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Les Darcy. James Leslie Darcy (28 October 1895 – 24 May 1917) [1] was an Australian boxer. He was a middleweight, but held the Australian Heavyweight Championship title at the same time. Les Darcy was the 2003 Inductee for the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame Old Timers category and was the first to be elevated to Legend status in 2009.
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Les Darcy had a short but brilliant fighting career that came to an unglamorous end when the young boxer died far from home. Considered one of the greatest middleweights of all time, Darcy proved his mettle in his native Australia. Born in New South Wales, he started boxing as an amateur at age fifteen and quickly turned professional.
31/10/1895 - 24/05/1917. Les Darcy became an Australian sporting legend in a short but brilliant fighting career that came to an unglamorous end when he died far from home. One of 10 children of an Irish Catholic family, Les Darcy quickly developed a love of boxing. He left school at 12 to become a carter and then a blacksmith’s apprentice.
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May 24, 2017 · Les was gone. It was 100 years ago today, American time, May 23, 1.45pm. The grieving Winnie then accompanied his body back across America and then on the ship the Sonoma across the Pacific Ocean ...
Oct 6, 2019 · Died: 1917-05-24 (Age:21) Stance: Orthodox. Height: 168cm. Reach: 180cm. Pro Boxer: Record. Managers: Fred Gilmore, E.T. O'Sullivan. Photo #2. James Leslie Darcy (Les) has been called Australia's "Golden Boy" of boxing. His career was short-lived (he died before his 22nd birthday), but of a total of 50 professional fights he won 46, taking 29 ...
Jan 23, 2018 · Sadly a few days later on May 24, 1917, at the age of twenty-one, he collapsed and died in Memphis, Tennessee of blood poisoning from an infected tooth. Darcy was inducted into the Ring Magazine Boxing Hall of Fame in 1957, the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1993, and the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 1998.
Regarded by most boxing experts as Australia's greatest-ever pugilist, Les Darcy was a legend in his lifetime. In a short but spectacular career he fought 50 fights and won 46, competing in both the middleweight and heavyweight divisions.
