Jackie Paterson
| Jackie Paterson | |
|---|---|
| Statistics | |
| Rated at | Flyweight & Bantamweight |
| Nationality | British |
| Born | 5 September 1920 Springside, Ayrshire, Scotland |
| Died | 19 November 1966 Natal, South Africa |
| Stance | Southpaw |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 92 |
| Wins | 64 |
| Wins by KO | 41 |
| Losses | 25 |
| Draws | 3 |
| No contests | 0 |
Jackie Paterson (5 September 1920, Springside, Ayrshire - 19 November 1966) was a Scottish boxer who was world flyweight boxing champion. He was also British champion at flyweight and bantamweight.
Paterson’s family emigrated from Scotland, when he was eight years old, to Scranton, Pennsylvania. He returned to Scotland in his early teens to work at John Brown & Co, shipbuilders on the Clyde. He later worked as a butcher. When he was thirteen, he joined the Anderson Club in Glasgow and began to box as an amateur. He turned professional when he was seventeen.
Paterson was a southpaw with a knockout punch in either hand, his most lethal weapon being his left hook. He was comparatively broadly built for a flyweight, and often struggled to make the eight stone flyweight limit. In the latter stages of his career, he fought as a bantamweight.
Paterson's first fight was in May 1938 in Greenock, and he beat Joe Kiely on points over ten rounds.
In his nineteenth fight he won the vacant British flyweight title, beating Paddy Ryan by a knockout in the thirteenth round. The fight was in September 1939, in Glasgow.
With the outbreak of World War II, Paterson joined the RAF, but continued to box regularly throughout the war years.
In March 1940, he added the vacant Commonwealth title to his British one, when he won on points against Richie Kid Tanner in Manchester.
In February 1941, he defended both titles against Paddy Ryan in Nottingham, winning on a technical knockout in the eighth.
In August 1941, he had a shot at the Commonwealth bantamweight title, when he fought holder Jim Brady in Glasgow. However, he lost on points over fifteen rounds.
In June 1943, Paterson fought against the World flyweight champion, Peter Kane, from Golborne in Lancashire. The title fight, held at Hampden Park in Glasgow, lasted only a minute, as Paterson caught Kane early in the first round putting him down twice, before he was counted out the second time. Paterson was the first southpaw to be world flyweight champion. By successfully defending his British flyweight title twice he had also won a Lonsdale Belt outright.
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