William Fisher (14 March 1940 – 6 October 2018) was a Scottish boxer. He was born in

Craigneuk Craigneuk is a suburb of Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The original village of Craigneuk was located in the area where Meadowhead Road meets the A721 at Craigneuk Street. It was originally part of Dalziel parish, along with the other rur ...

and boxed under the names Willie Fisher and Billy Fisher.

Boxing career

Amateur career

Fisher won the 1960

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British light-middleweight title, when boxing out of the Craigneuk ABC. Fisher represented Great Britain at the 1960 Rome Olympic Games. He won a bronze medal at light middleweight.

Pro career

Fisher turned pro in 1961 and spent his entire career fighting in Great Britain. He retired in 1967 with a record of 21-12 with 9 KO.

External links

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Olympic ProfileWilliam Fisher's obituary

References

1940 births 2018 deaths Sportspeople from North Lanarkshire Light-middleweight boxers Scottish male boxers Olympic boxers for Great Britain Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Boxers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in boxing Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Scottish Olympic medallists {{Scotland-boxing-bio-stub