Jimmy Warnock
Irish boxer
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| Intro | Irish boxer | |
| Places | United Kingdom | |
| was | Athlete Boxer | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Birth | 1912, Belfast, Belfast district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | |
| Death | 1987 (aged 75 years) |
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James Warnock (1912 in Lurgan – 1987) was a southpaw boxer from the Shankill Road, Belfast, United Kingdom. .
Jimmy Warnock began his early boxing career at Belfast's Chapel Fields in prize fights organised by Clara Copley. In the 1930s 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 stadium in Glasgow.
He was one of three boxing brothers, including Billy Warnock.