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 Won 66 (KOs 45) | Lost 8 | Drew 1 | Total 75
 Date Lb  Opponent

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  Location        
22-08-
1964		    Charles Seguna   Schreiber Sports Ground, Valetta, Malta W TKO 2 6
18-03-
1963		    Eddie Marcano   Wisbech, Norfolk, England W KO 6 10

This was Turpin's first fight in the Heavyweight division
Unlicensed by the British Boxing Board of Control
09-09-
1958		 175  Yolande Pompey 168¾ Perry Barr Stadium, Birmingham, England L KO 2 10

~ Time: 1:30 ~
Attendance: 20,000
Pompey down in 1st
22-07-
1958		    Redvers Sangoe   Oswestry, England W TKO 4 10

~ Referee: Stan Hiles ~
21-04-
1958		 176  Eddie Wright   Granby Halls, Leicester, England W TKO 7 10
24-02-
1958		 175  Wim Snoek 175½ Birmingham, England W PTS 10 10
25-11-
1957		 177¾  Uwe Janssen 180½ Leicester, England W TKO 8 10

Janssen down in 7th and 8th before referee stopped fight
Janssen was a replacement for Dutchman Pedro Klijssens
28-10-
1957		 172  Sergio Burchi   Birmingham, England W TKO 2 10

~ Time: 1:20 ~
Turpin down in 1st; Burchi down twice in 2nd before stoppage
17-09-
1957		 171¾  Ahmed Boulgroune 171¾ Harringay Arena, London, England W TKO 9 10
11-06-
1957		 172¾  Arthur Howard 173½ Granby Halls, Leicester, England W PTS 15 15

~ British Light Heavyweight Title ~
Turpin down in the 2nd, 5th, 7th, 8th and 13th
Fight re-scheduled three times due to Turpin hand injury
26-11-
1956		  173  Alex Buxton 175 Granby Halls, Leicester, England W KO 5 15

~ Vacant British Light Heavyweight Title ~
Turpin wins Lonsdale belt outright
Buxton down five times
Title vacated by Ron Barton
21-09-
1956		  175  Hans Stretz   Hamburg, Germany L PTS 10 10

Turpin down once in fight
18-06-
1956		 175½  Jacques Bro 169½ Birmingham, England W KO 5 10
17-04-
1956		 174  Alessandro D'Ottavio 182 Sportsdrome, Birmingham, England W TKO 6 10

~ Referee: Fred Blakeborough ~
Attendance: 4,500
D'Ottavio was forced to forfeit £20 of his purse for failing to make the agreed weight
18-10-
1955		    Gordon Wallace   Harringay Arena, London, England L TKO 4 10

Wallace down in the 3rd; Turpin down four times
Turpin announced retirement after the fight
19-09-
1955		 177  Polly Smith   Perry Barr, Birmingham, England W PTS 10 10
26-04-
1955		 171¾  Alex Buxton 162¾ Harringay Arena, London, England W KO 2 15

~ Referee: Ben Green ~
~ British Light Heavyweight Title ~
~ Commonwealth (British Empire) Light Heavyweight Title ~
08-03-
1955		 171½  Jose Gonzalez Sales 173½ Earls Court, London,  England W KO 7 10

~ Time: 2:20 ~
Attendance: 18,000

15-02-
1955		 171  Ray Schmit   Sportsdrome, Birmingham, England W DQ 8 10

Schmit down once in fight; disqualified for repeated holding
02-05-
1954		 158½  Tiberio Mitri 160 Stadio Torino, Trieste, Rome, Italy L TKO 1 15

~ Time: 0:28 | Referee: Juan Cervera-Buro ~
~ European (EBU) Middleweight Title ~
Attendance: 31,000
30-03-
1954		 162  Olle Bengtsson 162 Earls Court Arena, London, England W PTS 10 10

Bengtsson down in the 4th
21-10-
1953		 157  Bobo Olson 159½ Madison Square Garden, New York, USA L PTS 15 15

~ Referee: Al Berl 4-9-2 | Judge Charley Shortell: 4-11 | Judge Arthur Susskind: 7-8 ~
~ Vacant World Middleweight Title ~
Turpin was down in the 9th and 10th
A Turpin shoulder injury caused by a road accident postponed the fight by a month
Attendance: 18,869

