John Mitchell Baker Pottinger (1913-1979) was a boxer who competed for Wales.

Boxing career

Pottinger won a

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in the flyweight division at the

1934 British Empire Games The 1934 British Empire Games were the second edition of what is now known as the Commonwealth Games, held in England, from 4–11 August 1934. The host city was London, with the main venue at Wembley Park, although the track cycling events wer ...

in London. He lost to Georgie Coyle of New York in the

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tournament during 1935. He won the 1938 Amateur Boxing Association British bantamweight title, when boxing out of the Cardiff Gas BC.

Personal life

He was a manufacturer by trade and lived at 97 Ferry Road, Grangetown, Cardiff in 1935.

References

1913 births 1979 deaths Welsh male boxers Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Wales Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing Boxers at the 1934 British Empire Games Flyweight boxers Medallists at the 1934 British Empire Games {{UK-boxing-bio-stub