Boxing at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
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Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

competition at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
1986 Commonwealth Games
The 1986 Commonwealth Games were held in Edinburgh, Scotland for the second time. The Games were held from 24 July-2 August 1986.-Organisation and Controversy:...

in Edinburgh, Scotland, from July 24 to August 2.

Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

RANK NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY
Scott Olson   CAN
Mark Epton
Mark Epton
Mark Epton is a retired flyweight boxer from England, who won a silver medal at the 1986 Commonwealth Games. He represented Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea....

  ENG
Todd Johnston   NIR
Wilson Docherty   SCO

Flyweight (– 51 kg)

RANK NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY
John Lyon
John Lyon (boxer)
John Patrick Lyon is a retired boxer from Great Britain. A member of the Greenall St. Helens Amateur Boxing Club he twice competed at the Summer Olympics and won the gold medal in the men's flyweight division at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.-References:*...

  ENG
Leonard Makhanya
Leonard Makhanya
Leonard Makhanya is a former Swaziland boxer. Makhanya competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics, where he was defeated by Pat Clinton in his first and only match. He won a silver medal at the 1986 Commonwealth Games as a flyweight.-References:...

  SWZ
Kerry Webber   WAL
Steve Beaupré   CAN

Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

RANK NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY
Sean Murphy   ENG
Roy Nash   NIR
Glen Brooks   SCO
John Sillitoe   JER

Featherweight (– 57 kg)

RANK NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY
Bill Downey   CAN
Peter English   ENG
Chris Carleton   NIR
Johnny Wallace   NZL

Lightweight (– 60 kg)

RANK NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY
Asif Dar
Asif Dar
Asif Kamran Dar is a former boxer from Pakistan, competing in the lightweight division. He was born in Quetta....

  CAN
Neil Haddock
Neil Haddock
Neil Haddock is a Welsh former lightweight and super featherweight boxer. Before turning professional he won a silver medal as a lightweight at the 1986 Commonwealth Games. His early career as a professional lightweight was not very notable, but after a year out from boxing caused by an eye...

  WAL
Byton Mphande   MWI
Joe Jacobs   ENG

Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

RANK NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY
Howard Grant   CAN
David Clencie   AUS
Brendan Lowe   NIR
Solomon Kondowe   MWI

Welterweight (– 67 kg)

RANK NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY
Darren Dyer
Darren Dyer
Darren Dyer was a welterweight British boxer.Actually his statistics are:* 25 fights** 19 fights won*** 17 fights won by K.O** 6 fights lost*** 5 fights lost by K.O* No NCs...

  ENG
James McAllister   SCO
John Shaw   CAN
Damien Denny
Damien Denny
Damien Denny is a Northern Irish light middleweight boxer.Born in Lisburn, but raised in Belfast, Denny stands 5'9". His record is 18 wins and 4 losses....

  NIR

Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

RANK NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY
Danny Sherry   CAN
Rick Finch   AUS
Glynn Thomas   WAL
Alex Mullen   SCO

Middleweight (– 75 kg)

RANK NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY
Rod Douglas   ENG
Jeff Harding
Jeff Harding (boxer)
Jeff Harding was a world champion boxer from Australia, known as "Hit Man". Jeff lived in South Grafton N.S.W. Australia and was a student at South Grafton High School...

  AUS
Patrick Tinney   NIR
George Ferry   SCO

Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

RANK NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY
Jim Moran   ENG
Harry Lawson   SCO
Brett Kolosofski   CAN
Byron Pullen   WAL

Heavyweight (– 91kg)

RANK NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY
Jimmy Peau   NZL
Douglas Young   SCO
Dominic d'Amico   CAN
Eric Cardouza   ENG

Super Heavyweight (> 91kg)

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Lennox Lewis
Lennox Lewis
Lennox Claudius Lewis, CM, CBE is a retired boxer and the most recent British undisputed world heavyweight champion. He holds dual British and Canadian citizenship...

  CAN
Aneurin Evans   WAL
James Oyebola
James Oyebola
James Oyebola was an English heavyweight boxer who won a bronze medal at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in the super heavyweight division. Oyebola was the British heavyweight champion from 1994 to 1996....

  ENG
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