Sport & Note

Randy TURPIN

Male

"The Leamington Licker"
(Randolph Adolphus Turpin)
Middleweight, Great Britain, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England
Born: 7 June 1928, Leamington Spa, England, Great Britain
Died: 17 May 1966, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, Great Britain
(died of gunshot wounds)
Height: 5ft 10in, mt 1,77

(brother of Dick Turpin and Jackie Turpin)

as an amateur:
1945 British ABA Welterweight Champion
1946 British ABA Middleweight Champion

Amateur fights courtesy of Bob Yalen

Amateur not confirmed result:
1943
+ July 7 F. Walker, Coventry, England, W PTS

Notes:
1. final amateur record was listed as 95-5
2. fought from 1940-1946 (joined Leamington in 1942)
3. in late April 1944 he was listed as having 2 Midland Counties and 2 British Junior titles
4. on 7/21/1944 he was listed as having 39 contests and 6 exhibitions; he had lost to
H. Shoard in his first fight and was undefeated since (38-1)
5. entered the service in late 1945 as a sailor (and became a cook)

Amateur results

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1942
+ Mar. 30	Tom Whelan	Leamington Spa, England	WPTS
+ May 7	Harry Peacock	Nuneaton, England	WPTS
+ May 23	G. Collett	Birmingham, England	WPTS
+ June 13	W. Dawkins	Nuneaton, England	WPTS
+ Nov. 14	J. Mapston	Leamington Spa, England	WTKO 3
+ Dec. 5	H. Shoard	Leamington Spa, England	WPTS
+ Dec. 11	F. Howard	Leicester, England	WPTS
+ Dec. 18	Ginger Peacock	Coventry, England	WPTS
1943
+ Feb. 27	F. Howard	Coventry, England	WPTS
Birmingham, England, Midland Jr. "A" class winner, 112 lbs
+ Apr. 10	W. Westley	Birmingham, England	WKO 2
+ Apr. 10	M. O'Brien	Birmingham, England	WPTS
+ Apr. 10	A. Dominic	Birmingham, England	WKO 1
London, England, ABA National Jr. "A" class winner, 112 lbs
+ May 1	A. Tanswell	London, England	WTKO 1
+ May 1	H. King	London, England	WPTS
+ May 8	H. Higginbottom	Tipton, England	WPTS
+ May 29	H. Tyrell	Birmingham, England	WPTS
+ June 12	G. Acton	Pelsall, England	WPTS
+ July 7	Harry Peacock	Coventry, England	WPTS
+ Aug. 7	G. Peacock	Darlaston, England	WPTS
+ Nov. 6	N. Bown	Tipton, England	WPTS
1944
+ Jan. 15	N. Bown	Nottingham, England	WKO 2
London, England, ABA National Jr. "B" class winner, 133 lbs
+ Apr. 1	E.A. Pratten	London, England	WTKO 1
+ Apr. 1	M. Clark	London, England	WTKO 1
+ Apr. 1	F.H. Fisher	London, England	WTKO 3
+ Apr. 8	F. Beddows	Nottingham, England	WPTS
+ May 13	R. Bebbington	Coventry, England	WPTS
+ May 29	S. Beddows	Pelsall, England	WPTS
+ July 22	S. Beddows	Birmingham, England	WPTS
+ Aug. 26	D. Frost	West Bromwich, England	WPTS
+ Nov. 25	T. Bresner	Coventry, England	WTKO 1
1945
+ Jan. 13	V. Harrison	Coventry, England	WPTS
- Feb. 22	L. Fowler	Leamington Spa, England	LKO 1
Birmingham, England, Midland Jr. "B" class finals, 147 lbs
+ Mar. 3	C. Biddle	Birmingham, England	WKO 1
+ Mar. 3	L. Fowler	Birmingham, England	WKO 1
Sheffield, England, Inter-Area Jr. "B" class winner, 147 lbs
+ Mar. 17	W. Harrison	Sheffield, England	WTKO 3
London, England, ABA National Jr. "B" class winner, 147 lbs
+ Mar. 31	K. Peard	London, England	WTKO 1
+ Mar. 31	K. Aylward	London, England	WTKO 1
+ Apr. 6	L. Fowler	Birmingham, England	WKO 1
+ Apr. 14	L. Bevan	Coventry, England	WKO 2
+ May 26	R. Downey	Coventry, England	WTKO 2
Longbridge, England, Midland Cts. championships winner, 147 lbs
+ June 16	W. Davies	Longbridge, England	WPTS
+ June 16	A.J. Honeyman	Longbridge, England	WTKO 2
+ June 16	D. Harrison	Longbridge, England	WKO 1
Ashton and London, England, ABA National championships winner, 147 lbs
+ June 23	Sgt. Johnny Ryan	Aston, England	WKO 1
+ June 30	S.A. Neal	London, England	WTKO 3
+ June 30	Wally Thom	London, England	WPTS
+ Oct. 20	Wally Thom	Leamington Spa, England	WKO 2
London, England, Dual Match England vs Wales, 147 lbs
- Oct. 23	Sgt. Johnny Ryan	London, England	LPTS
1946
+ Jan. 12	A. Watson	Coventry, England	WKO 2
+ Jan. 19	Stoker Cummins	Longbridge, England	WPTS
Brighton, England, Imperial Svcs. championships winner, 160 lbs
+ Apr. 24	R. Parker	Brighton, England	WPTS
Wembley, England, ABA National championships winner, 160 lbs
+ May 1	Ivor Mitchell	Wembley, England	WTKO 2
+ May 1	Ian Watson	Wembley, England	WTKO 3
Paris, France, Dual Match France vs Great Britain, 160 lbs
= May 11	Aime-Joseph Escudie	Paris, France	Draw
London, England, Dual Match Great Britain vs USA, 160 lbs
+ May 29	Harold Anspach	London, England	WKO 1
+ June 19	Ian Watson	Glasgow, Scotland	WKO 2

