Pat O'Keeffe | |
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| Born | 17 March 1883 |
| Died | 16 August 1960 (aged 77) |
| Nationality | British |
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | Welterweight, Middleweight, heavyweight. |
| Height | 5 ft 9+1⁄2 in (1.77 m) |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 123 |
| Wins | 89 |
| Wins by KO | 36 |
| Losses | 25 |
| Draws | 7 |
| No contests | 2 |
Pat O'Keeffe (17 March 1883 – 16 August 1960, spelled by many sources as Pat O'Keefe), was a professional English boxer who became the British champion in both the welterweight and middleweight weight classes. His professional career spanned the years between 1902 and 1918. In 1914 he made an unsuccessful bid for the European heavyweight belt, losing to Georges Carpentier.[1] Between 1907 and 1910 he left Britain and continued his boxing career in the United States, and then Australia. On the outbreak of World War I he joined the British Army to work as a Physical Training Instructor (PTI) and Recruiting Sergeant for the 1st Surrey Rifles.[2] He won the Lonsdale Belt outright when he defeated Bandsman Blake at the National Sporting Club (N.S.C) on 28 January 1918, becoming British Middleweight Champion.[3]
O'Keeffe died on 16 August 1960 at the Mount Vernon Hospital in Middlesex, aged 77.
- ^ "NEWBURY MEETING". Sheffield Evening Telegraph. 20 January 1914. Retrieved 8 January 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Rifleman Pat O'Keeffe". Daily Mirror. 26 October 1914. Retrieved 12 January 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "VETERAN'S LONSDALE BELT". The Sportsman. 29 January 1918. Retrieved 8 January 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.