Hugh Baxter

Hugh Baxter

Personal information
Nationality	British (Scottish)
Born	c.1943 [1]
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Event	Featherweight
Club	Kelvin ABC, Glasgow

Hugh Baxter (born c.1943) is a former boxer from Scotland who competed at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games (now Commonwealth Games).

Biography

Baxter boxed out of the Kelvin Amateur Boxing Club in Glasgow ^[2] and finished runner-up behind Frankie Gilfeather in the 1965 lightweight championship of Scotland ^[1]

Baxter represented the Scottish Empire and Commonwealth Games team ^[3] at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, ^[4] participating in the 57kg featherweight category. ^[5]

A boiler maker by profession, ^[6] he won the prestigious ABA featherweight title at Wembley in 1966. ^{[7] [8]}

Baxter turned professional on 19 December 1966 and fought in 21 bouts. ^[9]

References

1. "Frankie Champion" . Sunday Post. 21 February 1965. p. 34. Retrieved 7 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "The Line-up" . Daily Record. 4 March 1965. p. 24. Retrieved 7 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "McGregor to captain Scotland's Empire Games team" . The Scotsman. 13 June 1966. p. 14. Retrieved 6 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Scotland". Commonwealth Sport. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
5. "Scotland Kingston 1966". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
6. "Burns Takes Title And Proves He's Tops" . Daily Record. 12 November 1965. p. 45. Retrieved 7 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "Imries's title with dramatic punch" . The Scotsman. 30 April 1966. p. 24. Retrieved 7 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
8. "Roll of Honour". England Boxing.
9. "Hugh Baxter". Boxer List. Retrieved 7 December 2025.