Sport & Note

Jack LONDON

Male

(John George Harper)
Heavyweight, Great Britain, West Hartlepool, Engand
Born: 23 June 1913, Blackpool, England, Great Britain
Died: 19 December 1963, Blackpool, England, Great Britain

father of Brian London

No amateur results

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1931
+ July 10	Barney Stockton	West Hartlepool, Great Britain	KO 1
+ July 18	Battling Manners	West Hartlepool, Great Britain	WDQ 1
+ July 20	Phil Henry	Stockton on Tees, Great Britain	KO 5
+ July 31	Jack Wharton	Middlesbrough, Great Britain	W 10
+ Aug. 22	Jim Williams	Newcastle, Great Britain	W 10
- Aug. 30	Eddie Strawer	Royton, Great Britain	L 12
+ Sept. 12	Corporal Ingledew	West Hartlepool, Great Britain	KO 7
- Sept. 20	Tommy Moore	Barnsley, Great Britain	L 12
- Sept. 28	Jack Smith	West Hartlepool, Great Britain	L 10
- Oct. 16	Tom Powell	West Hartlepool, Great Britain	L 10
- Oct. 20	Willie Duncan	Edinburgh, Great Britain	L 10
+ Oct. 24	Jim Williams	Newcastle, Great Britain	KO 2
- Oct. 26	Frank S Bagley	Newcastle, Great Britain	L 10
+ Oct. 30	Tom Powell	Stockton on Tees, Great Britain	KO 6
- Dec. 14	Chris Rock	Durham, Great Britain	L 12
- Dec. 25	Jack Smith	Backworth, Great Britain	L 10
1932
- Jan. 4	Willie Snowy Unwin	Newcastle, Great Britain	L 10
= Jan. 16	Frank S Bagley	West Hartlepool, Great Britain	Draw 10
+ Jan. 18	Joe Morrison	Newcastle, Great Britain	TKO 5
- Feb. 6	Jack Clansey	West Hartlepool, Great Britain	L 10
+ Mar. 18	Dick Bartlett	West Hartlepool, Great Britain	W 10
= Mar. 26	Frank S Bagley	West Hartlepool, Great Britain	Draw 10
+ Apr. 8	Gunner Jim Ainsley	West Hartlepool, Great Britain	TKO 9
+ Apr. 22	Corporal Dorry	West Hartlepool, Great Britain	KO 1
+ May 6	Dick Bartlett	West Hartlepool, Great Britain	KO 5
+ May 11	Tom Powell	Stockton on Tees, Great Britain	TKO 3
+ May 13	Paul McGuire	West Hartlepool, Great Britain	W 10
- June 24	Charlie McDonald	West Hartlepool, Great Britain	L 12
+ Sept. 10	Bill Brennan	West Hartlepool, Great Britain	KO 3
+ Sept. 23	Guardsman Gater	West Hartlepool, Great Britain	W 12
- Oct. 23	Jack O'Malley	Southwark, Great Britain	TKO by 7
+ Dec. 2	Jack Strongbow	West Hartlepool, Great Britain	TKO 10
1933
+ Jan. 6	Dick Bartlett	West Hartlepool, Great Britain	TKO 6
+ Jan. 16	Charlie McDonald	Newcastle, Great Britain	W 12
+ Jan. 27	Eddie Strawer	West Hartlepool, Great Britain	W 12
+ Feb. 10	Bert Ikin	West Hartlepool, Great Britain	W 10
+ Feb. 27	Jack Morris	Newcastle, Great Britain	TKO 6
* Mar. 24	Les Saunders	West Hartlepool, Great Britain	NC 3
+ Apr. 8	Battling Sam Sullivan	West Hartlepool, Great Britain	TKO 5
- Apr. 10	Gipsy Billy Daniels	Merthyr Tydfil, Great Britain	TKO by 6
+ Apr. 30	Al Conquest	Leeds, Great Britain	W 12
+ May 18	Bobby Shields	Norton on Tees, Great Britain	KO 2
+ May 20	Al Arpino	Merthyr Tydfil, Great Britain	W 15
