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Jim Kelly

Northern Irish boxer

Born
25 February 1912, Derry
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Sport
boxing
Discipline
middleweight, welterweight, lightweight, featherweight
Occupation
boxer

Jim "Spider" Kelly (25 February 1912 – death unknown) born in Derry was an Irish professional feather/light/welter/middleweight boxer of the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s who won the Irish flyweight title, British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) Northern Ireland Area featherweight title, BBBofC British featherweight title, and British Empire featherweight title, his professional fighting weight varied from 125+3⁄4 lb (57.0 kg; 8 st 13.8 lb), i.e. Featherweight to 148+1⁄2 lb (67.4 kg; 10 st 8.5 lb), i.e. Middleweight.

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Facts from Wikidata Q16079058 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.