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Our boxing historian Miles Templeton holds records for over 74,000 boxers: men who fought professionally in Britain between 1900 and 1979. Below is a list of boxers whose surnames start with the letter 'Y'. Use the alphabetical menu to search for other surnames.

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Jimmy Yabsley boxed during 1931 1 professional contest

Johnny Yacamini from Dundee boxed between 1930 and 1934 13 professional contests

Billy Yale boxed during 1919 1 professional contest

Jack Yallop from Bow boxed during 1919 2 professional contests

Colin Yandell from Bristol boxed between 1957 and 1961 8 professional contests

Alan Yapp from Epsom boxed between 1959 and 1960 2 professional contests

Wes Yapp from Streatham boxed between 1968 and 1969 7 professional contests

Dave Yardley from Cambuslang boxed between 1931 and 1934 10 professional contests

Harry Yardley from Stepney boxed between 1936 and 1937 11 professional contests

Yardwood from Sheffield boxed between 1910 and 1918 28 professional contests

Stoker Yarnell from Chatham boxed between 1927 and 1933 17 professional contests

Bill Yarnold from Worcester boxed between 1932 and 1933 2 professional contests

Herbert Yarrington from Mexborough boxed during 1924 4 professional contests

Tich Yarrow from Farcet boxed between 1930 and 1934 3 professional contests

George Yarwood from Manchester boxed between 1933 and 1935 10 professional contests

Buddy Yasmin from Gravesend boxed between 1945 and 1948 3 professional contests

A Yates from Dublin boxed during 1929 1 professional contest

Albert Yates from Farnworth boxed between 1931 and 1936 44 professional contests

Alf Yates from Ashton-under-Lyne boxed during 1923 2 professional contests

Billy Yates from Bargoed boxed between 1911 and 1914 11 professional contests

Billy Yates from Belfast boxed between 1948 and 1951 2 professional contests

Billy Yates from Belfast boxed between 1923 and 1927 28 professional contests

Billy Yates from Burnley boxed during 1919 2 professional contests

Billy Yates from Darwen boxed between 1919 and 1921 3 professional contests

Billy Yates from Gateshead boxed during 1934 2 professional contests

Billy Yates from Mexborough boxed between 1927 and 1935 90 professional contests

Billy Yates from Pensnett boxed between 1928 and 1933 25 professional contests

Bob Yates from Camberwell boxed during 1909 4 professional contests

Bryn Yates from Swansea boxed during 1930 1 professional contest

Charlie Yates from Bloomsbury boxed between 1909 and 1910 4 professional contests

Charlie Yates from Sutton-in-Ashfield boxed between 1928 and 1939 71 professional contests

Dick Yates from Kilburn boxed between 1934 and 1935 2 professional contests

Eddie Yates from Harrogate boxed between 1937 and 1939 18 professional contests

Frankie Yates from Leeds boxed during 1930 4 professional contests

Fred Yates from Wembley boxed during 1947 1 professional contest

George Yates from Altrincham boxed between 1937 and 1942 5 professional contests

George Yates from Ashton-under-Lyne boxed between 1925 and 1931 37 professional contests

George Yates from Darwen boxed between 1919 and 1920 2 professional contests

George Yates from Kilburn boxed between 1933 and 1936 4 professional contests

Ginger Yates from Sheffield boxed during 1931 4 professional contests

Harry Yates from Ashton-under-Lyne boxed between 1924 and 1929 46 professional contests

J Yates boxed during 1922 1 professional contest

Jack Yates from Birmingham boxed during 1934 2 professional contests

Jack Yates boxed during 1924 1 professional contest

Jim Yates from Darwen boxed during 1921 2 professional contests

Joe Yates from RockFerry boxed between 1921 and 1922 12 professional contests

Johnny Yates from Stockport boxed between 1932 and 1939 13 professional contests

Leslie Yates from Wembley boxed during 1947 2 professional contests

Martin Yates from Birmingham boxed between 1928 and 1937 88 professional contests

P Yates from Dublin boxed during 1929 1 professional contest

Phil Yates from Treforest boxed during 1920 1 professional contest

Pte. Yates from ColdstreamGuards boxed between 1909 and 1910 2 professional contests

Seaman Yates from Plymouth boxed between 1934 and 1935 2 professional contests

Sid Yates from Sutton-in-Ashfield boxed between 1934 and 1935 3 professional contests

Stan Yates from Kilburn boxed between 1933 and 1937 74 professional contests

Stoker Yates from HMSRoyalArthur boxed between 1907 and 1911 7 professional contests

