Tancy Lee
| Tancy Lee | |
|---|---|
| Statistics | |
| Real name | James Lee |
| Rated at | Flyweight, bantamweight, featherweight |
| Height | 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) |
| Nationality | British |
| Born |
31 January 1882 Leith, Scotland |
| Died | 5 February 1941 (aged 59) Leith, Scotland |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 49 |
| Wins | 37 |
| Wins by KO | 24 |
| Losses | 10 |
| Draws | 2 |
James "Tancy" Lee (31 January 1882 – 5 February 1941) was a Scottish boxer at flyweight, bantamweight, and featherweight, the first Scot to win a British title, and was also European and World champion.
Born in Leith in 1882, Lee had his first fights as an amateur in 1906. In 1910 he won the ABA bantamweight championship, but was stripped of the title after it was discovered that he had infringed the amateur boxing laws. Undefeated as a professional by 1911 he suffered his first loss when he was stopped in the thirteenth round by Alex Lafferty in a contest for the Scottish bantamweight title. He won the Scottish flyweight title three years later when he beat Dan McGrady (who later changed his name to MacGrady).
After beating Tommy Harrison in an eliminator he was to face Percy Jones in October 1914 for the latter's British and World flyweight titles but Jones failed to make the weight; The fight went ahead as a non-title catch-weight fight with Lee stopping Jones in the 14th round.
In January 1915 he faced Jimmy Wilde, at the time unbeaten in over 90 fights (according to some sources 103), for the vacant British, European, and IBU World titles at the National Sporting Club, stopping him in the 17th round to become triple champion. He lost the British and World titles nine months later to Joe "Young" Symonds.
In February 1916 he beat Johnny Best to take the Scottish bantamweight title, and four months later faced Wilde for the British, European, and World flyweight titles, Wilde stopping him in the 11th round.
In December 1916 he successfully defended his Scottish bantamweight title against Lafferty and then moved up to featherweight. In November 1917 he knocked Charlie Hardcastle in the fourth round to become British featherweight champion. Although he lost his next three fights he successfully defended his British title in October 1918 against Joe Conn, and again in February 1919 against Danny Morgan to win the Lonsdale Belt outright.
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