Pat O'Keeffe

Pat O'Keefe
Pat O'Keefe (r.) with Andrew Jeptha
Born	(1883-03-17)17 March 1883 Bromley-by-Bow, England
Died	1960
Nationality	British
Statistics
Weight(s)	Welterweight, Middleweight
Boxing record
Total fights	39
Wins	17
Wins by KO	8
Losses	19
Draws	2

Pat O'Keefe (17 March 1883 - 1960) was an English boxer who became British champion at both welter and middleweight. His professional career spanned between 1903 and 1915, and in 1914 he made an unsuccessful bid at the European Heavyweight belt, losing to Georges Carpentier. Between 1907 and 1910 he left Britain and continued his boxing career firstly in the United States and then Australia.

Boxing career

Pat O'Keefe during the First World War

Bibliography

• Lee, Tony (2009). All in My Corner: A tribute to some forgotten Welsh boxing heroes. Ammanford: TL Associates. ISBN 978-0-9564456-0-5. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

External links

• Boxing record for Pat O'Keeffe from BoxRec (registration required)