Syd Worgan pugile
- combattimenti
- 128
- vinto
- 69
- perduto
- 45
- pareggiare
- 14
- Stato
- inactive
- Divisione
- lightweight
- Debutto
- 1935-04-13
- Altezza
- -
- Arrivare a
- -
- Età
- 79
- Nato
- 1917-01-01
- Morte
- 1996-07-09
- Nazionalità
- United Kingdom
Syd Worgan (1917 – 9 July 1996) was a professional boxer from Wales. Born in Llanharan Worgan was notable for becoming the Welsh featherweight champion in 1944.Worgan was born in Llanharan in 1917 and was one of six brothers. A coal miner by occupation, he worked at the local pit, Llanharan Colliery. In 1959 he and his wife Dilys became owners of the Bear Inn in Llantrisant and kept the establishment until his retirement in 1985.Although Worgan had no history of boxing in his family, he became interested in the sport when he was given a pair of boxing gloves by his only sister, Elizabeth. He turned professional at the age of 18 and in his career is reported to have fought in approximately 150 bouts, though as of 2010, BoxRec has only 51 recorded contests. He began training in the small Turberville room on Chapel Road just off Llanharan Square, before moving to the High Corner yard. His trainers at this time were Billy Watkins and Bert Harris.On his way to his 1944 challenge for the Welsh featherweight title, Worgan met several of Britain's best fighters. He lost to two lightweight ex-champions, Len Beynon in 1939 and Cuthbert Taylor in 1940, but he also took wins over George Pook, a future South-West featherweight champion and Warren Kendall who would become Welsh lightweight champion in 1948. Worgan made headlines in 1941 when he faced the World number two Ritchie "Kid" Tanner of British Guyana, beating him on points. In 1942 Worgan, now under the management of ex-fighter Billy "Kid" Hughes, faced his most notable adversary Nel Tarleton. Tarleton was the Commonwealth champion who in 1934 lost on points to Freddie Miller for the NBA title in 1934. The match was held at the Royal Albert Hall on 30 March and was scheduled for eight rounds. The match went the distance with Worgan losing on a points decision. Despite being beaten Worgan later commented that 'Nel was one of the greatest in the game.' Worgan faced Tarleton on another two occasions, losing both on points decisions, in Liverpool in 1942 and Nottingham in 1943.On 11 November 1944, Worgan fought Tommy Davies from Nantyglo for the vacant Welsh featherweight title. The fifteen-round match was contested in Newport, south Wales with Worgan taking the bout on points. Worgan continued fighting until 1949 with irregular results. Boxing News wrote of him, "Worgan is worth while watching; he has the uncanny sense of timing. His punches and all his movements are harmonious without being theatrical".
Data | Avversario | Ultimi risultati degli avversari | Luogo | Risultato |
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1948-02-02 | Hal Bagwell | WWWWWW | Ice Rink, Nottingham | LOST Technical knockout |
1947-10-13 | Vernon Ball | WWWLWL | Drill Hall, Neath | LOST Points |
1947-07-31 | Bert Jackson | WWWWWW | The Stadium, Liverpool | LOST Corner retirement |
1947-04-14 | Hal Bagwell | WWWWWW | Wagon Works Canteen, Gloucester | LOST Points |
1947-01-21 | Billy Davies | debut | Drill Hall, Neath | WIN Points |
