10 Facts About Jimmy Carruthers

James William Carruthers was an Australian boxer, who became the Undisputed Bantamweight World Champion in 1952.

Jimmy Carruthers was the 2009 Inductee for the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame Veterans category.

Jimmy Carruthers defeated Arnoldo Pares of Argentina in his second match.

Jimmy Carruthers joined the professional ranks in 1950, and was an immediate success.

Jimmy Carruthers won the Australian Bantamweight title in 1951 and then the British Commonwealth and Bantamweight Championship of the world the following year.

Jimmy Carruthers became Australia's first universally recognised boxing world champion when he knocked out the guy who had been crowned South Africa's first world champion himself, Vic Toweel, in the first round.

Jimmy Carruthers was matched for a world title bout against the New Zealand Bantamweight Champion Lyn Philp.

Jimmy Carruthers made a brief comeback in Melbourne and Sydney in the early sixties in non-title fights, with his last fight in Wellington New Zealand in 1962 where he lost to Jimmy Cassidy.

Jimmy Carruthers worked on the Sydney docks as a wharf labourer in the 1950s.

Jimmy Carruthers was married to Myra until his death and is survived by four children - Boyd, Ginna, Dimiette and Lukas.