Jimmy Tippett senior - Professional Lightweight boxer


 

The story of "Gentleman" Jimmy Tippett - Professional Lightweight boxer from Greenwich who started boxing at the Bellingham amateur boxing club (and met up with Henry Cooper) and became a professional in 1949. He fought at the Manor Place Baths Walworth, The Empress Hall, Earls Court, Royal Albert Hall, Wembly Town Hall, Shoreditch Town Hall, Cardiff,and the Epsom Baths. He will always be remembered for his sensational fight with Freddie King at Camberwell on the 28th March 1955.

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