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
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 |
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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 |
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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 |