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Joe in the Thomas a Beckeett PH in Bermondsey London

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Boxing 1920s

63 fights under his belt as a welterweight - middleweight - light heaveyweight boxer

63 contests - won 37 (11KOs) - lost 23 - drew 3

The peoples hero, the Bermondsey champion with a knock out right punch

Joe boxed the likes of

Ted (Kid) Lewis welterweight champion
 
Len Harvey middleweight, light-heavey and heaveyweight champion

Jack Blackborow - Joe knocked him out twice in 1923 and in 1924

Tommy Milligan British welterweight champion

Alex Ireland - He won a silver medal in Boxing at the 1920 Summer Olympics - 1921 ABA Welterweight champion

Sparred with the world champ Mickey Walker in 1927

175LB/79.4KG Light heavyweight
160LB/72.6KG Middleweight
147LB/66.7KG Welterweight

Joe Rolfe real name Joseph Olliffe

18/121902 - 1970s
Vine Lane buildings of Tooley St
Bermondsey London SE1
Joe married the love of his life Ellen Bowling (Nell) at the age of 16 years in 1919
Joe was boxing from the age of 8 and when Joe was 10 years old he become a member of the Fisher Boxing Club which opened in 1912

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