Jump to content

Eddie Ryan (boxer)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Jevansen (talk | contribs) at 23:32, 29 May 2020 (added Category:Bantamweight boxers using HotCat). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Eddie Ryan
Personal information
Nationality England
Born(1912-09-05)5 September 1912[1]
Peckham
Died1978 (aged 66)
Camberwell
Medal record
Boxing
Representing  England
British Empire Games
Gold medal – first place 1934 London bantamweight

Edwin Thomas Ryan (1912-1978) was an English boxer who competed for England.

Boxing career

Ryan won a gold medal in the bantamweight division at the 1934 British Empire Games in London.

Ryan was the ABA bantamweight runner-up to Welshman Albert Barnes in 1934 but defeated Barnes on points in the Empire Games final. He stepped up in weight to featherweight the following year (1935) and won the ABA Championship. Known as the Peckham Pulverizer, he defeated Johnny Cabello, a New York Puerto Rican in the New York Golden Gloves tournament during 1935. On 8 December 1935, in the Oslo Colosseum, he fought Kr. Torvund in England's first match against Norway.[2]

Personal life

He was a warehouse labourer and painter by trade and lived at 22 Horny Broad, Peckham in 1935.

References

  1. ^ "Births". Free BMD.
  2. ^ "Eddie Ryan profile". BoxRec.