Joe Bowker
Bantamweight · United Kingdom

Joe Bowker

43-10-1, 4 NC 13 KO · 1899–1914

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Joe Bowker was a bantamweight boxer from United Kingdom, born Jun 1881. Record 43-10-1, 4 NC with 13 knockouts over 1899–1914. Joe Bowker last fought Charlie Ward on Oct 9, 1914 and won by KO in round 15 of 20.

Also: جو بوكر
BornJun 1881
Died1955
Country🇬🇧 United Kingdom
StanceOrthodox
DebutOct 31, 1899
Career1899–1914
Rounds boxed483
KO share30%
Born inSalford, Lancashire, England
TitlesWorld bantamweight title 1910
Boxerbook ratinginactive since Oct 1914Why here ›
Confirmed bouts7 of 58

Career record

Record
43-10-1, 4 NC, 13 KOs · 1899–1914

Last result

W
Charlie Ward
KO 15/20 · New Cross Empire Theatre, New Cross, 🇬🇧
1914-10-09 ›
✓ one source

The record

58 bouts, 1899–1914, newest first. Records under each bout are both boxers going in.
W
Charlie Ward
KO 15/20 · New Cross Empire Theatre, New Cross, 🇬🇧
Bowker 42-10-1 · Ward —
1914-10-09 ›
✓ one source
W
Harold Walker
PTS 6/6 · Free Trade Hall, Manchester, 🇬🇧
Bowker 41-10-1 · Walker —
1914-07-17 ›
✓ one source
W
Robert Dastillon
PTS 15/15 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Bowker 40-10-1 · Dastillon —
1914-05-11 ›
✓ one source
W
Biz Mackey
KO 5/10 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Bowker 39-10-1 · Mackey —
1914-02-16 ›
✓ one source
W
PTS 10/10 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Bowker 38-10-1 · Charles —
1913-11-24 ›
✓ one source
W
Young Johnny Cohen
PTS 15/15 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Bowker 37-10-1 · Cohen —
1913-02-03 ›
✓ one source
L
TKO 10/15 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Bowker 37-9-1 · Ledoux 42-5-3
1912-01-29 ›
✓✓ two sources
W
George Allen
KO 2 · London, 🇬🇧
Bowker 36-9-1 · Allen —
1911-12-18 ›
✓ one source
W
Paul Til 🇫🇷
DQ 14/20 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Bowker 35-9-1 · Til —
1911-05-29 ›
✓ one source
W
Con Houghton
TKO 8/15 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Bowker 34-9-1 · Houghton —
1911-03-27 ›
✓ one source
W
Alec Lambert
KO 6/15 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Bowker 33-9-1 · Lambert —
1910-12-12 ›
✓ one source
L
Lost IBU, NSC British, and world bantamweight titles
KO 8/20 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Bowker 33-8-1 · Stanley 59-8-7
1910-10-17 ›
✓✓ two sources
W
Jean Audouy
Retained world bantamweight title
RTD 8/10 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Bowker 32-8-1 · Audouy —
1910-03-07 ›
✓ one source
NC
3 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Bowker 32-8-1 · Summers —
1909-04-19 ›
✓ one source
L
Tommy O'Toole
KO 2/6 · National A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Bowker 32-7-1 · O'Toole —
1909-03-20 ›
✓ one source
L
Al Delmont
PTS 12/12 · Armory A.A., Boston, 🇺🇸
Bowker 32-6-1 · Delmont —
1909-03-16 ›
✓ one source
L
Charlie Griffin
TKO 8/20 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Bowker 32-5-1 · Griffin —
1908-04-27 ›
✓ one source
W
Cockney Cohen
PTS 10/10 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Bowker 31-5-1 · Cohen —
1907-12-16 ›
✓ one source
L
Jim Driscoll 🇬🇧
For NSC British and 122lbs English featherweight titles
KO 17/20 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Bowker 31-4-1 · Driscoll 44-4-5
1907-06-03 ›
✓✓ two sources
W
Harry Smith
PTS 6/6 · Public Hall, Canning Town, 🇬🇧
Bowker 30-4-1 · Smith —
1907-03-02 ›
✓ one source
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W
Harry Smith
PTS 6/6 · Public Hall, Barking Road, 🇬🇧
Bowker 29-4-1 · Smith —
1907-02-02 ›
✓ one source
NC
Young Bill Smith
3 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Bowker 29-4-1 · Smith —
1907-01-21 ›
✓ one source
L
Jim Driscoll 🇬🇧
Lost NSC British and 126lbs English featherweight titles
PTS 15/15 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Bowker 29-3-1 · Driscoll 42-4-5
1906-05-28 ›
✓✓ two sources
D
Bill Fielder
PTS 6/6 · Glasgow, 🇬🇧
Bowker 29-3-0 · Fielder —
1906-03-14 ›
✓ one source
W
Spike Robson
Retained NSC British and 122lbs English featherweight titles
PTS 20/20 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Bowker 28-3-0 · Robson —
1905-10-23 ›
✓ one source
W
Wally Pickard
PTS 6/6 · Nouveau Cirque, Paris, 🇫🇷
Bowker 27-3-0 · Pickard —
1905-07-02 ›
✓ one source
W
Pinky Evans
Retained world bantamweight title
PTS 20/20 · National Sporting Club, London, 🇬🇧
Bowker 26-3-0 · Evans —
1905-05-29 ›
✓ one source
NC
Johnny Boyle
3 · Waverley Market, Edinburgh, 🇬🇧
Bowker 26-3-0 · Boyle —
