[Rocco Del Sesto]

01/16/67 Monday
Manchester, England
Tom Calderwood – LHW (2-4-0) vs. Bob Nicholson – LHW (17-6-3)

Tom Calderwood - UK Rating 1
Light Heavyweight 1966-67
2 wins / 8 losses / 0 draws / 1 KO

Birthplace: Scotland

Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto

Knocked out Sammy Robertson in the first round in January 1966 in the first bout for both of those fighters. It turned out to be the only real hilite to Calderwood's brief career. He won only one other fight, that a 6 round decision over HW Ernie Field(6-13-1,4). Calderwood lost fights to Johnny Hendrickson. two to Bob Nicholson, and an 8th round KO at the hands of Johnny Halafihi in May 1967 ended it all.

Bob Nicholson - UK Rating 1
Light Heavyweight 1960-68
19 wins / 7 losses / 3 draws / 9 KO

Hometown: Famborough, England

Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto

Fought Chic Calderwood in November 1964 for the British Light Heavyweight Title. Calderwood KO'd Nicholson in the 7th round. Other fights of note were a couple wins early in his career over a journeyman middleweight named Brian Coxhead(26-21-1,19), an 8 round decision loss to Johnny Halafihi, an 8 round decision win over Alex Buxton and a 10th round TKO victory over Stan Cullis in Jan. 1964 for the British (Southern Area) LHW Title. He fought Johnny Hendrickson twice, drawing once and loosing the other time. He lost an 8th round TKO to John (Young) McCormack(33-8-1,27), he and Johnny Ould(10-11-2,6) fought a 10 round draw for the British (Southern Area) LHW Title in Feb. 1968 and in what turned out to be Nicholson's last career fight, he lost the Southern Area LHW Title to PHil Watford(13-2-1,4) in November 1968 in a 10 round decision.

The fight.....
A couple of light heavy’s from the UK squaring off here in Manchester on this busy Monday in boxing. Both of these guys are near what is turning out to be the ends of their careers. For Calderwood, it’s nothing to speak about at all. Calderwood is coming off an 8 round decision loss to Johnny Hendrickson back in October the previous year, the one and only real fight of any note in Calderwood’s brief career. For Nicholson, he’s the reigning British (Southern Area) LHW champion. He won that title back in 1964 having defeated Stan Cullis. A few months later he failed in an attempt for the overall British LHW Title, being KO’d by Chic Calderwood. Since then, Nicholson has fought only 4 times, loosing 2, winning 1 and his most recent fight in February 1966, a defense of his Southern Area title. He and Johnny Ould fought to a 10 round draw. It’s now almost a year later with Nicholson finally climbing back into the ring for he’s hoping I guess an easy winning paycheck.
Back in 67 it turned out to be a winning day for Nicholson, but it took the full scheduled 8 rounds to pull out a decision over Calderwood. In our replay, the first round was a pretty easy one for Nicholson, landing some right hand shots and combinations. Calderwood manages to land a hard cross, late in the round but Nicholson counters with a big uppercut that slows any possible Calderwood comeback late in the round. The 2nd round, hardly a ½ minute into it, Nicholson lands another hard uppercut that puts Tom down on the carpet for a 4 count. Calderwood manages to stay out of harms way for the next minute of the round, but then Nicholson shoots a couple quick jabs, the 2nd one of which lands, and then follows that with another strong uppercut that connects! Calderwood manages to split Nicholson’s gloves with a jab, but then Bob counters with a cross that lands. Nicholson then comes in with a cross to Calderwood’s forehead and then a stinging jab. Nicholson then traps Calderwood into his corner and just before the bell, Nicholson lands a perfect combination and Calderwood slumps to the canvas! 1, 2., 3, ….he’s counted out! KO at the end of the 2nd round of Tom Calderwood by Bob Nicholson!!