Bill Ladbury

Bill Ladbury
Born	(1891-10-14)14 October 1891 New Cross, London, England
Died	June 1917 (aged 25) France
Nationality	British
Statistics
Weight(s)	Flyweight Bantamweight
Height	5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
Boxing record
Total fights	53
Wins	31
Wins by KO	13
Losses	17
Draws	5

Bill Ladbury (14 October 1891 – June 1917) was an English professional boxer who competed from 1908 to 1917. He held the IBU world flyweight title from 1913 to 1914, as well as the British and European flyweight titles in 1913.

Career

Born in New Cross, London, in 1891, Ladbury had his first professional fight in November 1908. In January 1910, he stopped Charles Ledoux in four rounds and in October 1911 he beat Albert Cocksedge to take the English 112lbs title. In November 1911 he fought Ledoux again, this time losing in four rounds, and was knocked out by Johnny Hughes only 8 days later. In 1912 he had three fights against Joe Fox, winning two and losing the third.

After a run of eight straight wins he faced Sid Smith in June 1913 for the British, European, and World (IBU) flyweight titles. He stopped Smith in the eleventh round to take the three titles.[1][2] He lost all three titles in January 1914 when he was outpointed over 20 rounds by Percy Jones.[2][3]

Ladbury drew with Joe Symonds in March 1914,[4] and beat Tommy Harrison a month later,[5] but in his third fight in eight weeks was stopped in the eighth round by Tancy Lee at the end of April.

With the outbreak of World War I, Ladbury joined the British Army, initially serving as a private in the Royal West Kent Regiment, rising to Lance-Corporal by late 1916.[6][7]

He beat Hughes in December but lost all three of his fights in 1915 including another fight with Jones.[6] His final fight was a win over Bert Clark in May 1917.

Ladbury was killed in action in France in June 1917.[8][9]

