Tommy Farr

10 KOs

32 KOs

1Draws

Last six: L-D-L-W-L

Career

division

Lightweight

status

inactive

bouts

rounds

KO %

KO wins

KO losses

career

1946–1947

debut

1946-04-26

last fight

1947-03-24

Profile

sex

nationality

United Kingdom

origin

United Kingdom

city / state / zip

Weston-super-Mare, Somerset

dob

0000-00-00

Latest news

The 10 greatest British heavyweights of all time

2016-01-28 · Boxing News Online

This Battersea man is best known for his valiant ninth-round 1955 world title loss to Rocky Marciano, but before that he had notched some good wins in the USA over the likes of Roland La Starza, Harry Matthews and Wales' Tommy Farr. He spent the…

Boxing: Purdy set to join long list of British fighters who take the money ...

2013-05-17 · The Independent

Cockell was the first British boxer to fight for the world heavyweight title since Tommy Farr's heroic stand against Joe Louis in 1937. The stream of rugged British losers in ruinous fights has been far more frequent since Cockell and in recent years a…

Boxing legend's silver for sale

2008-11-10 · BBC

Dylan Farr suffered a brain scar injury after falling in the Andes The grandson of Tommy Farr, one of Wales' greatest boxers, has been forced to sell some of his fighting silverware to pay United States medical bills. Dylan Llewelyn Farr, whose…

Tommy one of the finest by Farr

2006-01-07 · Belfast Telegraph

Tommy Farr did fight in Belfast. Not once, but twice as a cocky 19-year-old who will best be remembered for his defeat by Joe Louis rather than the hundred or more contests he won.…