Ted Yates from Grays boxed during 1905 3 professional contests

Tom Yates from Swansea boxed during 1929 1 professional contest

Walt Yates from Darwen boxed between 1913 and 1914 5 professional contests

Walter Yates from NewSouthgate boxed during 1930 3 professional contests

Young Yates from Ashton-under-Lyne boxed during 1928 3 professional contests

Young Yates from Leeds boxed between 1905 and 1906 10 professional contests

Young Yates from Pendleton boxed between 1903 and 1906 5 professional contests

Yates from Hemsworth boxed between 1910 and 1911 4 professional contests

Bert Yaxley from GreatYarmouth boxed during 1934 2 professional contests

Gary Yean from Liverpool boxed between 1968 and 1972 20 professional contests

Dennis Yearby from Leeds boxed between 1949 and 1956 57 professional contests

Joe Yeardley from HighGreen boxed during 1945 1 professional contest

Sam Yeardley from Sheffield boxed during 1923 2 professional contests

Bunny Yeates from Pontypridd boxed during 1926 1 professional contest

Fred Yeates boxed during 1922 1 professional contest

Joe Yekinni from Nigeria boxed between 1971 and 1975 20 professional contests

Ginger Yelland from Roche boxed between 1935 and 1937 2 professional contests

Reg Yelland from Bugle boxed during 1935 1 professional contest

Young Yemm from Rhydyfelin boxed during 1919 1 professional contest

Edgar Yendell from Pontypridd boxed between 1921 and 1929 26 professional contests

C Yendoll boxed during 1916 1 professional contest

Battling Yengo from Beverley boxed between 1932 and 1933 9 professional contests

Bill Yeo from Winton boxed between 1930 and 1931 5 professional contests

GunnerBill Yeo from Colchester boxed during 1935 3 professional contests

Ted Yeo from Torquay boxed between 1930 and 1936 2 professional contests

Young Yeo from StSephy boxed during 1930 1 professional contest

Charlie Yeomans from Pontypridd boxed between 1910 and 1917 62 professional contests

George Yeomans from Birmingham boxed during 1932 3 professional contests

George Yeomans from Pontypridd boxed during 1914 2 professional contests

Gus Yeomans from Kettering boxed during 1932 2 professional contests

Les Yeomans from Parkstone boxed between 1934 and 1935 10 professional contests

TW Yeomans from Pontypridd boxed during 1910 3 professional contests

Young Yeomans from Deri boxed during 1926 3 professional contests

Alf Yewman from BethnalGreen boxed between 1908 and 1919 7 professional contests

Bob Yewman from BethnalGreen boxed between 1906 and 1914 65 professional contests

Bob Yewman from SouthShields boxed during 1935 3 professional contests

Billy Yews from Shotton boxed between 1930 and 1934 3 professional contests

Walter Yews from Shotton boxed between 1929 and 1933 15 professional contests

Mark Yobbo from Aldgate boxed between 1905 and 1923 102 professional contests

George Yor boxed during 1934 1 professional contest

Kid Yorath from Neath boxed during 1926 1 professional contest

Jack Yore from Horden boxed during 1934 2 professional contests

E York from Pelton boxed between 1930 and 1932 4 professional contests

Noel York from Kettering boxed between 1910 and 1914 15 professional contests

Cpl. Yorke from 2ndRoyalWarwicksRegt. boxed between 1907 and 1908 3 professional contests

