Tancy Lee boxer

Tancy Lee boxer
bouts
53
won
41
lost
10
draw
2
Status
inactive
Division
flyweight
Debut
1906-02-10
Height
5′ 2″/157cm
Reach
-
Age
59
Born
1882-01-31
Death
1941-02-08
Nationality
United Kingdom

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James "Tancy" Lee (31 January 1882 – 5 February 1941) was a Scottish professional boxer who competed from 1906 to 1926. He held the IBU world, EBU European and the National Sporting Club’s British flyweight titles in 1915, becoming the first Scot to hold a British title.Born in Leith in 1882, Lee had his first fights as an amateur in 1906. In 1910 he won the ABA bantamweight championship, but was stripped of the title after it was discovered that he had infringed the amateur boxing laws. Undefeated as a professional by 1911 he suffered his first loss when he was stopped in the thirteenth round by Alex Lafferty in a contest for the Scottish bantamweight title. He won the Scottish flyweight title three years later when he beat Dan McGrady (who later changed his name to MacGrady).After beating Tommy Harrison in an eliminator he was to face Percy Jones in October 1914 for the latter's British and World flyweight titles but Jones failed to make the weight; The fight went ahead as a non-title catch-weight fight with Lee stopping Jones in the 14th round.In January 1915 he faced Jimmy Wilde, at the time unbeaten in over 90 fights (according to some sources 103), for the vacant British, European, and IBU World titles at the National Sporting Club, stopping him in the 17th round to become triple champion. He lost the British and World titles nine months later to Joe "Young" Symonds.In February 1916 he beat Johnny Best to take the Scottish bantamweight title, and four months later faced Wilde for the British, European, and World flyweight titles, Wilde stopping him in the 11th round.In December 1916 he successfully defended his Scottish bantamweight title against Lafferty and then moved up to featherweight. In November 1917 he knocked Charlie Hardcastle in the fourth round to become British featherweight champion. Although he lost his next three fights he successfully defended his British title in October 1918 against Joe Conn, and again in February 1919 against Danny Morgan to win the Lonsdale Belt outright.

Date Opponent Last Opponents' Results Place Result
1926-04-02 Johnny Seeley L Waverley Market, Edinburgh DRAW
Points
1921-03-18 Auguste Grassi LWLWLW Hearts Football Ground, Edinburgh LOST
Points
1920-10-25 Mike Honeyman DWLWWW National Sporting Club, Covent Garden LOST
Corner retirement
1920-09-04 Walter Rossi LWWLWL Holmeside Stadium, Sunderland WIN
Corner retirement
1920-06-21 Albert Francis DW Tyneside Stadium, Wallsend WIN
KO
1920-06-09 Fred Jones LWWWWW Olympia, Kensington WIN
1920-05-17 Benny McNeil WLWWWL Holborn Stadium, Holborn WIN
1920-05-07 Arthur (Young) Lippo WDDWLL Cosmopolitan Gymnasium, Plymouth DRAW
Points
1920-04-30 Benny McNeil WWLWWW Holborn Stadium, Holborn WIN
1919-12-24 Louis De Ponthieu WWWWWW Cirque de Paris, Paris LOST
KO
1919-06-09 Sammy Lane DWWWWD Pavilion, Swansea WIN
Technical knockout
1919-05-19 Charlie Stone WLLWLW Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, Liverpool LOST
KO
1919-04-26 Freddie Jacks LLWWWD Synod Hall, Edinburgh WIN
Points
1919-02-24 Danny Morgan WWWWWL National Sporting Club, Covent Garden WIN
Points
1918-11-09 George Clark DLDLL National AC, Glasgow WIN
Points
1918-10-21 Joe Conn WWWWWL National Sporting Club, Covent Garden WIN
KO
1918-01-11 Freddie Jacks WWWLLL Waverley Market, Edinburgh LOST
KO
1918-01-05 Danny Morgan WWLWW Llwynypia Baths, Llwynypia LOST
Points
1917-12-26 Billy Fry WWWWWW Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, Liverpool LOST
Technical knockout
1917-11-05 Charlie Hardcastle WLLWWW National Sporting Club, Covent Garden WIN
KO
1917-09-03 Young Joe Brooks WWLLWL Holborn Stadium, Holborn WIN
Points
1917-05-28 Louis Ruddick DLLWDD Holborn Stadium, Holborn WIN
Points
1917-03-24 Johnny Lafferty WL Celtic Park Stadium, Glasgow WIN
KO
1916-12-14 Johnny Lafferty W Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, Liverpool WIN
Corner retirement
1916-11-16 Tommy Noble WWLLLL Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, Liverpool WIN
Technical knockout
1916-07-17 Jimmy Flood WWDWWD Free Trade Hall, Manchester WIN
Points
1916-06-26 Jimmy Wilde WWWWWW National Sporting Club, Covent Garden LOST
KO
1916-05-05 Joe Symonds LWWLLW Cosmopolitan Gymnasium, Plymouth WIN
Corner retirement
1916-04-13 George Clark LWLWWW Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, Liverpool WIN
Corner retirement
1916-02-17 Johnny Best DLDLDW Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, Liverpool WIN
KO
1915-11-16 Mick O'Beirne WWLLLL Antient Concert Rooms, Dublin WIN
Corner retirement
1915-10-18 Joe Symonds WWWWWW National Sporting Club, Covent Garden LOST
Technical knockout
1915-07-08 Johnny Hughes DLWLLW Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, Liverpool WIN
1915-05-24 Young George Dando LDWWWW Synod Hall, Edinburgh WIN
KO
1915-01-25 Jimmy Wilde WWWWWW National Sporting Club, Covent Garden WIN
Technical knockout
1914-10-19 Percy Jones LWLWWW National Sporting Club, Covent Garden WIN
Corner retirement
1914-05-25 Tommy Harrison WWWLWL National Sporting Club, Covent Garden WIN
Points
1914-04-27 Bill Ladbury WWLLDW New Cross Baths, New Cross WIN
Technical knockout
1914-03-21 Harry O'Neil St James Hall, Newcastle WIN
Technical knockout
1914-03-09 Dan McGrady W National AC, Glasgow WIN
Technical knockout
1913-04-07 Johnny Best LLWWWW Victoria AC, Glasgow WIN
Corner retirement
1912-12-30 Jimmy Hughes debut Victoria AC, Glasgow WIN
KO
1912-11-11 Ralph Marshall WWLWLL National AC, Glasgow WIN
1912-01-02 Young Wright debut Queens Hall, Edinburgh WIN
KO
1911-04-13 Alex Lafferty WLWWLW Olympia, Edinburgh LOST
Technical knockout
1911-03-27 Young Langley debut Olympia, Edinburgh WIN
Points
1911-02-27 Bill Norton WWLLL Victoria AC, Glasgow WIN
KO
1911-02-24 Jack Thornton WD Oxford AC, Glasgow WIN
Technical knockout
1910-12-10 Adam Kid Cunningham W Queen's Drill Hall, Forrest Road, Edinburgh WIN
KO
1906-03-19 Curley Paterson debut Assembly Hall, Leith WIN
Points
1906-02-19 Tom Waddell debut Pavilion Theatre, Edinburgh WIN
Technical knockout
1906-02-12 Jim Hall debut Pavilion Theatre, Edinburgh WIN
Technical knockout
1906-02-10 J Goodall debut Pavilion Theatre, Edinburgh WIN
KO

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