Graham Moughton (born 2 December 1948) is a retired English amateur boxer. He captained the British Olympic boxing team representing Repton ABC and competed at the
1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...
in the light-welterweight division,
but was eliminated in the third bout.
On 13 January 1973 Graham boxed in a tournament against
Sugar Ray Leonard
Ray Charles Leonard (born May 17, 1956), best known as "Sugar" Ray Leonard, is an American former professional boxer, motivational speaker, and occasional actor. Often regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time, he competed professiona ...
losing a close 2-1 split decision.
The same year Moughton represented Bermuda at the world championships in Cuba.
Overall Moughton would box 304 bouts, representing England on 35 occasions and is the only boxer to represent 3 countries. England (35) 1972 Olympics, Bermuda (15) 1973 World Championships and a Denmark select (1) where he would lose on a cut eye to future world champion Ayube Kaluli of Uganda.
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1948 births
Living people
Boxers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers for Great Britain
English male boxers
Light-welterweight boxers
People from Ilford
Boxers from the London Borough of Redbridge
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