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Real name
  
James Warnock

Stance
  
Died
  
1987

Draws
  
6

Nationality
  
British

Role
  
Boxer

Total fights
  
85


Rated at
  
Name
  
Jimmy Warnock

Division
  
Flyweight

Nickname(s)
  
Gloved Dynamite

Wins
  
64

Martial art
  
Boxing

Losses
  
15

Jimmy Warnock

James Warnock (1912 in Lurgan – 1987) was a southpaw boxer from the Shankill Road, Belfast, United Kingdom. .

Jimmy Warnock began his early boxing career at Belfast's Chapel Fields in prize fights organised by Clara Copley. In the 1930s he beat undisputed world flyweight champion Benny Lynch on points twice - on 2 March 1936 at the King's Hall, Belfast and again on 2 June 1937 in front of 16,000 people in torrential rain at Parkhead stadium in Glasgow.

He was one of three boxing brothers, including Billy Warnock.

References

Jimmy Warnock Wikipedia


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