Terry Milligan
Terry Milligan (born March 7, 1930 in Belfast , † November 21, 2008 in Belfast ) was an Irish boxer . He was an Olympian in Helsinki in 1952 and won a bronze medal at the European Amateur Championships in 1951 and a silver medal in 1953 .
Career
Terry (Terrence) Milligan grew up in Belfast , Northern Ireland . He started boxing there as a teenager at the age of 13. His first trainer was Geordie Scott. He started for St John's ABC Belfast .
Although Terry Milligan lived in Northern Ireland, he always participated in the Irish championships and started from 1951 at the international championships for Ireland . In 1951 he was first Irish light welterweight champion and was then used at the European Championships in Milan in this weight class. He took an excellent 3rd place there behind Herbert Schilling from the Federal Republic of Germany and Marcello Padovani from Italy.
At the Olympic Games in Helsinki in 1952 , he just missed a medal in the light welterweight division. In Helsinki he beat Ebraham Afsharpour from Iran and Pieter van Klaveren from the Netherlands with a clear 3-0 judge's vote, but lost in the quarter-finals with the same result against Bruno Visintin from Italy and thus finished 5th.
At the European Championships in 1953 in Warsaw Terry Milligan fought light welterweight up to the final against Leszek Drogosz from Poland . Against this he was defeated on points and thus became vice European champion . This good placement qualified Terry Milligan for a European selection, who traveled to the USA for two comparative matches after the European Championships in Warsaw . But he lost his two fights there on points. In Chicago against Herb Mickles and in St. Louis against Jos Reynolds.
In 1954 he was in an Irish national relay that boxed twice against the Federal Republic of Germany in Dublin . He lost it starting in the light middleweight division, twice against Hans Rienhardt from Neckarsulm on points.
After that, Terry Milligan, who worked in an aircraft factory, devoted himself more to his family and his job and did not start at any international championships. In 1958, however, he made an exception and qualified for participation in the British Empire Games in Cardiff . Meanwhile grown into the middleweight division, he defeated BR there. Weir from New Zealand by disqualification in the 2nd round, came to a non-fighting victory over Hari Singh from India and won against Johnny Caiger, England and in the final against Philippus du Plessis from South Africa both clearly on points and won the middleweight tournament.
He then resigned from active boxing. He had fought 348 fights in his career. He never became a professional boxer.
International success
(OS = Olympic Games, EM = European Championship, Le = lightweight, Hw = light welterweight, We = welterweight, Hm = light middleweight, Mi = middleweight, up to 60 kg, 63.5 kg, 67 kg, 71 kg and 75 kg body weight)
- 1951, 3rd place , EM in Milan , Hw, behind Herbert Schilling , FRG and Marcello Padovani , Italy ;
- 1952, 5th place , OS in Helsinki , Hw, with victories over Ebraham Afsharpour, Iran and Pieter van Klaveren, Netherlands and one defeat against Bruno Visintin , Italy ;
- 1953, 2nd place , EM in Warsaw , Hw, behind Leszek Drogosz , Poland and in front of Francisc Ambrus, Romania and Bela Szakacs, Hungary ;
- 1958, 1st place , British Empire Games in Cardiff , Wed, after victories over BR Weir, New Zealand , Hari Singh, India , Johnny Caiger, England and Philippus du Plessis, South Africa
International battles
(as far as known)
- 1951 in Dublin , Ireland against FRG , Le, points winner over Wegener,
- 1952 in Dublin, Ireland against England , Hw, points winner over S. Williams,
- 1952 in Dublin, Ireland against USA , Hw, points winner over Isaac Vaughn,
- 1953 in London , Great Britain against Ireland, Hw, points winner over Parry Dando, Wales ,
- 1953 in Chicago , USA against Europe , Hw, point defeat against Herb Mickles,
- 1953 in St. Louis , USA against Europe, Hw, point defeat against Joe Reynolds,
- 1954 in Dublin, Ireland against FRG, Hm, point defeat against Hans Rienhardt,
- 1954 in Dublin, Ireland against FRG, Hm, point defeat against Hans Rienhardt
Irish championships
Terry Milligan was a total of six times Irish champion in various weight classes.
swell
- Box Sport magazine
- Website www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl
- Website www.sport-komplett.de
- Website www.irishnews.com
Web links
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Milligan, Terry |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Milligan, Terrence |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish boxer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 7, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Belfast , Northern Ireland |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 21, 2008 |
| Place of death | Belfast , Northern Ireland |