George Holton (boxer)
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| Nationality | British (Scottish) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Light heavyweight Welterweight | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Douglas & Clydesdale Nottingham Police BC | ||||||||||||||
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George Holton was a boxer who competed for Scotland and won a silver medal at the British Empire Games.[1]
Biography
Holton was best known for representing Scotland at the 1934 British Empire Games, where he won the silver medal in the light heavyweight division at the 1934 British Empire Games in London,[2][3] losing to gold medallist George Brennan in the final.[4][5]
He boxed out of the Douglas & Clydesdale and held the West of Scotland middleweight title[6] but in November 1934 he joined the Nottingham police force and boxed for their club.[7]
References
- ^ "John George Holton". Team Scotland. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Boxing". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
- ^ "Scotland London 1934". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
- ^ "G. J. Brennan to turn professional". The Scotsman. 31 August 1934. Retrieved 25 August 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Results". Liverpool Daily Post. 9 August 1934. Retrieved 25 August 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Amateurs in Ring". Daily Record. 24 November 1934. Retrieved 25 August 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "A Third Victory?". Nottingham Evening Post. 16 November 1934. Retrieved 25 August 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.