Eddie Ryan (boxer)

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Eddie Ryan
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born(1912-09-05)5 September 1912 [1]
Peckham, England
Died1978 (aged 66)
Camberwell, England
Sport
SportBoxing
EventBantamweight
ClubLynn AC
Medal record
Boxing
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
British Empire Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1934 London bantamweight

Edwin Thomas Ryan (1912-1978) was an English boxer who competed for England.

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Boxing career

Ryan boxed out of Lynn AC. [2]

He represented England at the 1934 British Empire Games [3] in London, where he competed in the Bantamweight division, [4] winning a gold medal. [5]

Ryan was the ABA bantamweight runner-up to Welshman Albert Barnes in 1934 but defeated Barnes on points in the Empire Games final. He stepped up in weight to featherweight the following year (1935) and won the ABA Championship. Known as the Peckham Pulverizer, he defeated Johnny Cabello, a New York Puerto Rican in the New York Golden Gloves tournament during 1935. On 8 December 1935, in the Oslo Colosseum, he fought Kr. Torvund in England's first match against Norway. [6]

Personal life

He was a warehouse labourer and painter by trade and lived at 22 Horny Broad, Peckham in 1935.

References

  1. "Births". Free BMD.
  2. "Boxing" . Hull Daily Mail. 3 April 1935. Retrieved 6 September 2025 via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. "London 1934 Team". Team England. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  4. "England London 1934". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  5. "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  6. "Eddie Ryan profile". BoxRec.