Record details

Tommy FARR

"Tonypandy Terror"

Heavyweight

Male

Great Britain, Clydach, Wales
Born: March 12, 1913, Blaenclydach, Wales, Great Britain
Died: March 1, 1986
Height: 6ft 1in, mt 1,85
Weight: 191-201 lbs

No amateur results

Professional record


1926
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Dec. 18	Jack Jones	Tonypandy, Great Britain	W 6
+ Dec. 26	Young Snowball	Tonypandy, Great Britain	W 6

1927
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
= Jan. 15	Kid Denham	Tonypandy, Great Britain	Draw 6
* Mar. 12	Dai Davies	Cwmparc, Great Britain	NC 6
- Apr. 2	Alby Davies	Gilfach Goch, Great Britain	L 6
+ Aug. 20	Young Wilkins	Bridgend, Great Britain	W 6
- Sept. 10	Jack Moody	Pontypridd, Great Britain	L 6
= Nov. 19	Cliff Smith	Tonyrefail, Great Britain	Draw 6
= Nov. 22	D Flowers	Pontypridd, Great Britain	Draw 6
+ Nov. 28	Young Grockett	Pontypridd, Great Britain	W 6
+ Dec. 12	Cliff Smith	Cardiff, Great Britain	W 6

1928
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Jan. 21	Evan Lane	Trealaw, Great Britain	L 6
+ Jan. 28	Young Hazell	Pontypridd, Great Britain	W 6
= Feb. 25	Young Grockett	Bridgend, Great Britain	Draw 6
- Apr. 9	Young Grockett	Porthcawl, Great Britain	L 6
* June 30	Young Howe	Tonypandy, Great Britain	NC 6
- July 4	Evan Lane	Blaengwynfl, Great Britain	TKO by 5
- Sept. 29	Alby Davies	Pontypridd, Great Britain	L 4

1929
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 23	Tom Thomas	Ystrad Mynach, Great Britain	W 6
= Mar. 23	Len Jones	Porth, Great Britain	Draw 6
- Apr. 27	Kid Spurdle	Porthcawl, Great Britain	L 6
= May 4	Idris Pugh	Mardy, Great Britain	Draw 10
+ May 8	Herbie Hill	Blaengwynfl, Great Britain	W 8
+ May 18	Tommy Herberts	Llanelli, Great Britain	W 8
= June 1	Trevor Herbert	Ferndale, Great Britain	Draw 10
- June 15	Idris Pugh	Ferndale, Great Britain	L 10
+ Sept. 14	Kid Evans	Tonypandy, Great Britain	W 10
+ Sept. 28	Eddie Worton	Porth, Great Britain	TKO 5
= Oct. 5	Trevor Herbert	Porth, Great Britain	Draw 6
+ Nov. 16	Tommy Howley	Tonypandy, Great Britain	W 10
+ Dec. 21	Billy Jones	Tonypandy, Great Britain	W 10
+ Dec. 26	Cliff Llewellyn	Newport, Great Britain	W 10

1930
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
= Jan. 18	Billy Pritchard	Blaengarw, Great Britain	Draw 10
- Jan. 25	Llew Haydn	Clydach, Great Britain	L 10
+ Apr. 5	Billy Thomas	Penygraig, Great Britain	TKO 4
+ Apr. 12	Emlyn Jones	Tonypandy, Great Britain	W 10
- Apr. 19	Walter Saunders	Tonypandy, Great Britain	L 10
+ May 31	Steve Donoghue	Tonypandy, Great Britain	W 10
- June 14	Josh Sullivan	Llanelli, Great Britain	TKO by 7
+ Dec. 27	Herbie Nurse	Penygraig, Great Britain	W 10

1931
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 2	Jack Powell	Ebbw Vale, Great Britain	WDQ 3
= Feb. 7	Bryn Powell	Blackwood, Great Britain	Draw 10
= Mar. 14	Chris Shea	Bargoed, Great Britain	Draw 10
+ Mar. 28	Jack Powell	Bargoed, Great Britain	W 12

1932
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Aug. 27	Albert Donovan	Tredegar, Great Britain	L 12
= Dec. 30	Jerry Daley	Trealaw, Great Britain	Draw 12
+ Dec. 31	Charlie Bundy	Treherbert, Great Britain	W 15

1933
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Feb. 18	Billy Thomas	Bargoed, Great Britain	L 15
+ Mar. 25	Cyril Bunny Eddington	Trealaw, Great Britain	W 15
+ Apr. 21	Jerry Daley	Trealaw, Great Britain	W 15
+ May 6	Randy Jones	Merthyr Tydfil, Great Britain	TKO 6
+ May 13	Charlie Bundy	Bargoed, Great Britain	W 15
- May 15	Eddie Steele	Crystal Palace, Great Britain	TKO by 7
+ May 20	Billy Thomas	Trealaw, Great Britain	W 15
+ May 22	Tony Arpino	Pontypridd, Great Britain	W 15
+ June 3	George Smith	Merthyr Tydfil, Great Britain	W 15
+ June 26	Gunner Mick Bennett	Cardiff, Great Britain	TKO 5
+ July 1	Tiger Ellis	Tredegar, Great Britain	W 15
+ July 8	Ernie Simmons	Merthyr Tydfil, Great Britain	W 15
+ July 15	Cyril Bunny Eddington	Ebbw Vale, Great Britain	W 15
+ July 22	Randy Jones	Tonypandy, Great Britain	W 15
+ July 29	Jack O'Brien	Belfast, Great Britain	TKO 5
+ Sept. 23	Tom Benjamin	Trealaw, Great Britain	W 15
+ Sept. 30	Charlie Chetwynd	Swansea, Great Britain	TKO 9
+ Oct. 7	Jack Marshall	Merthyr Tydfil, Great Britain	TKO 7
+ Oct. 28	Seaman Albert Harvey	Trealaw, Great Britain	W 15
+ Nov. 4	Steve McCall	Merthyr Tydfil, Great Britain	TKO 12
+ Dec. 2	Leo Evans	Merthyr Tydfil, Great Britain	W 15

