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Johnny SUMMERS

Male

(Johnny Somers)
Lightweight, Great Britain, Canning Town, London, England
Born: 21 January 1883, Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain
Died: 28 March 1946
Height: 5ft 5in, mt 1,64

No amateur results

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1900
+ Jan. 1	Jack Carroll	Melbourne, Australia	W 3
+ Feb. 2	Shoey Smith	Melbourne, Australia	W 6
+ Mar. 3	George Whitehouse	Melbourne, Australia	W 6
+ Apr. 4	George Whitehouse	Melbourne, Australia	W 6
+ May 5	P Mallory	Melbourne, Australia	KO 2
+ June 6	Bob Cooper	Melbourne, Australia	KO 2
= July 7	Joe Thomas	Melbourne, Australia	Draw 6
1901
= Apr. 11	Tibby Watson	Sydney, Australia	Draw 20
- Apr. 22	Tibby Watson	Sydney, Australia	L 20
1902
* Jan. 18	Charlie Lampey	Silvertown, Great Britain	ND 3
+ Jan. 23	Ben Neale	Covent Garden, Great Britain	KO 3
+ Jan. 23	Dick Golding	Covent Garden, Great Britain	KO 2
+ Jan. 27	Joe Flogett	Covent Garden, Great Britain	KO 3
= Jan. 27	Sailor Harry Finch	Covent Garden, Great Britain	Draw 3
- Feb. 8	Harry Churchill	Woolwich, Great Britain	L 8
+ Feb. 15	Harry Holmes	Woolwich, Great Britain	TKO 2
+ Mar. 1	George Corfield	Woolwich, Great Britain	W 6
+ Mar. 13	Jack Lamb	Covent Garden, Great Britain	W 6
- Mar. 13	Jim Kenrick	Woolwich, Great Britain	L 6
- Mar. 20	Charlie Barclay	Canning Town, Great Britain	L 8
* Apr. 14	Bert Dowsett	Manor Park, Great Britain	ND 3
- May 3	Charlie Barclay	Woolwich, Great Britain	L 8
* Oct. 18	Jim Bailey	Silvertown, Great Britain	ND 3
+ Oct. 23	Harry Holmes	Woolwich, Great Britain	TKO 2
* Oct. 25	W.W Saville	Silvertown, Great Britain	ND 4
+ Nov. 4	Jack Howe	Mile End, Great Britain	W 3
+ Nov. 6	Sam Evans	Mile End, Great Britain	W 3
+ Nov. 7	Ginger Owen	Mile End, Great Britain	W 3
+ Nov. 7	Bill Lewis	Mile End, Great Britain	W 3
- Nov. 8	Andrew Tokell	Mile End, Great Britain	L 6
- Nov. 15	Bill Lewis	Mile End, Great Britain	TKO by 3
+ Nov. 22	Ginger Owen	Mile End, Great Britain	KO 1
+ Nov. 29	Bill Bruce	Mile End, Great Britain	W 6
* Dec. 1	Matt Palmer	Stamford Hill, Great Britain	ND 3
+ Dec. 13	Cockney Cohen	Mile End, Great Britain	KO 2
= Dec. 20	Dave Morbin	Mile End, Great Britain	Draw 6
+ Dec. 27	Tom King	Mile End, Great Britain	W 6
1903
- Jan. 12	Tom King	Mile End, Great Britain	L 12
= Jan. 17	Meyer Stringer	Mile End, Great Britain	Draw 6
+ Jan. 24	Tom King	Mile End, Great Britain	W 6
+ Feb. 7	Bill Bruce	Mile End, Great Britain	KO 5
= Feb. 12	Jack Fitzpatrick	Canning Town, Great Britain	Draw 6
+ Feb. 16	George Smith	Mile End, Great Britain	TKO 4
= Feb. 21	Jack Fitzpatrick	Mile End, Great Britain	Draw 6
+ Feb. 26	Tom King	Canning Town, Great Britain	W 6
= Mar. 2	Harry Paul	Mile End, Great Britain	Draw 6
+ Mar. 14	Dave Morbin	Mile End, Great Britain	W 6
= Mar. 17	Jack Fitzpatrick	Canning Town, Great Britain	Draw 6
+ Mar. 21	Tom King	Mile End, Great Britain	W 6
+ Mar. 30	Dave Morbin	Mile End, Great Britain	W 6