= May 26	George Slack	West Hartlepool, Great Britain	Draw 12
+ June 5	Battling Sam Sullivan	Newcastle, Great Britain	TKO 7
- June 12	Jack Casey	West Hartlepool, Great Britain	TKO by 10
+ July 3	Con van Leeuwen	West Hartlepool, Great Britain	TKO 8
- July 17	Gipsy Billy Daniels	West Hartlepool, Great Britain	L 12
= July 31	Gipsy Billy Daniels	West Hartlepool, Great Britain	Draw 12
- Aug. 31	Len Johnson	Liverpool, Great Britain	L 12
+ Sept. 25	Johnny Rice	West Hartlepool, Great Britain	WDQ 6
- Nov. 6	Ben Foord	Sydenham, Great Britain	L 10
+ Dec. 4	Seaman Harry Rowles	Crystal Palace, Great Britain	W 12
- Dec. 11	Larry Gains	Newcastle, Great Britain	KO by 2
1934
- Jan. 15	Charley Smith	Crystal Palace, Great Britain	L 12
- Jan. 21	George Slack	Middlesbrough, Great Britain	L 12
+ Feb. 5	Frank Borrington	Crystal Palace, Great Britain	W 10
- Feb. 16	George Slack	Bradford, Great Britain	L 12
- Apr. 29	Bert Melzow	Rotherham, Great Britain	LDQ 11
= May 21	Jack Pettifer	Brighton, Great Britain	Draw 10
- June 4	Charley Belanger	Newcastle, Great Britain	LDQ 8
+ July 16	Jack Strongbow	West Hartlepool, Great Britain	W 12
- July 28	Pierre Charles	Oostende, Belgium	KO by 1
- Oct. 8	Charley Belanger	Hull, Great Britain	KO by 3
+ Oct. 14	Johnny Rice	Southwark, Great Britain	TKO 9
+ Nov. 5	Alex Bell	Crystal Palace, Great Britain	W 10
+ Nov. 18	Alex Bell	Southwark, Great Britain	W 10
+ Dec. 3	Italo Colonello	Southwark, Great Britain	W 10
1935
+ Jan. 3	Frank Borrington	West Ham, Great Britain	W 12
+ Jan. 28	Jack Pettifer	Crystal Palace, Great Britain	KO 4
- Feb. 7	Alex Bell	Edinburgh, Great Britain	LDQ 7
- Feb. 25	Ben Foord	Plymouth, Great Britain	L 12
+ Mar. 7	George Slack	West Ham, Great Britain	TKO 10
+ May 28	Jack Casey	Sunderland, Great Britain	W 12
+ June 17	Helmut Hartkopp	West Hartlepool, Great Britain	KO 2
+ July 29	Charley Smith	Newcastle, Great Britain	TKO 2
+ Oct. 8	Jack Strongbow	Wembley, Great Britain	KO 2
+ Nov. 12	Syd Ginger Hauxwell	Wembley, Great Britain	TKO 4
+ Nov. 12	Johnny Rice	Wembley, Great Britain	W 6
+ Nov. 23	Syd Ginger Hauxwell	Middlesbrough, Great Britain	KO 3
+ Dec. 9	Eddie Steele	West Hartlepool, Great Britain	W 12
1936
+ Jan. 29	Eddie Houghton	Wembley, Great Britain	W 6
+ Feb. 11	Roy Lazer	Brighton, Great Britain	W 12
+ Mar. 2	Frank Borrington	Derby, Great Britain	KO 9
+ Mar. 11	Maurice Strickland	Belfast, Great Britain	W 10
- Mar. 16	Tommy Loughran	Bristol, Great Britain	L 10
+ June 15	Obie Walker	Leicester, Great Britain	W 10
+ Oct. 7	Hans Schoenrath	Charlottenburg, Germany	W 10
* Oct. 19	Larry Gains	Kensington, Great Britain	NC 8
+ Nov. 9	Pat Marrinan	Wembley, Great Britain	WDQ 6
1937
+ Jan. 25	Bob Carvill	West Hartlepool, Great Britain	W 15
- Feb. 3	Harry Staal	York, Great Britain	L 15
+ Mar. 8	Claudio Villar	Bristol, Great Britain	KO 2
+ Mar. 15	George Bennett	Newcastle, Great Britain	KO 2