Ernie Yorke from Woolwich boxed during 1936 2 professional contests

Tommy Yorke from Rotherham boxed between 1934 and 1937 11 professional contests

R Yorkey from WhitleyBay boxed between 1923 and 1924 3 professional contests

T Yorwerth from Aberavon boxed between 1910 and 1911 2 professional contests

Young Youatt from Neath boxed between 1916 and 1926 13 professional contests

Teddy Youds from WestBromwich boxed during 1947 2 professional contests

Fred Youle from Derby boxed between 1935 and 1937 3 professional contests

Al Young from Jamaica boxed between 1948 and 1953 35 professional contests

Alf Young from Hightown boxed during 1910 2 professional contests

Alf Young from Plymouth boxed between 1927 and 1928 4 professional contests

Andy Young from Glasgow boxed between 1920 and 1925 23 professional contests

Andy Young from Newport boxed between 1926 and 1928 4 professional contests

Andy Young from Plymouth boxed during 1936 1 professional contest

Arthur Young from Bletchley boxed during 1952 1 professional contest

Arthur Young from Coventry boxed between 1922 and 1924 3 professional contests

Arthur Young from OldFord boxed between 1916 and 1921 45 professional contests

Arthur Young from Pill boxed during 1926 1 professional contest

Arthur Young boxed during 1921 2 professional contests

Bert Young from Ballyclare boxed during 1936 1 professional contest

Bill Young from BethnalGreen boxed between 1925 and 1933 9 professional contests

Bill Young from Hull boxed between 1925 and 1939 3 professional contests

Bill Young from Lambeth boxed during 1906 2 professional contests

Bill Young from RockFerry boxed during 1934 2 professional contests

Bill Young boxed during 1930 1 professional contest

Billy Young from Bedford boxed during 1940 2 professional contests

Billy Young from Belfast boxed during 1938 1 professional contest

Billy Young from Taunton boxed during 1921 1 professional contest

Billy Young from Yeovil boxed between 1927 and 1934 8 professional contests

Bob Young from Croydon boxed between 1977 and 1986 25 professional contests

Bob Young from Durham boxed during 1946 1 professional contest

Bob Young from WheatleyHill boxed between 1932 and 1933 9 professional contests

Boy Young boxed during 1927 1 professional contest

Brig Young from Leicester boxed during 1927 2 professional contests

Bruce Young boxed between 1920 and 1924 3 professional contests

Buck Young from Newcastle boxed between 1933 and 1934 16 professional contests

Charlie Young from Cordely boxed during 1947 1 professional contest

Charlie Young from Darwen boxed between 1924 and 1925 3 professional contests

Charlie Young from MileEnd boxed during 1910 2 professional contests

Charlie Young from SouthShields boxed between 1895 and 1899 3 professional contests

Chick Young from Newcastle boxed between 1937 and 1939 4 professional contests

Chuck Young from Newcastle boxed between 1934 and 1935 7 professional contests

Clarence Young from BethnalGreen boxed between 1930 and 1935 60 professional contests

Con Young from DownhamMarket boxed between 1950 and 1952 17 professional contests

D Young boxed between 1906 and 1910 2 professional contests

Darkey Young from WestHartlepool boxed between 1924 and 1930 3 professional contests

Dennis Young from Birmingham boxed between 1967 and 1969 11 professional contests

Doc Young from Warwick boxed between 1930 and 1933 11 professional contests

Dougie Young from Devonport boxed during 1912 1 professional contest

Driver Young boxed during 1916 2 professional contests

Eddie Young from Stithians boxed between 1934 and 1935 9 professional contests

Eric Young from Liverpool boxed during 1947 1 professional contest

Eric Young from Walworth boxed between 1961 and 1964 15 professional contests

Evan Young from Pontycymmer boxed during 1919 2 professional contests

F Young from Balham boxed between 1920 and 1921 7 professional contests

Fly Young from Belfast boxed during 1905 1 professional contest

Frank Young from Belfast boxed between 1968 and 1974 40 professional contests

Frank Young from Kingsbridge boxed between 1933 and 1934 2 professional contests

Fred Young from Marylebone boxed between 1924 and 1929 43 professional contests

Fred Young from Portsmouth boxed between 1932 and 1933 4 professional contests

Fred Young from Redruth boxed during 1927 1 professional contest

Fred Young boxed during 1912 1 professional contest

Freddy Young from NewWashington boxed between 1934 and 1935 3 professional contests

G Young from Bedford boxed during 1931 2 professional contests

Gdsmn Young from ColdstreamGuards boxed between 1924 and 1927 11 professional contests

George Young from Belfast boxed during 1949 1 professional contest

George Young from Cheetham boxed between 1931 and 1934 26 professional contests

George Young from Devonport boxed during 1912 1 professional contest

George Young from Walworth boxed between 1912 and 1913 22 professional contests

Gerry Young from Belfast boxed between 1977 and 1981 12 professional contests

Ginger Young from Marylebone boxed during 1905 2 professional contests

Ginger Young from Portsmouth boxed between 1929 and 1930 4 professional contests

Ginger Young boxed during 1929 1 professional contest

Harry Young from Belfast boxed during 1953 1 professional contest

Harry Young from Cwmcarn boxed between 1916 and 1917 2 professional contests

Harry Young from Slough boxed between 1930 and 1931 3 professional contests

Harry Young from Southgate boxed during 1933 1 professional contest

J Young from Bristol boxed during 1931 1 professional contest

J Young from Newcastle boxed between 1894 and 1918 74 professional contests

J Young boxed during 1924 1 professional contest

Jack Young from Belfast boxed during 1938 3 professional contests

Jack Young from Hoxton boxed during 1905 2 professional contests

Jack Young from Sunderland boxed during 1933 2 professional contests

Jim Young from Birtley boxed between 1933 and 1937 12 professional contests

Jim Young from Bloomsbury boxed during 1911 3 professional contests

Jim Young from Brixton boxed between 1924 and 1925 2 professional contests

Jim Young from Byker boxed during 1932 2 professional contests

Jim Young from Dublin boxed between 1908 and 1912 14 professional contests

Jim Young from LeamingtonSpa boxed between 1932 and 1937 32 professional contests

