William Knight (born 26 July 1951) is a retired British

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Boxing career

He competed in the men's middleweight event at the

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. In his first fight, he defeated

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of Zambia, before losing to Alejandro Montoya of Cuba in the next round. He represented

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and won a

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in the light heavyweight division, at the

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. Knight won the

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1972, 1973 and 1974 light heavyweight title, when boxing out of the Lynn ABC.

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* 1951 births Living people Middleweight boxers Light-heavyweight boxers British male boxers Olympic boxers for Great Britain Boxers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Place of birth missing (living people) People from Saint Kitts Saint Kitts and Nevis emigrants to the United Kingdom Medallists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists in boxing {{UK-boxing-bio-stub