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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/other-sports/down-memory-lane-lynch-ruled-the-world-13399012.html Belfast Telegraph, Down Memory Lane]
*[http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/other-sports/down-memory-lane-lynch-ruled-the-world-13399012.html Belfast Telegraph, Down Memory Lane]
* [http://nipperpatdaly.co.uk/fightingwarnocks.htm The Fighting Life of the Warnocks (1936)] Article.
*[http://www.prewarboxing.co.uk/boxerlists/Wlist.htm List of pre-war boxers in UK]
*[http://www.prewarboxing.co.uk/boxerlists/Wlist.htm List of pre-war boxers in UK]
*[http://www.belfastcathedral.org/heritage/artists-and-sculptors/ Belfast Cathedral Artists & Sculptors page - reference to Warnock's bust by Morris Harding]
*[http://www.belfastcathedral.org/heritage/artists-and-sculptors/ Belfast Cathedral Artists & Sculptors page - reference to Warnock's bust by Morris Harding]

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Jimmy Warnock
Born
James Warnock

1912
NationalityUnited Kingdom
Other namesGloved Dynamite
Statistics
Weight(s)Flyweight
StanceSouthpaw
Boxing record
Total fights85
Wins64
Wins by KO24
Losses15
Draws6

James "Jimmy" Warnock (1912 – 1987) was a southpaw boxer, born in Lurgan[1], from the Shankill Road, Belfast, Ireland. [2].

Jimmy Warnock began his early boxing career at Belfast's Chapel Fields in prize fights organised by Clara Copley. In the 1930's 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, Celtic F.C.'s home ground in Glasgow.[3]

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

References

Further reading

  • Benny: The Life and Times of a Fighting Legend - by John Burrowes ISBN 978-1840186611

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