Matt Wells (boxer)
| Mat Wells | |
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Wells in 1911 as Lightweight Champ
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| Statistics | |
| Rated at |
Lightweight Welterweight |
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) |
| Nationality |
British 
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| Born |
December 14, 1886 Walworth, London |
| Died | June 27, 1953 (aged 66) London |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 98 |
| Wins | 49 |
| Wins by KO | 8 |
| Losses | 40 |
| Draws | 4 |
| No contests | 5 |
Matthew "Matt" Wells (14 December 1886 – 27 June 1953) was a British born professional boxer in the lightweight and welterweight divisions. In 1911, he held the Lightweight Championship of Great Britain, and in 1914 he claimed the Welterweight Championship of Britain and the Welterweight Championship of the World.
He was born in Walworth, London on December 4, 1886 and died in London on June 27, 1953.
During his amateur career, he held the British Amateur Lightweight crown from 1905-7.
He competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. In the lightweight event he was eliminated in the quarter-finals after losing to Frederick Grace who later won the gold medal.
Wells turned pro in 1909. On February 27, 1911, at the National Sporting Club in London he defeated Freddie Welsh in a twenty-round bout to win the lightweight championship of Great Britain and take home the Lonsdale belt.
On June 22, 1911, he defeated the great Jewish New York boxer Leach Cross at the Madison Athletic Club in New York. The Montreal Gazette noted that the "bout went the full ten rounds, Wells having all the better of it." Wells delivered two hard blows in the ninth that proved his hitting power against a boxer who was noted for exceptional defensive skills.
On April 26, 1912 he lost to the exceptional American boxer Packey McFarland at Madison Square Garden, in New York City. In major competition, McFarland was nearly undefeated, yet never managed to win a title.
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