1946-09-30 | Hal Bagwell | WWWWWW | Corn Exchange, Stroud | DRAW Points |
1946-09-06 | Helge Rasmussen | WWWLW | K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen | LOST KO |
1946-08-05 | Gus Foran | WLLWWW | The Racecourse (Wrexham FC), Wrexham | WIN Points |
1946-06-07 | George Pook | LLLLWW | Town Hall, Torquay | WIN Points |
1946-03-22 | Vernon Ball | LWWWWW | Judge's Hall, Trealaw | DRAW Points |
1946-03-14 | Stan Hawthorne | WWWWWW | The Stadium, Liverpool | LOST Technical knockout |
1946-01-15 | Billy Thompson | WWWW | Seymour Hall, Marylebone | LOST Points |
1945-10-15 | Ben Duffy | WDWWWW | Ice Rink, West Bromwich | DRAW Points |
1945-08-04 | Hal Cartwright | WDWLLD | Molineaux Grounds, Wolverhampton | WIN Points |
1945-02-28 | Richie Kid Tanner | DLWLL | Queensberry Club, Soho | WIN Points |
1945-02-23 | Bert Jackson | WLWLWL | King's Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester | LOST Points |
1945-02-13 | Willie Grey | WLLWD | Vetch Field, Swansea | WIN Points |
1945-01-29 | Ben Duffy | WWLWDL | Delicia Stadium, Birmingham | DRAW Points |
1944-12-18 | Jackie Grimes | DWWW | Alexandra Theatre, Stoke Newington | LOST Points |
1944-12-11 | Al Phillips | WWWWWW | Colston Hall, Bristol | DRAW Points |
1944-10-04 | Dave Crowley | LWWLWW | Queensberry Club, Soho | LOST Points |
1944-09-11 | Tommy Davies | WWWLWL | Athletic Grounds, Newport | WIN Points |
1944-08-08 | Griff Williams | WWWLLW | Drill Hall, Bridgend | WIN Points |
1944-07-17 | Jimmy Smith | WWWWLL | Kent Street Baths, Birmingham | WIN Points |
1944-06-07 | Dave Crowley | WWDWWW | Lime Grove Baths, Shepherd's Bush | WIN Points |
1944-05-29 | Bobby Hinds | LWWLWL | Market Hall, Pontypool | WIN Points |
1944-05-15 | Jack Phillips | WWDLLW | Colston Hall, Bristol | WIN KO |
1944-04-12 | Bert Jackson | LWLLWL | Market Hall, Fleetwood | LOST Points |
1944-03-20 | Ben Duffy | WWWLLW | Colston Hall, Bristol | DRAW Points |
1943-12-15 | Johnny King | LWLLDD | Queensberry Club, Soho | LOST Points |
1943-11-11 | Billy Charlton | LLWLLL | Edmund Rd Drill Hall, Sheffield | LOST |
1943-10-11 | Frank Benson | WWLWWL | Civic Hall, Wolverhampton | WIN Points |
1943-08-02 | Billy Doherty | LLWWWL | Drill Hall, Tredegar | WIN Points |
1943-07-31 | Sam Darkie Sullivan | WLWLLL | St Helens Ground, Swansea | WIN Points |
1943-06-30 | Battling Jim Hayes | WDLLLD | Queensberry Club, Soho | LOST Points |
1943-06-21 | Bert Jackson | WLWLDW | De Montford Hall, Leicester | DRAW Points |
1943-06-14 | Richie Kid Tanner | WWLWLW | Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff | WIN Points |
1943-06-05 | Freddie Cotton | LWLLLL | Drill Hall, Bridgend | WIN KO |
1943-05-24 | Jim Brady | WWWLLL | Big Top, Birmingham | LOST Points |
1943-03-29 | Bert Jackson | WWWLWL | De Montford Hall, Leicester | DRAW Points |
1943-03-15 | Nel Tarleton | WWLWWW | Circus Street Hall, Nottingham | LOST Points |
1943-03-06 | Dennis Chadwick | WLLDLL | Drill Hall, Cardiff | WIN Points |
1942-10-24 | Benny Isaacs | LLLLLL | Drill Hall, Cardiff | WIN Points |
1942-10-08 | Nel Tarleton | LWWLWW | The Stadium, Liverpool | LOST Points |
1942-09-24 | Tommy McGlinchey | WLWLLW | St Andrews Hall, Glasgow | WIN Points |