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1946
+ Sept. 17	Gordon Griffiths	Harringay, Great Britain	TKO 1
+ Nov. 19	Des Jones	Marylebone, Great Britain	W 6
+ Dec. 26	Bill Blything	Birmingham, Great Britain	KO 1
1947
+ Jan. 14	Jimmy Davis	Marylebone, Great Britain	KO 4
+ Jan. 24	Dai Jones	Birmingham, Great Britain	KO 3
+ Feb. 18	Johnny Best	Marylebone, Great Britain	KO 1
+ Mar. 18	Bert Hyland	Kensington, Great Britain	KO 1
+ Apr. 1	Frank Dolan	Marylebone, Great Britain	KO 2
+ Apr. 15	Tommy Davies	Harringay, Great Britain	KO 2
+ Apr. 28	Bert Sanders	Walthamstow, Great Britain	W 6
+ May 12	Ron Cooper	Oxford, Great Britain	KO 4
+ May 27	Jury Vii	Kensington, Great Britain	W 6
+ June 3	Mark Hart	Harringay, Great Britain	W 6
+ June 23	Leon Fouquet	Coventry, Great Britain	KO 1
+ Sept. 9	Jimmy Ingle	Coventry, Great Britain	KO 3
= Oct. 20	Mark Hart	Harringay, Great Britain	Draw 6
1948
+ Jan. 26	Freddie Price	Coventry, Great Britain	KO 1
+ Feb. 17	Gerry McCready	Harringay, Great Britain	TKO 1
+ Mar. 16	Vince Hawkins	Harringay, Great Britain	W 8
- Apr. 26	Albert Finch	Kensington, Great Britain	L 8
+ June 28	Alby Hollister	Birmingham, Great Britain	W 8
- Sept. 21	Jean Stock	Harringay, Great Britain	TKO by 5
1949
+ Feb. 7	Jackie Jones	Coventry, Great Britain	TKO 5
+ Feb. 21	Doug Miller	Kensington, Great Britain	W 8
+ Mar. 25	Mickey Laurent	Manchester, Great Britain	TKO 3
+ May 3	William Poli	Kensington, Great Britain	WDQ 4
+ June 20	Cyrille Delannoit	Birmingham, Great Britain	TKO 8
+ Aug. 22	Jean Wanes	Manchester, Great Britain	TKO 3
+ Sept. 19	Roy Wouters	Coventry, Great Britain	TKO 5
+ Nov. 15	Pete Mead	Harringay, Great Britain	TKO 4
1950
+ Jan. 31	Gilbert Stock	Kensington, Great Britain	W 8
+ Mar. 6	Richard Armah	Croydon, Great Britain	TKO 6
+ Apr. 24	Gustave Degouve	Nottingham, Great Britain	W 8
+ Sept. 5	Eli Elandon	Watford, Great Britain	KO 2
+ Oct. 17	Albert Finch	Harringay, Great Britain	KO 5
(Won British Middleweight Title)
+ Nov. 13	Jose Alamo Medina	Abergavenny, Great Britain	KO 2
+ Dec. 12	Tommy Yarosz	Harringay, Great Britain	WDQ 8
1951
+ Jan. 22	Eduardo Lopez	Birmingham, Great Britain	KO 1
+ Feb. 27	Luc van Dam	Harringay, Great Britain	KO 1
(Won vacant European Middleweight Title)
+ Mar. 19	Jean Stock	Leicester, Great Britain	TKO 5
+ Apr. 16	Billy Brown	Birmingham, Great Britain	KO 2
+ May 7	Jan de Bruin	Coventry, Great Britain	KO 6
