Anyone have more info on this guy? He seems like a lower boxing phenom much like Jimmy Barry. I'm looking him up for great British fighters.
Billy Plimmer BORN February 6 1869; Birmingham, England (Some sources report February 9 1869) DIED February 3 1929 HEIGHT 5-3 1/2 WEIGHT 105-122 lbs MANAGER Benny Murphy Plimmer was a very capable fighter and a clever ring general; He was a classical British boxer who relied much upon his left hand; But, Plimmer could get very aggressive and rough when challenged; His fighting style has been compared to that of the unbeaten American boxer, Jimmy Barry - careful aggression Harry Mullan, the British boxing historian, wrote in 1989, "Any British boxer who wins a world title in America and successfully defends it there three times should be assured of immortality - yet Birmingham's Billy Plimmer, who did just that almost a hundred years ago, is merely a footnote in the record books. He deserves better." During his career, Plimmer won the Bantamweight Championship of the World, Great Britain and England; He defeated such men as George Dixon, Tommy "Spider" Kelly, Johnny Murphy, Elwood McCloskey, Michael "Chappie" Moran, John Van Heest, Charley Kelly, George Corfield, Billy Willis, Arthur Westley, Jem Stevens, Joe McGrath and Maxie Haugh. http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/plimmer-billy.htm
The Great Sport of Boxing: A Collection of Classic Magazine Articles https://books.google.co.uk/books?id...BxAB#v=onepage&q=billy plimmer boxing&f=false
The Olympic Club of New Orleans: Epicenter of Professional Boxing, 1883-1897 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id...zcQ6AEIMDAB#v=onepage&q=billy plimmer&f=false
I don't know anything about him TBH. Birmingham seems to have had a pretty solid boxing scene going back to the bareknuckle days, Charlie Mitchell was from there too atleast. Here's his fight with Kelly The evening world., May 10, 1892, Page 3, Image 3 http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lc...asetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=1 The sun., May 10, 1892, Page 3, Image 3 http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lc...asetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=1
His fight with Dixon The sun., August 23, 1893, Page 6, Image 6 http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lc...asetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=1 The evening world., August 23, 1893, Page 5, Image 5 http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lc...asetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=1
