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Pat Bradley (March 3, 1884 – February 1, 1976) was an Irish born American boxer who was recognized as the WBA's Welterweight World Boxing Champion on March 19, 1913 when he defeated Jack Clarke at Sydney Stadium in New South Wales, Australia. He also contended twice for the WBA or Australian Middleweight World Boxing Title in February and April 1914 against Eddie McGoorty, and Jeff Smith. He won a very impressive fourteen of his fifteen career wins by knockout, and fought mostly on the U. S. West coast at the beginning and near the end of his career.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_welterweight_boxing_champions )〕 ==Early career== Bradley was born on March 3, 1884, in Inishowen, County Donegal, Ireland. He had seven fights in the San Francisco area between 1909 and 1911. In five of his early fights from the spring of 1909 until 1910, he knocked out Willie Carter, Morris Lowenstein, C. F. Clark, and Billy Grupp in the San Francisco area. These were likely short four round bouts as reflected in Bradley's BoxRec record. Longer bouts were less common in California during this period.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://boxrec.com/boxer/12044 )〕 Continuing to fight in the San Francisco area, BoxRec had him matched with Buck Crouse, Rufus Williams, Frank Mayfield, and Sailor Bert Bowers. In 1912, he defeated Maurice Flemming, Bill Yank Rudd, and Frenchman Jean Audouy mostly by knockout in Sydney, Australia in full feature bouts scheduled for twenty rounds. The ''Sydney Morning Herald'' wrote of his November 2, 1912 with Audouy, that when Audouy "dropped to his hands and knees" fairly early in the eighth round without receiving a blow, the referee ruled a disqualification, conforming with the articles of the fight. It is important to note that Bradley had landed a blow to Audouy's jaw which staggered him earlier in the round, though he had not fallen. Such incidents probably added to Bradley's reputation as a powerful hitter. One article wrote of Bradley, that "Those swings...were dreadful things to contemplate, and when one landed, there was hardly ever a mistake--the full count followed. And unlike the average fighter, he could not pull a punch: he could not stall."〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://sydneystadium.blogspot.com/2010/11/when-pat-bradley-hit-them-they-stayed.html#.VaQABflN821 )〕〔"Boxing, Pat Bradley Wins", ''Sydney Morning Herald'', p. 6, Sydney, Australia, 4 November 1912〕 In 1913 he knocked out both Jean Audouy, and Charlie Godfrey in feature fights scheduled for twenty rounds in Sydney Stadium in Sydney.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pat Bradley (boxer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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