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Vic Toweel
(Victor Anthony Toweel)

BORN   January 28 1928; Benoi, Transvaal, South Africa
DIED August 15 2008; Sydney, NSW, Australia
HEIGHT 5-3
WEIGHT 116 3/4-133 lbs
MANAGERS Mike Toweel, Maurice Toweel

Toweel was a talented boxer who had a very short career; Yet, he was extremely successful; He lost but 3 bouts in his 28 contests in the ring; Vic was a brother of fellow boxers Willie, Jimmy, Fraser and Allan; During his career, he won the Bantamweight Championship of the World, the Bantamweight Championship of the British Empire (Commonwealth), the Featherweight Championship of South Africa and the Bantamweight Championship of South Africa
He defeated such men as Manuel Ortiz, Jackie Paterson, Peter Keenan, Luis Perez Romero, Stan Rowan, Tony Lombard, Fernando Gagnon, Jim Kenny, Dan O'Sullivan, Bobby Boland, Ronnie Clayton, Theo Medina and Ed "Bunty" Doran

Herb Goldman ranked Toweel as the #25 All-Time Bantamweight

 
1949
Jan 29 Johannes Landman           Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica   KO  2
Feb 26 Herbie Andre               Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica   KO  2
Mar 10 Kalla Persson              Germiston, South Africa            KO  1
          -Some sources report 3/19/49
Mar 26 Jimmy Webster              Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica   WF  3
          -Bantamweight Championship of South Africa
May 12 Jackie Johnson             Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica   KO  1
Jun  8 Johnny Holt                Durban, Natal, SAfrica              W  6
          -Some sources report "W 10"
Jun 27 Jackie Johnson             Springs, Transvaal, SAfrica        KO  4
Jun 30 Plassie Fourie             Germiston, Transvaal, SAfrica      KO  1
Aug  6 Tony Lombard               Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    W 12
          -Featherweight Championship of South Africa
Sep 30 Tony Lombard               Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    W 12
          -Featherweight Championship of South Africa
Nov 12 Stan Rowan                 Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    W 15
          -Bantamweight Championship of the British Empire (Commonwealth)
Dec 17 Jackie Paterson            Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    W 10

1950
Apr  8 Fernando Gagnon            Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    W 15
          -Bantamweight Championship of the British Empire (Commonwealth)
May 31 Manuel Ortiz               Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    W 15
          -Bantamweight Championship of the World
Oct 21 Alvaro Nuvoloni            Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    W 10
Nov 13 Ed "Bunty" Doran           Durban, Natal, SAfrica             KO  9
Dec  2 Danny O'Sullivan           Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica   TK 10
          -Bantamweight Championship of the World;
          Bantamweight Championship of the British Empire (Commonwealth)

1951
Jun 16 Fanie van Graan            Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica   KO  2
          -Featherweight Championship of South Africa
Jun 30 Jim Kenny                  Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica   TK  7
Sep  1 Bobby Boland               Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica   KO  1
Nov  2 Georges Mousse             Port Elizabeth, ECape, SAfrica      W 10
Nov 17 Luis Perez Romero          Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    W 15
          -Bantamweight Championship of the World

1952
Jan 26 Peter Keenan               Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    W 15
          -Bantamweight Championship of the World;
          Bantamweight Championship of the British Empire (Commonwealth)
Mar 24 Tony Lombard               Cape Town, WCape, SAfrica          TK  8
          -Featherweight Championship of South Africa
May 31 Theo Medina                Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica   TK  7
Jul 19 Georges Mousse             Harare, Zimbabwe                    D 10
          -Some sources report 7/09/52
Aug 16 Georges Mousse             Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    W 10
          -Some sources report 8/19/52
Nov 15 Jimmy Carruthers           Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica   LK  1
          -Bantamweight Championship of the World;
          Bantamweight Championship of the British Empire (Commonwealth)

1953
Mar 21 Jimmy Carruthers           Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica   LK  10
          -Bantamweight Championship of the World;
          Bantamweight Championship of the British Empire (Commonwealth)
Dec 11 Ronnie Clayton             Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    W 10

1954
Jul 26 Carmelo Costa              Brooklyn, NY                        L 10
Nov  6 Harry Walker               Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica   KO  8
Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization

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