Tom Norris boxer

Tom Norris boxer
bouts
26
won
9
lost
16
draw
1
Status
inactive
Division
heavyweight
Debut
1920-09-02
Height
6′ 2″/188cm
Reach
-
Age
-
Born
-
Death
-
Nationality
United Kingdom

Tom Norris was a Welsh professional heavyweight boxer. Born in Clydach Vale in the Rhondda, Norris became the Welsh heavyweight champion in December 1925, losing the title in the rematch to Dick Power some three months later.Norris's first recorded professional bout was against Wally Buckley at Liverpool Stadium on 2 September 1920. Norris lost the contest in the third round through a disqualification. There are no recorded fights for Norris until February 1922 when he faced fellow Welshman Gipsy Daniels at the Drill Hall in Cardiff. Daniels, a future British heavyweight champion, stopped Norris with a knockout in the third round. Norris fought at least twice more in 1922 and both recorded bouts ended in losses. His first was by points decision against Seaman Powell at Pill Athletic Ground in Newport, then a failed challenge for the Welsh heavyweight title versus Trevor Llewellyn. Although the contest against Llewellyn was scheduled for twenty three-minute rounds, Norris again only lasted to the third round, this time losing by a technical knockout. On 3 May, he was back at the Drill Hall, this time facing and beating Billy Prestage, knocking him out with a right hook. Norris met Llewellyn again on 30 August 1924, though this time not for the title. On this occasion Norris won, when he was given the decision after the match went the full distance. He followed this up with a win three weeks later in Liverpool, knocking out local fighter Ike Ingleton. In November 1924 he met Seaman Powell again, at the Pavilion Theatre in Newport; this time the result was a draw.On Boxing Day 1925 Norris was given a second challenge at the Welsh heavyweight title, this time against Crumlin's Dick Power. Fought at the Palace Theatre in Power's home town, the fifteen-round contest ended in the eleventh when Norris stopped his opponent via technical knockout, giving Norris the title. Although now the Welsh champion, his reign was short-lived after Power was given a rematch on 5 April the next year. The fight was held at Taff Vale Park in Pontypridd, and a record crowd turned out to see the two fighters challenge for the title and a purse of £150. The twenty-round match went the distance and the referee gave the decision, and with it the Welsh heavyweight title, to Power.Although there is little recorded evidence of Norris's professional career in the years directly after he lost his Welsh title, in 1928 he travelled to the United States to take on local fighters, mainly in the state of Ohio. In February 2009, the Massillon Evening Independent recorded that Norris had begun his campaign in the States three months earlier, recording eight-straight knockout wins, all under three rounds. Other recorded bouts in America included four fights in Akron, Ohio, in which Norris beat Pat Irish, but lost to Jack Roberts, Ray Young and Tiny Powell.

Date Opponent Last Opponents' Results Place Result
1930-12-26 Tiny Powell WWWWWW Armory, Akron LOST
Points
1929-02-27 Ray Young W Armory, Akron LOST
Points
1929-02-15 Jack Roberts debut Akron LOST
KO
1929-01-30 Pat Irish L Akron WIN
KO
1928-04-03 Joe Clancy debut Jacksonville LOST
KO
1927-05-09 Helmut Siewert LL Alcazar, Edmonton LOST
KO
1927-04-17 Harry Reeve WLDWLL Premierland, Whitechapel LOST
KO
1927-04-11 Jack Gardner debut Scala Sports Hall, Torquay WIN
KO
1927-03-17 Ted Sandwina WWWWWW Premierland, Whitechapel LOST
KO
1926-04-26 Billy Forrest WLLW National Sporting Club, Covent Garden WIN
Points
1926-04-05 Dick Power WWLLLL Taff Vale Park, Pontypridd LOST
Points
1925-12-26 Dick Power WWWWLL Palace Theatre, Crumlin WIN
Technical knockout
1925-03-02 Len Brooks W National Sporting Club, Covent Garden LOST
Corner retirement
1924-12-01 Joe Mullings WWWLWL National Sporting Club, Covent Garden WIN
KO
1924-11-15 Seaman Powell WWLLDW Pavilion Theatre, Stow Hill, Newport DRAW
Points
1924-09-18 Ike Ingleton WLWLWW Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, Liverpool WIN
KO
1924-08-30 Trevor Llewellyn LLLLLW Virginia Hall, Caerphilly WIN
Points
1924-07-19 Arthur Evans L Virginia Park, Caerphilly WIN
1924-05-03 Billy Prestage LWWWLW Drill Hall, Cardiff WIN
KO
1923-04-16 Jack Stanley WWLWW National Sporting Club, Covent Garden LOST
1922-08-19 Trevor Llewellyn LWW Empire Music Hall, Newport LOST
Technical knockout
1922-06-17 Seaman Powell WWWLLD Pill Athletic Grounds, Newport LOST
Points
1922-02-18 Gipsy Daniels LWLWWW Drill Hall, Cardiff LOST
KO
1921-01-15 Emy Thomas WDDWLL Drill Hall, Cardiff LOST
1920-11-22 Joe Phipps debut Drill Hall, Bristol LOST
Technical knockout
1920-09-02 Wally Buckley WWW Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, Liverpool LOST