John O'Brien (20 February 1937 – 30 March 1979 (aged 42)) born in

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was a

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/ super feather/

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of the 1960s and '70s, who won the British Commonwealth featherweight title, and was a challenger for the BBBofC British featherweight title against;

Howard Winstone Howard Winstone, MBE (15 April 1939 – 30 September 2000) was a Welsh world champion boxer, born in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. As an amateur, Winstone won the Amateur Boxing Association bantamweight title in 1958, and a Commonwealth Games Gold Med ...

, and

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and

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(EBU) featherweight title against

. His professional fighting weight varied from , i.e.

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to , i.e.

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1937 births 1979 deaths Featherweight boxers Lightweight boxers Light-welterweight boxers Place of death missing Scottish male boxers Boxers from Glasgow Super-featherweight boxers {{Australia-boxing-bio-stub