Bobby Porteous

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Bobby Porteous
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Bornc.1942 [1]
Sport
Sport Boxing
Event
Lightweight
ClubOrmiston Welfare ABC

Robert "Bobby" Porteous (born c.1942) is a former boxer from Scotland who competed at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games (now Commonwealth Games).

Biography

Porteous boxed out of the Ormiston Welfare Amateur Boxing Club, was a British youth bantamweight champion and was capped by Scotland during the 1959/60 season. [2]

He was still fighting for Scotland during 1964 before he retired. [3] After retiring from boxing for two years, he returned in 1966 to win the Scottish lightweight title. [1]

Porteous represented the Scottish Empire and Commonwealth Games team [4] at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, [5] participating in the 60kg lightweight category. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Boxing Titles For Peace and Porteous" . Sunday Post. 20 February 1966. p. 31. Retrieved 7 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ "Heath's Record" . Irvine Herald. 8 November 1960. p. 3. Retrieved 7 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Results" . Daily Record. 10 January 1964. p. 22. Retrieved 7 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "McGregor to captain Scotland's Empire Games team" . The Scotsman. 13 June 1966. p. 14. Retrieved 6 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Scotland". Commonwealth Sport. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
  6. ↑ "Scotland Kingston 1966". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
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