James Oswell Hughes Nuttall (11 April 1919 – 7 November 2005) was an Indian

boxer Boxer most commonly refers to: * Boxer (boxing), a competitor in the sport of boxing *Boxer (dog), a breed of dog Boxer or boxers may also refer to: Animal kingdom * Boxer crab * Boxer shrimp, a small group of decapod crustaceans * Boxer snipe ee ...

. He was born in an Anglo-Indian family from Calcutta. He was employed in the Calcutta Police and also played cricket and field hockey for Bengal. He competed in the men's middleweight event at the

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ...

. At the 1948 Summer Olympics, he lost to

Ivano Fontana Ivano Fontana (25 November 1926 – 24 December 1993) was an Italian boxer. He won a bronze medal in the middleweight division at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, losing to gold medal winner Laszlo Papp. He was born in Lucca, Italy ...

of Italy.

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* * 1919 births 2005 deaths Sportspeople from Kolkata Boxers from West Bengal Indian male boxers Olympic boxers for India Boxers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Middleweight boxers Bengal cricketers Cricketers from Kolkata Field hockey players from Kolkata Anglo-Indian people British people of Anglo-Indian descent Indian emigrants to England {{India-boxing-bio-stub