1942-08-03 | Benny Isaacs | WLLLLL | Workmens Hall, Llanharan | WIN Points |
1942-06-22 | Jim Brady | WWWWWW | Granby Halls, Leicester | LOST Points |
1942-06-13 | Richie Kid Tanner | WWLLWW | Drill Hall, Port Talbot | WIN Points |
1942-05-14 | Bobby Watson | WWLWWD | Edmund Rd Drill Hall, Sheffield | WIN Points |
1942-04-24 | Bert Jackson | WWWWWD | Tower Circus, Blackpool | LOST Technical knockout |
1942-03-30 | Nel Tarleton | WWLWWL | Royal Albert Hall, Kensington | LOST Points |
1942-02-06 | Al Phillips | LWWLWD | Tower Circus, Blackpool | LOST Technical knockout |
1942-02-01 | Joe Davis | WDWWWL | Alexandra Theatre, Stoke Newington | WIN Points |
1942-01-26 | Billy Tansey | LWWLLW | Royal Albert Hall, Kensington | WIN KO |
1942-01-12 | Pancho Ford | LLWLWD | City Hall, Cardiff | WIN Points |
1942-01-09 | George Pook | WWWLWW | Judge's Hall, Trealaw | WIN Corner retirement |
1941-12-08 | Jim Brady | WWWWWL | Royal Albert Hall, Kensington | LOST Points |
1941-11-03 | Jim Brady | WWWWWW | Royal Albert Hall, Kensington | LOST Points |
1941-08-30 | Richie Kid Tanner | LWWLLW | Sports Ground, Ebbw Vale | WIN Points |
1941-07-19 | Warren Kendall | WWWWDD | Gess Pavillion, Pontypool | WIN Points |
1941-07-12 | Harry Thomas | D | Gess Pavillion, Pontypool | WIN Points |
1941-05-24 | Warren Kendall | WWWWWW | Gess Pavillion, Pontypool | DRAW Points |
1941-04-12 | Johnny Darkie Davies | LWDWWL | Gess Pavillion, Pontypool | WIN Points |
1941-01-27 | Edgar Warfield | LLWDLL | Gess Pavilion, Abertillery | WIN Points |
1940-09-07 | Cliff Saunders | WWWWWL | Gess Pavillion, Pontypool | LOST Corner retirement |
1940-08-24 | Cliff Saunders | WDWWWW | Pontypool | LOST Corner retirement |
1940-05-18 | Cuthbert Taylor | LLWLWW | Palace Theatre, Crumlin | LOST Points |
1940-03-16 | Ray Price | LLWLWW | Palace Theatre, Crumlin | WIN Points |
1939-11-16 | Len Beynon | WWWWDW | Market Hall, Carmarthen | LOST Points |
1939-08-20 | Jack Gubbins | WWWDWW | The Arena, Mile End | WIN Points |
1939-08-12 | Doug Coleman | LLLLDW | Princes Theatre, Ystrad Mynach | WIN Points |
1939-07-15 | Young Beckett | LLLLLL | Brackla Street Pavilion, Bridgend | DRAW Points |
1939-03-18 | Pancho Ford | WLWLLL | Viaduct Hotel, Crumlin | WIN Points |
1939-03-11 | Doug Coleman | WDLLLL | Gess Pavilion, Abertillery | WIN Points |
1939-02-27 | Ray Price | WWWWWW | Market Hall, Pontypool | WIN Points |
1939-01-30 | Jean Locatelli | WLLLLL | Adelphi Gardens Pavilion, Paignton | WIN KO |
1939-01-06 | Richie Kid Tanner | WWWWWL | Town Hall, Blackpool | LOST Technical knockout |
1938-12-03 | Young Beckett | LDWLWW | Gess Pavilion, Abertillery | WIN Points |
1938-12-01 | Tommy Barnham | WWWWLW | Harringay Arena, Harringay | WIN Points |
1938-10-31 | George Pook | WWWWWW | Adelphi Gardens Pavilion, Paignton | LOST Points |
1938-09-24 | Evan Phillips | LLWDL | Drill Hall, Bridgend | WIN Points |
1938-08-14 | Young Beckett | WWWWLL | Princes Theatre, Ystrad Mynach | LOST Points |
1938-07-25 | Cuthbert Taylor | WLWDLW | Drill Hall, Bridgend | LOST Points |
1938-06-04 | Young Beckett | LWWWWW | Gess Pavilion, Risca | LOST Points |
1938-05-14 | George Morgan | DLLWWL | Market Hall, Abergavenny | WIN Points |
1938-05-03 | Cuthbert Taylor | LWWWWW | Mannesmann Hall, Swansea | LOST Points |
