Jimmy Lloyd (boxer)

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Jimmy Lloyd

Lloyd (left) at the 1960 Olympics
Personal information
Born	(1939-07-05)5 July 1939 Liverpool, England
Died	22 March 2013(2013-03-22) (aged 73) Skelmersdale, Lancashire, England
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Club	Army Boxing Association
Medal record Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 1960 Rome Welterweight

James Lloyd (5 July 1939 – 22 March 2013) was an English boxer. He won a bronze medal in the welterweight division at the 1960 Olympics, losing in the semifinals to the eventual winner Nino Benvenuti.[1] He fought under the names Jim Lloyd and Jimmy Lloyd.

Biography

Lloyd won the 1962 Amateur Boxing Association British light-middleweight title, when boxing for the army.[2][3] After winning the light middleweight title he turned professional and retired in 1966 with a record of 10 wins, 7 losses and 3 draws.[1]

Lloyd took up boxing aged 9, following his two elder brothers into the sport. In the early 1960s he served and boxed for the British Army and later worked as a mechanic, welder, lorry driver and security guard. In the late 1960's, he co-founded Skelmersdale Amateur Boxing Club with his older brother, Alan Lloyd and for 35 years trained young boxers there.[4] He died of a heart attack, aged 73, and is survived by four children.[5]

References

1. Boxing record for Jimmy Lloyd from BoxRec (registration required)
2. "Roll of Honour". England Boxing. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
3. "Liverpool's A.B.A. title double". Liverpool Echo. 28 April 1962. Retrieved 3 January 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
4. Jim Lloyd Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
5. Boxing mourns the passing of Olympic bronze medallist Jim Lloyd. liverpoolecho.co.uk (25 March 2013)