Record details

John McCormack

"Cowboy McCormick"

Middleweight

Male

Great Britain, Maryhill, Scotland
Born: 9 January 1935, Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
Died: 23 May 2014, Paisley, Scotland, Great Britain

as an amateur:

1956 Melbourne, Australia, Olympic Games super-welterweight bronze medal

Amateur Results


1956
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
Melbourne, Australia, Olympic Games bronze medal, 71 kg
+ Nov. 24	Alexander Webster (RSA)	Melbourne, Australia	WPTS
+ Nov. 28	Ulrich Kienast (FRG)	Melbourne, Australia	WKO 3
- Nov. 30	Jose Torres (PUR)	Melbourne, Australia	LPTS

Professional record


1957
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 20	Dudley Cox	Glasgow, Great Britain	W 6
+ Mar. 26	Cliff Garvey	Edinburgh-Leith, Great Britain	KO 1
+ Apr. 10	Eddie Williams	Paisley, Great Britain	KO 3
+ May 9	Jack Willis	Govan, Great Britain	KO 1
+ May 22	Frank Davis	Glasgow, Great Britain	KO 1
+ May 28	Young Garvin Garraway	Edinburgh-Leith, Great Britain	TKO 3
+ June 26	Wally Scott	Glasgow, Great Britain	TKO 5
+ Aug. 15	Eddie Lennon	Glasgow, Great Britain	KO 2
- Oct. 23	Jimmy Lynas	Glasgow, Great Britain	KO by 5
+ Nov. 28	Evvie Vorster	Glasgow, Great Britain	TKO 7

1958
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 5	Vincent O'Kine	Glasgow, Great Britain	TKO 7
+ Apr. 15	Harry Dodoo	Newcastle, Great Britain	KO 2
+ Apr. 23	Johnny Read	Glasgow, Great Britain	W 8
+ May 5	Attu Clottey	Newcastle, Great Britain	W 8
+ July 2	Len Mullen	Glasgow, Great Britain	W 12
Scottish Middleweight Title
+ Aug. 28	Jimmy Lynas	Paisley, Great Britain	W 8
+ Oct. 9	Martin Hansen	Liverpool, Great Britain	W 10
+ Oct. 16	Jean Ruellet	Paisley, Great Britain	W 8

1959
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 19	Orlando Paso	Newcastle, Great Britain	W 8
+ Feb. 25	Paddy Delargy	Glasgow, Great Britain	TKO 6
+ Mar. 18	Michel Diouf	Paisley, Great Britain	W 10
+ May 7	Gene Johns	Paisley, Great Britain	W 10
+ May 28	Remo Carati	Glasgow, Great Britain	TKO 6
+ Sept. 15	Terry Downes	Wembley, Great Britain	WDQ 8
British Middleweight Title
- Nov. 3	Terry Downes	Wembley, Great Britain	KO by 8
British Middleweight Title

1960
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 9	Tommy Tagoe	Glasgow, Great Britain	KO 3
+ June 18	Giancarlo Garbelli	Milano, Italy	W 10
+ Aug. 10	George Aldridge	Paisley, Great Britain	KO 9
- Aug. 19	Gustav Scholz	Charlottenburg, Germany	L 10
+ Nov. 2	George Benton	Paisley, Great Britain	W 10

1961
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 22	Phil Edwards	Paisley, Great Britain	W 12
+ May 10	Michel Diouf	Glasgow, Great Britain	W 10
+ July 11	Sandy Luke	Wembley, Great Britain	W 8
+ Oct. 17	Harko Kokmeijer	Wembley, Great Britain	W 15
vacant European Middleweight Title

1962
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 5	Heinz Freytag	Frankfurt, Germany	W 15
European Middleweight Title
- Feb. 8	Christian Christensen	Copenhagen, Denmark	LDQ 4
European Middleweight Title
+ June 14	Henry Hank	Glasgow, Great Britain	W 8
+ Sept. 13	Ike White	Glasgow, Great Britain	W 10
- Nov. 26	George Aldridge	Manchester, Great Britain	KO by 6
vacant British Middleweight Title

1963
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Sept. 10	Harry Scott	Wembley, Great Britain	TKO by 5

1964
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 21	Joe Louis	Glasgow, Great Britain	TKO 1
+ Mar. 4	Malcolm Worthington	Paisley, Great Britain	KO 1

1965
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Apr. 29	Bernard Quellier	Glasgow, Great Britain	TKO 6
+ June 10	Chic Calderwood	Paisley, Great Britain	KO 2

1966
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- June 28	John Young McCormack	Kensington, Great Britain	L 10

Summary