Welterweight · United Kingdom
Matt Wells 51-30-3, 1 NC 7 KO · 1909–1922
Photo: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Matt Wells was a welterweight boxer from United Kingdom, born Dec 14, 1886. Record 51-30-3, 1 NC with 7 knockouts over 1909–1922. Matt Wells last fought Jack Hart on May 12, 1922 and won by PTS over 15 rounds.
Also: مات ويلز · Michael Matthew "Matt" Wells
Born Dec 14, 1886
Died Jun 27, 1953
Country 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Stance Orthodox
Height 162 cm
Debut Nov 1, 1909
Career 1909–1922
Rounds boxed 712
KO share 14%
Born in Walworth, London
Titles World welterweight title 1914
Confirmed bouts 17 of 85
Career record Record
51-30-3, 1 NC, 7 KOs · 1909–1922
Last result W
Jack Hart
PTS 15/15 · Premierland, Whitechapel, 🇬🇧
The record 85 bouts, 1909–1922, newest first. Records under each bout are both boxers going in.
W
Jack Hart
PTS 15/15 · Premierland, Whitechapel, 🇬🇧
Wells 50-30-3 · Hart —
W
Stanley Glen
PTS 15/15 · Tredegar Road Drill Hall, Bow, 🇬🇧
Wells 49-30-3 · Glen —
L
Ted Moore
PTS 15/15 · Premierland, Whitechapel, 🇬🇧
Wells 49-29-3 · Moore —
W
Clement Carlos
TKO 13/15 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Wells 48-29-3 · Carlos —
L
PTS 15/15 · Cosmopolitan Gymnasium, Plymouth, 🇬🇧
Wells 48-28-3 · Hall —
W
Joe Davis
TKO 10/15 · The Dome, Brighton, 🇬🇧
Wells 47-28-3 · Davis —
W
Kid Plested
KO 6/15 · Tyneside Stadium, Wallsend, 🇬🇧
Wells 46-28-3 · Plested —
L
Ted Moore
DQ 13/20 · The Ring, Blackfriars Road, 🇬🇧
Wells 46-27-3 · Moore —
W
Joe Attwood
TKO 5/20 · The Ring, Blackfriars Road, 🇬🇧
Wells 45-27-3 · Attwood —
W
PTS 20/20 · Pheasant Inn Grounds, Carbrook, 🇬🇧
Wells 44-27-3 · Platts —
W
Fred Newberry
PTS 20/20 · The Peoples' Palace, Mile End, 🇬🇧
Wells 43-27-3 · Newberry —
W
Bermondsey Billy Wells
DQ 15/20 · The Ring, Blackfriars Road, 🇬🇧
Wells 42-27-3 · Wells —
L
Ted Moore
PTS 20/20 · Palace Theatre, Plymouth, 🇬🇧
Wells 42-26-3 · Moore —
L
Phil Bloom
PTS 15/15 · Holborn Stadium, Holborn, 🇬🇧
Wells 42-25-3 · Bloom —
L
RTD 12/20 · Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, 🇬🇧
Wells 42-24-3 · Lewis 192-33-21
L
For Commonwealth and BBBofC British welterweight titles PTS 20/20 · Holborn Stadium, Holborn, 🇬🇧
Wells 42-23-3 · Basham —
W
Kid Carter
PTS 20/20 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Wells 41-23-3 · Carter —
W
Harlem Eddie Kelly
PTS 12/12 · 20th Century A.C., Pittsfield, 🇺🇸
Wells 40-23-3 · Kelly —
W
Young Maxwell
DQ 4 · Albany, New York, 🇺🇸
Wells 39-23-3 · Maxwell —
NC
NC 9/10 · Arena, Syracuse, 🇺🇸
Wells 39-23-3 · White 89-20-11
Show all 85 bouts W
Frankie Nelson
10 · Arena, Syracuse, 🇺🇸
Wells 38-23-3 · Nelson —
L
Bryan Downey
12 · Coliseum, Columbus, 🇺🇸
Wells 38-22-3 · Downey —
L
Bryan Downey
10 · Airdome A.C., Rochester, 🇺🇸
Wells 38-21-3 · Downey —
W
Kid Curley
10 · Urban Liberty Park, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Wells 37-21-3 · Curley —