+ Apr. 11	Wag Ward	Covent Garden, Great Britain	KO 2
- May 2	Charlie Lampey	Mile End, Great Britain	L 6
+ May 5	George Moore	Barking, Great Britain	W 6
= May 11	Cockney Cohen	Mile End, Great Britain	Draw 6
- May 23	Cockney Cohen	Mile End, Great Britain	L 8
+ June 2	George Smith	Epsom, Great Britain	KO 6
= July 4	Wally Morgan	Mile End, Great Britain	Draw 6
= July 11	Bill Stonelake	Mile End, Great Britain	Draw 6
- July 25	Bill Stonelake	Mile End, Great Britain	L 6
- Aug. 8	Harry Paul	Mile End, Great Britain	L 6
- Aug. 10	Bill King	Birmingham, Great Britain	KO by 5
+ Aug. 22	Bill Stonelake	Mile End, Great Britain	W 11
+ Sept. 5	Bill Lampshire	Mile End, Great Britain	W 6
+ Sept. 12	Wally Morgan	Mile End, Great Britain	W 6
+ Sept. 19	Sailor Richardson	Mile End, Great Britain	KO 5
- Nov. 21	Dave Burton	Mile End, Great Britain	L 6
- Dec. 14	Bill Stonelake	Mile End, Great Britain	L 12
+ Dec. 30	Bill Stonelake	Mile End, Great Britain	W 3
- Dec. 30	Wally Morgan	Mile End, Great Britain	L 3
1904
+ Jan. 2	Bill King	Mile End, Great Britain	KO 2
+ Jan. 18	Tom Rippington	Mile End, Great Britain	KO 2
+ Jan. 23	Fred Delaney	Mile End, Great Britain	W 6
= Feb. 6	George Dixon	Mile End, Great Britain	Draw 6
+ Feb. 20	George Moore	Mile End, Great Britain	W 6
+ Mar. 7	George Moore	Mile End, Great Britain	W 6
= Mar. 12	Charlie Lampey	Mile End, Great Britain	Draw 6
+ Mar. 26	Llew Morgan	Mile End, Great Britain	KO 5
= Apr. 18	Jack Roberts	Mile End, Great Britain	Draw 6
+ May 2	'Young' Harry Paul	Mile End, Great Britain	TKO 3
= May 14	Fred Delaney	Woolwich, Great Britain	Draw 6
= May 30	Young Joseph	Mile End, Great Britain	Draw 15
+ July 9	Bert Adams	Mile End, Great Britain	W 6
= Oct. 8	Wally Morgan	Mile End, Great Britain	Draw 6
= Oct. 11	Joe Goodwin	Mile End, Great Britain	Draw 6
* Oct. 25	Ginger Elliott	Hackney, Great Britain	ND 3
+ Oct. 31	Dave Burton	Covent Garden, Great Britain	W 6
+ Nov. 5	Young Joseph	Mile End, Great Britain	W 6
+ Nov. 19	Jim Williams	Mile End, Great Britain	KO 1
* Nov. 29	Ginger Elliott	Hackney, Great Britain	ND 6
- Dec. 5	Young Joseph	Mile End, Great Britain	L 15
- Dec. 12	Jim Driscoll	Covent Garden, Great Britain	LDQ 2
1905
+ Mar. 4	George Cooper	Mile End, Great Britain	W 6
+ Mar. 18	Alf Fielder	Mile End, Great Britain	W 6
- Apr. 8	Young Joseph	Mile End, Great Britain	L 6
+ Apr. 22	Mike Coppola	Mile End, Great Britain	KO 2
+ May 11	Fred Delaney	Canning Town, Great Britain	KO 5
- Nov. 11	Alf Wood	Mile End, Great Britain	L 10
+ Nov. 18	Alf Wood	Mile End, Great Britain	W 6
+ Dec. 2	Corporal Jack Saunders	Mile End, Great Britain	W 6
* Dec. 4	Jack Letts	Covent Garden, Great Britain	ND 4
1906
+ Jan. 29	Spike Robson	Covent Garden, Great Britain	W 20
+ Feb. 12	Boss Edwards	Hoxton, Great Britain	W 6
* Feb. 27	E.A Pearman	Rotherhithe, Great Britain	ND 3
* Mar. 5	Alf Miner	Cardiff, Great Britain	ND 3
* Mar. 6	Jim Driscoll	Cardiff, Great Britain	ND 3
+ Mar. 19	Seaman Arthur Hayes	Covent Garden, Great Britain	W 20