1905-04-01 ›
✓ one source
W
Pedlar Palmer 🇬🇧
Won vacant NSC British and 124lbs English featherweight titles
TKO 12/20 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Bowker 25-3-0 · Palmer 41-9-2
1905-03-20 ›
✓✓ two sources
W
Frankie Neil 🇺🇸
Won world bantamweight title
PTS 20/20 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Bowker 24-3-0 · Neil 20-5-4
1904-10-17 ›
✓✓ two sources
W
Owen Moran 🇬🇧
Retained NSC British and 116lbs English bantamweight titles
PTS 15/15 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Bowker 23-3-0 · Moran 22-3-2
1904-05-30 ›
✓✓ two sources
W
Alf Fellows
Won vacant British version of world 116lbs bantamweight title
TKO 9/15 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Bowker 22-3-0 · Fellows —
1903-11-09 ›
✓ one source
NC
Alf Fellows
3 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Bowker 22-3-0 · Fellows —
1903-10-19 ›
✓ one source
W
Bill King
Retained NSC British and 118lbs English bantamweight titles
PTS 15/15 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Bowker 21-3-0 · King —
1903-10-05 ›
✓ one source
W
Andrew Dick Tokell
Retained NSC British and 118lbs English bantamweight titles
PTS 15/15 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Bowker 20-3-0 · Tokell —
1903-05-25 ›
✓ one source
W
Andrew Dick Tokell
Retained NSC British and 116lbs English bantamweight titles
PTS 15/15 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Bowker 19-3-0 · Tokell —
1903-03-25 ›
✓ one source
W
Harry Ware
Won vacant NSC British and 118lbs English bantamweight titles
PTS 15/15 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Bowker 18-3-0 · Ware —
1902-12-15 ›
✓ one source
W
Charlie Hickman
KO 3/15 · Ginnetts Circus, Newcastle, 🇬🇧
Bowker 17-3-0 · Hickman —
1902-09-16 ›
✓ one source
W
Bill Fielder
PTS 10/10 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Bowker 16-3-0 · Fielder —
1902-06-02 ›
✓ one source
W
Jack Guyon
PTS 6/6 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Bowker 15-3-0 · Guyon —
1902-05-10 ›
✓ one source
W
Bill Lampshire
PTS 10/10 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Bowker 14-3-0 · Lampshire —
1902-04-21 ›
✓ one source
W
Harry Paul
PTS 10/10 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Bowker 13-3-0 · Paul —
1902-03-10 ›
✓ one source
W
Albert Wheeler
RTD 5 · London, 🇬🇧
Bowker 12-3-0 · Wheeler —
1902-02-02 ›
✓ one source
W
Jack Guyon
PTS 6/6 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Bowker 11-3-0 · Guyon —
1901-12-14 ›
✓ one source
L
Jack Guyon
PTS 6/6 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Bowker 11-2-0 · Guyon —
1901-01-21 ›
✓ one source
W
John Ansell
PTS 3/3 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Bowker 7-2-0 · Ansell —
1901-01-14 ›
✓ one source
W
Wiliam Parry
KO 3/3 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Bowker 7-2-0 · Parry —
1901-01-14 ›
✓ one source
W
Buck Shine
PTS 3/3 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Bowker 7-2-0 · Shine —
1901-01-14 ›
✓ one source
W
Bill Nicholson
KO 1/3 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Bowker 7-2-0 · Nicholson —
1901-01-14 ›
✓ one source
W
Ernie Waterman
PTS 3/3 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Bowker 6-2-0 · Waterman —
1901-01-12 ›
✓ one source
W
Dick Tarr
RTD 2/3 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Bowker 5-2-0 · Tarr —
1901-01-10 ›
✓ one source
W
Charlie Turner
PTS 3/3 · Boxing Club, Bolton, 🇬🇧
Bowker 4-1-0 · Turner —
1901-01-03 ›
✓ one source
L
Jim Pennington
PTS 3/3 · Boxing Club, Bolton, 🇬🇧
Bowker 4-1-0 · Pennington —
1901-01-03 ›
✓ one source
W
Bill Doyle
PTS 10/10 · United Kingdom
Bowker 3-1-0 · Doyle —
1900-07-10 ›
✓ one source
W
Tom Owens
PTS 10/10 · United Kingdom
Bowker 2-1-0 · Owens —
1900-06-10 ›
✓ one source
W
Pat Daly
PTS 10/10 · United Kingdom
Bowker 1-1-0 · Daly —
1900-05-10 ›
✓ one source
W
Tom Perkins
PTS 6/6 · United Kingdom
Bowker 0-1-0 · Perkins —
1900-01-01 ›
✓ one source
L
Billy Pennington
PTS 4/4 · Stalybridge Gymnastic Club, Stalybridge, 🇬🇧
Bowker 0-0-0 · Pennington —
1899-10-31 ›
✓ one source

Ratings now

Not in any current ranking.

World titles

No world title reigns recorded.

Facts

What is Joe Bowker's record?
Joe Bowker's professional record is 43-10-1, 4 NC with 13 knockouts.
Who did Joe Bowker fight last?
Joe Bowker last fought Charlie Ward on Oct 9, 1914 and won by KO in round 15 of 20.

Sources

Boxerbook ID 16173 · permanent link boxerbook.com/id/16173. 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.

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