W
Phil Bloom
10 · Broadway S.C., Brooklyn, 🇺🇸
Wells 36-21-3 · Bloom —
W
Walter Mohr
10 · Airdome A.C., Rochester, 🇺🇸
Wells 35-21-3 · Mohr —
L
Lockport Jimmy Duffy
PTS 10/10 · Hamilton, Ontario, 🇨🇦
Wells 35-20-3 · Duffy —
W
Walter Mohr
10 · National S.C., Albany, 🇺🇸
Wells 34-20-3 · Mohr —
L
Lockport Jimmy Duffy
10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Wells 34-19-3 · Duffy —
L
TKO 5/12 · Boston, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸
Wells 34-18-3 · White 79-16-10
L
Frankie Mack
10 · Genesee Arena, Rochester, 🇺🇸
Wells 34-17-3 · Mack —
L
PTS 12/12 · Arena, Boston, 🇺🇸
Wells 34-16-3 · Dundee 88-19-22
W
Eddie Murphy
PTS 12/12 · Armory, Boston, 🇺🇸
Wells 33-16-3 · Murphy —
L
PTS 15/15 · Kansas City, Missouri, 🇺🇸
Wells 33-15-3 · White 77-16-8
L
10 · Broadway A.C., Cincinnati, 🇺🇸
Wells 33-14-3 · White 76-16-8
L
Johnny Griffiths
12 · Columbus, Ohio, 🇺🇸
Wells 33-13-3 · Griffiths —
W
PTS 12/12 · Hippodrome, Boston, 🇺🇸
Wells 32-13-3 · White 73-15-8
L
PTS 12/12 · Italian Riverside Club, New Haven, 🇺🇸
Wells 32-12-3 · Dundee 82-18-21
L
Johnny Griffiths
12 · Akron, Ohio, 🇺🇸
Wells 32-11-3 · Griffiths —
L
Steve Latzo
6 · Olympia A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Wells 32-10-3 · Latzo —
W
10 · Harlem S.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Wells 31-10-3 · Brown —
W
10 · Auditorium, Milwaukee, 🇺🇸
Wells 30-10-3 · White 72-14-8
W
Willie Schaefer
10 · Fairmont A.C., Bronx, 🇺🇸
Wells 29-10-3 · Schaefer —
D
Young Neil
10 · Allentown, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸
Wells 29-10-2 · Neil —
L
Lost world welterweight title PTS 12/12 · Arena (Atlas A.A.), Boston, 🇺🇸
Wells 29-9-2 · Glover 55-12-14
L
PTS 15/15 · London Opera House, Kingsway, 🇬🇧
Wells 29-8-2 · Basham —
W
PTS 15/15 · Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, 🇬🇧
Wells 28-8-2 · Platts —
W
Young Nipper
PTS 15/15 · The Ring, Blackfriars Road, 🇬🇧
Wells 27-8-2 · Nipper —
W
Won world welterweight title PTS 20/20 · Sydney Stadium, Sydney, 🇦🇺
Wells 26-8-2 · McCormick 28-3-2
W
TKO 7/20 · Sydney Stadium, Sydney, 🇦🇺
Wells 25-8-2 · Bronson 61-17-25
L
PTS 20/20 · Sydney Stadium, Sydney, 🇦🇺
Wells 25-7-2 · McCoy 79-7-10
L
PTS 20/20 · Sydney Stadium, Sydney, 🇦🇺
Wells 25-6-2 · Stone —
L
Hughie Mehegan
For Australian lightweight title PTS 20/20 · West Melbourne Stadium, Melbourne, 🇦🇺
Wells 25-5-2 · Mehegan —
W
PTS 20/20 · Sydney Stadium, Sydney, 🇦🇺
Wells 24-5-2 · Moran 74-14-9
W
Hughie Mehegan
PTS 20/20 · Sydney Stadium, Sydney, 🇦🇺
Wells 23-5-2 · Mehegan —
W
Hughie Mehegan
PTS 20/20 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Wells 22-5-2 · Mehegan —
W
KO 7/15 · Theatre, Swansea, 🇬🇧
Wells 21-5-2 · Basham —
L
Lost IBU and NSC lightweight titles PTS 20/20 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Wells 21-4-2 · Welsh 60-9-11
L
Hughie Mehegan
DQ 14/20 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Wells 21-3-2 · Mehegan —
L
