Bobby Kane
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| Nationality | British (Scottish) | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||
Event | Light-welterweight | |||||||||||
| Club | Greenock St Mungo ABC | |||||||||||
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Robert Kane better known as Bobby Kane is a former Scottish boxer who won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games.[1]
Biography
Kane was a member of the Greenock St Mungo ABC[2] and in 1957 participated in the Festival of Youth in Moscow.[3]
Kane was twice the ABA champion of Great Britain in 1958 and 1959.[4][5]
He was selected for the 1958 Scottish team[6] for the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, where he competed in the 63.5kg light-welterweight event[7] and won the silver medal.[8]
He turned professional in 1959 and boxed ten bouts.[9][10]
References
- ^ "Scotland's Top Five Commonwealth Games - Boxing". Team Scotland. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
- ^ "What A Fight". Daily Record. 10 October 1956. p. 18. Retrieved 2 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Going to Moscow". Port-Glasgow Express. 24 July 1957. p. 4. Retrieved 2 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "A.B.A Championships". Portsmouth Evening News. 26 April 1958. Retrieved 27 December 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Kenny just out in tense semi final". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 25 April 1959. Retrieved 2 January 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Lindsay chosen for Scots athletics team". The Scotsman. 2 June 1958. p. 9. Retrieved 1 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Scotland Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 5 August 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
- ^ "Bobby Kane (Greenock)". Boxing History. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
- ^ "Bobby Kane". Boxer List. Retrieved 2 October 2025.