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National ABA title 1960
73rd ABA National Championships
1959 - 1960
Year: 29 April 1960
Venue: Empire Pool and Sports Arena, Wembley
Richard McTaggart 60kg (Dundee BC) and Willie Fisher 71kg (Craigneuk BC) both win Olympic Bronze Medals in 1960 (Rome, Italy). Other Olympians include Danny Lee 51kg (Woodhall ABC), Frankie Taylor 54kg (Lancaster Lads ABC), Phil Lundgren 57kg (Fisher ABC), Roy Addison 75kg (Royal Air Force), and Johnny Ould 81kg (Fisher ABC).
KG | Weight | Champion | Finalist | Result |
51 |
Fly |
Danny Lee (Woodhall (ABC) |
J. Pattullo (Croydon ABC) |
|
54 |
Bantam |
Frank Taylor (Lancaster Lads ABC) |
Pte. ewis Mackay (Army) |
|
57 |
Feather |
Phil H. Lundgren (Fisher AC) |
Dvr. Michael Greaves (Army BA) |
|
60 |
Light |
Richard McTaggart (Dundee BC) |
Cedric A. Williams (Bargoed & Deri ABC) |
RSC(2) |
64 |
Light Welter |
R. Day (Lancaster Lads Club) |
Anthony Lewis (St Pancras ABC) |
|
67 |
Welter |
C. Humphreys (Porthcawl ABC) |
P. McLaren (Lynn AC) |
|
71 |
Light Middle |
Willie Fisher (Craigneuk ABC) |
Terry Marshall (Mitchell & Butlers ABC) |
|
75 |
Middle |
A/C Roy Addison (Royal Air Force BA) |
R.F.T. Nicholson (Fitzroy Lodge ABC) |
|
81 |
Light Heavy |
Johnny Ould (Fisher AC) |
Ray Shiel (Lowe House Boys' Club) |
|
91 |
Heavyweight |
L/Sgt Len R. Hobbs (Army BA) |
Len G. James (Patchway ABC) |
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74th ABA National Championships
1960 - 1961
Year: Friday 28 April 1961
Venue: Empire Pool and Sports Arena, Wembley
The 'class of 1961' held their own in the European Championships (Belgrade, Yugoslavia). Paul Warwick 60kg (West Ham ABC) and Jack Bodell 81kg (Loughborough ABC) winning Bronze Medals. Other team members included Peter Bennyworth 54kg (Royal Air Force), Brian Brazier 64kg (Army), Anthony Lewis 67kg (St. Pancras ABC), Johnny Caiger 75kg (Army) and William Walker 91kg (West Ham ABC). No further European medals were won until 1991 when Alan Vaughan 60kg (Huyton ABC) won a Bronze Medal at Gothenburg (Sweden).
1961 was the year Scotland's Richard McTaggart won European Gold (Belgrade, Yugoslavia) adding to his 1956 Olympic Gold (Melbourne, Australia) and Commonwealth Gold in 1958 (Cardiff, Wales). The only ABA Champion ever to do the 'Grand Slam'. The World Championships did not begin until 1974 (Havana, Cuba).
KG | Weight | Champion | Finalist | Result |
51 |
Fly |
Walter McGowan (Royal Albert ABC) |
Ray G. Stacey (Border Boxing Club) |
|
54 |
Bantam |
L.A.C. Peter Bennyworth (Royal Air Force BA) |
W.H. Williams (Rugeley ABC) |
|
57 |
Feather |
Peter Cheevers (Fisher ABC) |
J. Chivers (Kyrle Hall ABC) |
|
60 |
Light |
Paul Warwick (West Ham ABC) |
G. McAteer (Willaston ABC) |
|
64 |
Light Welter |
Pte.Brian Brazier (Army BA) |
R. Taylor (Warley ABC) |
|
67 |
Welter |
Anthony Lewis (St Pancras ABC) |
Ian McKenzie (Royal Albert ABC) |
|
71 |
Light Middle |
Johnny W. Gamble (Dowlais ABC) |
Pte. Robert Keddle (Army BA) |
RSC(3) |
75 |
Middle |
Tpr. John Caiger (Army BA) |
Willie Hart (Glasgow Corporation Transport BC) |
|
81 |
Light Heavy |
Jack G. Bodell (Loughborough & District ABC) |
J. Evans (Hammersmith ABC) |
|
91 |
Heavyweight |
William Walker (West Ham ABC) |
Len G. James (Patchway ABC) |
RSC(1) |
75th ABA National Championships
1961 - 1962
Year: 27 April 1962
Venue: Empire Pool and Sports Arena, Wembley
Jimmy Lloyd 71kg (Army) won Olympic Bronze at the 1960 Games (Rome, Italy). Johnny Pritchett 67kg (Bingham ABC) went on to win a Silver Medal at the 1962 Commonwealth Games (Perth, Australia). Joined by Michael Pye 51kg (Harris Lebus ABC), Peter Bennyworth (Caius ABC), Brian Whelan 60kg (Cheswick General ABC) and Brian Brazier 64kg (Army) all winning Bronze Medals. A total of (5) medals. John Elliott 71kg (Wednesfield ABC) Finalist would go on to represent Jamaica in the 1964 Olympic Games (Tokyo, Japan).
KG | Weight | Champion | Finalist | Result |
51 |
Fly |
Michael J. Pye (Harris Lebus ABC) |
Anthony Barlow (Droylsden ABC) |
|
54 |
Bantam |
Peter Bennyworth (Caius ABC) |
Alan Rudkin (Golden Gloves ABC) |
|
57 |
Feather |
William T. Wilson (Monteagle ABC) |
John McDermott (Scottish National AAC) |
|
60 |
Light |
Brian Whelan (Chiswick General ABC) |
Richard McTaggart (Kelvin ABC) |
|
64 |
Light Welter |
L/Cpl. Brian Brazier (Army BA) |
Ronald E. Smith (Hampstead & District ABC) |
|
67 |
Welter |
John Pritchett (Bingham ABC) |
Harry Dean (Oxford YMCA) |
|
71 |
Light Middle |
Pte. Jimmy Lloyd (Army BA) |
John Kingston-Elliott (Wednesfield ABC) |
|
75 |
Middle |
Alfred J. Matthews (Litherland ABC) |
Derek Richards (Rootes ABC) |
RSC(1) |
81 |
Light Heavy |
John Hendrickson (Battersea ABC) |
David Paley (Semptex ABC) |
|
91 |
Heavyweight |
L/Pat. Rae Dryden (Royal Navy BA) |
Ronald Davies (Droylsden ABC) |
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