'Nipper' Pat Daly started boxing as a professional at the age of nine below flyweight. By the time he was 16 years old he done defeated such men as Giovanni Sili, Ludwig Minow, Bert Kirby, Petit Biquet, Dick Corbett, and Kid Pattenden. It must be noted that after the Pattenden fight he was offered to fight Featherweight champion Battling Battalino, but the fight never came off, due to Daly's manager refusing to have his fighter box outside Great Britain.
Because he was so over worked, and his growing body wasnt able to make featherweight as easily as it did before, he was so worn down by the time he fought Johnny Cuthbert for the British Featherweight title, that he was knocked out in the 8th, after boxing rings around the champion for seven rounds.
He was never quite the same again. He managed to win a good number of fights before again getting kayoed by Seaman Tommy Watson. He was knocked out in his next fight as well against tough Nobby Baker. It was after the Baker bout that Daly broke from his manager, to fight under Fred Austin's promotions, winning all but one draw. He retired soon after, realizing he would never be the fighter he once was, the damage had already been done. He was only 17, and he defeated three of four British/European champions, and he fought from below flyweight to lightweight, more or less five weight classes.
Had he been handled better, and not so over worked, the young man very well could have been champion of not only Britain, but of the world as well. His career reminds one of Wilfred Benetiz, though Benetiz made it as world champ, but burnt out in his 20's.