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Jimmy Warnock

Irish boxer

Born
1912, Belfast
Died
1987
Citizenship
United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sport
boxing
Discipline
flyweight
Occupation
boxer

James Warnock (1912 in Lurgan – 1987) was a southpaw boxer from the Shankill Road, Belfast, Ireland.

Jimmy Warnock began his early boxing career at Belfast's Chapel Fields in prize fights organised by Clara Copley. In the 1930s he beat undisputed world flyweight champion Benny Lynch on points twice - on 2 March 1936 at the King's Hall, Belfast and again on 2 June 1937 in front of 16,000 people in torrential rain at Parkhead stadium in Glasgow.

He was one of three boxing brothers, including Billy Warnock.

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