Bobby Wilson
10 · Oneida County A.A., Utica, 🇺🇸
Wells 21-2-2 · Wilson —
W
10 · Royale A.C., Brooklyn, 🇺🇸
Wells 20-2-2 · Brown —
L
10 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Wells 20-1-2 · McFarland 85-1-6
W
Billy Donovan
Retained world lightweight title claim KO 5/10 · Olympic B.C., Toronto, 🇨🇦
Wells 19-1-2 · Donovan —
W
10 · Madison A.C., Manhattan, 🇺🇸
Wells 18-1-2 · Attell 98-9-23
W
Knockout Brown
10 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Wells 17-1-2 · Brown —
W
Willie Moody
6 · Fairhill S.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Wells 16-1-2 · Moody —
W
Dick Hyland
10 · Albany, New York, 🇺🇸
Wells 15-1-2 · Hyland —
W
Philadelphia Pal Moore
PTS 12/12 · Armory A.A., Boston, 🇺🇸
Wells 14-1-2 · Moore —
W
Leach Cross
10 · Harlem River Casino, New York City, 🇺🇸
Wells 13-1-2 · Cross —
W
Won IBU and NSC British lightweight titles PTS 20/20 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Wells 12-1-2 · Welsh 53-8-9
W
Jimmy Howard
DQ 9/10 · Fairmont A.C., Bronx, 🇺🇸
Wells 11-1-2 · Howard —
L
Paddy Sullivan
10 · Olympia Boxing Club, New York City, 🇺🇸
Wells 11-0-2 · Sullivan —
W
Johnny Dohan
10 · Fairmont A.C., New York, 🇺🇸
Wells 10-0-2 · Dohan —
W
Nick Muller
8 · Combine A.C., Yonkers, 🇺🇸
Wells 9-0-2 · Muller —
W
Billy Leary
10 · Yonkers, New York, 🇺🇸
Wells 8-0-2 · Leary —
W
Charley Lawrence
10 · Fairmont A.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Wells 7-0-2 · Lawrence —
W
Mark Anderson
10 · Yonkers, New York, 🇺🇸
Wells 6-0-2 · Anderson —
W
Smiling Eddie Kelly
8 · Combine A.C., Yonkers, 🇺🇸
Wells 5-0-2 · Kelly —
D
Young Nipper
PTS 6/6 · King's Hall, London Road, 🇬🇧
Wells 5-0-1 · Nipper —
W
Jack Turner
PTS 20/20 · Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, 🇬🇧
Wells 4-0-1 · Turner —
W
Sid Stagg
PTS 10/10 · Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, 🇬🇧
Wells 3-0-1 · Stagg —
D
Dick Lee
PTS 6/6 · The Empire, Holborn, 🇬🇧
Wells 3-0-0 · Lee —
W
Gunner Hart
PTS 6/6 · Surrey Music Hall, Southwark, 🇬🇧
Wells 2-0-0 · Hart —
W
Bob Russell
PTS 10/10 · The King's Hall, London Road, 🇬🇧
Wells 1-0-0 · Russell —
W
Battling Lacroix
PTS 10/10 · King's Hall, London Road, 🇬🇧
Wells 0-0-0 · Lacroix —
Amateur career 2 amateur bouts at major tournaments, from the tournament articles on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Not part of the professional record.
Ratings now Not in any current ranking.
World titles No world title reigns recorded.
Facts
What is Matt Wells's record? Matt Wells's professional record is 51-30-3, 1 NC with 7 knockouts.
Who did Matt Wells fight last? Matt Wells last fought Jack Hart on May 12, 1922 and won by PTS over 15 rounds. Sources Boxerbook ID 10706 · permanent link boxerbook.com/id/10706 . Wikidata (CC0), English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), photo from Wikimedia Commons. Last fetched: 2026-10-12. Spot a mistake? Every bout page has a link to report it.
