Pat Ford (11 May 1931 – 26 July 2012) was an Australian professional light/welterweight boxer of the 1950s who won the Australian lightweight title, and British Empire lightweight title, his professional fighting weight varied from 133+1⁄2 lb (60.6 kg; 9 st 7.5 lb), i.e. lightweight to 138 lb (63 kg; 9 st 12 lb), i.e. welterweight.[1] He was inducted into the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame in 2006.[2] Ford suffered from Alzheimer’s disease in the last 12 years of his life. He died on 26 July 2012, at the age of 81.[3]
Career Record date opponent record
location result
26 1955-05-30
Lahouari Godih 31 3 2 Sydney Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia L DQ 25 1955-05-02
Don McTaggart 39 7 4 Sydney Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia W TKO 24 1955-03-21
Lahouari Godih 29 3 2 Sydney Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia L PTS 23 1954-07-02
Ivor Germain 31 16 2 West Melbourne Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia W PTS Commonwealth (British Empire) lightweight title
22 1954-04-09
Ivor Germain 30 15 2 West Melbourne Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia L PTS Commonwealth (British Empire) lightweight title
21 1954-02-26
Agustin Argote 31 10 6 West Melbourne Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia L PTS 20 1953-12-11
Agustin Argote 29 9 6 West Melbourne Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia L KO 19 1953-11-13
Ivor Germain 29 13 2 West Melbourne Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia W PTS 18 1953-10-09
Frank Johnson 36 3 0 West Melbourne Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia W KO Commonwealth (British Empire) lightweight title
17 1953-08-28
Frank Johnson 36 2 0 West Melbourne Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia W PTS Commonwealth (British Empire) lightweight title
16 1953-07-24
Jackie Ryan 29 9 1 West Melbourne Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia W TKO Australian lightweight title
15 1953-05-08
Frank Flannery 33 17 9 West Melbourne Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia W TKO
Australian lightweight title
14 1953-03-09
Joe McEntee 22 4 0 Sydney Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia W TKO 13 1953-02-13
Ray Fitton 30 14 8 West Melbourne Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia W TKO 12 1952-11-24
Ray French 14 0 4 Sydney Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia W TKO 11 1952-10-31
Eric Boon 97 21 5 Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia W TKO 10 1952-10-03
Alfie Clay 15 9 3 Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia W TKO 9 1952-09-12
Gordon Meredith 14 7 0 Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia W TKO 8 1952-07-25
Dave Landers 35 22 3 Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia W TKO 7 1952-06-23
Charlie Dunn 22 8 3 Sydney Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia W TKO 6 1952-06-13
Jackie Ryan 24 8 1 Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia W KO 5 1951-12-03
Mickey Anelzark 36 8 4 Sydney Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia W TKO 4 1951-10-15
Teddy Dillon 13 5 0 Sydney Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia W KO 3 1951-07-02
Charlie Dunn 20 6 3 Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia L KO 2 1951-07-02
Charlie Ward 11 11 1 Sydney Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia W TKO 1 1951-05-25
Gordon Meredith 7 2 0 Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia W PTS
