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Jim KELLY
Male
"Spider Kelly"
(aka Jim Spider Kelly)
Featherweight, Great Britain, Derry, Northern Ireland
Born: 25 February 1912, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, Great Britain
(father of Billy "Spider" Kelly)
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No amateur resultsProfessional record| Date | Opponent | Place | Result | | 1931 | | + Sept. 9 | Johnny Grant | Glasgow, Great Britain | W 10 | | 1932 | | + Dec. 2 | George Kid Socks | Glasgow, Great Britain | W 10 | | 1933 | | - Mar. 11 | Stanley Jehu | Belfast, Great Britain | L 6 | | 1934 | | + May 13 | Jack Garland | Belfast, Great Britain | W 10 | | 1935 | | + Sept. 2 | Frank McAloran | Belfast, Great Britain | TKO 14 | | (Won vacant Northern Ireland Featherweight Title) | | = Sept. 12 | Benny Sharkey | Belfast, Great Britain | Draw 8 | 1936
Inactive | | 1937 | | + Feb. 22 | Nel Tarleton | Belfast, Great Britain | W 10 | | + Mar. 31 | Dick Corbett | Belfast, Great Britain | W 10 | | - June 2 | Ginger Foran | Glasgow, Great Britain | L 10 | | - Oct. 13 | Johnny McGrory | Glasgow, Great Britain | L 10 | | - Nov. 25 | Johnny Cusick | Belfast, Great Britain | L 15 | | + Dec. 27 | George Williams | Belfast, Great Britain | TKO 1 | | 1938 | | + Jan. 24 | Tommy Burns
| Belfast, Great Britain | W 8 | | + Feb. 25 | Dan McAllister | Belfast, Great Britain | KO 3 | | (Retained Northern Ireland Featherweight Title) | | + Mar. 30 | Johnny McGrory | Belfast, Great Britain | W 10 | | + July 23 | Tommy Hyams | Belfast, Great Britain | W 8 | | - Aug. 4 | Johnny Cusick | Dublin, Ireland | L 10 | | + Nov. 23 | Benny Caplan | Belfast, Great Britain | W 15 | | (Won vacant British and vacant Commonwealth Featherweight Titles) | | 1939 | | = Mar. 13 | Tom Smith | Newcastle, Great Britain | Draw 10 | | + Mar. 20 | Billy Charlton | Kensington, Great Britain | W 10 | | + Apr. 27 | Benny Caplan | Kensington, Great Britain | W 10 | | - May 11 | Nel Tarleton | Liverpool, Great Britain | L 12 | | - June 28 | Johnny Cusick | Belfast, Great Britain | TKO by 12 | | (Lost British and Commonwealth Featherweight Titles) | | 1940 | | - Apr. 22 | Jim Keery | Belfast, Great Britain | TKO by 4 | | + Aug. 21 | Dennis Cahill | Belfast, Great Britain | W 10 | | + Dec. 21 | Fred Nipper Morris | Belfast, Great Britain | W 10 | 1941
Inactive | | 1942 | | + Sept. 23 | Jim McCann | Derry, Great Britain | W 8 | 1943-1945
Inactive | | 1946 | | - May 16 | Stan Hawthorne | Newcastle, Great Britain | KO by 1 | | 1947 | | + Jan. 4 | Jim Coates | Belfast, Great Britain | W 8 | | - Sept. 22 | Johnny Kent | Hove, Great Britain | TKO by 4 | | - Nov. 8 | Paddy Dowdall | Belfast, Great Britain | TKO by 6 | | - Dec. 17 | Tommy McMenemy | Derry, Great Britain | L 8 | | + Dec. 27 | Frank Brown | Belfast, Great Britain | KO 2 |
Summary
Total bouts: 33, Won: 19 (4 inside the limit), Lost: 12 (5 inside the limit), Draw: 2, NC: 0
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