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Brian Whelan (born 1939), is a male former boxer who competed for England. He is not to be confused with the professional fighter Brian Whelan from Luton.
He represented England and won a bronze medal in the 60 kg lightweight at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia. [1] [2]
He was a member of the Chiswick General Amateur Boxing Club and was 1962 ABA champion after famously beating the great amateur Dick McTaggart. [3] He was only one of two fighters who won for England in the 8–2 defeat by Russia in the 1962 international meeting.
He was a milkman by trade.
Brian Magee is a Northern Irish former professional boxer who competed from 1999 to 2012. He held the WBA (Regular) super-middleweight title in 2012, and the IBO title from 2001 to 2004. At regional level, he held the British super middleweight title in 2008 and the EBU European title in 2010. As an amateur he represented Ireland at the 1996 Olympics, reaching the middleweight quarter-finals. He also won a silver medal at the 1998 European Championships and bronze at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, representing Northern Ireland in the latter.
John Anthony Conteh, is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1971 to 1980. He held the WBC light-heavyweight title from 1974 to 1977, and regionally the European, British and Commonwealth titles between 1973 and 1974. As an amateur, he represented England and won a gold medal in the middleweight division at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games. In 2017, Conteh was awarded an MBE for services to boxing at the Queen's Birthday Honours.
Brian Nancurvis, who fought under the name Brian Curvis as a professional, was a boxer from Swansea, Wales who was active from 1959 to 1966. He fought as a Welterweight, becoming British welterweight champion in 1960. He retired as undefeated champion and is the only welterweight to have won two Lonsdale Belts outright. The four defeats in his professional career were all to foreign boxers; he was never beaten by a British boxer.
John Patrick Lyon MBE is a retired boxer from Great Britain.
Iain Weaver is an English professional boxer who turned professional in May 2012. Prior to turning professional he was fighting in the 57 kg Featherweight category. He was a member of the England elite squad as well as the Great British podium squad and won silver at the 2010 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Moscow. Gold at commonwealths games India. Weaver turned professional having not been given the chance at Olympic qualifiers for GB Olympic Squad for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
Michael Abrams is a former English amateur and Commonwealth Games light-flyweight boxer. He fought as Mickey Abrams.
Sean Murphy is an English boxing trainer and former professional fighter.
John Irwin, known as Jon Jo Irwin, is a retired English amateur featherweight and professional feather/super featherweight boxer of the 1990s.
John G Pritchett is an English amateur welterweight and professional light middle/middle/light heavyweight boxer of the 1960s and '70s, and boxing manager of the 1970s and '80s. He fought as Johnny Pritchett.
Ting Chen also known as Kyle Chen, is an amateur boxer residing from New Zealand. Chen has competed in New Zealand, Taiwan, Australia, Junior World Championship in Russia and Commonwealth Youth Games in Bahamas. Chen's most notable title is winning a bronze medal at the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games.
Ray Gilbody is a British former boxer who after a successful amateur career held the British bantamweight title between 1985 and 1987, and fought for the European title twice in 1986.
Peter Brander was a British boxer. Brander competed in the men's featherweight event at the 1948 Summer Olympics. He represented England and won a bronze medal in the 57kg division at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand.
Peter Richardson is a retired British boxer.
Terence Samuel T Ratcliffe (1930-1999) was a male boxer who competed for England.
George Whelan, is a male former boxer who competed for England.
Michael J Pye, is a male former boxer who competed for England.
Brian M Brazier, is a male former boxer who competed for England.
Alfred John Matthews (1938-1997), was a male boxer who competed for England. He fought as Alf Matthews.
William F. Hiatt is a male former boxer who competed for England.
Harold Hylton is a retired two time British Amateur Heavyweight Championboxer.
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