James William Carruthers (July 05, 1929 — August 15, 1990) was an Australian boxer, world champion bantamweight. July 5 is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 179 days remaining. ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. ... This article is about the year. ... The term bantamweight usually refers to a class in boxing or boxers who weigh between 112 and 118 pounds. ...
Carruthers's boxing career began at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. He won the Australian Bantamweight title in 1951, the British Commonwealth title in 1952, and was regarded by the National Boxing Association as the World Bantamweight Champion. The Games of the XIV Olympiad were held in 1948 at Wembley Stadium in London, England. ... For other uses, see London (disambiguation) and Defining London (below). ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... WBA is also an abbreviation for West Bromwich Albion F.C., an English football team. ...
Among the fighters he defeated were Vic Toweel twice; Pappy Gault; Bobby Sinn and Chamroen Songkitrat.
He was married to Myra (nee Hamilton) until his death and is survived by four children - Boyd, Ginna, Dimiette and Lukas. There are also a number of grandchildren. During the 1950s Jimmy owned the colourful Bells Hotel in Sydney's Woolloomooloo. After that he had a number of businesses including several vegetarian takeaway and juice bars in Sydney.
Will Carruthers (born 9 November 1967 in Chesterfield, England) is a musician, most well known for playing bass in the highly influential experimental rock bands Spacemen 3 and Spiritualized.
Following the rancorous demise of Spacemen 3 Carruthers was approached by Pierce to join a new band that he was forming with all of the musicians from Spacemen 3 except Kember.
Carruthers was eventually persuaded to join, and the band recorded a single 'Anyway That You Want Me' a cover of a song originally recorded by The Troggs.
Jimmy had beaten some good fighters in gaining those belts, including Vic Toweel twice in a row, who was 26-0-1 at the time of their first bout.
JimmyCarruthers demanded the fight be a 12 round affair, rather than the usual 15 for a championship match and was granted a shorter fight.
Carruthers was required to defend next against Frenchman Robert Cohen but terms could not be worked out to the satisfaction of the champion or his manager, Dr. Jim McGirr, who said, "We offered to have Jimmy fight the Frenchman but he seems to think he, not my Jimmy, is the champion.
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