John Mitchell Baker Pottinger (1913-1979) was a boxer who competed for Wales.
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| Nationality | British (Welsh) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1913[1] Cardiff | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 1979 South Glamorgan | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Boxing career
editPottinger won a bronze medal in the flyweight division at the 1934 British Empire Games in London. He lost to Georgie Coyle of New York in the New York Golden Gloves tournament during 1935.
He won the 1938 Amateur Boxing Association British bantamweight title, when boxing out of the Cardiff Gas BC.[2][3]
Personal life
editHe was a manufacturer by trade and lived at 97 Ferry Road, Grangetown, Cardiff in 1935.
References
edit- ^ "Births & Baptisms". Free BMD.
- ^ "Roll of Honour". England Boxing. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ "Fisher and Spears lose in finals". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 7 April 1938. Retrieved 10 January 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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