John Condon (28 February 1889 – 21 February 1919) was a British

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who competed in the early twentieth century. He fought as Johnny Condon and died a week prior to his 30th birthday of influenza. Condon won a silver medal in

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He won the 1909 Amateur Boxing Association British bantamweight title, when boxing out of the Lynn ABC.

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* 1889 births 1919 deaths Bantamweight boxers Olympic boxers for Great Britain Boxers at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Olympic medalists in boxing British male boxers Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics Deaths from the Spanish flu pandemic in England 19th-century British people 20th-century British people {{UK-Olympic-medalist-stub