Alexander Ireland (10 April 1901 – 25 January 1966) was a

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and professional welter/

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of the 1920s and 1930s. He fought under the name of Alex Ireland.

Biography

Ireland won the 1921

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British welterweight title, when boxing out of the United Scottish BC. He won a silver medal in the welterweight boxing at the

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, Belgium losing to Canadian boxer Bert Schneider in the final, and the Scottish Area welterweight title, the National Sporting Club (NSC) (subsequently known as the

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(BBBofC)) British middleweight title, British Empire middleweight title, and

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(EBU) middleweight title. He was a challenger for the Scottish Area middleweight title and his professional fighting weight varied from , i.e. welterweight to , i.e.

. He was born in Leith.

Olympic games results

1920 (as a welterweight) * 1st round bye * Defeated

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(Switzerland) * Defeated

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(Denmark) * Defeated William Clark (United States) * Lost to Bert Schneider (Canada)

References

External links

Alexander Ireland's profile at databaseOlympicsImage - Alex Ireland
1901 births 1966 deaths Boxers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Date of death missing Middleweight boxers Olympic boxers for Great Britain Olympic medalists in boxing Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain People from Leith Place of death missing Scottish male boxers Welterweight boxers Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Scottish Olympic medallists Boxers from Edinburgh {{UK-Olympic-medalist-stub