Abe Bekker (born 10 June 1935) was a boxer who competed in the flyweight class at the

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and in the bantamweight class at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in

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representing Northern Rhodesia. He also represented Rhodesia at the

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in the featherweight division, where he was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Jorma Limmonen of

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