympic Games lightweight semi-finals

No amateur results

Professional record


1905
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
* May 9	Bob Russell	Lambeth, Great Britain	NC 3

1906
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
* Mar. 5	Bob Russell	Cardiff, Great Britain	NC 3


1907-1908 Inactive

1909
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Nov. 4	Battling Lacroix	London, Great Britain	W 10
+ Dec. 20	Bob Russell	Walworth, Great Britain	W 10

1910
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 3	Gunner Hart	London, Great Britain	KO 6
+ Jan. 10	Dick Lee	Holborn, Great Britain	W 6
+ Feb. 19	Sid Stagg	London, Great Britain	W 10
= Mar. 14	Jack Turner	London, Great Britain	Draw 20
= Apr. 14	Young Nipper	London, Great Britain	Draw 6
+ May 5	Smiling Eddie Kelly	Yonkers, United States	W 10
* May 25	Eddie McMahon	Yonkers, United States	NC 10
* June 25	Dick Miller	Yonkers, United States	NC 10
+ June 28	Charley Lawrence	Bronx, United States	W 10
+ July 5	Billy Leary	New York, United States	W 10
+ July 19	Johnny Dohan	Bronx, United States	W 10
- Aug. 8	Paddy Sullivan	New York, United States	L 10
+ Sept. 13	Jimmy Howard	Bronx, United States	WDQ 9

1911
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 27	Freddie Welsh	Covent Garden, Great Britain	W 20
European and British Lightweight Titles
+ June 2	Leach Cross	New York, United States	W 10
+ June 13	Philadelphia Pal Moore	Boston, United States	W 12
+ July 19	Dick Hyland	Albany, United States	W 10
+ July 28	Willie Moody	Philadelphia, United States	W 6
+ Aug. 30	Knockout Brown	New York, United States	W 10
+ Sept. 20	Abe Attell	New York, United States	W 10
+ Oct. 5	Billy Donovan	Toronto, Canada	KO 5

1912
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Apr. 26	Packey McFarland	New York, United States	L 10
+ June 5	Young Abe Brown	Brooklyn, United States	W 10
- June 7	Bobby Wilson	Utica, United States	L 10
+ July 20	Dick Hyland	Albany, United States	W 10
- Sept. 16	Hughie Mehegan	Covent Garden, Great Britain	LDQ 14
- Nov. 11	Freddie Welsh	Covent Garden, Great Britain	L 20
European and British Lightweight Titles
+ Dec. 26	Johnny Basham	Swansea, Great Britain	KO 7

1913
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 24	Hughie Mehegan	Covent Garden, Great Britain	W 20
+ Aug. 9	Hughie Mehegan	Sydney, Australia	W 20
+ Sept. 27	Owen Moran	Sydney, Australia	W 20
- Nov. 3	Hughie Mehegan	Melbourne, Australia	L 20
Australian Lightweight Title
- Nov. 29	Harry Stone	Sydney, Australia	L 20

1914
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Jan. 16	Herb McCoy	Sydney, Australia	L 20
+ Feb. 28	Ray Bronson	Sydney, Australia	TKO 7
+ Mar. 21	Tom McCormick	Sydney, Australia	W 20
British and British Empire Welterweight Titles
+ Oct. 12	Young Nipper	London, Great Britain	W 15

1915
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 21	Gus Platts	Liverpool, Great Britain	W 15
- Mar. 22	Johnny Basham	Kingsway, Great Britain	L 15
- June 1	Mike Glover	Boston, United States	L 12
= July 13	Young Neil	Allentown, United States	Draw 10
+ Aug. 7	Willie Schaefer	Bronx, United States	W 10
+ Oct. 29	Charley White	Milwaukee, United States	W 10
+ Nov. 19	Young Abe Brown	New York, United States	W 10
- Nov. 25	Steve Latzo	Philadelphia, United States	L 6
- Nov. 29	Johnny Griffiths	Akron, United States	L 12
- Dec. 10	Johnny Dundee	New Haven, United States	L 12

1916
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 4	Charley White	Boston, United States	W 12
- Feb. 29	Johnny Griffiths	Columbus, United States	L 12
- Mar. 20	Charley White	Cincinnati, United States	L 10
- Apr. 6	Charley White	Kansas City, United States	L 15
+ Apr. 18	Eddie Murphy	Boston, United States	W 12
- May 16	Johnny Dundee	Boston, United States	L 12
- June 9	Frankie Mack	Rochester, United States	TKO by 10
- July 11	Charley White	Boston, United States	TKO by 5

1917
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Apr. 10	Lockport Jimmy Duffy	Buffalo, United States	L 10
= May 1	Walter Mohr	Albany, United States	Draw 10
- May 25	Lockport Jimmy Duffy	Hamilton, Canada	L 10
+ June 11	Walter Mohr	Rochester, United States	W 10
+ June 16	Phil Bloom	Brooklyn, United States	W 10
+ June 19	Kid Curley	Buffalo, United States	W 10
- Aug. 27	Bryan Downey	Rochester, United States	WDQ 10
- Sept. 17	Bryan Downey	Columbus, United States	WDQ 12
+ Sept. 28	Frankie Nelson	Syracuse, United States	W 10
* Oct. 5	Charley White	Syracuse, United States	NC 9
+ Oct. 9	Young Maxwell	Albany, United States	WDQ 4
+ Oct. 29	Harlem Eddie Kelly	Pittsfield, United States	W 12


1918 Inactive

1919
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Oct. 20	Kid Carter	Covent Garden, Great Britain	W 20
- Nov. 13	Johnny Basham	Holborn, Great Britain	L 20
European, British and Commonwealth Welterweight Titles
- Dec. 26	Ted Kid Lewis	Kensington, Great Britain	TKO by 12

1920
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Mar. 18	Phil Bloom	Holborn, Great Britain	L 15
- Apr. 24	Ted Moore	Plymouth, Great Britain	L 20
+ May 8	Bermondsey Billy Wells	London, Great Britain	W 15
+ June 4	Fred Newberry	London, Great Britain	W 20
+ June 13	Gus Platts	Sheffield, Great Britain	W 20
+ June 26	Joe Attwood	London, Great Britain	TKO 5
- Aug. 7	Ted Moore	London, Great Britain	LDQ 13
+ Nov. 27	Kid Plested	Wallsend, Great Britain	KO 6
+ Dec. 11	Joe Davis	Brighton, Great Britain	TKO 10

1921
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Aug. 31	Seaman James Hall	Plymouth, Great Britain	L 15
+ Oct. 31	Carlos	Covent Garden, Great Britain	TKO 13
- Dec. 29	Ted Moore	London, Great Britain	L 15

1922
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Apr. 17	Stanley Glen	Bow, Great Britain	W 15
+ May 12	Jack Hart	Whitechapel, Great Britain	W 15

Summary

Total bouts: 88, Won: 49 (8 inside the limit), Lost: 30 (3 inside the limit), Draw: 4, NC: 5, ND: 0

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