Tom McCormick (boxer)
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Real name | Thomas McCormick |
Weight(s) | welterweight |
Nationality | Irish ![]() |
Born | 8 August 1890 Dundalk, Ireland |
Died | 6 July 1916 (aged 25) France |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 41 |
Wins | 13 (KO 8) |
Losses | 6 (KO 3) |
Draws | 0 |
No contests | 2 |
Thomas McCormick (8 August 1890 – 6 July 1916), also known by the nickname of "Tom", was an Irish professional welterweight boxer of the 1910s, who won the British welterweight title, British Empire welterweight title, and the World Welterweight Title.
Boxing career highlights[]
On 9 January 1914 McCormick took the British Commonwealth and British Welterweight Title from Johnny Summers in twenty rounds in Sydney, Australia. He lost the title on 21 March 1914 to South London born Jewish boxer Mat Wells in twenty rounds, again in Sydney, Australia. Wells had been a British Lightweight champion and an Olympic Boxing contender who made it to the semi-finals in London in the summer of 1916.[citation needed]
On 24 January 1914 he took the World Welterweight title from Waldemar Holberg at Baker's Pavilion in Melbourne, Australia.[citation needed]
On 10 May 1915 McCormick made another attempt at the British Welterweight title at the National Sporting Club, Covent Garden in London, but lost to title holder Johnny Basham in a hard fought thirteenth round TKO.[1]
Death in World War I[]
McCormick was killed in action on 6 July 1916 while serving in the 12th battalion of the Manchester Regiment in France during World War I.
His grave is unknown and his name is inscribed on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing, Pier and Face 13 A and 14 C.
Professional boxing record[]
41 fights | 29 wins | 10 losses |
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By knockout | 17 | 3 |
By decision | 9 | 6 |
By disqualification | 3 | 1 |
Draws | 2 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round | Date | Location | Notes |
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41 | Loss | 29–10–2 | ![]() |
KO | 14 (20) | 11 Nov 1915 | ![]() |
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40 | Loss | 29–9–2 | ![]() |
PTS | 15 | 2 Sep 1915 | ![]() |
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39 | Win | 29–8–2 | ![]() |
TKO | 9 (10) | 2 Aug 1915 | ![]() |
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38 | Loss | 28–8–2 | ![]() |
TKO | 13 (20) | 5 May 1915 | ![]() |
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37 | Loss | 28–7–2 | ![]() |
DQ | 10 (15) | 20 Nov 1914 | ![]() |
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36 | Loss | 28–6–2 | ![]() |
RTD | 10 (20) | 18 Apr 1914 | ![]() |
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35 | Loss | 28–5–2 | ![]() |
PTS | 20 | 28 Mar 1914 | ![]() |
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34 | Loss | 28–4–2 | ![]() |
PTS | 20 | 21 Mar 1914 | ![]() |
Lost world welterweight title |
33 | Win | 28–3–2 | ![]() |
KO | 1 (20) | 14 Feb 1914 | ![]() |
Retained world welterweight title |
32 | Win | 27–3–2 | ![]() |
DQ | 6 (20) | 24 Jan 1914 | ![]() |
Won world welterweight title |
31 | Win | 26–3–2 | ![]() |
PTS | 20 | 10 Jan 1914 | ![]() |
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30 | Loss | 25–3–2 | ![]() |
PTS | 20 | 8 Sep 1913 | ![]() |
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29 | Win | 25–2–2 | ![]() |
TKO | 6 (15) | 3 Sep 1913 | ![]() |
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28 | Win | 24–2–2 | ![]() |
PTS | 15 | 15 Aug 1913 | ![]() |
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27 | Draw | 23–2–2 | ![]() |
PTS | 15 | 31 Jul 1913 | ![]() |
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26 | Win | 23–2–1 | ![]() |
RTD | 5 (15) | 18 Jul 1913 | ![]() |
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25 | Win | 22–2–1 | ![]() |
DQ | 3 (15) | 27 Jun 1913 | ![]() |
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24 | Win | 21–2–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 15 | 21 May 1913 | ![]() |
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23 | Win | 20–2–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 20 | 21 Apr 1913 | ![]() |
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22 | Win | 19–2–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 15 | 3 Mar 1913 | ![]() |
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21 | Win | 18–2–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 15 | 8 Feb 1913 | ![]() |
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20 | Win | 17–2–1 | ![]() |
KO | 7 (10) | 17 Jan 1913 | ![]() |
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19 | Win | 16–2–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 15 | 29 Nov 1912 | ![]() |
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18 | Win | 15–2–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 20 | 8 Nov 1912 | ![]() |
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17 | Draw | 14–2–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 15 | 18 Oct 1912 | ![]() |
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16 | Win | 14–2 | ![]() |
DQ | 9 (15) | 11 Sep 1912 | ![]() |
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15 | Win | 13–2 | ![]() |
RTD | 2 (15) | 23 Aug 1912 | ![]() |
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14 | Win | 12–2 | ![]() |
RTD | 6 (15) | 9 Aug 1912 | ![]() |
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13 | Win | 11–2 | ![]() |
RTD | 4 (15) | 26 Jul 1912 | ![]() |
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12 | Win | 10–2 | ![]() |
RTD | 7 (15) | 5 Jul 1912 | ![]() |
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11 | Win | 9–2 | ![]() |
KO | 1 (10) | 21 Jun 1912 | ![]() |
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10 | Win | 8–2 | ![]() |
KO | 2 (15) | 20 May 1912 | ![]() |
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9 | Win | 7–2 | ![]() |
TKO | 10 (15) | 4 Mar 1912 | ![]() |
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8 | Win | 6–2 | ![]() |
KO | 1 (?) | 1 Feb 1912 | Location Unknown | |
7 | Win | 5–2 | ![]() |
KO | 6 (10) | 20 Jan 1912 | ![]() |
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6 | Win | 4–2 | ![]() |
KO | 3 (6) | 15 Jan 1912 | ![]() |
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5 | Loss | 3–2 | ![]() |
PTS | 3 | 19 Oct 1911 | ![]() |
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4 | Win | 3–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 3 | 18 Oct 1911 | ![]() |
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3 | Win | 2–1 | ![]() |
KO | 1 (3) | 10 Apr 1911 | ![]() |
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2 | Loss | 1–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 3 | 10 Apr 1911 | ![]() |
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1 | Win | 1–0 | ![]() |
RTD | 2 (3) | 6 Apr 1911 | ![]() |
See also[]
- Lineal championship
- List of welterweight boxing champions
References[]
- ^ "Tom McCormick". BoxRec. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
External links[]
Major titles[]
- 1890 births
- 1916 deaths
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- People from Dundalk
- Welterweight boxers
- Irish male boxers
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Manchester Regiment soldiers