Welcome to a website on Nipper Pat Daly
Nipper Pat Daly (real name Patrick Daley) received widespread acclaim as one of the biggest names in British boxing in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Some 80 years on, though largely forgotten, his ring achievements mark him out as arguably Britain's most talented ever teenage boxer.
Although forced to hang up his gloves in 1931 when aged just 17, Pat stayed in touch with the game he loved and continued to train, spar and teach boxing throughout his life.
In the late 1940s and early 1950s he ran his own gym in New North Road, Shoreditch, where he mostly coached amateurs but also managed and trained a few pros. After relocating south of the river, in the mid to late '50s he taught boxing evening classes at Peckham Manor School, while running his own Irish dance hall, also in Peckham.
The purpose of this site is both to spread awareness of this great, yet forgotten fighter, and hopefully, with the help of others, to learn more about Nipper Pat, his opponents, their times and perhaps even get in touch with people who knew him, either in or out of boxing.
If you have any information concerning my grandfather, Pat, any of his opponents (please see opponents page for list of names), '20s or '30s British boxing or simply life in Marylebone before the war, I would love to hear from you and would be grateful for any information or recollections you can share.
If you have photos, handbills, programmes, posters or similar material on Nipper Pat Daly, please also get in touch as I am happy to either trade boxing memorabilia, purchase, or exchange copies or scans.
To contact me via e-mail, please click here.
Regards, Alex.
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