09-06-
1953		 160  Charles Humez 159½ White City Stadium, London, England W PTS 15 15

~ Associated Press Scorecard: 11-3-1 ~
~ Vacant European (EBU) Middleweight Title ~
~ British Version of the Vacant World Middleweight Title ~
Eliminator for the Vacant World Middleweight Title
Turpin struggled to make 160lb limit - forcing him to lose 2lbs within an hour on the day of the fight
Attendance: 54,000

17-03-
1953		 160¾  Walter Cartier 159½ Earls Court Arena, London, England W DQ 2 10

~ Referee: Tommy Little ~
After seven warnings Cartier was disqualified for holding
Cartier was a replacement for American Paddy Young
Attendance: 18,000
16-02-
1953		 161½  Doug Miller 160½ Granby Halls, Leicester, England W PTS 10 10

Miller was down in the 2nd, 8th, and twice in the 10th
Attendance: 8,000
19-01-
1953		  160  Victor d'Haes   Sportsdrome, Birmingham, England W KO 6 10

~ Time: 1:40 ~
d'Haes was down twice in 6th; Turpin was outweighed by 13lbs
Attendance: 5,000
21-10-
1952		 158¼  George Angelo 157¾ Harringay Arena, London, England W PTS 15 15

~ Referee: Sam Russell ~
~ Vacant Commonwealth (British Empire) Middleweight Title ~
Angelo down in the 13th
Title vacant as Dave Sands died in a road accident in August
Attendance: 10,700
10-06-
1952		 162½  Don Cockell 174½ White City Stadium, London, England W TKO 11 15

~ Time: 1:10 | Referee: Tommy Little ~
~ Vacant Commonwealth (British Empire) Light Heavyweight Title ~
~ British Light Heavyweight Title ~
Cockell down in 3rd and twice in 11th
Attendance: 50,000

22-04-
1952		 164  Jacques Hairabedian 173¾ Harringay Arena, London, England W KO 3 10

Hairabedian was a replacement for Italian Renarto Tontini
12-02-
1952		 163  Alex Buxton 163 Harringay Arena, London, England W TKO 7 10

~ Referee: Jack Hart ~
Buxton retired with a badly cut left eye
Attendance: 10,000
12-09-
1951		 159  Sugar Ray Robinson 157½ Polo Grounds, New York, USA L TKO 10 15

~ Time: 2:52 | Referee: Ruby Goldstein 4-4-1 | Judge: Joe Agnello 3-5-1 | Judge: Carol Barnes 4-5 ~
World Middleweight Title
Attendance: 61,437
10-07-
1951		 158¾  Sugar Ray Robinson 154½ Earls Court Arena, London, England W PTS 15 15

~ Referee: Eugene Henderson ~
~ World Middleweight Title ~
Most boxing writers at ringside scored the fight 9-4-2 for Turpin
Attendance: 18,000
05-06-
1951		 160  Jackie Keough 156 White City Stadium, London, England W TKO 7 10

~ Time: 2:20 | Referee: Tommy Little ~
Keogh down in the 4th, 6th and twice in the 7th
07-05-
1951		 159¾  Jan de Bruin 159½ Butts Stadium, Coventry, England W KO 6 10
De Bruin down in 1st and twice in 6th; Turpin down in 2nd
16-04-
1951		 164  Billy Brown 161½ Sportsdrome, Birmingham, England W KO 2 10

~ Time: 2:25 ~
19-03-
1951		  163  Jean Stock   Granby Halls, Leicester, England W TKO 5 10
Stock down in 1st, 2nd and 5th before his corner throws in the towel
27-02-
1951		 159¼  Luc van Dam 157½ Harringay Arena, London, England W KO 1 15

~ Time: 0:48 ~
~ Vacant European (EBU) Middleweight Title ~
Title vacated by Tiberio Mitri
22-01-
1951		 163  Eduardo Lopez   Birmingham, England W KO 1 10
12-12-
1950		 163  Tommy Yarosz 168½ Harringay Arena, London, England W DQ 8 10

Yarosz disqualified for persistent holding
13-11-
1950		 162  Jose Alamo Medina 160½ Abergavenny, Wales W KO 2 10

