John Condon (boxer)

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Johnny Condon
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born(1889-02-28)28 February 1889[1]
Shoreditch, London, England
Died21 February 1919(1919-02-21) (aged 29)
Shoreditch, London, England
Sport
Sportboxing
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Men's Boxing
Silver medal – second place 1908 London Bantamweight

John Condon (28 February 1889 – 21 February 1919) was a British bantamweight professional boxer who competed in the early twentieth century. He fought as Johnny Condon and died a week prior to his 30th birthday of influenza.[2]

Condon won a silver medal in Boxing at the 1908 Summer Olympics[3]

He won the 1909 Amateur Boxing Association British bantamweight title, when boxing out of the Lynn ABC.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  2. ^ "John Condon". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "John Condon Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Roll of Honour". England Boxing. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

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