Bill Ladbury
Bill Ladbury was an English professional boxer who competed from 1908 to 1917. He held the IBU world flyweight title from 1913 to 1914, as well as the British and European flyweight titles in 1913.
Career
Born in New Cross, London, in 1891, Ladbury had his first professional fight in November 1908. In January 1910 he stopped Charles Ledoux in four rounds and in October 1911 he beat Albert Cocksedge to take the English 112lbs title. In November 1911 he fought Ledoux again, this time losing in four rounds, and was knocked out by Johnny Hughes only 8 days later. In 1912 he had three fights against Joe Fox, winning two and losing the third.After a run of eight straight wins he faced Sid Smith in June 1913 for the British, European, and World flyweight titles; He stopped Smith in the eleventh round to take the three titles. He lost all three titles in January 1914 when he was outpointed over 20 rounds by Percy Jones.
He drew with Joe Symonds in March 1914, and beat Tommy Harrison a month later, but in his third fight in eight weeks was stopped in the eighth round by Tancy Lee at the end of April.
With the outbreak of World War I, Ladbury joined the British Army, initially serving as a private in the Royal West Kent Regiment, rising to Lance-Corporal by late 1916.
He beat Hughes in December but lost all three of his fights in 1915 including another fight with Jones. His final fight was a win over Bert Clark in May 1917.
Bill Ladbury was killed in action in France in June 1917.
Professional boxing record
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 53 | Win | 31-17-5 |  Bert Clark | PTS | 10 | 1 May 1917 |  | |
| 52 | Win | 30-17-5 |  Alf Mansfield | PTS | 15 | 27 Nov 1916 |  London, England.png" /> | |
| 51 | Win | 29-17-5 | Harry Curley | RTD | 11 | 9 Nov 1916 |  | |
| 50 | Loss | 28-17-5 | Tommy Noble | KO | 13 | 9 Oct 1916 |  New Cross Baths, London, England.png" /> | |
| 49 | Loss | 28-16-5 | Tommy Noble | PTS | 15 | 21 Aug 1916 | The Ring, Blackfriars Road, England.png" /> | |
| 48 | Loss | 28-15-5 | Nat Young Brooks | RTD | 12 | 17 Jul 1916 |  | |
| 47 | Draw | 28-14-5 | Peter Cain | PTS | 10 | 21 Feb 1916 |  | |
| 46 | Win | 28-14-4 | Harry Curley | PTS | 15 | 10 Jan 1916 | | |
| 45 | Loss | 27-14-4 | Percy Jones | KO | 5 | 11 Oct 1915 | | |
| 44 | Loss | 27-13-4 | Joe Symonds | KO | 2 | 11 Jun 1915 |  Plymouth, England.png" /> | |
| 43 | Loss | 27-12-4 | Joe Symonds | KO | 1 | 22 Mar 1915 | | |
| 42 | Win | 27-11-4 | Johnny Hughes | PTS | 20 | 10 Dec 1914 | | |
| 41 | Loss | 26-11-4 | Tancy Lee | TKO | 8 | 27 Apr 1914 | | |
| 40 | Win | 26-10-4 | Tommy Harrison | RTD | 15 | 6 Apr 1914 | National Sporting Club, London, England.png" /> | |
| 39 | Draw | 25-10-4 | Joe Symonds | PTS | 20 | 2 Mar 1914 | | |
