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The Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia -- Old Timer

Alex Lafferty

BORN Airdrie, Scotland
HEIGHT 5-3
WEIGHT    118 lbs

Photo Provided By David Roake of the website, http://www.fightersfotos.co.uk
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1909
Mar 17 Johnny "Docker" Donnelly   Glasgow, Scotland                   W 10
Apr 14 Johnny "Docker" Donnelly   Glasgow, Scotland                   L 15
Dec 25 Bill Phalin                Glasgow, Scotland                  KO  4

1910
Feb 14 Young Edge                 Birkenhead, England                 L 10
May  9 Young Edge                 Glasgow, Scotland                   W 20
Sep 19 Albert "Young" Cocksedge   Glasgow, Scotland                  KO  6
Dec  5 Sid Smith                  Glasgow, Scotland                   L 20

1911
Apr  3 Jack Simms                 Leeds, England                      W 15
Apr 13 Tancy Lee                  Edinburgh, Scotland                TK 13
May  5 Joe Fox                    Leeds, England                      W 20
          -Some sources report "W 15"
Sep 14 Peter Cullen               Doncaster, England                 KO  4
Dec 18 "Young" Packey McFarland   Brooklyn, NY                       TK  4

1912
Feb 24 Eddie Sherman              Brooklyn, NY                       ND 10
Mar  9 Mike Carroll               New York, NY                       ND 10
Oct 21 George "Digger" Stanley    London, England                     L 20

1913
Jan 27 Bat McCarthy               Glasgow, Scotland                  KO 14
Mar 13 Frank Warner               Liverpool, England                  W 15
Mar 24 Nat "Young" Brooks         Glasgow, Scotland                   L 20
Apr 28 Louis Ruddick              Leeds, England                      L 20
Sep 22 Sam Kellar                 Glasgow, Scotland                  LT 12
          -Some sources report "TK 12"
Oct 27 Meyer Stringer             Glasgow, Scotland                  TK 15
Nov 24 Nat "Young" Brooks         Glasgow, Scotland                   W 20
Dec  1 Billy Dean                 Newcastle, England                 KO  7

1914
Feb 27 Artie Edwards              Brooklyn, NY                       KO 10
Mar 28 "Battling" Charles Lahn    Brooklyn, NY                       ND 10
Jun 22 Fred Sidney                Newcastle, England                 TK  9
Jul  2 Robert Dastillon           Liverpool, England                  W 15
Jul 30 Robert Dastillon           Liverpool, England                  W 20
Nov 12 Jimmy Berry                Liverpool, England                  L 15
Dec 26 Johnny Maguire             Belfast, Ireland                   TK 14

1915
Feb 22 Joe Fox                    London, England                     L 15
Jul 15 Bill Beynon                Liverpool, England                  D 15
Aug 19 Curley Walker              Liverpool, England                  L 15

1916
Jan  3 Billy Deane                Glasgow, Scotland                  KO  7
Feb  3 Tommy Harrison             Liverpool, England                  D 15
Aug  9 Nat "Young" Brooks         Chelmsford, England                 W 10
Sep  7 Mike Honeyman              Liverpool, England                  L 15

*** The Following Bouts Are Reported But Not Confirmed ***

1908
Nov 30 Harry Brodigan             Glasgow, Scotland                  TK  4
          -Brodigan fought "Young Lafferty"; Was that man "Alex Lafferty" ?
           Some sources report "KO 3" in 1911

1909
       Peter Bannochan                                                D 18
       Jim McCulloch                                                  D  6
       Jack McQuade                                                   W 10
       Jim Easton                                                     D 16
       Chris Harrison                                                 W 10
       Paddy Lee                                                     KO  3
       Arthur Cunningham                                              W 10
       Archie Nichol                                                  W  6
       Jack Thornton                                                  W  6
       Jack McQuade                                                   W  6
       Tom McIvor                                                    KO  9
       Joe Harrison                                                  KO  5
       Peter Bannochan                                                W  4

1910
       Young Currie                                                  KO  5
       Jim Martin                                                    KO  8
       Jack Reynolds                                                 KO  8
       Jim Easton                                                    KO  5
       Jim McCulloch                                                 KO  7
       May Sweeney                                                   KO  6
       Joe Easterman                                                 KO  2
       Jim McIlwraith                                                KO  2
       Jack Docherty                                                 KO  2
       Billy Nelson                                                  KO  1
       Billy Harrison                                                KO  3
       Jack Thornton                                                 KO  2
       Ernie Goodman                                                 KO  1
       Curly Osborne                                                 KO  5
       Jim Brannen                                                   KO  5
       Tom Hendry                                                    KO  1
       Dan Higgins                                                   KO  8
       Peter Thomson                                                 KO  7
       Sammy Wright                                                  KO  7
       Young Daye                                                    KO  6

1911
       Ralph Marshall                                                 D 20
       Young Dominic                                                 KO  5
       Tommy Fishburn                                                KO  6
       Fred Anderson                                                 KO  2
       Sid Smith                                                      L 20
       Billy Hughes                                                  KO  5
       Johnny Hepburn                                                 W 10
       Munroe Grainger                                                W 10
       Nicky Kelly                                                    W 20
       Charlie Burns                                                 KO  5
           -Perhaps, this man was "Charlie Rough House Burns" ?
       Kid Goodman                                                   ND 10
           -Perhaps, this man was "Abe Kid Goodman" ?

1912
       Kid Goodman                                                   ND 10
           -Perhaps, this man was "Abe Kid Goodman" ?
       Fighting Fitzpatrick                                          ND 10
       Nicky Kelly                                                    W 10
       Harry Foster                                                  KO  1
       Billy Green                                                    W 10
       Jack Brown                                                    KO  5
       Johnny McGuire                                                 W 10
       Rags Johnstone                                                KO  5
       Bat McCarthy                                                   W 20
       Frank Warner                                                   W 20

1913
       Kid Driscoll               Glasgow, Scotland                  KO  5
       George Hobbs                                                  KO  7
       Robinson Lindsay           Belfast, Ireland                   KO  4
       Fred Hartey                                                   KO  5
       Private James              Sheffield, England                 KO  2

1914
       Young Ketchel              New York, NY                       KO  2

Review courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization