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	Tommy BURNS
	Welterweight Male (Geoffrey Mostyn Murphy) Australia, Gold Coast, Queensland Born: May 19, 1922, Mullumbimby, New South Wales, Australia Died: February 16, 2011, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia Height: 5ft 7 1/2in, mt 1,71

No amateur results

Professional record


1936
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ June 6	Ted Harris	Proston, Australia	KO 2

1937
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
= Oct. 12	Wally Pepper	Lismore, Australia	Draw 4
= Oct. 19	Wally Pepper	Lismore, Australia	Draw 4
+ Nov. 18	Wally Pepper	Lismore, Australia	W 4

1938
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Apr. 27	Eddie Baker	Brisbane, Australia	W 4
+ May 2	Eddie Baker	Brisbane, Australia	W 4
+ May 21	Sonny Close	Brisbane, Australia	W 4
+ June 11	Chris Dowling	Brisbane, Australia	TKO 2
+ June 22	Lyle Law	Brisbane, Australia	W 6
+ July 9	Len Fogarty	Brisbane, Australia	KO 1
+ July 19	Wally Pepper	Casino, Australia	W 4
+ July 30	Ron Baker	Brisbane, Australia	W 6
+ Aug. 10	Eddie Baker	Brisbane, Australia	TKO 2
+ Aug. 27	Ron Baker	Brisbane, Australia	KO 2
+ Sept. 3	Bart Craigon	Brisbane, Australia	KO 1

1939
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 20	Jack Conway	Brisbane, Australia	KO 1
+ Jan. 27	Bart Craigon	Brisbane, Australia	KO 2
+ Feb. 3	Ron Baker	Brisbane, Australia	W 4
+ Mar. 3	Sonny Close	Brisbane, Australia	KO 1
+ Mar. 17	Jack McCann	Brisbane, Australia	KO 1
+ Mar. 31	Bud Andrews	Brisbane, Australia	W 4
= May 19	Lyle Law	Brisbane, Australia	Draw 6
+ June 23	Ron Baker	Brisbane, Australia	KO 2
+ July 7	Bill O'Brien	Brisbane, Australia	W 6


1940 Inactive

1941
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 17	Luke Brown	Lismore, Australia	KO 5
+ Mar. 24	Bob Clapham	Lismore, Australia	KO 5
- Apr. 18	Lyle Law	Brisbane, Australia	TKO by 10
Queensland State Lightweight Title
+ June 13	Paddy Hooper	Brisbane, Australia	KO 3
+ July 18	Jimmy Locke	Brisbane, Australia	KO 5
Queensland State Welterweight Title
+ Aug. 22	Tommy Hunter	Brisbane, Australia	W 12
+ Dec. 12	Jimmy Dundee	Brisbane, Australia	KO 6

1942
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 20	Archie Rash	Brisbane, Australia	KO 3
+ Apr. 24	Tommy Johns	Brisbane, Australia	TKO 9
+ June 19	Jimmy Day	Brisbane, Australia	KO 9
+ Aug. 7	Billy De Belin	Brisbane, Australia	TKO 5
= Aug. 28	Tommy Hunter	Brisbane, Australia	Draw 12
+ Sept. 18	Bill Fadden	Brisbane, Australia	KO 12
+ Oct. 9	Ron Warner	Brisbane, Australia	KO 7
+ Nov. 6	Jimmy Dundee	Brisbane, Australia	KO 1
+ Dec. 18	Rush Milling	Brisbane, Australia	W 12

1943
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 19	Rush Milling	Brisbane, Australia	KO 2
+ Aug. 27	Bobby Rivers	Brisbane, Australia	TKO 4
+ Sept. 18	Terry Reilly	Melbourne, Australia	TKO 7
+ Oct. 29	Tommy Hunter	Brisbane, Australia	KO 10

1944
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ July 14	Carl Dell	Brisbane, Australia	KO 5
+ Aug. 18	Laurie Peterson	Brisbane, Australia	KO 1
Queensland State Welterweight Title
+ Sept. 2	Ron Heron	Sydney, Australia	KO 4
+ Sept. 16	Bill Hebbard	Sydney, Australia	TKO 8
+ Dec. 8	Vic Caltaux	Brisbane, Australia	TKO 5

1945
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Oct. 13	Vic Caltaux	Melbourne, Australia	W 12
+ Nov. 3	Jimmy Brunt	Sydney, Australia	W 12
+ Dec. 28	Al Moran	Brisbane, Australia	TKO 4

1946
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Feb. 2	Vic Patrick	Sydney, Australia	KO by 9
Australian Welterweight Title
+ May 25	Clarrie Gordon	Sydney, Australia	W 12
+ Aug. 31	Clarrie Gordon	Sydney, Australia	KO 3
= Oct. 11	Jackie Daniels	Brisbane, Australia	Draw 12

1947
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Jan. 13	Ronnie James	Sydney, Australia	LDQ 4
+ Feb. 3	Hockey Bennell	Sydney, Australia	KO 4
vacant Australian Welterweight Title
+ Mar. 3	O'Neill Bell	Sydney, Australia	TKO 11
+ Sept. 22	Eddie Marcus	Sydney, Australia	KO 8

1948
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 1	Benny Evans	Sydney, Australia	WDQ 6
- Mar. 22	Benny Evans	Sydney, Australia	L 12
+ May 3	Bobby Maloney	Sydney, Australia	KO 3
= Sept. 20	Mickey Tollis	Sydney, Australia	Draw 12
+ Oct. 18	Mickey Tollis	Sydney, Australia	W 15
Australian Welterweight Title

1949
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- July 11	Kevin Delaney	Sydney, Australia	L 15
Australian Welterweight Title


1950 Inactive

1951
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Oct. 2	Mickey Tollis	Sydney, Australia	TKO 8
+ Nov. 12	Don Johnson	Sydney, Australia	TKO 5

1952
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Jan. 21	Len Dittmar	Sydney, Australia	L 15
vacant Australian Welterweight Title

1953
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Apr. 4	Harry Hayes	Mount Isa, Australia	TKO 8
= June 4	Harry Hayes	Sydney, Australia	Draw 12
+ Aug. 10	Pran Mikus	Sydney, Australia	W 12
- Nov. 30	George Barnes	Sydney, Australia	KO by 11
Australian Welterweight Title

1954
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 12	Frank Donnelly	Tamworth, Australia	KO 6
+ Mar. 17	Mickey McDonald	Wollongong, Australia	KO 8
+ Apr. 28	Americo Agostini	Newcastle, Australia	W 12
- July 27	George Barnes	Brisbane, Australia	L 15
Australian Welterweight Title

Summary

Total bouts: 77, Won: 62 (43 inside the limit), Lost: 8 (3 inside the limit), Draw: 7, NC: 0, ND: 0

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