PROFESSIONAL

Professional Career

The site offers a year-by-year account of Bruce’s professional career with details on each fight and links where possible to newspaper reports or video clips - click on the year dates on the Year-by-Year Menu to follow Bruce’s boxing triumphs and tragedies.

Also, under the Archive Menu, links to each year display a section of extracts from the Bruce Woodcock Scrapbook, started by his mother, Hilda, at the beginning of his amateur career (see Archive 1942 for more information).

For a full list of Bruce’s fights with details, see the BoxRec website listing.

You can easily find the details of each of Bruce’s opponents’ careers by clicking on their names within the above link.

Bruce’s professional record speaks for itself:

  • 39 professional fights
  • Won: 35 (KO 31)
  • Lost: 4 (KO 4)

Listed to the right and below is Bruce’s full Professional fighting record as listed on BoxRec

Bruce's Characteristic Fan Photo and Signature

Fighting Record

Date Opponent W-L-D Last 6 Venue Result
26/01/1942 Stoker Fred Clark 1-1-0 WL Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, London, UK Won - TKO - Round 3
23/02/1942 Charlie Bundy 41-36-8 WWLLLL Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, London, UK Won - Pts After 6 Rounds
21/04/1942 Tommy Morgan 3-3-1 WWLLWL Town Hall, Watford, UK Won - TKO - Round 3
20/06/1942 Len Munden 10-25-3 LLLLLD White Hart Lane (Tottenham FC), Tottenham, UK Won - TKO - Round 2
30/06/1942 Don Burton 2-2-0 WWLL Olympia Skating Rink, Oldham, UK Won - TKO - Round 2
07/08/1942 George Davis 5-6-0 WLLLLW King's Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester, UK Won - TKO - Round 2
25/09/1942 Jack Robinson 48-37-7 LLWLWW King's Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester, UK - BBBofC Northern Area Light Heavy Title Won - KO - Round 3
29/10/1942 George Hinchcliffe 39-18-3 LLLLWL Heckmondwike, Yorkshire, UK Won - TKO - Round 7

Fighting Record 1943 - 1946

Date Opponent W-L-D Last 6 Venue Result
02/04/1943 Arnold Hayes 6-4-1 DLWLLW King's Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester, UK Won - TKO - Round 3
19/05/1943 George Muir 11-3-2 WDLDWW Queensbury Club, Soho, London, UK Won - TKO - Round 4
18/06/1943 Glen Moody 52-51-11 LWWWWW King's Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester, UK Won - TKO - Round 6
19/11/1943 Martin Thornton 17-6-0 WWLWLW King's Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester, UK Won - TKO - Round 2
27/12/1943 Glen Moody 52-52-11 WWWWWL Circus Street Hall, Nottingham, UK Won - TKO - Round 6
04/02/1944 Tom Reddington 36-12-2 LLWLWL King's Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester, UK Won - KO - Round 5
13/02/1944 Ken Shaw 4-0-1 WDWWW De Montford Hall, Leicester, UK Won - TKO - Round 5
19/06/1944 Bert Gilroy 65-17-9 WLWWLW Granby Halls, Leicester, UK Won - KO - Round 6
07/08/1944 Joe Quigley 17-27-5 LDWLLW City Ground, Nottingham, UK Won - TKO - Round 2
15/09/1944 George Marwick 30-10-1 LLWLLW King's Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester, UK Won - TKO - Round 3
09/10/1944 All Delaney 64-28-7 LWLWDL Circus Street Hall, Nottingham, UK Won - KO - Round 5
02/05/1945 Cal Rooney 18-7-2 LWWDDW Queensbury Club, Soho, London, UK Won - TKO - Round 3
17/07/1945 Jack London 84-34-5 WWWWWW White Hart Lane (Tottenham FC), Tottenham, UK - Commonwealth (British Empire) Heavy Title, BBBofC British Heavy Title Won - KO - Round 6
24/08/1945 Martin Thornton 22-7-0 LWWWWW Theatre Royal, Dublin, Eire Won - RTD - Round 3
27/11/1945 Jock Porter 4-2-1 WWLDWL Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, London, UK Won - TKO - Round 3
29/03/1946 George James 30-15-4 LLLLWL Skating Rink, Hull, UK Won - TKO - Round 3
08/04/1946 Bert Gilroy 74-21-9 LWWWLW King's Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester, UK Won - TKO - Round 2
17/05/1946 Tami Mauriello 68-7-1 WWWWWW Madison Square Garden, New York, USA Lost - KO - Round 5
04/06/1946 Freddie Mills 67-13-6 WWWLWL Harringay Arena, Harringay, London, UK Won - Pts After 12 Rounds

Fighting Record 1946 - 1950

Date Opponent W-L-D Last 6 Venue Result
29/07/1946 Albert Renet 42-23-5 LWWLNW King's Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester, UK - Vacant EBU European Heavy Won - KO - Round 6
17/09/1946 Gus Lesnevich 55-10-5 WLLWLW Harringay Arena, Harringay, London, UK Won - KO - Round 8
15/11/1946 Georges Martin 20-6-0 WWLWWL King's Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester, UK Won - KO - Round 3
17/12/1946 Nils Andersson 6-1-0 WWWLWW Harringay Arena, Harringay, London, UK Won - TKO - Round 3
17/03/1947 Stephane Olek 15-03-0 WWWWNL King's Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester, UK - EBU European Heavy Won - Pts After 15 Rounds
15/04/1947 Joe Baksi 51-6-3 LWWWWW Harringay Arena, Harringay, London, UK Lost - TKO - Round 7
21/09/1948 Lee Oma 49-25-3 LLWDWW Harringay Arena, Harringay, London, UK Won - KO - Round 4
06/12/1948 Lee Savold 103-43-4 LDWWWW Harringay Arena, Harringay, London, UK Won - DQ - Round 4
26/03/1949 Johnny Ralph 16-1-1 DWWWWL Wembley Stadium, Johannesburg, Gauteng, SA - Commonwealth (British Empire) Heavy Title Won - KO - Round 3
02/06/1949 Freddie Mills 77-16-6 WWWWWW White City Stadium, White City, London, UK - EBU European Heavy Title, Commonwealth (British Empire) Heavy Title, BBBofC British Heavy Title Won - KO - Round 14
06/06/1950 Lee Savold 103-44-4 DWWWWL White City Stadium, White City, London, UK - Vacant World Heavyweight Title Lost - RTD - Round 4
14/11/1950 Jack Gardner 20-2-0 WWWLWW Earls Court Arena, Kensington, London, UK - Commonwealth (British Empire) Heavy Title, BBBofC British Heavy Title Lost - TKO - Round 11
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