Frederick Granville Mallin (4 March 1902 – September 1987) was an English boxer who competed for Great Britain in the

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. He fought as Fred Mallin.

Boxing career

In 1928, he finished fourth in the middleweight class after losing the bronze medal bout to Léonard Steyaert. At the 1930 Empire Games he won the gold medal in the middleweight class after winning the final against

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. Mallin won the

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British middleweight title five times, when boxing out of the Eton Manor ABC. The feat saw him equal his older brother's ( Harry Mallin) record of winning five titles. He died in London.

References

1902 births 1987 deaths Boxers from Greater London English male boxers Middleweight boxers Olympic boxers for Great Britain Boxers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1930 British Empire Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England England Boxing champions Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing Medallists at the 1930 British Empire Games {{England-boxing-bio-stub