Tommy McGuinness (boxer)

Tommy McGuinness
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Born(1937-07-21)21 July 1937
Craigneuk, Scotland
Died9 February 2015(2015-02-09) (aged 77)
Sport
SportBoxing
Event(s)
Light-middleweight
Welterweight
ClubLanarkshire Welfare ABC
Sparta, Edinburgh

Tommy McGuinness (21 July 1937 – 9 February 2015) was a Scottish boxer who competed at the Commonwealth Games.

Biography

McGuinness, born in Craigneuk, Scotland, started boxing at the Wishaw Priory Amateur Boxing before he joined the Lanarkshire Welfare ABC.[1] A bricklayer by trade, he became a popular TV boxing star during the 1950s and 1960s.[1]

While serving his national service with the Royal Scots in Benghazi, Libya, McGuinness and fellow boxer John McDermott formed a boxing club for the regiment.[2]

He also boxed for the Sparta Club, was Scottish light-welterweight champion[3] and boxed for Scotland in the 1957 European championships.[1]

He was selected for the 1958 Scottish team[4] for the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, where he competed in the light-middleweight event[5] and lost to Welshman Bill Brown in the quarter-final round.[6]

After the Games, he remained amateur, spurning the professional ranks.[7][1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Tommy McGuinness". Herald Scotland. 23 February 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  2. ^ "John McDermott MBE". Blantyre Project. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  3. ^ "Rosewell". Dalkeith Advertiser. 8 March 1956. p. 5. Retrieved 24 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Lindsay chosen for Scots athletics team". The Scotsman. 2 June 1958. p. 9. Retrieved 24 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Scotland Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  6. ^ "Commonwealth (British Empire) Games - Cardiff, Wales - July 18-26 1958". Amateur Boxing. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  7. ^ "Scots champions tops the bill". Staffordshire Sentinel. 30 January 1960. p. 7. Retrieved 24 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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