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John Patrick Lyon MBE (born 9 March 1962) is a retired boxer from Great Britain.
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John Patrick Lyon MBE (born 9 March 1962) is a retired boxer from Great Britain.
A member of the Greenall St. Helens Amateur Boxing Club he competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics and 1988 Summer Olympics. [1] He represented England and won a silver medal in the light flyweight division, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. [2] Four years later he represented England again and won a gold medal in the men's flyweight division (– 48 kg), at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. [3] He appeared at a third consecutive games in 1990. [4]
Lyon won eight English ABA titles, four flyweight and four light-flyweight and a bronze medal in the 1991 Acropolis Cup, retiring immediately afterwards. [5]
He was awarded an MBE for services to amateur boxing.
Below is the record of John Lyon, a British flyweight boxer who competed at the 1988 Seoul Olympics:
Lyon's son Craig Lyon also won the English light-flyweight title, twice. He also competed in the Prizefighter tournament at super-flyweight in 2011, but was defeated by Ryan Farrag in the quarter finals.
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