Sport & Note

Benny LYNCH

Male

(Benjamin John Lynch)
Flyweight, Great Britain, Glasgow, Scotland
Born: 2 April 1913, Gorbals, Glasgow, Scotland
(some sources report: Clydesdale, Scotland)
Died: 6 August 1946, Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
Height: 5ft 5in, mt 1,63

No amateur results

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1931
+ Apr. 24	Young Bryce	Glasgow, Great Britain	KO 2
+ Apr. 29	Tommy Murdoch	Glasgow, Great Britain	W 6
- May 23	Packy Boyle	Glasgow, Great Britain	L 6
+ May 30	Peter Sherry	Glasgow, Great Britain	W 6
+ June 11	Young McColl	Glasgow, Great Britain	KO 3
+ June 26	Joe Rivers	Glasgow, Great Britain	W 6
+ July 31	Billy Leggett	Glasgow, Great Britain	W 6
= Aug. 14	Young Donnelly	Glasgow, Great Britain	Draw 8
+ Aug. 22	Jim Devanney	Glasgow, Great Britain	KO 3
- Sept. 4	Young O'Brien	Glasgow, Great Britain	L 6
+ Sept. 12	Jim McKenzie	Glasgow, Great Britain	W 6
= Sept. 18	Tommy Murdoch	Glasgow, Great Britain	Draw 8
- Sept. 25	Paddy Docherty	Glasgow, Great Britain	L 10
= Sept. 26	Joe Boag	Glasgow, Great Britain	Draw 6
- Oct. 1	Paddy Docherty	Glasgow, Great Britain	L 8
+ Oct. 12	Tommy Murdoch	Glasgow, Great Britain	W 8
+ Oct. 15	Young O'Brien	Glasgow, Great Britain	W 4
- Oct. 29	Young Adams	Glasgow, Great Britain	L 8
+ Nov. 6	Mick Cassidy	Glasgow, Great Britain	W 6
+ Nov. 13	Peter Sherry	Glasgow, Great Britain	W 6
+ Nov. 28	Paddy Sweeney	Glasgow, Great Britain	W 6
= Dec. 16	Tommy Murdoch	Glasgow, Great Britain	Draw 10
1932
+ Jan. 1	Charlie Deacon	Greenock, Great Britain	KO 3
+ Feb. 5	Young Hardy	Glasgow, Great Britain	W 6
+ Feb. 11	Jack Riley	Glasgow, Great Britain	W 6
- Feb. 12	Jim Jeffries	Dumbarton, Great Britain	L 6
+ Feb. 20	Kid Murray	Glasgow, Great Britain	W 6
+ Feb. 27	Jimmy Barr	Glasgow, Great Britain	W 6
+ Mar. 11	Scotty Deans	Glasgow, Great Britain	W 6
= Mar. 18	Young McManus	Glasgow, Great Britain	Draw 6
+ Apr. 9	Jim O'Driscoll	Glasgow, Great Britain	W 6
+ Apr. 16	Young Griffo	Glasgow, Great Britain	W 6
+ Apr. 21	Tiger Naughton	Glasgow, Great Britain	W 6
- Apr. 24	Young Griffo	Glasgow, Great Britain	L 6
+ May 21	Scotty Deans	Glasgow, Great Britain	KO 4
+ June 11	Jock Aitken	Glasgow, Great Britain	W 10
- July 8	Freddie Tennant	Glasgow, Great Britain	L 10
= July 15	Tommy Higgins	Blantyre, Great Britain	Draw 10
+ July 28	Jim Jeffries	Blantyre, Great Britain	W 6
+ Aug. 19	Peter Curran	Hamilton, Great Britain	W 10
= Aug. 20	Tony Fleming	Glasgow, Great Britain	Draw 6
+ Sept. 1	Alec Farries	Edinburgh, Great Britain	W 10
+ Sept. 3	Paddy Docherty	Glasgow, Great Britain	W 10
+ Sept. 26	Paddy Docherty	Edinburgh, Great Britain	W 10
= Oct. 7	Jock Aitken	Airdrie, Great Britain	Draw 10
+ Oct. 17	Freddie Tennant	Edinburgh-Leith, Great Britain	W 10
= Oct. 21	Billy Beattie	Hamilton, Great Britain	Draw 6
+ Oct. 29	Alec Farries	Glasgow, Great Britain	W 10
+ Nov. 3	Tommy Higgins	Bridgetown, Great Britain	W 10
+ Nov. 9	George McLeod	Edinburgh, Great Britain	KO 5
= Nov. 17	Paddy Docherty	Glasgow, Great Britain	Draw 10
+ Dec. 1	Paddy Docherty	Glasgow, Great Britain	W 10
+ Dec. 8	Jim Naughton	Glasgow, Great Britain	W 6
= Dec. 21	Freddie Tennant	Glasgow, Great Britain	Draw 10
1933
+ Jan. 11	Dan Conlin	Glasgow, Great Britain	W 10
+ Jan. 25	Freddie Tennant	Dundee, Great Britain	W 10
+ Jan. 28	Joe Green	Edinburgh-Leith, Great Britain	W 10
= Feb. 15	Jock Aitken	Glasgow, Great Britain	Draw 10
+ Mar. 25	Jim Brady	Glasgow, Great Britain	W 12
- Mar. 28	Jimmy Knowles	Dundee, Great Britain	L 12
