Record details

Billy KELLY

"Spider Kelly"

Featherweight

Male

(aka Billy Spider Kelly)
Great Britain, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Born: 21 April 1932, Derry, Northern Ireland, Great Britain
Died: 7 May 2010, Belfast, Northern Ireland

(son of Jim "Spider" Kelly)

No amateur results

Professional record


1950
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Aug. 2	Peter Walmsley	Morecambe, Great Britain	W 4
+ Aug. 16	Peter Walmsley	Morecambe, Great Britain	W 4

1951
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 21	Pat McCusker	Belfast, Great Britain	KO 2
+ Mar. 7	Maurice Gordon	Belfast, Great Britain	TKO 3
+ Mar. 17	Bob O'Hara	Belfast, Great Britain	W 8
+ Apr. 4	Jackie Molloy	Belfast, Great Britain	KO 6
+ Apr. 14	Nelson Blackburn	Glasgow, Great Britain	W 6
+ Apr. 21	Jackie Molloy	Glasgow, Great Britain	TKO 1
- Apr. 30	Don McTaggart	Ayr, Great Britain	L 8
+ May 26	John Jim Griffen	Belfast, Great Britain	TKO 4
+ June 23	Jim O'Brien	Belfast, Great Britain	TKO 8
+ June 30	Pepi Smith	Belfast, Great Britain	KO 3
+ July 14	Len Shaw	Belfast, Great Britain	W 8
+ July 28	Bobby Dodoo	Belfast, Great Britain	W 8
+ Sept. 5	Harry Croker	Belfast, Great Britain	W 8
- Sept. 15	Hugh Mackie	Derry, Great Britain	TKO by 3
+ Oct. 31	Pat McCoy	Belfast, Great Britain	W 8
+ Nov. 17	Arthur Jarrett	Derry, Great Britain	W 8
+ Dec. 1	Jock Bonas	Belfast, Great Britain	W 8
+ Dec. 22	Joe King	Belfast, Great Britain	TKO 8

1952
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 5	Roy Bennett	Belfast, Great Britain	W 8
+ Jan. 19	Charlie Simpkins	Belfast, Great Britain	W 8
+ Feb. 16	Harry Croker	Derry, Great Britain	W 8
+ Feb. 23	Brian Jelley	Belfast, Great Britain	TKO 4
+ Mar. 22	Dan Don Collie	Belfast, Great Britain	W 8
+ Apr. 12	Bobby Dodoo	Belfast, Great Britain	W 8
+ Apr. 26	Gene Caffrey	Belfast, Great Britain	W 8
+ June 7	Bernard Fairbanks	Belfast, Great Britain	TKO 4
+ June 21	Jack Walton	Belfast, Great Britain	KO 3
+ June 28	Jackie Horseman	Belfast, Great Britain	W 8
+ July 19	Teddy Odus	Derry, Great Britain	W 8
+ Sept. 27	George Lamont	Belfast, Great Britain	W 8
- Oct. 11	Tommy Miller	Belfast, Great Britain	L 8
+ Nov. 29	Eddie Moran	Belfast, Great Britain	TKO 5
= Dec. 27	Jim Travers	Belfast, Great Britain	Draw 8

1953
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 17	Rufus Cobson	Belfast, Great Britain	TKO 5
+ Mar. 7	Denny Dawson	Belfast, Great Britain	W 8
- Apr. 10	Roy Ankrah	Belfast, Great Britain	L 10
+ Apr. 11	Tommy Miller	Belfast, Great Britain	W 8
+ May 2	Tommy Higgins	Belfast, Great Britain	TKO 6
+ May 16	Hugh Mackie	Derry, Great Britain	W 8
+ July 29	John Jim Griffen	Derry, Great Britain	W 12
(Won Northern Ireland Featherweight Title)
+ Aug. 29	Al Young	Belfast, Great Britain	W 8
- Oct. 3	Ronnie Clayton	Belfast, Great Britain	TKO by 9
+ Nov. 21	Eddie McCormick	Belfast, Great Britain	W 10
+ Dec. 8	Hogan Bassey	Harringay, Great Britain	W 8

1954
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 16	Altidoro Polidori	Harringay, Great Britain	TKO 2
- Apr. 10	Roy Ankrah	Belfast, Great Britain	L 10
+ June 11	Jacques Legendre	Belfast, Great Britain	W 10
+ July 17	Juan Cardenas	Belfast, Great Britain	WDQ 6
+ Oct. 2	Roy Ankrah	Belfast, Great Britain	W 15
(Won Commonwealth Featherweight Title)
+ Dec. 11	Juan Oscar Alvarez	Belfast, Great Britain	W 10

1955
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 22	Sammy McCarthy	Belfast, Great Britain	W 15
(Won British and retained Commonwealth Featherweight Titles)
+ Mar. 15	Teddy Peckham	Streatham, Great Britain	W 10
- May 27	Ray Famechon	Dublin, Ireland	L 15
(For European Featherweight Title)
+ Sept. 10	Flaviano Ciancarelli	Belfast, Great Britain	W 10
- Nov. 19	Hogan Bassey	Belfast, Great Britain	KO by 8
(Lost Commonwealth Featherweight Title)
+ Dec. 27	Louis Poncy	Belfast, Great Britain	W 10

1956
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Feb. 4	Charlie Hill	Belfast, Great Britain	L 15
(Lost British Featherweight Title)
+ Feb. 27	Salvator Vangi	Manchester, Great Britain	W 10
- Apr. 21	Charlie Tucker	Belfast, Great Britain	TKO by 7
- Oct. 23	Percy Lewis	Kensington, Great Britain	L 8
+ Dec. 15	Syd Greb	Belfast, Great Britain	W 8

1957
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Mar. 16	Boswell St Louis	Belfast, Great Britain	TKO by 7
- Aug. 15	Willie Toweel	Glasgow, Great Britain	L 10
- Sept. 6	Johnny Mann	Manchester, Great Britain	KO by 8
= Oct. 5	Fernand Nollet	Belfast, Great Britain	Draw 10
+ Nov. 23	Jimmy Brown	Belfast, Great Britain	W 10

1958
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 8	George Martin	Belfast, Great Britain	W 12
- Apr. 19	Ron Hinson	Belfast, Great Britain	L 12
- Sept. 17	Guy Gracia	Glasgow, Great Britain	TKO by 9
- Nov. 29	Louis van Hoeck	Belfast, Great Britain	TKO by 7

1959
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
= Apr. 18	Guy Gracia	Belfast, Great Britain	Draw 10
- June 17	Dave Charnley	Glasgow, Great Britain	LDQ 6
+ Oct. 20	Barney Beale	Wembley, Great Britain	W 10
+ Dec. 5	Ron Hinson	Belfast, Great Britain	W 8

1960
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Feb. 18	Teddy Best	Dublin, Ireland	TKO by 4
- Apr. 23	Johnny van Rensburg	Belfast, Great Britain	L 10
- Aug. 30	Peter Heath	Streatham, Great Britain	TKO by 5
+ Oct. 28	Sammy Etioloja	Cork, Ireland	W 8
- Nov. 24	Darkie Hughes	Cardiff, Great Britain	L 12

1961
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Feb. 24	Brian Jones	Birmingham, Great Britain	L 8
- Dec. 7	Dave Coventry	Liverpool, Great Britain	KO by 2

1962
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
= Mar. 3	Jim McCormack	Belfast, Great Britain	Draw 8

Summary