Professional boxing record

53 fights	31 wins	17 losses
By knockout	13	10
By decision	18	7
Draws	5

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
53	Win	31–17–5	Bert Clark	PTS	10	1 May 1917	France
52	Win	30–17–5	Alf Mansfield	PTS	15	27 Nov 1916	Hoxton Baths, London, England
51	Win	29–17–5	Harry Curley	RTD	11 (15)	9 Nov 1916	Plumstead Baths, London, England
50	Loss	28–17–5	Tommy Noble	KO	13 (15)	9 Oct 1916	New Cross Baths, London, England
49	Loss	28–16–5	Tommy Noble	PTS	15	21 Aug 1916	The Ring, Blackfriars Road, England
48	Loss	28–15–5	Nat Young Brooks	RTD	12 (15)	17 Jul 1916	The Ring, Blackfriars Road, London, England
47	Draw	28–14–5	Peter Cain	PTS	10	21 Feb 1916	New Cross Baths, London, England
46	Win	28–14–4	Harry Curley	PTS	15	10 Jan 1916	New Cross Baths, London, England
45	Loss	27–14–4	Percy Jones	KO	5 (15)	11 Oct 1915	New Cross Baths, London, England
44	Loss	27–13–4	Joe Symonds	KO	2 (15)	11 Jun 1915	Cosmopolitan Gymnasium, Plymouth, England
43	Loss	27–12–4	Joe Symonds	KO	1 (20)	22 Mar 1915	New Cross Baths, London, England
42	Win	27–11–4	Johnny Hughes	PTS	20	10 Dec 1914	New Cross Baths, London, England
41	Loss	26–11–4	Tancy Lee	TKO	8 (20)	27 Apr 1914	New Cross Baths, London, England
40	Win	26–10–4	Tommy Harrison	RTD	15 (20)	6 Apr 1914	National Sporting Club, London, England
39	Draw	25–10–4	Joe Symonds	PTS	20	2 Mar 1914	New Cross Baths, London, England
38	Loss	25–10–3	Percy Jones	PTS	20	26 Jan 1914	National Sporting Club, London, England	Lost IBU, Lonsdale, and world flyweight titles
37	Loss	25–9–3	Jimmy Berry	KO	10 (20)	15 Dec 1913	New Cross Baths, London, England
36	Win	25–8–3	Tommy Harrison	PTS	20	24 Nov 1913	New Cross Baths, London, England
35	Win	24–8–3	Sid Smith	TKO	11 (20)	2 Jun 1913	The Ring, Blackfriars Road, London, England	Won IBU, Lonsdale, and world flyweight titles
34	Win	23–8–3	George Peters	PTS	10	7 Apr 1913	New Cross Baths, London, England
33	Win	22–8–3	Louis Ruddick	PTS	20	10 Mar 1913	New Cross Baths, London, England
32	Win	21–8–3	Joe Young Wilson	KO	17 (20)	3 Feb 1913	New Cross Baths, London, England
31	Win	20–8–3	Young George Dando	RTD	7 (20)	6 Jan 1913	New Cross Baths, London, England
30	Win	19–8–3	Jack Arundel	KO	5 (10)	9 Dec 1912	New Cross Baths, London, England
29	Win	18–8–3	Tommy Harrison	PTS	10	21 Nov 1912	Liverpool Stadium, Liverpool, England
28	Win	17–8–3	Sam Kellar	PTS	20	11 Nov 1913	The Ring, Blackfriars Road, London, England
27	Win	16–8–3	Joe Young Wilson	KO	12 (20)	7 Oct 1912	Plumstead Baths, London, England
26	Loss	15–8–3	Nat Young Brooks	PTS	12	3 Aug 1912	Premierland, London, England
25	Loss	15–7–3	Nat Young Brooks	PTS	10	20 Jul 1912	Premierland, London, England
24	Win	15–6–3	Bill Kyne	PTS	10	29 Jun 1912	Premierland, London, England
23	Loss	14–6–3	Joe Fox	TKO	5 (10)	15 Jun 1912	Premierland, London, England
22	Loss	14–5–3	Joe Young Wilson	PTS	10	1 Jun 1912	Premierland, London, England
21	Win	14–4–3	Joe Fox	PTS	10	27 Apr 1912	Premierland, London, England
20	Win	13–4–3	Frank Warner	PTS	10	20 Apr 1912	Premierland, London, England
19	Win	12–4–3	Joe Fox	PTS	15	9 Mar 1912	Premierland, London, England
18	Draw	11–4–3	Joe Young Wilson	PTS	12	10 Feb 1912	Premierland, London, England
17	Win	11–4–2	Stoker Bill Hoskyne	PTS	10	27 Jan 1912	Premierland, London, England
16	Win	10–4–2	Nat Young Brooks	TKO	6 (10)	13 Jan 1912	Premierland, London, England
15	Loss	9–4–2	Johnny Hughes	KO	3 (20)	16 Nov 1911	Pitfield Street Baths, London, England
14	Loss	9–3–2	Charles Ledoux	RTD	4 (10)	8 Nov 1911	Salle Wagram, Paris, France
13	Draw	9–2–2	Georges Gaillard	PTS	10	4 Nov 1911	Wonderland, Paris, France
12	Win	9–2–1	Albert Cocksedge	KO	7 (20)	16 Oct 1911	Belgrave Rink, Leicester, England
11	Win	8–2–1	Sweeper Madge	PTS	10	15 Jul 1911	Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, London, England
10	Win	7–2–1	Jack Arundel	RTD	10 (10)	18 Feb 1911	Palace Pavilion, London, England
9	Win	6–2–1	Stoker Bill Hoskyne	PTS	10	30 Jan 1911	Manor Place Baths, London, England
8	Loss	5–2–1	Sam Kellar	PTS	20	28 Feb 1910	National Sporting Club, London, England
7	Win	5–1–1	Charles Ledoux	RTD	4 (10)	8 Jan 1910	Wonderland, Paris, France
6	Loss	4–1–1	Johnny Condon	PTS	15	29 Nov 1909	National Sporting Club, London, England
5	Win	4–0–1	Albert Bass	TKO	4 (10)	29 Mar 1909	Camberwell Baths, London, England
4	Win	3–0–1	Young Longhorn	PTS	10	8 Mar 1909	Camberwell Baths, London, England
3	Win	2–0–1	Jack Fox	RTD	10 (15)	18 Jan 1909	Camberwell Baths, London, England
2	Draw	1–0–1	Jack Fox	PTS	6	30 Nov 1908	Camberwell Baths, London, England
1	Win	1–0	Bob Campion	PTS	6	9 Nov 1908	New Cross Hall, London, England

References

1. "Ladbury Gains World's Title By Defeating Sid Smith in Eleven Rounds". Dundee Courier. 3 June 1913. Retrieved 21 March 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "Boxing: Fly-Weight Championship: Bill Ladbury Defeated by Percy Jones". Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette. 27 January 1914. Retrieved 21 March 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
3. Prior, Neil (2014) "Percy Jones' 1914 title began century of Wales' boxing wins", BBC, 25 January 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2015
4. "Ladbury Shares the Honours with Symonds". Western Mail. 4 March 1914. Retrieved 21 March 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "Bill Ladbury Wins: Tommy Harrison Knocked Out at the N.S.C.". Liverpool Evening Express. 7 April 1914. Retrieved 21 March 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Seen His Best: Bill Ladbury Knocked Out by Percy Jones". Birmingham Gazette. 12 October 1915. Retrieved 21 March 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "Yesterday's Boxing". Daily Mirror. 28 November 1916. Retrieved 21 March 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
8. "Bill Ladbury Killed". Liverpool Echo. 25 June 1917. Retrieved 21 March 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
9. "Bill Ladbury...". Evening Despatch. 25 June 1917. Retrieved 21 March 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.

External links

• Career record at boxrec.com
• Career record at boxinghistory.org.uk

Minor world boxing titles
Preceded by Sid Smith	IBU flyweight champion June 2, 1913 – January 26, 1914	Succeeded by Percy Jones