Albert Barnes (boxer)
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| Nationality | British (Welsh) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 July 1913 Cardiff, Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 8 July 1990 (aged 77) Cardiff, Wales | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | boxing | ||||||||||||||
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Albert Richard Barnes (2 July 1913 – 8 July 1990) was a Welsh boxer who competed for Great Britain in the 1936 Summer Olympics.[1][2]
Boxing career
[edit]Barnes won the 1934, 1936 and 1937 Amateur Boxing Association British bantamweight titles, when boxing out of the Cardiff City ABC.[3][4][5]
At the 1934 British Empire Games in London he won the silver medal in the bantamweight class after losing the final to Eddie Ryan of England. The following year he defeated Petey Scalzo of New York in the New York Golden Gloves tournament during 1935.
In 1936 he was eliminated in the second round of the bantamweight class during the 1936 Olympic Games, after losing his fight to the upcoming bronze medalist Fidel Ortiz of Mexico.
References
[edit]- ^ "Albert BARNES – Olympic Boxing | Great Britain". International Olympic Committee. 18 June 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
- ^ "Biographical information". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ "Roll of Honour". England Boxing. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ "Amateur Boxing". Western Morning News. 22 March 1934. Retrieved 31 December 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "New Boxing champions". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 8 April 1937. Retrieved 29 December 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.