~ Time: 1:05 ~
17-10-
1950		 158  Albert Finch 159½ Harringay Arena, London, England W KO 5 15

~ Time: 1:02 ~
~ British Middleweight Title ~
05-09-
1950		 162½  Eli Elandon 163 Vicarage Road, Watford, England W KO 2 10
24-04-
1950		 161¾  Gustave Degouve 160½ Ice Rink, Nottingham, England W PTS 8 8

Degouve down several times
06-03-
1950 		161½  Richard Armah 161¼ London, Croydon, England W TKO 6 8

Cut eye stoppage
31-01-
1950		 161¾  Gilbert Stock 155¾ Earls Court,, London, England W PTS 8 8
15-11-
1949		 160½  Pete Mead 159¼ Harringay Arena, London, England W TKO 4 8

~ Referee: Teddy Waltham ~
Mead retired with a damaged rib
19-09-
1949		    Roy Wouters   Coventry, England W TKO 5 10

~ Referee: Chris Maggs ~
22-08-
1949		 160¼  Jean Wanes 157¾ King's Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester, England W TKO 3 10
20-06-
1949		 159  Cyrille Delannoit 160½ St Andrews, Birmingham, England W TKO 8 10

~ Referee: Moss Deyong ~
Referee stopped fight
03-05-
1949		 160  William Poli 159 Earls Court Arena, London, England W DQ 4 8

Poli disqualified for holding
25-03-
1949		    Mickey Laurent   King's Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester, England W TKO 3 8
21-02-
1949		 161¼  Doug Miller 159 Royal Albert Hall, London, England W PTS 8 8
07-02-
1949		    Jackie Jones   Coventry, England W TKO 5 8
21-09-
1948		 160½  Jean Stock 161¼ Harringay Arena, Harringay, London, England L TKO 5 8

Turpin retires at the end of round five; he was down several times
28-06-
1948		 158½  Alby Hollister 160¾ Villa Park, Birmingham, England W PTS 8 8

Both fighters down in 1st round
26-04-
1948		 156  Albert Finch 156 Royal Albert Hall, London, England L PTS 8 8
16-03-
1948		 162  Vince Hawkins 162 Haringay Arena, London, England W PTS 8 8

Hawkins down in the 7th round
Turpin was too young to challenge for Hawkins British Middleweight title
17-02-
1948		 160¾  Gerry McCready 158½ Harringay Arena, London, England W TKO 1 8
26-01-
1948		    Freddie Price   Coventry, England W KO 1 8
20-10-
1947		 157  Mark Hart 162 Harringay Arena, London, England D PTS 6 6

Hart down twice in the 4th round
09-09-
1947		    Jimmy Ingle   Coventry, England W TKO 3 8

Ingle down six times
23-06-
1947 		156  Léon Fouquet   Coventry, England W KO 1 8
03-06-
1947		 156½  Mark Hart 159½ Harringay Arena, London, England W PTS 6 6
27-05-
1947		 158  Jury VII   Royal Albert Hall, London, England W PTS 6 6

Jury VII was a replacement for Mark Hart
12-05-
1947		    Ron Cooper   Oxford, England W TKO 4 6

Cut eye stoppage
28-04-
1947		 158  Bert Sanders 158½ London, England W PTS 6 6
15-04-
1947		 162  Tommy Davies   Harringay Arena, London, England W KO 2 8
01-04-
1947		 161  Frank Dolan   London, England W TKO 2 8
18-03-
1947		 161  Bert Hyland   Royal Albert Hall, London, England W KO 1 8
18-02-
1947		 159  Johnny Best   London, England W KO 1 8

Best down four times
24-01-
1947		    Dai (Farmer) Jones   Birmingham, England W KO 3 8
14-01-
1947		 161¼  Jimmy Davis 157 Seymore Hall, Marylebone, London, England W KO 4 8
26-12-
1946		    Bill Blything   Birmingham, England W KO 1 6

~ Time: 1:38 ~
19-11-
1946		    Des Jones   Seymore Hall, Marylebone, London, England W PTS 6 6
17-09-
1946		 160¾  Gordon Griffiths 155 Harringay Arena, London, England W TKO 1 6

Griffiths down twice in 1st


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