John Lyon (boxer)
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John Patrick Lyon MBE (born 9 March 1962) is a retired boxer from Great Britain.
Boxing career
[edit]A member of the Greenall St. Helens Amateur Boxing Club he competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics and 1988 Summer Olympics.[1] He represented England and won a silver medal in the light flyweight division, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.[2] Four years later he represented England again and won a gold medal in the men's flyweight division (– 48 kg), at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[3] He appeared at a third consecutive games in 1990.[4]
Lyon won eight English ABA titles, four flyweight and four light-flyweight and a bronze medal in the 1991 Acropolis Cup, retiring immediately afterwards.[5]
He was awarded an MBE for services to amateur boxing.
1988 Olympic results
[edit]Below is the record of John Lyon, a British flyweight boxer who competed at the 1988 Seoul Olympics:
- Round of 64: lost to Ramazan Gul (Turkey) by decision, 1-4
Personal life
[edit]Lyon's son Craig Lyon also won the English light-flyweight title, twice. He also competed in the Prizefighter tournament at super-flyweight in 2011, but was defeated by Ryan Farrag in the quarter finals.
References
[edit]- ^ "Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ "1982 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "1986 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Boxing: Lyon on Athens journey". The Telegraph. London. 4 April 2003.
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