1938-04-11 | Jean Locatelli | LWWLLL | Pavilion, Mountain Ash | WIN Points |
1938-03-07 | Dave Williams | LLLLLW | Duke of Wellington Hall, Ebbw Vale | WIN Points |
1938-02-21 | Len Beynon | WWWWWW | Pavilion, Mountain Ash | LOST Points |
1938-02-01 | Jerry O'Neil | LLLLLL | Public Hall, Briton Ferry | WIN Points |
1937-12-06 | George Williams | WLWWWD | Pavilion, Mountain Ash | LOST Points |
1937-11-03 | Jean Locatelli | WLLLWW | Westover Ice Rink, Bournemouth | DRAW Points |
1937-10-25 | Renico Simmons | LLLLL | Colston Hall, Bristol | WIN Points |
1937-10-19 | Len Beynon | WWWWLW | Public Hall, Briton Ferry | LOST Points |
1937-10-05 | Mog Mason | WWWWWW | Public Hall, Briton Ferry | WIN Points |
1937-09-20 | Len Pascoe | WLWLWW | Drill Hall, Falmouth | WIN Points |
1937-08-23 | George Williams | WWWLWL | Mannesmann Hall, Swansea | LOST Points |
1937-07-31 | Pancho Ford | LWWWLW | Drill Hall, Pontyclun | WIN Points |
1937-07-26 | Len Beynon | WWWWWW | Mannesmann Hall, Swansea | LOST Points |
1937-06-28 | Iorrie Morris | WWWWWW | Mannesmann Hall, Swansea | WIN Points |
1937-06-26 | Pancho Ford | LLWWWL | Coliseum, Bargoed | LOST Points |
1937-06-05 | Griff Williams | LDLWLW | Town Hall, Maesteg | WIN Points |
1937-05-24 | Ken Ridge | debut | Public Rooms, St Austell | WIN Points |
1937-04-26 | Joe Burt | WLWLDL | Corn Exchange, Plymouth | WIN Points |
1937-04-14 | George Pook | WWLDWD | Scala Sports Hall, Torquay | WIN Points |
1937-04-12 | Billy Williams | debut | Mannesmann Hall, Swansea | WIN Points |
1937-03-08 | Len Williams | WWWLL | Mannesmann Hall, Swansea | WIN Points |
1937-02-27 | Iorrie Morris | LWWWWW | Town Hall, Maesteg | LOST Points |
1936-12-11 | Johnny Griffiths | LDLWLD | Gess Pavillion, Talbot Green | DRAW Points |
1936-12-05 | Al Kid McCoy | WWDWWL | Coliseum, Bargoed | DRAW Points |
1936-11-23 | Dudley Lewis | WLWWW | Mannesmann Hall, Swansea | WIN Points |
1936-11-21 | Al Kid McCoy | LWWDWW | Gess Pavillion, Talbot Green | WIN Points |
1936-11-07 | Gwyn Morris | DLWWLL | Gess Pavillion, Talbot Green | WIN Points |
1936-10-23 | Billy Jones | WWLDLW | Judge's Hall, Trealaw | WIN Points |
1936-10-09 | Al Kid McCoy | WWLLWW | Market Hall, Caerphilly | DRAW Points |
1936-09-18 | Ben Williams | LLLLLL | Gess Pavillion, Talbot Green | WIN Points |
1936-09-11 | Billy Jones | LLWWLD | Gess Pavillion, Talbot Green | WIN Points |
1936-03-28 | Ben Williams | WDLLWL | Gess Pavilion, Ogmore Vale | WIN Points |
1936-03-21 | Doug Coleman | WLLDDW | Workingmens Hall, Blaengarw | WIN Points |
1936-02-28 | Doug Coleman | LWLLDD | Workmens Hall, Llanharan | LOST Points |
1936-01-31 | Carol Taylor | WLWWWW | Gess Pavilion, Ogmore Vale | LOST Points |
1936-01-18 | Islwyn Howells | LLL | Workingmens Hall, Blaengarw | WIN Points |
1936-01-03 | Billy Edmunds | WLLLWW | Judge's Hall, Trealaw | LOST Points |
1935-12-13 | Billy Edmunds | WWLLLW | Workingmens Hall, Blaengarw | LOST Points |
1935-11-22 | Doug Coleman | LW | Judge's Hall, Trealaw | WIN Points |
1935-11-09 | Len Baker | L | Drill Hall, Maesteg | WIN Points |
1935-10-11 | Doug Coleman | debut | Judge's Hall, Trealaw | WIN Points |
1935-04-13 | Jack Davies | W | Gess Pavilion, Bridgend | LOST |