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| Full name | David Anderson | |||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British (Scottish) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 October 1965 Glasgow, Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||||||||||
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David Anderson (born 23 December 1965) is a British boxer. He competed in the men's featherweight event at the 1988 Summer Olympics. [1]
Anderson won the 1988 Amateur Boxing Association British featherweight title, when boxing out of the Bellahouston BC. [2]
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