Pat Floyd
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 August 1910[1] Dalston, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 3 July 1988 (aged 77) Watford, England | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||
Event | Heavyweight | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Battersea BC | ||||||||||||||
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Hugh Pat Floyd (1910–1988) was an English boxer who competed for England.
Boxing career
[edit | edit source]Floyd boxed out of the Battersea BC[2] He represented England at the 1934 British Empire Games[3] in London, where he competed in the heavyweight division,[4] winning a gold medal.[5]
Floyd was the Amateur Boxing Association four times heavyweight champion in 1929, 1934, 1935 and 1946.[6] He defeated James Howell of the United States in the New York Golden Gloves tournament during 1935. On 8 December 1935 in the Oslo Colosseum; he fought Erling Nilsen in England's first match against Norway. He represented England in the 1934 European Championships in Budapest.[7][8]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]He was a printer by trade and lived at 45 Kerby Street, Battersea in 1935.
References
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