Gipsy Daniels
Gipsy Daniels 
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| Data | |
| Birth Name | William Daniels |
| Fight name | Gipsy |
| Weight class | Light heavyweight |
| nationality |
 United Kingdom
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| birthday | February 9, 1903 |
| place of birth | Llanelli |
| Date of death | June 1967 |
| Place of death | Plymouth |
| Combat Statistics | |
| Struggles | 164 |
| Victories | 103 |
| Knockout victories | 42 |
| Defeats | 47 |
| draw | 14th |
| Profile in the BoxRec database | |
William "Gipsy" Daniels (born February 9, 1903 in Llanelli , Wales , † June 1967 in Plymouth , England ) was a Welsh light heavyweight boxer .
Career
Daniels made his debut as a professional boxer in 1919. His career was changeable - sometimes he won, sometimes he lost, sometimes he boxed a draw. In 1927 he won the BBBofC Welsh Area Light Heavyweight Title against Frank Moody and the English championship title ( BBBofC ) against Tom Berry as well as the British Empire Title , which was renamed the Commonwealth Boxing Council in 1954 , and lost in the heavyweight division against Max Schmeling in the Berlin Sportpalast on points. The following year he knocked out Max Schmeling in the rematch in the Frankfurt Festhalle in the first round. On May 12, 1938 he successfully completed his last fight against Alf Robinson .
literature
- Tony Lee: All in My Corner: A tribute to some forgotten Welsh boxing heroes . TL Associates, Ammanford, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9564456-0-5
- Max Schmeling: My life. ISBN 3-862-67001-5 , p. 207. Limited preview in Google Book Search
Individual evidence
- ↑ Boxing Day - the boxing column from sportal.de, accessed on July 30, 2014
Web links
- Daniel's statistics at boxrec.com
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Daniels, Gipsy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Daniels, William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | welsh boxer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 9, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Llanelli , Wales |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 1967 |
| Place of death | Plymouth , England |