The bout on April 29th, 1968 showing Des Cox fighting Paul Cassidy would appear to be in error. According to the account in the March 3rd, 1968 Boxing News, it states that Phil Cox from Exeter, not Des Cox fought Paul Cassidy. A short preview article of this fight in the April 26th issue notes that Cassidy is fighting PHil Cox. A later article in the May 17th, 1968 Boxing News mentions Phil Cox, Exeter and his win against Paul Cassidy, is due to fight Joe Bugner on May 21st. (Though for some reason, the Cox/Bugner fight did not happen as Bugner fought Billy Winter).
So, taking that fight with Paul CAssidy and listing it as against PHil Cox, puts Des Cox's record at 8 wins and not 9. BUT, in a Dec. 13th, 1968 Boxing News article which talks about a planned fight between Des Cox and Roy Enifer for the Souther Area HW title, this article makes mentions that Des Cox had 9 wins before his defeat to Roger Tighe in September. So, I'm going to back through my Boxing News from the time of Des Cox's career started up through the Roger Tighe fight to see if there's some missed account of another 9th winning bout that he had instead of the Cassidy fight.
On a side note, I'd like to find out why the Des Cox / Roy Enifer fight never came about (Enifer fought Rocky Campbell), and Cox's career takes an end at that time.
RocDel
Des Cox ID 42936 and PHil Cox ID 139719
Re: Des Cox ID 42936 and PHil Cox ID 139719
Let's wait and see if you find the missing bout
Re: Des Cox ID 42936 and PHil Cox ID 139719
Getting back to the Des Cox and Phil Cox mystery. More Des Cox actually. I've read back through the 1967 and 1968 Boxing News. I've gone through them about 3 times. The record in Boxing News is that fight with Paul Cassidy was against Phil Cox not Des. I could not find any other record of another 9th win by Des Cox. The September 13th and 20th issues of the Boxing News show the Fight Card adverstisement that the Tighe v Des Cox bout is part of and the ad states Cox is undefeated to date but gives no record. The account of the Tighe/Cox fight in the Sept. 27th issue is quite detailed, but makes no mention of Cox's record of what it is other than Tighe ended Cox's unbeaten streak.
The next mention I found of Des Cox was in the Dec. 13th, 1968 issue with the article talking about the planned fight which was to be the next Tuesday, between Cox and Roy Enifer for Enifer's Southern ARea heavyweight title. This article makes mention of Cox's 9 wins before loosing to Tighe in September. I could find no record in the Boxing News' between his first fight against Dave Barnes in Jan 1967 and this Dec. 13th, 1968 article. I believe this was a misprint in this article, which I've seen plenty of other misprints in these old Box News papers. I believe that until something else can be unearth, and there may not be, I believe Des Cox's record should be recorded as W8(KO 4) / L1(KO 0) / D0.
BTW....the December 20th, 1968 issue of the Boxing News shows the December 17th fight that was to have taken place between Enifer and Cox never happened. Enifer for some reason which I could not find any record of, fought Rocky Campbell who was "a late substitue" in the fight. No reason given in the article for the subsitution. I did some looking into early 1969 papers to see if I could find anything more about Des Cox, but I'm going to keep looking some through the 1969 papers. I curious now to see if I can find out what happened with Cox.
It's interesting that looking through the 1968 papers I found a couple accounts of where Des Cox participated in couple fund raising events, one a dart throwing contest of some kind and another the talent contest where he played in a band for the benefit of raising funds for the Olympic team that year. He appeared to be a pretty popular fighter around his parts during that time. It makes me wonder what became of him.
Rocco Del Sesto
The next mention I found of Des Cox was in the Dec. 13th, 1968 issue with the article talking about the planned fight which was to be the next Tuesday, between Cox and Roy Enifer for Enifer's Southern ARea heavyweight title. This article makes mention of Cox's 9 wins before loosing to Tighe in September. I could find no record in the Boxing News' between his first fight against Dave Barnes in Jan 1967 and this Dec. 13th, 1968 article. I believe this was a misprint in this article, which I've seen plenty of other misprints in these old Box News papers. I believe that until something else can be unearth, and there may not be, I believe Des Cox's record should be recorded as W8(KO 4) / L1(KO 0) / D0.
BTW....the December 20th, 1968 issue of the Boxing News shows the December 17th fight that was to have taken place between Enifer and Cox never happened. Enifer for some reason which I could not find any record of, fought Rocky Campbell who was "a late substitue" in the fight. No reason given in the article for the subsitution. I did some looking into early 1969 papers to see if I could find anything more about Des Cox, but I'm going to keep looking some through the 1969 papers. I curious now to see if I can find out what happened with Cox.
It's interesting that looking through the 1968 papers I found a couple accounts of where Des Cox participated in couple fund raising events, one a dart throwing contest of some kind and another the talent contest where he played in a band for the benefit of raising funds for the Olympic team that year. He appeared to be a pretty popular fighter around his parts during that time. It makes me wonder what became of him.
Rocco Del Sesto
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Re: Des Cox ID 42936 and PHil Cox ID 139719
BTW....just a little side not of interest maybe. A May 31st, 1968 article about a boxing event in Exeter mentions that light heavyweight Chris Cox (ID 126101) is the brother of Phil Cox. It mentions that Chris Cox is from Exmouth. I see the record for Chris lists him as from Exeter so I'm guessing this Chris Cox is the Chris Cox mentioned in this article.
I found no other record of fights for Phil Cox in 1968 other than this Paul Cassidy fight. He was slated different times to fight Joe Bugner and others, but he had an unfortunate streak about him in getting hurt outside the ring. In the March 29th, 1968 issue of the Boxing News there's an account of how Phil Cox had an accident at work, falling 15 ft from some scaffolding disclocating a kneecap. The in September 20th, 68 issue, an account tells where Phil Cox was injured when he was knocked down by a car the previous Saturday which left his right leg in a plaster up to the knee! No wonder this guy never seemed to get his career going.
Rocco Del Sesto
I found no other record of fights for Phil Cox in 1968 other than this Paul Cassidy fight. He was slated different times to fight Joe Bugner and others, but he had an unfortunate streak about him in getting hurt outside the ring. In the March 29th, 1968 issue of the Boxing News there's an account of how Phil Cox had an accident at work, falling 15 ft from some scaffolding disclocating a kneecap. The in September 20th, 68 issue, an account tells where Phil Cox was injured when he was knocked down by a car the previous Saturday which left his right leg in a plaster up to the knee! No wonder this guy never seemed to get his career going.
Rocco Del Sesto