Harry Holmes (boxer)

Harry Holmes
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born(1878-11-12)12 November 1878
Hampstead, London, England
Died8 February 1951(1951-02-08) (aged 72)
Hampstead, London, England
Sport
SportBoxing

Henry Charles Berkeley Holmes (1878–1951) was a British boxer.[1] He competed in the men's lightweight event at the 1908 Summer Olympics.[2]

At the start of his boxing career, he won the 1905 Amateur Boxing Association British featherweight title, when boxing out of the 17th Middlesex Rifles BC.[3][4] In 1908, he left the Columbia BC, joined the Polytechnic Boxing Club, won a second A.B.A title (this time at the lightweight class), and went on to compete in the 1908 Summer Olympics in that year.

References

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  1. ^ "Harold Holmes". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Harold Holmes Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Roll of Honour". England Boxing. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  4. ^ "The Amateur Championships". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. 12 April 1905. Retrieved 14 January 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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