(Retained European Middleweight Title)
+ June 5	Jackie Keough	White City, Great Britain	TKO 7
+ July 10	Sugar Ray ROBINSON	Kensington, Great Britain	W 15
(Won World Middleweight Title)
- Sept. 12	Sugar Ray ROBINSON	New York, USA	TKO by 10
(Lost World Middleweight Title)
1952
+ Feb. 12	Alex Buxton	Harringay, Great Britain	TKO 7
+ Apr. 22	Jacques Hairabedian	Harringay, Great Britain	KO 3
+ June 10	Don Cockell	White City, Great Britain	TKO 11
(Won British and vacant Commonwealth Light-Heavyweight Titles)
+ Oct. 21	George Angelo	Harringay, Great Britain	W 15
(Won vacant Commonwealth Middleweight Title)
1953
+ Jan. 19	Victor d'Haes	Birmingham, Great Britain	KO 6
+ Feb. 16	Doug Miller	Leicester, Great Britain	W 10
+ Mar. 17	Walter Cartier	Kensington, Great Britain	WDQ 2
+ June 9	Charles Humez	White City, Great Britain	W 15
(Regained vacant European Middleweight Title)
- Oct. 21	Bobo Olson	New York, USA	L 15
1954
+ Mar. 30	Olle Bengtsson	Kensington, Great Britain	W 10
- May 2	Tiberio Mitri	Roma, Italy	TKO by 1
(Lost European Middleweight Title)
1955
+ Feb. 15	Ray Schmit	Birmingham, Great Britain	WDQ 8
+ Mar. 8	Jose Gonzalez	Kensington, Great Britain	KO 7
+ Apr. 26	Alex Buxton	Harringay, Great Britain	KO 2
(Regained British and retained Commonwealth Light-Heavyweight Titles)
+ Sept. 19	Polly Smith	Birmingham, Great Britain	W 10
- Oct. 18	Gordon Wallace	Harringay, Great Britain	KO by 4
1956
+ Apr. 17	Alessandro D'Ottavio	Birmingham, Great Britain	TKO 6
+ June 18	Jacques Bro	Birmingham, Great Britain	KO 5
- Sept. 21	Hans Stretz	Hamburg, Germany	L 10
+ Nov. 26	Alex Buxton	Leicester, Great Britain	KO 5
(Regained vacant British Light-Heavyweight Title)
1957
+ June 11	Arthur Howard	Leicester, Great Britain	W 15
(Retained British Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ Sept. 17	Ahmed Boulgroune	Harringay, Great Britain	TKO 9
+ Oct. 28	Sergio Burchi	Birmingham, Great Britain	TKO 2
+ Nov. 25	Uwe Janssen	Leicester, Great Britain	TKO 8
1958
+ Feb. 11	Wim Snoek	Birmingham, Great Britain	W 10
+ Apr. 21	Eddie Wright	Leicester, Great Britain	TKO 7
+ July 22	Redvers Sangoe	Oswestry, Great Britain	TKO 4
- Sept. 9	Yolande Pompey	Birmingham, Great Britain	KO by 2
1959-1962 Inactive
1963
+ Mar. 19	Eddie Marcano	Wisbech, Great Britain	KO 6
1964
+ Sept. 1	Charles Seguna	Valetta, Malta	KO 2

Summary

Total bouts: 75, Won: 66 (45 inside the limit), Lost: 8 (5 inside the limit), Draw: 1, NC: 0