Ronnie Clayton

Boxing career Clayton was born on 9 February 1923 in Lancashire, England. He and his two brothers Jackie and Syd all chose boxing as a profession.

He became a professional boxer in 1941 and was trained by his brother, Jackie at their gym in Blackpool. He was managed throughout his thirteen-year boxing career by George Dingley. He had thirteen Championship bouts that included a bantamweight championship against world champion Jackie Patterson, and non-title bouts against South African champion Vic Toweel, Jackie Turpin, Manuel Ortiz and Spider Kelly.

He died on 8 December 1999, in Blackpool, the city of his birth, and was buried there in a ceremony that included many of the leading boxers of his era.

Selected fights

Win Joe Carter 27 Mar 1947 Liverpool 5 Round KO Eliminator for British featherweight title (BBBofC) Win Al Phillips 11 Sep 1947 Liverpool 15 Rounds Won European, Brit. Emp. and British featherweight titles Win Johnny Molloy 11 April 1949 Nottingham 15 Rounds Kept European, Brit. Emp. and British featherweight titles Win Eddie Miller 11 Aug 1949 Liverpool 12 Round KO Kept Brit. Emp. featherweight title Loss Ray Famechon 18 Nov 1949 Manchester 15 Rounds Lost European featherweight title Win Al Phillips 26 Feb 1951 Nottingham 15 Rounds Kept Brit. Emp. and British featherweight titles Loss Roy Ankrah 30 Apr 1951 Kensington 15 Rounds Lost Brit. Emp. featherweight title Loss Roy Ankrah 25 Feb 1952 Nottingham 13th Round returned to corner For Brit. Emp. featherweight title Loss Ray Famechon 21 Apr 1952 Nottingham 5th Round TKO For European featherweight title Win Dai Davies 30 June 1952 Abergavenny 5th Round TKO Regained British (BBBofC) featherweight title (2nd time) Win Freddie King 12 May 1953 Harringay 4 Round KO Kept British (BBBofC) featherweight title Loss Sammy McCarthy 1 June 1954 White City, London 8 Rounds, Quit fight Lost British (BBBofC) featherweight title