Nipper Pat Daly
| Nipper Pat Daly | |
|---|---|
| Statistics | |
| Real name | Patrick Clifford Daley |
| Weight(s) |
Flyweight, Bantamweight, Featherweight, Lightweight, Welterweight |
| Nationality | British |
| Born |
17 February 1913 Abercrave, Powys, Wales |
| Died | 25 September 1988 (aged 75) |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 119 |
| Wins | 99 |
| Wins by KO | 26 |
| Losses | 11 |
| Draws | 8 |
| No contests | 1 |
Nipper Pat Daly, real name Patrick Clifford Daley (17 February 1913 – 25 September 1988), was a British boxer who fought professionally between 1923 and 1931. He made his professional debut at the age of nine, achieved widespread fame in his mid teens as British boxing's 'Wonderboy', then retired from pro boxing at age 17.
Renowned sportswriter Frank Butler heralded Daly 'the best young prospect we ever had'. He is probably the youngest boxer ever to make The Ring magazine's top-ten world ratings, and it is thought that he is also the youngest-ever professional boxer.
Born in Abercrave, Wales, he moved to Marylebone, London at the age of five, then moved again with his family to the Canadian mining town of Wayne, Alberta in 1920. Within two years the family returned to Marylebone, and shortly afterwards he started to take boxing lessons at the Marylebone Road gym of 'Professor' Andrew Newton, one of Britain's leading trainers of the day, who coached and managed Daly for most of his career.
Daly's natural aptitude for the sport, combined with Professor Newton's coaching, saw his boxing skill develop at an astonishing rate; so much so that he was entered into his first professional fight at the age of just nine or 10. During the next few years he amassed a long string of victories, fighting at small venues in and around London, often conceding age, height and weight to opponents.
In June 1927, though aged only 14, Daly served as a sparring partner to the reigning world middleweight champion Mickey Walker, who was in London preparing for a world-title defence against Scotland's Tommy Milligan. Walker and his manager, Jack 'Doc' Kearns, were said to be astounded by the young boxer's talent.
Daly fought his first 15-round contest in October 1927 (still aged just 14), and boxed often over that distance throughout the remainder of his career. By the end of 1927 Britain's boxing trade paper Boxing (forerunner to Boxing News) was tipping him as a likely future world champion.
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