William Child (7 August 1884 – 1961) was a British

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. He competed in the men's middleweight event at the

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. Child won the

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1908, 1909 and 1911 middleweight title, when boxing out of the Canbridge ABC. After retiring from boxing he became a University boxing and fencing coach at Cambridge.

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* 1884 births 1961 deaths British male boxers Olympic boxers for Great Britain Boxers at the 1908 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing Middleweight boxers {{UK-boxing-bio-stub