Talk:Bruce Woodcock (boxer)

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Initial posts copied from Talk:Bruce Woodcock (computer games analyst)

It is distressing to me to find that Bruce Woodcock's famous name has been co-opted by a young modern computer games programmer with a website. Google his honorable name and see what you get! This is just one reference to him [1]. The late Bruce Woodcock was England's most famous heavyweight boxer, and fought for the world heavyweight title endorsed by the British Boxing Board of Control when he lost to America's Lee Savold in June 1950. His boxing record is a piece of boxing history, and I think that this Mr. Woodcock should graciously concede and re-title his page in some way, and let the famous Bruce Woodcock be the simple name belonging to the boxer. And if a technical reason needs to be given, Bruce Woodcock's name appears in several other boxer's pages, but is not linked, because you, sir, keep popping up! I've no doubt that someone will write him up, but I don't have the time. - JohnClarknew 07:30, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

I agree that the boxer is notable. He's already referred to on such pages as Abergele, Freddie Mills, and Lee Savold, among others. I'd recommend making a stub page at Bruce Woodcock (boxer), and then we can work out later whether Bruce Woodcock should point to one or the other, or just be a disambiguation page that points to both equally. :) But until there's an actual page on the boxer, it's moot. --El on ka 07:41, 30 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's good to see that this has already been worked out to everyone's satisfaction so quickly. Bruce Woodcock was my boyhood hero, famous for his "glass jaw". Now he has the start of his own page. Thank you for the intervention. JohnClarknew 15:45, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

I hope others will add supported memories to the boxer's page and help improve it. JohnClarknew 16:06, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

First pro fight

Note that the first professional fight listed at Boxrec (a 3 June 1941 defeat to Alfred Ford) was in fact in an amateur tournament in Sheffield in to raise money for the Sheffield Newspapers' War Fund. He made his professional debut in 1942 as per the record from boxinghistory.org.uk. --Michig (talk) 14:32, 14 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]