Hi there, this is Dud's daughter Ellen. I was pleased and surprised to find my dad listed in your database and very impressed with your record keeping. I think "Bud" is a misprint, as he always went by "Dud" Eades. His legal name was George A. Eades. He was born 5/9/1905 and died 11/27/2001 at the age of 96. During his early career his trainer was Otto Vaughts.
He had a fight with Baby Sal Sorio which is not listed in your database. I believe it took place on 10/17/1929 in the Pasadena Arena. He lost the fight to Sorio by decision.
My dad also fought Young Peter Jackson and won by decision in a ten round fight. Dad notes, "About three months after that Jackson won the lightweight championship of the Pacific Coast and he knocked out Baby Sal Sorio in the first round." I don't see that fight in your database either, but I have a poster advertising the Jackson/Sorio fight in which Dud Eades is listed as the only person both men have fought previously.
He also had a fight on 8/22/1928 against Roy White in Wilmington, CA which he won by decision. Some of these Northwest fights have him listed with Ryderwood, Washington as his hometown, but he is from Pasadena, California and was just traveling in the Northwest.
He traveled to Indianapolis in 1930 and fought Merle Alte there on 4/30/1930. He won the decision after ten rounds.
Your database lists his last fight with Fred Merino. I'm not sure this fight actually took place. Dad claimed his last fight was with Homer Gaines on 5/21/1931, and that the next day he got a job as a wiper on a ship heading for Panama, so I don't think he was around two weeks later to fight Merino. He spent the next forty years in the U.S. Merchant Marine and had a wonderful life full of adventures and travel, but boxing was always his greatest love.
Dad would have been unbelievably proud to see his name here in this database. I thank you for keeping the history alive.
Ellen Eades
Seattle, Washington