William Robinson (born 20 February 1936) is a British

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and fought as Bill Robinson. He competed in the men's light middleweight event at the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...

. He received a bye in the first round, before being defeated by

Nojim Maiyegun Nojim Maiyegun (born 17 February 1941 in Lagos) is a retired Nigerian boxer, who won the bronze medal in the men's Light Middleweight (71 kg) category at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), offic ...

of Nigeria in the next round, after the referee stopped the contest. Robinson won the 1964

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British light-middleweight title and 1965 British middleweight title, when boxing out of the Stock Exchange ABC.

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* 1936 births Living people British male boxers Olympic boxers for Great Britain Boxers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Light-middleweight boxers {{UK-boxing-bio-stub