James Lloyd (boxer)
James Lloyd | |
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Data | |
Birth Name | James Lloyd |
Weight class | medium weight |
nationality | British |
birthday | July 5, 1939 |
place of birth | Liverpool |
Date of death | March 22, 2013 |
Place of death | Skelmersdale |
Combat Statistics | |
Struggles | 20th |
Victories | 10 |
Knockout victories | 4th |
Defeats | 7th |
draw | 3 |
James Lloyd (born July 5, 1939 in Liverpool , † March 22, 2013 in Skelmersdale ) was a British boxer .
career
At the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome , Lloyd won the bronze medal in the welterweight division . After victories over Mohamed Faragalla, Sudan (KO 2nd), Vasile Neagu, Romania (KO 2nd), and Phil Baldwin, USA (3: 2), he lost to the Italian Nino Benvenuti on points (3: 2) in the semi-finals . He also started at the European Championships in 1961 , but was eliminated here in the quarter-finals against the later silver medalist Hans-Dieter Neidel , GDR . After Lloyd had become British light middleweight champion (-71 kg) in 1962 , he decided to become a professional.
The greatest success of his subsequent four-year professional career was winning the “BBBofC South Area” championship in May 1965 by winning points over Dennis Read .
Individual evidence
Web links
- James Lloyd in the BoxRec database
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Lloyd, James |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British boxer |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 5, 1939 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Liverpool |
DATE OF DEATH | 22th of March 2013 |
Place of death | Skelmersdale |