Tommy Burns (of Gold Coast) - Revision history

Sweetscientist at 21:56, 1 June 2014

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	He is a member of the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame: [http://www.anbhof.com/tommyburns.html]		He is a member of the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame: [http://www.anbhof.com/tommyburns.html]

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Fasan at 02:56, 4 July 2011

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Ric: obituary linked

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obituary linked

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	Born Geoffrey Murphy in the NSW north coast town of Mullumbimby on May 19, 1922, '''Tommy Burns''' had a career that spanned 18 years and 77 fights. He won 62 times, 43 by KO.		Born Geoffrey Murphy in the NSW north coast town of Mullumbimby on May 19, 1922, '''Tommy Burns''' had a career that spanned 18 years and 77 fights. He won 62 times, 43 by KO.

Emaster: added category "2011 Deaths"

2011-03-04T22:36:43Z

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	He is a member of the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame: [http://www.anbhof.com/tommyburns.html]		He is a member of the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame: [http://www.anbhof.com/tommyburns.html]

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Matt at 17:49, 31 January 2011

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	Burns won the Welterweight title by beating Hockney Bennell.		Burns won the Welterweight title by beating Hockney Bennell.

	~~His bout with the American, O'Neill Bell, some call the greatest fight seen in Australia. A KO win over Eddie Marcus made Tommy Burns a contender for the world championship held by Sugar Ray Robinson.~~

	He is a member of the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame: [http://www.anbhof.com/tommyburns.html]		He is a member of the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame: [http://www.anbhof.com/tommyburns.html]

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Ric: Human:26506 moved to Tommy Burns (of Gold Coast)

2009-02-14T21:22:16Z

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Thorneycroft at 05:18, 10 January 2006

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[[file:Tommy Burns.JPG|left|Description]]

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Born Geoffrey Murphy in the NSW north coast town of Mullumbimby on May 19 1922

His career spanned 18 years and 77 fights. He won 62 times, 43 by KO.

Tommy had his first pro fight at Wondai in Qld at the age of 14 he took the name of the old time heavyweight so that his mother would not learn of his boxing career.

At 17, Burns was unbeaten in 18 straight fights and the Stadiums wanted to cash in on the Handsome ko puncher by putting him into the main events

He began a succession of impressive victories in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne over such oponents Laurie Petersen, Ron Heron, Bill Hebbard, Vic Caltraux and Jimmy Brunt.

Burns won the Welterweight title by beating Hockney Bennell

His bout with the American O'Neill Bell some call the greatest fight seen in Australia. A KO win over Eddie Marcus that made Tommy Burns a contender for the world championship held by Sugar Ray Robinson

total Bouts 77 wko 43 wp 18 wf 1 draw 7 lp 4 lf 1 lost ko 3

http://www.anbhof.com/tommyburns.html
Australian National Boxing Hall Of Fame