Jimmy Carruthers

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Distinguish". Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English Script error: No such module "Template wrapper".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters". James William Carruthers (5 July 1929 – 15 August 1990) was an Australian boxer, who became the Undisputed Bantamweight World Champion in 1952.

Jimmy was the 2009 Inductee for the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame Veterans category.

Amateur career

Carruthers's boxing career started as an Australian representative at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. In his first-round match of the bantamweight competition, he fought Fred Daigle of Canada and won on points. He defeated Arnoldo Parés of Argentina in his second match. However, he had sustained an eye injury during his bout with Parés, and had to withdraw from the quarter-final match with the eventual gold medalist Tibor Csík of Hungary.[1]

Professional career

Carruthers joined the professional ranks in 1950, and was an immediate success. By then, he was being managed by Dr. Jim McGirr, and trained by "Silent" Bill McConnell.

He won the Australian Bantamweight title in 1951 and then the British Commonwealth and Bantamweight Championship of the world the following year.[2] Carruthers became Australia's first universally recognised boxing world champion when he knocked out the guy who had been crowned South Africa's first world champion himself, Vic Toweel, in the first round.[1] Great Australians of the past—including Young Griffo, Mick King, and Les Darcy—had all won world titles, but they had not received international acceptance at the time of winning their respective crowns. After defending his newly won world bantamweight title by knocking out Toweel in the tenth round of their rematch at Johannesburg, and then against the American Henry "Pappy" Gault in Sydney, by a fifteen-rounds decision, it was found that Carruthers was carrying a 30-foot-long tapeworm.[3]

He was matched for a world title bout against the New Zealand Bantamweight Champion Lyn Philp.[4] For unclear reasons the fight never went ahead.

After a non-title bout in Sydney, and a further title defence against Chamroen Songkitrat in Bangkok, Carruthers retired on 16 May 1954. Among the fighters he defeated were South African Vic Toweel (twice); Pappy Gault; Bobby Sinn and Chamroen Songkitrat. He made a brief comeback in Melbourne and Sydney in the early sixties in non-title fights, with his last fight in Wellington New Zealand in 1962 where he lost to Jimmy Cassidy.

Personal

He worked on the Sydney docks as a wharf labourer in the 1950s.

Carruthers was married to Myra (née Hamilton) until his death and is survived by four children - Boyd, Ginna, Dimiette and Lukas. During the 1950s he owned the colourful Bells Hotel in Sydney's Woolloomooloo. After that he had a number of businesses, including several vegetarian takeaway and juice bars in Sydney.

In his last years Carruthers suffered from lung cancer and Parkinson's disease. He died on 15 August 1990.[3] In 1995 he was inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame.

Professional boxing record

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No. Result Record Opponent Type Round Date Location Notes
25 Loss 21–4 Template:Flagicon Jimmy Cassidy DQ 8 (10) Jun 18, 1962 Template:Flagicon Town Hall, Wellington, New ZealandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
24 Win 21–3 Template:Flagicon Johnny Jarrett TKO 2 (12) Mar 29, 1962 Template:Flagicon Woodville, South Australia, AustraliaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
23 Win 20–3 Template:Flagicon Louis Magnifico KO 2 (12) Mar 9, 1962 Template:Flagicon Adelaide, South Australia, AustraliaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
22 Loss 19–3 Template:Flagicon Don Johnson TKO 5 (12) Dec 15, 1961 Template:Flagicon Festival Hall, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
21 Loss 19–2 Template:Flagicon Wally Taylor PTS 12 Nov 20, 1961 Template:Flagicon Sydney Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
20 Loss 19–1 Template:Flagicon Aldo Pravisani PTS 12 Sep 11, 1961 Template:Flagicon Sydney Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
19 Win 19–0 Template:Flagicon Chamroen Songkitrat PTS 12 May 2, 1954 Template:Flagicon National Stadium Gymnasium, Bangkok, ThailandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Retained NBA, NYSAC, and The Ring bantamweight titlesScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
18 Win 18–0 Template:Flagicon Bobby Sinn PTS 12 Mar 29, 1954 Template:Flagicon Sydney Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
17 Win 17–0 Template:Flagicon Pappy Gault UD 15 Nov 13, 1953 Template:Flagicon Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Retained NBA, NYSAC, and The Ring bantamweight titlesScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
16 Win 16–0 Template:Flagicon Vic Toweel KO 10 (15) Mar 21, 1953 Template:Flagicon Rand Stadium, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South AfricaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Retained NBA, NYSAC, Commonwealth British Empire, and The Ring bantamweight titlesScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
15 Win 15–0 Template:Flagicon Vic Toweel KO 1 (15) Nov 15, 1952 Template:Flagicon Rand Stadium, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South AfricaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Won NBA, NYSAC, Commonwealth British Empire, and The Ring bantamweight titlesScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
14 Win 14–0 Template:Flagicon Johnny O'Brien PTS 12 May 12, 1952 Template:Flagicon Sydney Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
13 Win 13–0 Template:Flagicon Ray Coleman PTS 12 Apr 7, 1952 Template:Flagicon Sydney Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
12 Win 12–0 Template:Flagicon Taffy Sammy Hancock TKO 7 (12) Mar 13, 1952 Template:Flagicon Leichhardt Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
11 Win 11–0 Template:Flagicon Luis Castillo PTS 12 Nov 26, 1951 Template:Flagicon Sydney Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
10 Win 10–0 Template:Flagicon Enrique Morales TKO 7 (12) Aug 27, 1951 Template:Flagicon Sydney Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
9 Win 9–0 Template:Flagicon Elley Bennett PTS 15 May 14, 1951 Template:Flagicon Sydney Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Won vacant Australian bantamweight titleScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
8 Win 8–0 Template:Flagicon Billy Herbert TKO 10 (12) Apr 2, 1951 Template:Flagicon Sydney Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
7 Win 7–0 Template:Flagicon Bobby Scrivano KO 1 (12) Mar 5, 1951 Template:Flagicon Sydney Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
6 Win 6–0 Template:Flagicon Bluey Wilkins PTS 12 Jan 22, 1951 Template:Flagicon Sydney Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
5 Win 5–0 Template:Flagicon Jim McFadden TKO 9 (12) Dec 11, 1950 Template:Flagicon Sydney Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
4 Win 4–0 Template:Flagicon Keith Francis TKO 10 (12) Nov 20, 1950 Template:Flagicon Sydney Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
3 Win 3–0 Template:Flagicon Fred Kay TKO 12 (12) Oct 19, 1950 Template:Flagicon Leichhardt Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2 Win 2–0 Template:Flagicon Ron Wilson TKO 5 (12) Oct 13, 1950 Template:Flagicon West Melbourne Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1 Win 1–0 Template:Flagicon Ted Fitzgerald TKO 3 (12) Aug 15, 1950 Template:Flagicon Leichhardt Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Titles in boxing

Major world titles

The Ring magazine titles

Regional/International titles

Undisputed titles

See also

References

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External links

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