Johnny Wright (boxer)
Appearance
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![]() Wright vs Irish Mick McKeon, 1948 Olympic Semi-final | ||||||||||||
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Nationality | British (English) | |||||||||||
Born | Camden, London, England | 19 May 1929|||||||||||
Died | 12 July 2001 Blandford, Dorset, England | (aged 72)|||||||||||
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Sport | boxing | |||||||||||
Medal record
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John Alan Wright (19 May 1929 – 12 July 2001) was a British amateur boxer who won a silver medal in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. He lost in the final to László Papp of Hungary. He was born in London and fought as Johnny Wright.
Biography
[edit]Wright won the 1948 Amateur Boxing Association British middleweight title, when boxing for the Royal Navy.[1][2]
1948 Olympic results
[edit]Below are the results of Johnny Wright of Great Britain, a middleweight boxer who competed at the 1948 Olympic Games in London.
- Round of 32: defeated Herman Schneider (Switzerland) on points
- Round of 16: defeated Hector Garcia (Argentina) referee stopped contest in second round
- Quarterfinal: defeated Jan Schubart (Netherlands) on points
- Semifinal: defeated Mick McKeon (Ireland) on points
- Final: lost to László Papp (Hungary) on points (was awarded the silver medal)
References
[edit]- ^ "Roll of Honour". England Boxing. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ "Local Amateur Boxers at Wembley Association Championships". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 8 May 1948. Retrieved 2 January 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
External links
[edit]- Johnny Wright at databaseOlympics.com
- Boxing record for Johnny Wright from BoxRec (registration required)
Categories:
- 1929 births
- 2001 deaths
- Boxers from the London Borough of Camden
- Middleweight boxers
- Olympic boxers for Great Britain
- Boxers at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain
- England Boxing champions
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- British male boxers
- Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- British Olympic medallist stubs
- English boxing biography stubs