- May 24	Buddy Baer	Swansea, Great Britain	L 10
+ July 19	Jim Wilde	Swansea, Great Britain	KO 3
+ Nov. 29	Manuel Abrew	Harringay, Great Britain	KO 6
1938
+ Feb. 7	Hans Schoenrath	Bristol, Great Britain	W 10
+ Apr. 11	Harry Staal	Bristol, Great Britain	W 10
- June 27	Al Delaney	New Cross, Great Britain	LDQ 4
+ July 15	Harry Lister	Easington, Great Britain	WDQ 10
+ Aug. 4	Joe Zeeman	West Hartlepool, Great Britain	KO 3
+ Aug. 22	Charlie Bundy	West Hartlepool, Great Britain	KO 3
+ Sept. 2	Al Delaney	Manchester, Great Britain	W 10
+ Dec. 12	Alf Luxton	West Hartlepool, Great Britain	TKO 1
+ Dec. 18	George Cook	Southwark, Great Britain	KO 2
1939
+ Mar. 2	Al Delaney	Kensington, Great Britain	KO 8
+ Apr. 3	George James	Mountain Ash, Great Britain	W 12
+ Aug. 10	Louis Verbeeren	West Hartlepool, Great Britain	KO 1
- Nov. 27	Tommy Martin	Kensington, Great Britain	L 10
+ Dec. 9	Tom Reddington	Harringay, Great Britain	TKO 7
1940
+ Apr. 24	Al Robinson	Newcastle, Great Britain	TKO 3
1941
+ Jan. 25	Larry Gains	Liverpool, Great Britain	KO 4
+ Feb. 20	Tom Reddington	Leicester Square, Great Britain	W 6
+ May 28	Larry Gains	Newcastle, Great Britain	KO 3
+ Aug. 1	Tommy Martin	Manchester, Great Britain	W 10
- Dec. 8	Freddie Mills	Kensington, Great Britain	L 10
1942
+ June 6	Larry Gains	Dundee, Great Britain	KO 2
+ Aug. 15	Jim Wilde	Wrexham, Great Britain	TKO 3
1943
+ Mar. 8	Jim Wilde	Wolverhampton, Great Britain	TKO 2
+ Mar. 29	Al Robinson	Leicester, Great Britain	KO 8
1944
+ Mar. 17	George James	Thorney Island, Great Britain	TKO 5
+ Sept. 15	Freddie Mills	Manchester, Great Britain	W 15
vacant British and vacant Commonwealth Heavyweight Titles
1945
+ June 15	Ken Shaw	West Hartlepool, Great Britain	TKO 8
- July 17	Bruce Woodcock	Tottenham, Great Britain	KO by 6
British and Commonwealth Heavyweight Titles
- Aug. 1	Jock Porter	Paisley, Great Britain	L 10
1946
- June 2	Olle Tandberg	Solna, Sweden	L 10
+ Aug. 24	Nick Wolmarans	Johannesburg, South Africa	W 10
+ Sept. 4	Joe Foord	Durban, South Africa	KO 6
1947
+ Feb. 18	Jan Klein	Marylebone, Great Britain	KO 1
+ May 5	Jimmy Britt	West Hartlepool, Great Britain	KO 2
+ May 19	Fernand Honore	Walthamstow, Great Britain	TKO 3
- June 9	Ken Shaw	Manchester, Great Britain	L 12
+ Sept. 9	Al Robinson	Leeds, Great Britain	W 8
+ Oct. 6	Piet Wilde	Nottingham, Great Britain	W 10
1948 Inactive
1949
+ Feb. 7	Reg Andrews	Middlesbrough, Great Britain	W 8
- Mar. 21	Piet Wilde	Middlesbrough, Great Britain	L 8
+ May 2	Reg Andrews	West Hartlepool, Great Britain	W 8
+ June 13	Prosper Beck	West Hartlepool, Great Britain	TKO 5
+ July 25	Don Mogard	West Hartlepool, Great Britain	W 8
- Aug. 29	Vern Escoe	West Hartlepool, Great Britain	TKO by 6
- Nov. 29	Aaron Wilson	Kensington, Great Britain	KO by 1

Summary

Total bouts: 142, Won: 95 (52 inside the limit), Lost: 40 (9 inside the limit), Draw: 5, NC: 2