| 38 | Loss | 25-10-3 | Percy Jones | PTS | 20 | 26 Jan 1914 |  Sporting Club, London, England.png" /> | Lost IBU, British and European flyweight titles |
| 37 | Loss | 25-9-3 | Jimmy Berry | KO | 10 | 15 Dec 1913 | | |
| 36 | Win | 25-8-3 | Tommy Harrison | PTS | 20 | 24 Nov 1913 | | |
| 35 | Win | 24-8-3 | Sid Smith | TKO | 11 | 2 Jun 1913 | | Won IBU, British and EBU European flyweight titles |
| 34 | Win | 23-8-3 | George Peters | PTS | 10 | 7 Apr 1913 | | |
| 33 | Win | 22-8-3 | Louis Ruddick | PTS | 20 | 10 Mar 1913 | | |
| 32 | Win | 21-8-3 | Joe Young Wilson | KO | 17 | 3 Feb 1913 | | |
| 31 | Win | 20-8-3 | Young George Dando | RTD | 7 | 6 Jan 1913 | | |
| 30 | Win | 19-8-3 | Jack Arundel | KO | 5 | 9 Dec 1912 | | |
| 29 | Win | 18-8-3 | Tommy Harrison | PTS | 10 | 21 Nov 1912 | Liverpool Stadium, Liverpool, England.png" /> | |
| 28 | Win | 17-8-3 | Sam Kellar | PTS | 20 | 11 Nov 1913 | | |
| 27 | Win | 16-8-3 | Joe Young Wilson | KO | 12 | 7 Oct 1912 | | |
| 26 | Loss | 15-8-3 | Nat Young Brooks | PTS | 12 | 3 Aug 1912 |  | |
| 25 | Loss | 15-7-3 | Nat Young Brooks | PTS | 10 | 20 Jul 1912 | | |
| 24 | Win | 15-6-3 | Bill Kyne | PTS | 10 | 29 Jun 1912 | | |
| 23 | Loss | 14-6-3 | Joe Fox | TKO | 5 | 15 Jun 1912 | | |
| 22 | Loss | 14-5-3 | Joe Young Wilson | PTS | 10 | 1 Jun 1912 | | |
| 21 | Win | 14-4-3 | Joe Fox | PTS | 10 | 27 Apr 1912 | | |
| 20 | Win | 13-4-3 | Frank Warner | PTS | 10 | 20 Apr 1912 | | |
| 19 | Win | 12-4-3 | Joe Fox | PTS | 15 | 9 Mar 1912 | | |
| 18 | Draw | 11-4-3 | Joe Young Wilson | PTS | 12 | 10 Feb 1912 | | |
| 17 | Win | 11-4-2 | Stoker Bill Hoskyne | PTS | 10 | 27 Jan 1912 | | |
| 16 | Win | 10-4-2 | Nat Young Brooks | TKO | 6 | 13 Jan 1912 | | |
| 15 | Loss | 9-4-2 | Johnny Hughes | KO | 3 | 16 Nov 1911 |  | |
| 14 | Loss | 9-3-2 | Charles Ledoux | RTD | 4 | 8 Nov 1911 |  Salle Wagram, Paris, France.png" /> | |
| 13 | Draw | 9-2-2 | Georges Gaillard | PTS | 10 | 4 Nov 1911 |  | |
| 12 | Win | 9-2–1 | Albert Cocksedge | KO | 7 | 16 Oct 1911 |  Leicester, England.png" /> | |
| 11 | Win | 8-2-1 | Sweeper Madge | PTS | 10 | 15 Jul 1911 |  Whitechapel Road, London, England.png" /> | |
| 10 | Win | 7-2-1 | Jack Arundel | RTD | 10 | 18 Feb 1911 |  | |
| 9 | Win | 6-2-1 | Stoker Bill Hoskyne | PTS | 10 | 30 Jan 1911 | Manor Place Baths, London, England.png" /> | |
| 8 | Loss | 5-2-1 | Sam Kellar | PTS | 20 | 28 Feb 1910 |  | |
| 7 | Win | 5-1-1 | Charles Ledoux | RTD | 4 | 8 Jan 1910 | | |
| 6 | Loss | 4-1-1 | Johnny Condon | PTS | 15 | 29 Nov 1909 | | |
| 5 | Win | 4-0-1 | Albert Bass | TKO | 4 | 29 Mar 1909 | Camberwell Baths, London, England.png" /> | |
| 4 | Win | 3-0-1 | Young Longhorn | PTS | 10 | 8 Mar 1909 |  | |
| 3 | Win | 2-0-1 | Jack Fox | RTD | 10 | 18 Jan 1909 | | |
| 2 | Draw | 1-0-1 | Jack Fox | PTS | 6 | 30 Nov 1908 | | |
| 1 | Win | 1-0 | Bob Campion | PTS | 6 | 9 Nov 1908 |  |