Alexander Ireland (boxer)

For the Scottish journalist, see Alexander Ireland (journalist).

Alex Ireland
Born	Alexander Ireland 10th April 1901 Leith, Scotland
Died	24 January 1966(1966-01-24) (aged 64)
Nationality	Scottish
Statistics
Weight(s)	welter/middleweight
Boxing record
Total fights	29
Wins	17 (KO 3)
Losses	9 (KO 31)
Draws	3
No contests	0

Olympic medal record
Men's Boxing
	1920 Antwerp	Welterweight

Alexander "Alex" Ireland (10 April 1901 – 25 January 1966) was a Scottish amateur and professional welter/middleweight boxer of the 1920s and 1930s, who was the 1921 Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABA) welterweight champion. He also won a silver medal in the welterweight boxing at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium losing to Canadian boxer Bert Schneider in the final, and the Scottish Area welterweight title, the National Sporting Club (NSC) (subsequently known as the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC)) British middleweight title, British Empire middleweight title, and European Boxing Union (EBU) middleweight title. He was a challenger for the Scottish Area middleweight title and his professional fighting weight varied from 146 lb (66 kg; 10 st 6 lb), i.e. welterweight to 151 lb (68.5 kg; 10 st 11.0 lb), i.e. middleweight. He was born in Leith.

Olympic games results

1920 (as a welterweight)

• 1st round bye
• Defeated Willy Reichenbach (Switzerland)
• Defeated August Suhr (Denmark)
• Defeated William Clark (United States)
• Lost to Bert Schneider (Canada)

External links

• Alexander Ireland's profile at databaseOlympics
• Image - Alex Ireland
• Alexander Ireland's profile at Sports Reference.com