Jim Young from Middlesbrough boxed between 1919 and 1928 2 professional contests

Jim Young from Paisley boxed during 1934 1 professional contest

Jim Young from Stepney boxed during 1936 1 professional contest

Jimmy Young from BethnalGreen boxed between 1926 and 1939 128 professional contests

Jimmy Young from Camberwell boxed between 1924 and 1926 9 professional contests

Joe Young from BethnalGreen boxed between 1925 and 1935 62 professional contests

Joe Young from Prestwich boxed during 1947 1 professional contest

Joe Young from WestHartlepool boxed between 1934 and 1935 3 professional contests

Johnny Young from Gloucester boxed between 1909 and 1920 31 professional contests

Karim Young from Nigeria boxed between 1967 and 1973 25 professional contests

Ken Young from Maidenhead boxed between 1933 and 1937 23 professional contests

Kid Young from Bristol boxed during 1920 1 professional contest

L.Sgt. Young from RoyalBerksRegt. boxed between 1907 and 1910 9 professional contests

Larry Young from CoventGarden boxed during 1950 2 professional contests

Leslie Young from Wetherby boxed during 1932 4 professional contests

Matt Young from Fermoy boxed during 1911 1 professional contest

Mervyn Young from Neath boxed between 1912 and 1913 4 professional contests

Mike Young from Chiswick boxed during 1910 5 professional contests

Norrie Young from Dundee boxed between 1938 and 1948 6 professional contests

P Young boxed during 1910 1 professional contest

Percy Young from Southampton boxed between 1909 and 1913 18 professional contests

Peter Young from Horden boxed during 1938 2 professional contests

Pte. Young from 12thLancers boxed between 1913 and 1925 30 professional contests

Pte. Young from SomersetLightInfantry boxed during 1909 3 professional contests

Ray Young from Shirebrook boxed between 1947 and 1948 5 professional contests

Ron Young from Shirebrook boxed between 1939 and 1948 27 professional contests

Sam Young from Dublin boxed during 1909 1 professional contest

SapperD Young from RoyalEngineers boxed during 1909 3 professional contests

Seaman Young from WestHartlepool boxed between 1932 and 1933 8 professional contests

Smn Young from WestHartlepool boxed during 1932 2 professional contests

Stan Young from Birkenhead boxed during 1946 1 professional contest

Stan Young from Enfield boxed between 1943 and 1944 4 professional contests

Stan Young boxed during 1936 1 professional contest

Syd Young from Shoreditch boxed between 1922 and 1923 2 professional contests

Ted Young from Crindau boxed during 1909 1 professional contest

Ted Young boxed during 1912 1 professional contest

Tich Young from Tiryberth boxed during 1931 1 professional contest

Tom Young from WhitleyBay boxed between 1933 and 1934 2 professional contests

Tommy Young from Aberdeen boxed between 1933 and 1934 3 professional contests

Tommy Young from Clerkenwell boxed during 1921 2 professional contests

Tommy Young from Willesden boxed between 1932 and 1933 2 professional contests

Tony Young from Camberwell boxed during 1954 2 professional contests

Val Young from Ryhope boxed between 1946 and 1947 14 professional contests

Victor Young boxed between 1932 and 1933 2 professional contests

Will Young from Gloucester boxed during 1910 1 professional contest

Willie Young from Highgate boxed during 1933 2 professional contests

Young boxed during 1912 2 professional contests

YoungBlackBob from Plymouth boxed between 1927 and 1928 2 professional contests

Pte. Younger from DurhamLightInfantry boxed between 1915 and 1916 4 professional contests

YoungJago'spupil from Devonport boxed during 1913 1 professional contest

YoungJosephs'nipper from Aldgate boxed between 1909 and 1917 143 professional contests

Roy Youngman from Alford boxed during 1931 3 professional contests

Seaman Youngman from Chatham boxed between 1926 and 1930 14 professional contests

Sonny Youngman from Diss boxed between 1931 and 1934 7 professional contests

YoungSymonds'nipper boxed between 1913 and 1914 4 professional contests

Mohammed Younis from Walsall boxed between 1977 and 1981 22 professional contests

Bob Yoxall from Torquay boxed during 1912 1 professional contest

Pte. Yufa from EastSurreyRegt. boxed during 1910 2 professional contests

Ninian Yule from WestBromwich boxed between 1950 and 1952 2 professional contests

George Yvon from Jersey boxed between 1920 and 1926 7 professional contests











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