Willie Smith - Revision history

Dale Howes at 19:26, 3 September 2025

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	~~'''Officiating Record~~:~~''' [http~~:~~//www~~.~~boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=405135&cat=referee Referee~~]~~<br>~~		[[:Image:WillieSmith.jpg\|Photo #2]]

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	== Biography ==		== Biography ==

2012-06-16T20:25:32Z

World Bantam Champion (British version) category added

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2011-06-12T16:37:19Z

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	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
	Willie Smith's boxing career began in a Johannesburg orphanage and reached a climax in London's Royal Albert Hall. That was where Smith, slightly built and mild-mannered, won the British version of the world bantamweight title when he outpointed [[Teddy Baldock]] on 6 October 1927.		'''Willie Smith''''s boxing career began in a Johannesburg orphanage and reached a climax in London's Royal Albert Hall. That was where Smith, slightly built and mild-mannered, won the British version of the world bantamweight title when he outpointed [[Teddy Baldock]] on 6 October 1927.

	The match was fought at 120 pounds (54,42 kg) - 2 pounds (0,91 kg) over the bantamweight limit, with Smith on the limit and Baldock at 120 lb (54,42 kg).		The match was fought at 120 pounds (54,42 kg) - 2 pounds (0,91 kg) over the bantamweight limit, with Smith on the limit and Baldock at 120 lb (54,42 kg).

2009-10-24T00:55:57Z

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	'''Officiating Record:''' [http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=405135&cat=referee Referee]<br>		'''Officiating Record:''' [http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=405135&cat=referee Referee]<br>
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	* 1924 Olympic Games Bantamweight Gold Medalist at Paris, France.

	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
	Willie Smith's boxing career began in a Johannesburg orphanage and reached a climax in London's Royal Albert Hall. That was where Smith, slightly built and mild-mannered, won the British version of the world bantamweight title when he outpointed [[Teddy Baldock]] on 6 October 1927.		Willie Smith's boxing career began in a Johannesburg orphanage and reached a climax in London's Royal Albert Hall. That was where Smith, slightly built and mild-mannered, won the British version of the world bantamweight title when he outpointed [[Teddy Baldock]] on 6 October 1927.

2008-04-29T22:22:33Z

Olympic results

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	*Defeated [[Jacques Lemouton]] (France) PTS		*Defeated [[Jacques Lemouton]] (France) PTS
	*Defeated [[Jean Ces]] (France) PTS		*Defeated [[Jean Ces]] (France) PTS
	*Defeated [[Salvatore ~~Tripol~~]] (United States) PTS		*Defeated [[Salvatore Tripoli]] (United States) PTS

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	<small>Source: "Champ from the Orphanage," by Ron Jackson (Article from: www.superboxing.co.za) 19 January 2004</small>		<small>Source: "Champ from the Orphanage," by Ron Jackson (Article from: www.superboxing.co.za) 19 January 2004</small>

			== Olympic results ==
			*1st round bye
			*Defeated [[Harry Wolff]] (Sweden) PTS
			*Defeated [[Jacques Lemouton]] (France) PTS
			*Defeated [[Jean Ces]] (France) PTS
			*Defeated [[Salvatore Tripol]] (United States) PTS

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	'''Officiating Record:''' [http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=405135&cat=referee Referee]<br>		'''Officiating Record:''' [http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=405135&cat=referee Referee]<br>

	* 1924 Olympic Games [[Bantamweight]] Gold Medalist at Paris, France.		* 1924 Olympic Games Bantamweight Gold Medalist at Paris, France.

	== Biography ==		== Biography ==