* May 8	C Morris	Lambeth, Great Britain	ND 3
* May 14	C Morris	Lambeth, Great Britain	ND 3
+ Oct. 1	Boss Edwards	Covent Garden, Great Britain	W 20
British Featherweight Title
* Oct. 13	Darkey Haley	Woolwich, Great Britain	ND 3
* Dec. 6	Ben Jordan	Mile End, Great Britain	ND 3
* Dec. 8	Ben Jordan	Mile End, Great Britain	ND 3
- Dec. 17	Spike Robson	Covent Garden, Great Britain	LDQ 4
British Featherweight Title
1907
* Jan. 17	Young Lilley	Mile End, Great Britain	ND 3
* Feb. 4	Young Lilley	Lambeth, Great Britain	ND 3
* Feb. 7	Charlie Lampey	Woolwich, Great Britain	ND 3
* Feb. 11	Ben Jordan	Canning Town, Great Britain	ND 3
+ Feb. 12	Bill Mudie	Canning Town, Great Britain	TKO 2
* Feb. 13	Bill Heffermann	Canning Town, Great Britain	ND 3
* Mar. 5	Fred Grace	Rotherhithe, Great Britain	ND 3
* Mar. 11	Young Lilley	Mile End, Great Britain	ND 6
+ Mar. 25	Joe Fletcher	Covent Garden, Great Britain	KO 9
= May 22	Harlem Tommy Murphy	Philadelphia, United States	Draw 6
- June 19	Young Erne	Philadelphia, United States	L 6
= Nov. 1	Bert Keyes	New Haven, United States	Draw 10
- Nov. 30	Willie Moody	Philadelphia, United States	L 6
- Dec. 30	Matty Baldwin	Chelsea, United States	L 12
1908
- Feb. 5	Bert Keyes	New York, United States	L 6
= Feb. 19	Bert Keyes	New York, United States	Draw 6
* Mar. 3	Bert Keyes	Schenectady, United States	ND 6
+ Mar. 9	George Decker	Philadelphia, United States	W 6
* Mar. 11	Battling Hurley	New York, United States	ND 6
- Mar. 23	Harry Baker	New York, United States	L 6
+ Apr. 3	Soldier Burns	Baltimore, United States	KO 13
+ Apr. 30	Kid Sullivan	Baltimore, United States	KO 9
* June 1	Jack Ward	Covent Garden, Great Britain	ND 3
+ June 13	Henri Piet	Paris, France	KO 4
+ June 15	Boss Edwards	Birmingham, Great Britain	W 6
+ July 18	Boss Edwards	Mile End, Great Britain	W 6
- Nov. 2	Jimmy Britt	Mile End, Great Britain	L 10
+ Nov. 28	Jack Goldswain	Covent Garden, Great Britain	TKO 14
British Lightweight Title
* Dec. 14	Fred Grace	Covent Garden, Great Britain	ND 3
* Dec. 17	Bob Russell	City of London, Great Britain	ND 3
1909
+ Feb. 22	Jimmy Britt	Covent Garden, Great Britain	W 20
* Apr. 19	Joe Bowker	Covent Garden, Great Britain	KO 3
* May 24	Arthur Lippo	Plymouth, Great Britain	ND 3
+ July 31	Jimmy Britt	West Ham, Great Britain	KO 9
* Aug. 16	Mike Crowley	Lambeth, Great Britain	ND 3
- Nov. 8	Freddie Welsh	Covent Garden, Great Britain	L 20
European and British Lightweight Titles
1910
= Jan. 22	Arthur Olsen	Dubbo, Australia	Draw 10
= Jan. 26	Rudy Unholz	Sydney, Australia	Draw 20
= Mar. 4	Arthur Douglas	Sydney, Australia	Draw 20
+ Apr. 6	Hughie Mehegan	Sydney, Australia	KO 19
Australian Lightweight Title
+ July 23	Rudy Unholz	Brisbane, Australia	KO 9
+ Aug. 13	Bob Whitelaw	Brisbane, Australia	W 20
= Sept. 28	Hughie Mehegan	Sydney, Australia	Draw 20
Australian Lightweight Title
+ Oct. 6	Arthur Douglas	Sydney, Australia	W 20
1911
- Jan. 25	Harry Lewis	Kensington, Great Britain	KO by 4
- Feb. 24	Robert Eustache	Paris, France	LDQ 9
