Jack Bodell

Jack Bodell (11 August 1940 – 9 November 2016) was an English professional boxer, active during the 1960s and 1970s.

Bodell started out as a light heavyweight, winning the 1961 ABA championships and a bronze medal at the European amateur championships the same year. He won the British heavyweight championship in 1969, before losing it to Henry Cooper in his first defence. Bodell regained the title a year later by out-pointing Joe Bugner. He lost the European title in 1971 after a defeat by Spaniard José Manuel Urtaín, and after losing both his British and Commonwealth titles to a second-round knockout by Danny McAlinden the following year, he retired from professional boxing.

Among his other notable fights were a first-round knockout loss to Jerry Quarry after just 64 seconds, and a points win over future world title contender Jose "King" Roman. Bodell's final record was 58 wins (including 31 by knockout) and 13 losses. He died on 9 November 2016 at the age of 76. ^[1]

Professional boxing record

58 Wins (31 knockouts, 27 decisions), 13 Losses (11 knockouts, 2 decisions)
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	20–2–2	Danny McAlinden	KO	2	27 Jun 1972	Villa Park, Birmingham, West Midlands	BBBofC/Commonwealth Heavyweight Titles. Bodell knocked out at 1:31 of the second round.
Loss	38–3–1	Jose Manuel Urtain	TKO	2	17 Dec 1971	Madrid	EBU Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 1:40 of the second round.
Loss	39–5–4	Jerry Quarry	KO	1	16 Nov 1971	Empire Pool, Wembley, London	Bodell knocked out at 1:04 of the first round.
Win	33–2–1	Joe Bugner	PTS	15	27 Sep 1971	Empire Pool, Wembley, London	BBBofC/Commonwealth/EBU Heavyweight Titles. 74–71.5.
Win	30–6–3	Bill Drover	PTS	10	27 Apr 1971	Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, London
Win	24–15–3	Manuel "Pulgarcito" Ramos	PTS	10	13 Apr 1971	Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, West Midlands
Win	19–9–2	Jack O'Halloran	KO	4	24 Feb 1971	Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, West Midlands
Win	9–1–2	Jimmy Richards	PTS	10	18 Jul 1970	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg, Gauteng
Loss	38–13–1	Henry Cooper	PTS	15	24 Mar 1970	Empire Pool, Wembley, London	BBBofC/Commonwealth Heavyweight Titles. 72.5–74.25.
Win	30–5	Carl Gizzi	PTS	15	13 Oct 1969	Nottingham Ice Stadium, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire	BBBofC Heavyweight Title. 74–73.
Win	21–5–1	José "King" Roman	PTS	10	14 Jul 1969	Nottingham Ice Stadium, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire	49.75–49.25.
Win	12–2–1	John "Speedy" Jordan	KO	2	23 Jun 1969	London Hilton on Park Lane Hotel, Mayfair, London	Jordan knocked out at 0:35 of the second round.
Win	21–7–2	Billy Walker	TKO	8	25 Mar 1969	Empire Pool, Wembley, London	Referee stopped the bout at 1:45 of the eighth round.
Win	6–5–2	Roosevelt Eddie	DQ	1	17 Feb 1969	Nottingham Ice Stadium, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire	Eddie disqualified at 1:15 for hitting Bodell while he was down.
Win	29–3	Carl Gizzi	TKO	2	27 Nov 1968	Sophia Gardens, Cardiff	BBBofC Heavyweight Title Eliminator. Referee stopped the bout at 2:10 of the second round.
Win	8–8	M. J. Turnbow	RTD	6	12 Aug 1968	Winter Gardens, Blackpool, Lancashire
Win	37–16	Brian London	TKO	9	10 Jun 1968	Liverpool Stadium, Liverpool, Merseyside	BBBofC Heavyweight Title Eliminator.
Win	21–12–1	Lion Ven	TKO	2	6 Mar 1968	Solihull Civic Hall, Solihull, West Midlands
Win	33–9–3	Johnny Prescott	PTS	10	6 Feb 1968	Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, West Midlands	BBBofC Midlands Heavyweight Title.
Win	10–6	Rocky Campbell	PTS	8	19 Oct 1967	Colston Hall, Bristol, Avon	39.25–39.
Win	10–5	Rocky Campbell	PTS	8	6 Sep 1967	De Montfort Hall, Leicester, Leicestershire
Loss	34–13–1	Henry Cooper	TKO	2	13 Jun 1967	Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton, West Midlands	BBBofC/Commonwealth Heavyweight Titles. Referee stopped the bout at 2:18 of the second round.
Win	19–22–2	Sonny "Policeman" Moore	PTS	10	17 Apr 1967	De Montfort Hall, Leicester, Leicestershire	49.75–48.
Win	16–6–2	Ray Patterson	PTS	10	24 Jan 1967	Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, West Midlands	49.5–48.5.
Win	12–7	Bob Stallings	TKO	7	13 Dec 1966	Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, West Midlands
Win	17–7	Giorgio Masteghin	TKO	1	15 Nov 1966	Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, West Midlands
Win	55–7–3	Santo Amonti	PTS	10	27 Oct 1966	Liverpool Stadium, Liverpool, Merseyside	49.5–48.5.
