Hi I am interested in finding out if anyone has knowledge of my Great grandfather Frank Bayliss b1885 also known as Francis Gabriel Bayliss and Frank Hughes, and his son Charles Henry Bayliss . I have knowledge of Frank fighting between 1903 to 1908 and Charles fighting 1926 - 1928. Frank fought more professional bouts and even fought in Worcester by a fight promoted by Owen Moran, Charles boxed professionally aswell as in the fair with the Jukes Midgets and Artful Swingler (Charles and these were all from Smethwick). Charles was greatly know for his Coal/Haulage business C H Bayliss & Son based in Oozells Street, where at one point he employed Pat Roach to work on the coal (Mentioned in Pat's book "If").
Frank Bayliss (Birmingham)
Active: 1903-1908
Weight classes fought in: featherweight
Recorded fights: 7 contests (won: 2 lost: 5 drew: 0 other: 0)
Fight Record
1903
Jun 15 Jack Curley WPTS(8) Midlands SC, Birmingham
Source: Manchester Sporting Chronicle
1905
Jan 9 Tom Smith (Birmingham) LPTS(10) Midland Sports Club, Birmingham
Source: Mirror of Life
Feb 10 George Shaylor LRSF6(6) Birmingham
Source: Mirror of Life
Referee: Harry E Cleveland
Mar23 Albert Wallins (Birmingham) LPTS(6) Corn Exchange, Worcester
Source: Sporting Life
Promoter: Owen Moran
1907
Nov1 Tom Edmunds (Birmingham) LKO3(8) Horse Repository, Birmingham
Source: Mirror of Life
Referee: J Frank Bradley
1908
Jun 27 Dick Knock (Stratford) LRTD2(6) Curzon Hall, Birmingham
Source: Sporting Life
Jul 20 Jack Gillard (Birmingham) WPTS(6) Curzon Hall, Birmingham
Source: Sporting Life
Referee: HW Knight
Charlie Bayliss (Smethwick)
Active: 1926-1928
Weight classes fought in: flyweight
Recorded fights: 2 contests (won: 0 lost: 2)
Fight Record
1926
Dec 22 Nigger Mills (Walsall) LPTS(6) Rolfe Street Baths, Smethwick
Source: Boxing 29/12/1926 page 351
1928
May 1 Dan Martin (West Bromwich) Lambeth Market, Smethwick
Source: Boxing 09/05/1928 page 655
Regards
Peter Bayliss