= Mar. 31	Paddy Docherty	Bridgeton, Great Britain	Draw 10
+ Apr. 19	Walter Lemmon	Glasgow, Great Britain	W 10
= May 2	Jim Brady	Dundee, Great Britain	Draw 12
+ May 3	Freddie Tennant	Glasgow, Great Britain	W 10
+ May 11	Alec Farries	Glasgow, Great Britain	W 8
+ May 24	Jim Maharg	Glasgow, Great Britain	W 12
+ June 14	Billy Warnock	Glasgow, Great Britain	KO 11
+ June 29	Kid Hughes	Glasgow, Great Britain	TKO 9
+ Aug. 17	Alec Farries	Glasgow, Great Britain	KO 4
+ Sept. 8	Joe Cowley	Glasgow, Great Britain	KO 8
+ Oct. 10	Willie Vogan	Edinburgh, Great Britain	KO 2
+ Oct. 24	Boy McIntosh	Edinburgh, Great Britain	TKO 4
+ Oct. 29	Bert Kirby	West Bromwich, Great Britain	W 12
= Nov. 9	Bob Fielding	Liverpool, Great Britain	Draw 10
1934
+ Jan. 30	Jim Brady	Edinburgh, Great Britain	W 12
+ Feb. 8	Fred Webb	Glasgow, Great Britain	KO 3
+ Mar. 21	Carlo Cavagnoli	Glasgow, Great Britain	W 12
+ Apr. 17	George Lowe	Glasgow, Great Britain	TKO 3
+ May 16	Jim Campbell	Glasgow, Great Britain	W 15
+ May 27	Evan Evans	Glasgow, Great Britain	KO 3
+ May 29	Peter Miller	Glasgow, Great Britain	KO 7
+ June 27	Jim Campbell	Glasgow, Great Britain	W 15
+ Aug. 8	Maurice Huguenin	Glasgow, Great Britain	W 12
+ Aug. 30	Jim Brady	Glasgow, Great Britain	W 12
+ Sept. 26	Valentin Angelmann	Glasgow, Great Britain	W 12
+ Oct. 25	Billy Johnstone	Glasgow, Great Britain	KO 5
+ Nov. 7	Pedrito Ruiz	Glasgow, Great Britain	W 12
+ Nov. 12	Peter Miller	Newcastle, Great Britain	KO 8
+ Nov. 29	Johnny Griffiths	Edinburgh, Great Britain	KO 1
+ Dec. 5	Tut Whalley	Dundee, Great Britain	WDQ 8
+ Dec. 13	Sandy McEwan	Edinburgh, Great Britain	W 12
1935
+ Jan. 7	Bobby Magee	Glasgow, Great Britain	W 12
= Mar. 4	Jackie Brown	Glasgow, Great Britain	Draw 12
+ Apr. 15	Tommy Pardoe	Birmingham, Great Britain	TKO 14
+ May 6	Charlie Hazel	Glasgow, Great Britain	KO 2
+ Sept. 9	Jackie Brown	Manchester, Great Britain	TKO 2
NBA-IBU and British Flyweight Titles
+ Dec. 3	Gaston Maton	Glasgow, Great Britain	W 12
+ Dec. 12	Harry Orton	Edinburgh-Leith, Great Britain	W 10
+ Dec. 19	Phil Milligan	Glasgow, Great Britain	W 12
1936
- Mar. 11	Jimmy Warnock	Belfast, Great Britain	L 12
+ May 25	Mickey McGuire	Newcastle, Great Britain	TKO 4
+ May 28	Pat Warburton	Holborn, Great Britain	TKO 3
+ June 16	Syd Parker	Glasgow, Great Britain	KO 9
+ Sept. 16	Pat Palmer	Glasgow, Great Britain	KO 8
NBA-IBU and British Flyweight Titles
+ Nov. 16	Phil Milligan	Manchester, Great Britain	TKO 7
+ Dec. 10	Eric Jones	Holborn, Great Britain	KO 2
1937
+ Jan. 19	Small Montana	Wembley, Great Britain	W 15
vacant World Flyweight Title
+ Feb. 10	Fortunato Ortega	Glasgow, Great Britain	W 12
- Mar. 1	Len Hampston	Manchester, Great Britain	LDQ 5
+ Mar. 22	Len Hampston	Leeds, Great Britain	TKO 10
- June 2	Jimmy Warnock	Glasgow, Great Britain	L 15
+ Aug. 20	Roy Underwood	Glasgow, Great Britain	TKO 6
+ Oct. 13	Peter Kane	Glasgow, Great Britain	KO 13
World and British Flyweight Titles
+ Dec. 13	Georges Bataille	Leicester, Great Britain	TKO 8
1938
+ Feb. 9	Maurice Filhol	Glasgow, Great Britain	TKO 5
= Mar. 24	Peter Kane	Liverpool, Great Britain	Draw 15
World and British Flyweight Titles
+ June 29	Jackie Jurich	Paisley, Great Britain	KO 12
Billed as World Flyweight Title; Lynch forfeited the title at weigh-in
- Sept. 27	KO Morgan	Glasgow, Great Britain	L 10
- Oct. 3	Aurel Toma	Kensington, Great Britain	KO by 3

Summary

Total bouts: 119, Won: 88 (34 inside the limit), Lost: 14 (1 inside the limit), Draw: 17, NC: 0