+ Aug. 10	Jack Goldswain	Liverpool, Great Britain	KO 2
+ Sept. 7	Petty Officer Jack Roche	Liverpool, Great Britain	KO 8
= Oct. 5	Harry Duncan	Liverpool, Great Britain	Draw 20
- Nov. 9	Dixie Kid	Liverpool, Great Britain	KO by 2
1912
- Jan. 4	Sid Burns	Liverpool, Great Britain	L 20
+ Feb. 15	Jack Meekins	Liverpool, Great Britain	KO 15
+ Mar. 14	Harry Duncan	Liverpool, Great Britain	W 20
+ Apr. 11	Young Joseph	London, Great Britain	W 20
+ May 9	Sgt. Baker	Liverpool, Great Britain	TKO 7
+ June 17	Arthur Evernden	Covent Garden, Great Britain	TKO 13
vacant British Welterweight Title
= Oct. 26	Jack Morris	Whitechapel, Great Britain	Draw 10
+ Nov. 9	Young Joseph	Whitechapel, Great Britain	TKO 6
+ Dec. 9	Sid Burns	Covent Garden, Great Britain	W 20
British Welterweight Title
1913
+ Mar. 24	Frank Picato	Sydney, Australia	TKO 19
+ Apr. 16	Alf Goodwin	Sydney, Australia	KO 9
+ Apr. 26	Bob Turner	Sydney, Australia	KO 11
- May 17	Harry Stone	Brisbane, Australia	L 20
+ June 11	Sid Burns	Sydney, Australia	W 20
British Empire and British Welterweight Titles
+ Aug. 10	Hock Keys	Auckland, New Zealand	W 15
+ Oct. 11	Arthur Evernden	Melbourne, Australia	W 20
British Empire and British Welterweight Titles
- Nov. 8	Harry Stone	Sydney, Australia	L 20
1914
- Jan. 10	Tom McCormick	Sydney, Australia	L 20
British Empire and British Welterweight Titles
+ Jan. 31	Arthur Evernden	Sydney, Australia	W 20
- Feb. 14	Tom McCormick	Sydney, Australia	KO by 1
British Empire and British Welterweight Titles
- Feb. 28	Alf Morey	Melbourne, Australia	LDQ 7
= June 30	Harry Stone	Kensington, Great Britain	Draw 20
- Dec. 14	Johnny Basham	Covent Garden, Great Britain	KO by 9
vacant British Welterweight Title
1915
- Feb. 4	Johnny Basham	Liverpool, Great Britain	L 15
- Feb. 18	Kid Doyle	Liverpool, Great Britain	L 15
= July 31	Gus Platts	Sheffield, Great Britain	Draw 10
- Nov. 29	Willie Farrell	Covent Garden, Great Britain	L 15
1916
= Mar. 6	Dudley Harris	New Cross, Great Britain	Draw 20
+ Apr. 6	Young Nipper	Purfleet, Great Britain	TKO 8
* Apr. 24	Corporal Billy Fullerton	Hoxton, Great Britain	KO 6
+ May 22	Kid Doyle	Covent Garden, Great Britain	KO 2
+ June 12	Kid Doyle	Liverpool, Great Britain	KO 16
+ July 21	Ben Callicott	Plymouth, Great Britain	W 15
+ Aug. 2	Mog Jenkins	Purfleet, Great Britain	TKO 5
+ Sept. 23	Jack Greenstock	Covent Garden, Great Britain	TKO 12
+ Nov. 13	Hughie Mehegan	Covent Garden, Great Britain	TKO 11
1917
+ Feb. 5	Willie Farrell	Holborn, Great Britain	W 20
+ May 3	Staff Sgt Bill Roullier	Boulogne, France	TKO 9
1918 Inactive
1919
- Apr. 7	Joe Attwood	Covent Garden, Great Britain	L 15
- Apr. 25	Billy Kleck	Paris, France	L 13
- June 23	Bob Marriott	Covent Garden, Great Britain	LDQ 10
vacant British Lightweight Title
1920
+ Oct. 6	Harry Holmes	Canning Town, Great Britain	TKO 6
= Dec. 6	Jim Watts	Canning Town, Great Britain	Draw 20

Summary

Total bouts: 206, Won: 98 (49 inside the limit), Lost: 44 (6 inside the limit), Draw: 32, NC: 30