Wally Thom (14 June 1926 — 1980) born in

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, Merseyside an English amateur middleweight and

professional A professional is a member of a profession or any person who works in a specified professional activity. The term also describes the standards of education and training that prepare members of the profession with the particular knowledge and ski ...

welter/ middleweight boxer of the 1940s, and 1950s, and referee of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, who as an amateur was runner-up for the 1945 Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) middleweight title, against

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(Leamington Spa AB

, boxing out of Army ABC, was runner-up for the 1949 Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) middleweight title, against Alan Buxton

(Harrow ABC), boxing out of Birkenhead ABC, and won a silver medal at middleweight in the 1947 European Amateur Boxing Championships in

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, Ireland, losing to gold medal winner

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, and as a professional won the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) Central Area welterweight title, BBBofC British welterweight title, European Boxing Union (EBU) welterweight title, and British Empire welterweight title (twice), his professional fighting weight varied from , i.e.

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to , i.e. middleweight. Wally Thom was managed by Johnny Campbell (circa-1905 — 2 May 1994 (aged 89)).

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Professional boxing referee record for Wally Thom
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1934 births 1980 deaths British boxing referees English male boxers Middleweight boxers Sportspeople from Birkenhead Welterweight boxers {{England-boxing-bio-stub