Hubert Toms, better known as Joe Symonds, Young Joe Symonds, or Young Symonds, was a British professional boxer who competed from 1910 to 1924.
10 Facts About Joe Symonds
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Joe Symonds held the IBU world and National Sporting Club's British flyweight titles in 1915, as well as the EBU flyweight title in 1914.
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Joe Symonds went on to beat Bill Kyne, but lost via disqualification in March 1913 to future World champion Percy Jones, who beat him again in both June and September of that year.
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Between October 1913 and April 1914, Symonds was unbeaten, including a drawn fight against former World champion Bill Ladbury.
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Joe Symonds beat Ladbury twice in 1915, and in October faced Tancy Lee at the National Sporting Club for the British and IBU World flyweight titles; he stopped Lee in the eighteenth round to take both titles.
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Joe Symonds defended them both against Wilde in February 1916; Symonds retired in the twelfth round.
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Joe Symonds moved up to bantamweight, and in September 1916 drew with Louis Ruddick in a British title eliminator.
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When Fox vacated the title in 1918, Joe Symonds got another chance to win it when he faced Tommy Noble, but lost on points.
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In 1920, Joe Symonds travelled to Australia, where he stayed until returning in September 1921, having 14 fights there including a win over former Australian bantamweight champion Vince Blackburn.
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Joe Symonds continued to box until October 1924, his final fight ending in a seventh round knockout at the hands of former European and British Empire champion Bugler Harry Lake.