Jimmy Carruthers boxer

Jimmy Carruthers boxer
bouts
25
won
21
lost
4
draw
0
Status
inactive
Division
bantamweight
Debut
1950-08-15
Height
5′ 6″/168cm
Reach
67½″/171cm
Age
61
Born
1929-07-05
Death
1990-08-15
Nationality
Australia

James William Carruthers (5 July 1929 – 15 August 1990) was an Australian boxer, who became world champion in the bantamweight division.Jimmy was the 2009 Inductee for the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame Veterans category.Carruthers's boxing career started as an Australian representative at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. In his first-round match of the bantamweight competition, he fought Fred Daigle of Canada and won on points. He defeated Arnoldo Parés of Argentina in his second match. However, he had sustained an eye injury during his bout with Parés, and had to withdraw from the quarter-final match with the eventual gold medalist Tibor Csík of Hungary.Carruthers joined the professional ranks in 1950, and was an immediate success. By then, he was being managed by Dr. Jim McGirr, and trained by "Silent" Bill McConnell.

Date Opponent Last Opponents' Results Place Result
1962-06-18 Jimmy Cassidy WWLLWW Town Hall, Wellington LOST
1962-03-29 Johnny Jarrett WLLWWL Woodville WIN
Technical knockout
1962-03-09 Louis Magnifico WLLWLL Adelaide WIN
KO
1961-12-15 Don Johnson WLWWWW Festival Hall, Melbourne LOST
Technical knockout
1961-11-20 Wally Taylor WLWWWW Sydney Stadium, Sydney LOST
Points
1961-09-11 Aldo Pravisani DLLLDW Sydney Stadium, Sydney LOST
Points
1954-05-02 Chamroen Songkitrat WWWWWW National Stadium Gymnasium, Bangkok WIN
Points
1954-03-29 Bobby Sinn WWWWWW Sydney Stadium, Sydney WIN
Points
1953-11-13 Pappy Gault WWWLWW Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney WIN
Unanimous decision
1953-03-21 Vic Toweel WWWDWL Rand Stadium, Johannesburg WIN
KO
1952-11-15 Vic Toweel WWWWDW Rand Stadium, Johannesburg WIN
KO
1952-05-12 Johnny O'Brien LLWWLL Sydney Stadium, Sydney WIN
Points
1952-04-07 Ray 'Mustard' Coleman WLWLWW Sydney Stadium, Sydney WIN
Points
1952-03-13 Taffy Sammy Hancock WWWWLW Leichhardt Stadium, Sydney WIN
Technical knockout
1951-11-26 Luis Castillo LLLWDW Sydney Stadium, Sydney WIN
Points
1951-08-27 Enrique Morales DWLLWL Sydney Stadium, Sydney WIN
Technical knockout
1951-05-14 Elley Bennett WWLWWW Sydney Stadium, Sydney WIN
Points
1951-04-02 Billy Herbert LWWWWW Sydney Stadium, Sydney WIN
Technical knockout
1951-03-05 Bobby Scrivano WWLWW Sydney Stadium, Sydney WIN
KO
1951-01-22 Bluey Wilkins LWLLDW Sydney Stadium, Sydney WIN
Points
1950-12-11 Jim McFadden DLLLDW Sydney Stadium, Sydney WIN
Technical knockout
1950-11-20 Keith Francis DWWLWL Sydney Stadium, Sydney WIN
Technical knockout
1950-10-19 Fred Kay WWWLDW Leichhardt Stadium, Sydney WIN
KO
1950-10-13 Ron Wilson WDWLLW West Melbourne Stadium, Melbourne WIN
Technical knockout
1950-08-15 Ted Fitzgerald WWLLLL Leichhardt Stadium, Sydney WIN
Technical knockout