Bobby Kane

Bobby Kane

Personal information
Nationality	British (Scottish)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Event	Light-welterweight
Club	Greenock St Mungo ABC
Medal record Representing   Scotland Commonwealth Games 1958 Cardiff light-welterweight

Robert Kane better known as Bobby Kane is a former Scottish boxer who won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games. ^[1]

Biography

Kane was a member of the Greenock St Mungo ABC ^[2] and in 1957 participated in the Festival of Youth in Moscow. ^[3]

Kane was twice the ABA champion of Great Britain in 1958 and 1959. ^{[4] [5]}

He was selected for the 1958 Scottish team ^[6] for the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, where he competed in the 63.5kg light-welterweight event ^[7] and won the silver medal. ^[8]

He turned professional in 1959 and boxed ten bouts. ^{[9] [10]}

References

1. "Scotland's Top Five Commonwealth Games - Boxing". Team Scotland. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
2. "What A Fight" . Daily Record. 10 October 1956. p. 18. Retrieved 2 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "Going to Moscow" . Port-Glasgow Express. 24 July 1957. p. 4. Retrieved 2 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "A.B.A Championships" . Portsmouth Evening News. 26 April 1958. Retrieved 27 December 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "Kenny just out in tense semi final" . Coventry Evening Telegraph. 25 April 1959. Retrieved 2 January 2022– via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Lindsay chosen for Scots athletics team" . The Scotsman. 2 June 1958. p. 9. Retrieved 1 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "Scotland Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
8. "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
9. "Bobby Kane (Greenock)". Boxing History. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
10. "Bobby Kane". Boxer List. Retrieved 2 October 2025.