[2][3][4] At the 1930 British Empire Games he won the silver medal in the flyweight class after losing the final to Jacob Smith.

Two years later in 1932 he finished fourth at the 1932 Olympic Games in the flyweight class after losing the bronze-medal bout by walkover to Louis Salica of the United States.

1932 Olympic record He turned professional and on 11 December 1933 won his first fight with Bert Kirby, whom he again defeated on 12 March 1934 in the British (Southern Area) Flyweight Title.

He put up a tremendous fight against Lynch in an eliminator for British Flyweight title, winning five of the last six rounds, but bearing in mind Lynch’s superior experience (82 professional fights), he was knocked out in the fourteenth round.

Tommy Pardoe was born on 14 April 1911 and lived at 8 Church Walk, Ward End Birmingham, one of fifteen children.