[Rocco Del Sesto]

Well, after a bit of hibernation, not realizing it had been like 3 plus weeks since I'd done anything with this, let's try to get the ball rolling again a little.

01/16/67 Monday
Manchester, England
Tommy Woods – HW (1-5-0) vs. Clive Tranter – LHW (2-1-2)

Tommy Woods - UK Rating 1
Heavyweight 1966-68
6 wins / 8 losses / 1 draw / 4 KO

Hometown: Manchester, England

Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto

Entire career fought in England. Lost to MW-Jimmy Tibbs(16-2-1,13), lost once, drew once and beat one time HW-Jim Mcllvaney(13-12-3,8). Lost once and then defeated later on HW-Vernon Allen(10-24-1,3). Woods' most noteworthy opponent turned out to be his last fight when Bunny Johnson stopped him in the 2nd round in Manchester, England in April 1968.

Clive Tranter - UK Rating 1
Light Heavyweight 1966-68
4 wins / 13 losses / 3 draws / 0 KO

Hometown: Tipton, UK

Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto

Fought exclusively in England. Best looking oppenents he faced were MW-Joe Somerville(34-50-4,9), MW-Tony Moore(20-2-1,14), HW-Guinea Roger(13-32-1,11), MW-Jimmy Tibbs(16-2-1,13) and HW-Phil Watford(13-2-1,4).

The Fight....
A couple more local club fighters going at it in the Monday night fight fest here in Manchester in England. Heavyweight Tommy Woods is coming off 3 straight defeats and a 1-5-0 record to start his career all in 1966. Tranter, a Light Heavy has seen a bit more success in his early career which started only back in September of the previous year. The 6 round affair in 1967 helped Woods turn his career around for a bit with a decision over Tranter who would quickly see his career spiral under.
Our replay was a close back and forth fight. There were no knockdowns in this fight as the action went back and forth in the rounds with each fighter in turn seemingly gaining the upper hand in the fight. In the end though Woods carried the day with a Majority Decision victory, 57-57, 58-56, 59-56.