Wilf Greaves
Wilf Greaves | |
|---|---|
| Born | 7 December 1935 |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Other names | Wilfie |
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | light middle/middle/light heavyweight |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 65 |
| Wins | 36 (KO 20) |
| Losses | 27 (KO 8) |
| Draws | 2 |
Wilf Greaves (born 7 December 1935) is a Canadian amateur light middleweight and professional light middle/middle/light heavyweight boxer of the 1950s and '60s who as an amateur won the gold medal at light middleweight in the Boxing at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and as a professional won the Canada middleweight title, and British Commonwealth middleweight title, his professional fighting weight varied from 152 lb (69 kg; 10 st 12 lb), i.e. light middleweight to 164 lb (74 kg; 11 st 10 lb), i.e. light heavyweight.[1] Wilf Greaves was managed by Jacob Mintz.[2][3]
References
- ^ "Statistics at boxrec.com". boxrec.com. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ^ "Jake Mintz". BoxRec. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ "Biography at boxrec.com". boxrec.com. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
External links
- Boxing record for Wilf Greaves from BoxRec (registration required)
- Image - Wilf Greaves
- Image - Wilf Greaves
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- 1935 births
- Light-heavyweight boxers
- Light-middleweight boxers
- Middleweight boxers
- Sportspeople from Edmonton
- Boxers at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada
- Living people
- Canadian male boxers
- Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing
- Canadian boxing biography stubs