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Pat Dwyer (boxer, born 1946)

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Pat Dwyer
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born2nd quarter 1946[1]
Liverpool, England
Died18 April 2019 (aged 72)
Liverpool, England
Sport
Sportboxing

Patrick Dwyer (1946 – 2019) was an English boxer who fought 51 contests between 1965 and 1973. He fought under the name Pat Dwyer.[2]

Biography

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Dwyer won the 1965 Amateur Boxing Association British light-middleweight title, when boxing out of the Maple Leaf ABC.[3][4]

He turned professional in November 1965 and won 20 of his 38 professional victories inside the distance.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Pat Dwyer". Box Rec. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Roll of Honour". England Boxing. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Dwyer's great ABA title win". Liverpool Echo. 1 May 1965. Retrieved 3 January 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Merseyside boxing pays its last respects to popular middleweight Pat Dwyer". Liverpool Echo. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2022.