Pat Palmer (boxer)

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Pat Palmer
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NationalityBritish (English)
Born(1914-12-28)28 December 1914 [1]
Wandsworth, London
Died1988 (aged 74)
Lambeth, London
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Patrick Alfred Palmer (1914-1988) was an English boxer who competed for England.

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Boxing career

Palmer won a gold medal in the flyweight division at the 1934 British Empire Games in London defeating Maxie Berger of Canada in the final on points. [2]

He won the 1934 Amateur Boxing Association British flyweight title, when boxing out of the Battersea & Shexgar ABC. [3] [4]

Personal life

He lived in Battersea.

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References

  1. "Births & Baptisms". Free BMD.
  2. "Pat Palmer profile". BoxRec.
  3. "Roll of Honour". England Boxing. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  4. "Amateur Boxing" . Western Morning News. 22 March 1934. Retrieved 31 December 2021 via British Newspaper Archive.