Win	21–6–2	Renato Moraes	PTS	10	21 Sep 1966	Embassy Sportsdrome, Birmingham, West Midlands
Loss	27–5–3	Piero Tomasoni	TKO	3	28 Jun 1966	Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, London
Loss	27–4	Thad Spencer	RTD	2	18 Apr 1966	Belle Vue Zoological Gardens, Belle Vue, Manchester
Win	20–3–1	Giuseppe Migliari	PTS	10	22 Mar 1966	Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, West Midlands
Win	10–3	Ski Goldstein	TKO	3	17 Feb 1966	Grosvenor House, Mayfair, London	Referee stopped the bout at 1:45 of the third round.
Win	21–8–2	Bill Nielsen	TKO	8	31 Jan 1966	Colston Hall, Bristol, Avon	Referee stopped the bout at 2:20 of the eighth round.
Win	9–8–2	Joseph Juvillier	PTS	10	19 Jan 1966	Solihull Civic Hall, Solihull, West Midlands
Win	20–9–1	Billy "The Barber" Daniels	PTS	10	14 Dec 1965	Liverpool Stadium, Liverpool, Merseyside
Win	17–4	Benito Canal	KO	2	9 Dec 1965	King's Hall, Derby, Derbyshire
Win	22–32–5	Jose Mariano Moracia Ibanes	TKO	5	8 Nov 1965	Nottingham Ice Stadium, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Win	12–8–3	Ivan Prebeg	TKO	2	19 Oct 1965	Empire Pool, Wembley, London
Win	13–8	Al Roye	TKO	3	4 Oct 1965	Colston Hall, Bristol, Avon	Referee stopped the bout at 1:35 of the third round.
Win	14–10–2	Levi Forte	TKO	2	20 Sep 1965	Liverpool Stadium, Liverpool, Merseyside
Win	27–18–3	Freddie Mack	PTS	8	7 Sep 1965	Earls Court Arena, Kensington, London
Win	19–2	Dave Ould	DQ	4	15 Jun 1965	St Andrew's Stadium, Birmingham, West Midlands
Loss	11–1–2	Hubert Hilton	TKO	6	24 May 1965	London Hilton on Park Lane Hotel, Mayfair, London
Win	33–15–6	Johnny Halafihi	TKO	7	26 Apr 1965	Manor Place Baths, Walworth, London
Win	41–13–2	Buddy Turman	TKO	4	20 Apr 1965	Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, West Midlands
Win	21–17–2	Ray Shiel	TKO	5	12 Apr 1965	Colston Hall, Bristol, Avon
Win	6–0	Rudolph Vaughan	KO	2	30 Mar 1965	Empire Pool, Wembley, London
Win	11–11–2	Eric Fearon	TKO	4	22 Mar 1965	Nottingham Ice Stadium, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Win	13–6	Al Roye	TKO	4	1 Mar 1965	St James's Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne
Win	18–17–2	Ron Gray	PTS	10	20 Jan 1965	Solihull Civic Hall, Solihull, West Midlands	BBBofC Midlands Heavyweight Title.
Loss	25–18–3	Freddie Mack	TKO	5	29 Sep 1964	Embassy Sportsdrome, Birmingham, West Midlands	Referee stopped the bout at 1:15 of the fifth round.
Win	19–18–5	Ron Redrup	PTS	8	21 Apr 1964	Embassy Sportsdrome, Birmingham, West Midlands
Loss	43–7–1	Joe Erskine	PTS	10	3 Mar 1964	Granby Halls, Leicester, Leicestershire
Loss	10–4	Renato Moraes	TKO	6	5 Dec 1963	Milan, Lombardy
Loss	9–4	Stoffel Willemse	TKO	2	7 Sep 1963	Olympia Ice Rink, Johannesburg, Gauteng
Win	17–9–2	Ron Gray	DQ	5	7 May 1963	Embassy Sportsdrome, Birmingham, West Midlands
Win	13–1	Dave Ould	PTS	8	11 Mar 1963	Manor Place Baths, Walworth, London
Win	6–10–2	Rupert Bentley	KO	3	6 Mar 1963	Solihull Civic Hall, Solihull, West Midlands
Win	25–14–3	Jack Whittaker	TKO	8	13 Feb 1963	Granby Halls, Leicester, Leicestershire
Win	4–4–1	Roy Seward	TKO	3	10 Dec 1962	Nottingham Ice Stadium, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire	BBBofC Midlands Light Heavyweight Title.
Win	1–0–1	Johnny Hendrickson	TKO	4	7 Nov 1962	Seymour Hall, Marylebone, London, England
Win	6–6–2	Rupert Bentley	KO	1	31 Oct 1962	Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, West Midlands
Win	14–7	Brian Lacey Stannard	TKO	7	8 Oct 1962	Nottingham Ice Stadium, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Win	5–9–2	Jimmy Blanche	PTS	8	18 Sep 1962	Embassy Sportsdrome, Birmingham, West Midlands
Loss	4–1	Joe Louis	TKO	1	3 Jul 1962	Highbury Speedway Stadium, Fleetwood, Lancashire
Win	4–2–1	Roy Seward	TKO	5	7 Jun 1962	Swadlincote, Derbyshire	BBBofC Midlands Light Heavyweight Title.
Win	24–13–3	Jack Whittaker	PTS	8	17 Apr 1962	Granby Halls, Leicester, Leicestershire
Win	3–0	Joe Louis	PTS	6	2 Apr 1962	Nottingham Ice Stadium, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Win	0–1	Jimmy Leach	TKO	2	20 Mar 1962	Wolverhampton, West Midlands
Win	5–11–1	Ossie Nelson	TKO	1	22 Feb 1962	Coventry, West Midlands
Win	--	Mick Cowan	PTS	6	13 Feb 1962	West Bromwich, West Midlands

Trivia

Jack Bodell is mentioned in the "Boxing Tonight" sketch in episode 37 of Monty Python's Flying Circus, in which he (played by Nosher Powell) fights Sir Kenneth Clark (played by Graham Chapman).

References

External links

• Professional boxing record for Jack Bodell from BoxRec

See also

• List of left-handed boxers