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Nationality | British (English) |
Born | Birmingham, England | 28 September 1931
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Sport | Boxing |
Bernard Foster (born 28 September 1931) is a British boxer. He competed in the men's light middleweight event at the 1952 Summer Olympics. [1]
Foster won the 1952 and 1955 Amateur Boxing Association British light-middleweight title, when boxing out of the Mitchell & Butlers ABC. [2] [3]
The boxing competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia was held at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre in Darling Harbour. The event was only open to men and bouts were contested over four rounds of two minutes each. Five judges scored the fighters in real time and the boxer with the most points at the end was the winner.
John McCormack was a Scottish boxer.
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The England Boxing National Amateur Championships Middleweight Championship formerly known as the ABA Championships is the primary English amateur boxing championship. It had previously been contested by all the nations of the United Kingdom.
The England Boxing National Amateur Championships Light-Middleweight Championship formerly known as the ABA Championships is the primary English amateur boxing championship. It had previously been contested by all the nations of the United Kingdom.
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The men's light middleweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1952 Summer Olympics. It was the inaugural Olympic event for the weight class and it allowed boxers of up to 71 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 29 July to 2 August 1952. 23 boxers from 23 nations competed.
Terence Joseph Gooding was a British professional boxer. After winning several amateur titles, he was selected to represent Great Britain in the men's middleweight event at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. After winning his first bout, he was eliminated in the second round. He turned professional in 1954, enjoying a strong start to his career by winning his first 12 bouts and earning a Welsh light-heavyweight title bout against Ken Rowlands, which he lost. After a second defeat, he retired from professional boxing.
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William Joseph Stack was a British boxer. He competed in the men's middleweight event at the 1964 Summer Olympics and fought as Willie Stack. At the 1964 Summer Olympics, he lost in his first fight to Emil Schulz of the United Team of Germany.
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The England Boxing National Amateur Championships Light-Welterweight Championship formerly known as the ABA Championships is the primary English amateur boxing championship. It had previously been contested by all the nations of the United Kingdom.
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