1934
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 21	Kid Scott	Belfast, Great Britain	KO 1
- Feb. 1	Eddie Phillips	Holborn, Great Britain	L 15
+ Mar. 26	Jim Winters	Cardiff, Great Britain	W 15
- Apr. 23	Jack Casey	Newcastle, Great Britain	L 12
- May 7	Charley Belanger	Newcastle, Great Britain	L 12
- June 13	Eddie Phillips	Wandsworth, Great Britain	LDQ 3
= Aug. 9	Ernie Simmons	Wimbledon, Great Britain	Draw 10
+ Aug. 22	Charley Belanger	Wandsworth, Great Britain	W 10
+ Sept. 3	Del Fontaine	Swansea, Great Britain	W 12
+ Sept. 14	Charlie Bundy	Trealaw, Great Britain	W 15
- Sept. 19	Dave Carstens	Wandsworth, Great Britain	L 10
+ Oct. 20	Seaman Albert Harvey	Llanelli, Great Britain	TKO 9
+ Oct. 22	Eddie Peirce	Bradford, Great Britain	W 12
+ Dec. 21	Pat McAuliffe	Trealaw, Great Britain	KO 2

1935
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 11	Arthur Novell	Trealaw, Great Britain	KO 1
- Feb. 4	Eddie Phillips	Mountain Ash, Great Britain	L 15
vacant British Light-Heavyweight Title
+ May 8	Manuel Abrew	White City, Great Britain	TKO 6
+ May 13	Eddie Wenstob	Holborn, Great Britain	W 6
+ June 28	Presidio Pavesi	Paris, France	W 10
+ July 20	George Brennan	Leicester, Great Britain	W 8
= Aug. 14	Frank Moody	Cardiff, Great Britain	Draw 15
Welsh Light-Heavyweight Title
+ Oct. 25	George Brennan	Leicester, Great Britain	W 10
+ Nov. 15	Presidio Pavesi	Paris, France	KO 4
+ Dec. 2	Eddie Wenstob	Blackfriars, Great Britain	W 10
+ Dec. 16	Rienus De Boer	Bristol, Great Britain	W 12
+ Dec. 21	Frank Moody	Cardiff, Great Britain	KO 4

1936
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 15	Tommy Loughran	Kensington, Great Britain	W 10
+ Mar. 5	Piet Van Gool	Swansea, Great Britain	W 12
+ Apr. 2	Bob Olin	North Kensington, Great Britain	W 10
= May 18	Jim Wilde	Swansea, Great Britain	Draw 12
+ Sept. 14	Jim Wilde	Swansea, Great Britain	KO 7
+ Dec. 21	Charles Rutz	Kensington, Great Britain	W 12

1937
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 8	Joe Zeeman	Bristol, Great Britain	KO 8
+ Mar. 15	Ben Foord	Harringay, Great Britain	W 15
British and Commonwealth Heavyweight Titles
+ Apr. 15	Max Baer	Harringay, Great Britain	W 12
+ June 15	Walter Neusel	Harringay, Great Britain	KO 3
- Aug. 30	Joe Louis	Bronx, United States	L 15

1938
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Jan. 21	Jim Braddock	New York, United States	L 10
- Mar. 11	Max Baer	New York, United States	L 15
- Dec. 16	Lou Nova	New York, United States	L 15

1939
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Jan. 13	Red Burman	New York, United States	L 10
+ Apr. 13	Red Burman	Harringay, Great Britain	W 12
+ May 17	Larry Gains	Cardiff, Great Britain	TKO 6
+ Nov. 10	Manuel Abrew	Dublin, Ireland	KO 3

1940
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Aug. 7	Zachary Nicholas	Barnstaple, Great Britain	TKO 3


1941-1949 Inactive

1950
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Sept. 27	Jan Klein	Pontypridd, Great Britain	KO 6
+ Nov. 6	Piet Wilde	Leicester, Great Britain	KO 3
- Dec. 4	Lloyd Marshall	Carmarthen, Great Britain	L 10

1951
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Mar. 21	Frank Bell	Porth, Great Britain	KO by 2
+ Apr. 24	Gerry McDermott	Harringay, Great Britain	W 10
+ July 7	Dennis Powell	Shrewsbury, Great Britain	TKO 6
Welsh Area Heavyweight Title
+ Aug. 30	Steve McCall	Bangor, Great Britain	W 10
+ Oct. 4	Robert Eugene	Cardiff, Great Britain	W 10
- Nov. 16	Al Hoosman	Manchester, Great Britain	L 10
+ Dec. 3	Georges Rogiers	Brighton, Great Britain	W 10

1952
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 17	Giorgio Milan	Cardiff, Great Britain	W 10
+ May 26	Georges Rogiers	Abergavenny, Great Britain	W 10
+ July 26	Jo Weidin	Worcester, Great Britain	W 10
+ Sept. 10	Al Hoosman	Cardiff, Great Britain	W 10
- Nov. 2	Werner Wiegand	Dortmund, Germany	L 8

1953
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Mar. 9	Don Cockell	Nottingham, Great Britain	TKO by 7