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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 December 1937 Manchester, England | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||
Event | Light-welterweight | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Victoria Avenue, Manchester | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Joseph Jacobs Sr. (born 5 December 1937) is a male former boxer who competed for England.
Jacobs represented the England team during the the boxing tournament at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games [1] and won a bronze medal in the -63.5 Kg division. [2] [3] He made his professional debut on 12 December 1960 [4] and fought in five fights until 1961. [5]
His son Joey Jacobs repeated his Commonwealth Games achievement in 1986.