Jock McAvoy

84 KOs

10 KOs

0Draws

Last six: W-W-W-W-W-W

Career

division

Light Heavyweight

status

inactive

bouts

rounds

KO %

50%

KO wins

KO losses

career

1931–1939

debut

1931-03-30

last fight

1939-03-09

Profile

birth name

Joseph Bamford McAvoy

sex

nationality

United Kingdom

origin

Burnley, Lancashire

city / state / zip

Rochdale, Lancashire

dob

1908-11-20

age

117

death

1971-11-20

Latest news

Anthony Joshua signs Wembley Stadium fight deal for September and April

2018-07-05 · BBC Sport

And Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn hopes to surpass 90,000 for the April fight, which would better the British record for a boxing match held jointly by the Joshua-Klitschko bout and Len Harvey's meeting with Jock McAvoy at White City Stadium in 1939…

Remembering a British Boxing Legend - Jock McAvoy

2006-11-20 · BritishBoxing.net,UK

On this day in 1908 (20th November), one of the legends of the British boxing ring, Joseph Bamford was born in Burnley, he fought under the name of Jock McAvoy from 1927 to 1945 and became known as the Rochdale Thunderbolt.…