British Empire and Commonwealth Games 1958 / Boxing

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The 6th men's boxing competitions at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1958 were held from July 18 to July 26 in the Welsh capital, Cardiff . A total of 40 medals were awarded in 10  weight classes.

Medalist

class gold silver bronze
Flyweight
(up to 51 kg)
ScotlandScotlandJackie Brown
Scotland
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tommy Bache
England
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Peter Lavery
Northern Ireland Donald Braithwaite Wales
Wales 1953Wales
Bantam
weight (up to 54 kg)
Wales 1953Wales Howard Winstone
Wales
AustraliaAustralia Oliver Taylor
Australia
ScotlandScotland Olfred Owen
Scotland Richard Hanna Northern Ireland
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland
Feather weight
(up to 57 kg)
AustraliaAustralia Wally Taylor
Australia
Wales 1953Wales Malcolm Collins
Wales
South Africa 1928South African Union Gert Coetzee
South Africa John McClory Northern Ireland
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland
Lightweight
(up to 60 kg)
ScotlandScotland Dick McTaggart
Scotland
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland James Jordan
Northern Ireland
United KingdomUnited Kingdom John Cooke
England Thomas Donovan New Zealand
New ZealandNew Zealand
Super light weight
(up to 63.5 kg)
South Africa 1928South African Union Henry Loubscher
South Africa
ScotlandScotlandRobert Kane
Scotland
United KingdomUnited KingdomJoseph Jacobs
England Raymond Galante Canada
Canada 1957Canada
Welter weight
(up to 67 kg)
South Africa 1928South African Union Joseph Greyling
South Africa
Uganda 1914Uganda Thomas Kawere
Uganda
ScotlandScotland Robert Dickson Scott
Scotland Brian Nancurvis England
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Super welter
weight (up to 71 kg)
South Africa 1928South African Union Grant Webster
South Africa
United KingdomUnited KingdomStuart Pearson
England
Canada 1957Canada James Arthur Walters
Canada Bill Brown Wales
Wales 1953Wales
Middle weight
(up to 75 kg)
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Terry Milligan
Northern Ireland
South Africa 1928South African Union Philippus du Plessis
South Africa
Canada 1957Canada Robert Piau
Canada John Caiger England
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Light heavyweight
(up to 81 kg)
AustraliaAustralia Tony Madigan
Australia
Wales 1953Wales Robert Higgins
Wales
South Africa 1928South African Union Gerhardus Jacobus De Bruyn
South Africa William Bannon Scotland
ScotlandScotland
Heavy weight
(over 81 kg)
South Africa 1928South African Union Daniel Bekker
South Africa
United KingdomUnited KingdomDavid Thomas
England
Wales 1953Wales Roger Pleace
Wales Gbadegesin Salawu Nigeria
Nigeria 1914Nigeria

Medal table

 rank  country gold silver bronze total
1 South Africa 1928South African Union South African Union 4th 1 2 7th
2 ScotlandScotland Scotland 2 1 3 6th
3 AustraliaAustralia Australia 2 1 0 3
4th Wales 1953Wales Wales 1 2 3 6th
5 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Northern Ireland 1 1 3 5
6th EnglandEngland England 0 3 4th 7th
7th Uganda 1914Uganda Uganda 0 1 0 1
8th Canada 1957Canada Canada 0 0 3 3
9 New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 0 0 1 1
Nigeria 1914Nigeria Nigeria 0 0 1 1
Total 10 10 20th 40

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