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European Champions
To be a national champion is a fantastic achievement, to become 'European Champion' is a remarkable achievement. The ABA of England wishes to formally honour these 'champion of europe'.
Games | Boxer | Weight (kg) | Club |
Belgrade (1961) |
Frankie Taylor Dick McTaggart |
57 60 |
Lancaster Lads ABC Royal Air Force |
Berlin (1955) |
Tommy Nicholls Nicky Gargano |
57 67 |
Sankey ABC Army |
Warsaw (1953) |
Bruce Wells |
71 |
Royal Air Force |
Dublin (1947) |
Johnny Ryan |
67 |
Army |
Budapest(1934) |
Pat Palmer Dave McCleave |
51 67 |
Battersea & Shexgar ABC Lynn ABC |
2nd Stockholm (1925) |
Archie. Rule Frank Crawley |
54 75 |
Arman Valley ABC Army |
1st 'Paris' Olympics (1924) |
James McKenzie Harry Mallin Harry Mitchell |
51 75 81 |
United Scottish ABC Eton Manor ABC Polytechnic ABC |
The 'European Champions' for 1924 did not boxed but awarded the title by virtue of being the highest placed European at the Paris (France) Olympics. This occurred again in 1982 (Amsterdam) and 1932 (Los Angeles Olympics).