Hugh Brown (boxer)

Hugh Brown
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born(1894-02-02)2 February 1894
Tewin, Hertfordshire, England
Died22 August 1935(1935-08-22) (aged 41)
Johannesburg, South Africa
Sport
SportBoxing

Hugh Brown (2 February 1894 – 22 August 1935) was a British boxer who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics. In 1920 he finished fourth in the light heavyweight class after losing the bronze medal bout to Harold Franks.[1]

Brown won the 1914 ABA Middleweight Championship boxing for Belsize ABC. After World War I he stepped up in weight and won the 1919 ABA Heavyweight Championship. He would probably have won further A.B.A titles if the war had not stopped the Championships for four years.[2][3]

In 1921, he became the World Amateur Light Heavyweight champion when boxing out of Aylesbury.[4]

Brown died on 22 August 1935, at the age of 41.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Hugh Brown". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  2. ^ "The Amateur Boxing Championships at Alexandra Palace". Sporting Life. 2 April 1914. Retrieved 17 December 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Old Champions Win in Boxing Tests". Daily Mirror. 26 May 1919. Retrieved 17 December 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Boxing". Northampton Chronicle and Echo. 29 November 1923. Retrieved 17 December 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.


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