Tommy Davies
| Tommy Davies | |
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| Statistics | |
| Real name | Thomas Glanville Davies |
| Rated at | Middleweight |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Nationality | Welsh |
| Born |
7 May 1920 Cwmgors, Wales |
| Died | December 1988 (aged 68) |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 82 |
| Wins | 50 |
| Wins by KO | 27 |
| Losses | 26 |
| Draws | 6 |
| No contests | 0 |
Thomas Glanville "Tommy" Davies (7 May 1920 – December 1998) was a Welsh Middleweight boxer. Davies was Wales middleweight champion from 1943 until his retirement in 1949. He successfully defended his title on four occasions. Davies was considered a serious contender for the British Middleweight title, but a string of three fights against Vince Hawkins during 1944 robbed him of his chance of a title fight.
Davies was born in Cwmgors in 1920 to John and Edith Davies. He was one of twelve children. On leaving school, Davies took employment at the local coal mine, and despite his boxing career, remained in employment at the mine for his whole working life.
Davies took up boxing at the age of sixteen, though he never fought any amateur bouts. He turned professional at eighteen, facing his first opponent, Martin Fury, on 6 June 1938. The fight, held at the Market Hall in Carmarthen, went the full six rounds, and Davies was given a points decision by the referee. His second fight was a loss, to Crud Rule, the brother of his trainer Archie Rule, but his remaining five fights of 1938 were all wins. Under the management of ex-professional fighter Johnny Vaughan, Davies continued to gain in success with five wins in 1939, all his fights taking place in south Wales; mainly fought in Ammanford or Swansea.
Due to working in a reserved occupation, Davies was not conscripted into the British Forces after the outbreak of World War II. He fought three times in 1940, a knockout win over Billy Evans, a points loss to future British and Commonwealth Champion Dick Turpin and a technical knockout over Ivor Pickens. A newspaper report following his defeat of Pickens, who was once the Wales Welterweight Champion, proclaimed that Davies was a Welsh belt contender. Davies fought another four fights in 1941, winning three my knockout, but losing to Billy Jones of Cwmparc on a points decision. He began 1942 with a rematch against Jones, but the result was the same, a points loss. He followed this loss with a string of three wins, knockouts over Billy "Kid" Andrews and Trevor Burt, and then a disqualification decision over Jimmy Moore in Davies' first fight outside Wales, at the Stadium in Liverpool. On 3 August 1942 Davies faced Battersea boxer Dave McCleave, who the previous year had won the British South Area light heavyweight title and as an amateur won the Empire Games welterweight gold medal. McCleave won on a points decision. Davies then won a string of five victories before closing the year with a draw against Fulham based Harry Watson and a points loss to Frank Duffy at the Stadium in Liverpool.
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