Alfred Spenceley

From left to right are: Hayes the trainer; Reuben Charles Warnes; W. W. Allen; secretary Edward T. Calver of the ABA; Alfred Spenceley; Frank Parks; Erskine; and Murray the trainer on May 13, 1911

Alfred Spenceley (1890-?) was the Amateur Boxing Association of England lightweight champion in 1911.^[1][2] He boxed with the Old Goldsmiths Amateur Boxing Club.

Biography

He was born in 1890.

In 1911 he and Reuben Charles Warnes and Frank Parks came to the United States with the Amateur Boxing Association of England to fight in Madison Square Garden in a series of exhibition bouts.^[3][4]

References

1. "ABA Lightweight Champions". BoxRec. Retrieved 2010-12-17. Alf Spenceley
2. "Alf Spenceley". Retrieved 2010-12-21.
3. "English Champions Arrive. Quintet of Amateur Boxers Ready for Bouts of Pastime A.C.". New York Times. May 14, 1911. Retrieved 2010-12-17. Evidence of a real international amateur boxing series became manifest last night with the arrival on the steamship St. Louis of the quintet of English ... Parks, the mammoth of the party, is another five-time winner of the English title, with victories achieved in 1899, 1901, 1902, 1905, and 1906. ...
4. "English Boxers Show Up Strongly. Only One Britisher Fails to Outpoint His Opponent in Special Tournament". New York Times. May 28, 1911. Retrieved 2010-12-21. The five English boxers who recently came to this country to compete in the international boxing tournament were given their tryouts last night in some special matches against the pick of American amateurs at the National Sporting Club, and easily showed themselves superior to the home talent. Metropolitan, National, and Canadian champions competed in the exhibitions, but none showed up to advantage, as did the Englishmen. ... Frank Parks ... faced William Spengler