Gary Jones (boxer)
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| Nationality |  England | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1975 Liverpool | ||||||||||||||
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| Club | Sefton ABC / Towerhill ABC | ||||||||||||||
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Gary Jones (born 1975) is a male retired boxer who competed for England.
Boxing career
[edit]Jones was a double English National Champion in 1994 and 1999 after winning the prestigious ABA light flyweight title, boxing out of the Sefton ABC and then Towerhill ABC.[1]
He represented England in the light flyweight (-48 kg) division and won a bronze medal, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[2][3][4]
He also won the Scottish ABA title and turned professional in 2003.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Roll of Honour". England Boxing.
- ^ "1998 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "England team in 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "There's no place like home for ace Jones". Liverpool Echo. 7 August 2003.