Talk:Thomas Pardoe (boxer)

Tommy Pardoe page additions

I would like to add the following information to this article, while leaving the origonal page intact, can any one help please?

"Tommy Pardoe was born on April 14 1911 and lived in Church Walk, Ward End Birmingham, one of fifteen children.

He became Amateur Flyweight Champion of Great Brittan (ABAE) on 20 March 1929: winning the title on a further five subsequent occasions. He fought in the 1932 summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles and was ranked forth, however his was awarded a Bronze medal

In boxing, if one of the semi-final losers is knocked out, he can't box again for a certain time period as a safety precaution, and it wouldn’t be fair to take away his chance at a bronze medal just because his semi-final opponent was so much better than the others, in all other cases the losing semi-finalists both get a bronze in Olympics and other games because, there are no qualifying events before the main events.

Tommy competed for England and finished second in the 1930 British Empire Games Flyweight class after losing the final to Jacob Smith.

He turned professional and on the 11 December 1933 won his first fight with Bert Kirby, who he again defeated on 12 March 1934 in the British (Southern Area) Flyweight Title. On 11 June 1934 he beat Joe Mendiola and then fought Benny Lynch 15 April 1935.

He put up a tremendous fight against Lynch in an Eliminator for British Flyweight title, winning five of the last six rounds, but unfortunately, baring in mind Lynch’s superior experience (82 Professional fights) he was knocked out in the fourteenth round. This fight seemed to spell the end of Tommy’s professional career, he had a further seven fights, but did not win another professional fight.

He died 7 December 1992."

Morturn (talk) 13:28, 5 April 2011 (UTC)