Pat Floyd

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Pat Floyd
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born(1910-08-27)27 August 1910[1]
Dalston, England
Died3 July 1988(1988-07-03) (aged 77)
Watford, England
Sport
SportBoxing
Event
Heavyweight
ClubBattersea BC
Medal record
Boxing
Representing  England
British Empire Games
Gold medal – first place1934 Londonheavyweight

Hugh Pat Floyd (1910–1988) was an English boxer who competed for England.

Boxing career

Floyd boxed out of the Battersea BC[2] He represented England at the 1934 British Empire Games[3] in London, where he competed in the heavyweight division,[4] winning a gold medal.[5]

Floyd was the Amateur Boxing Association four times heavyweight champion in 1929, 1934, 1935 and 1946.[6] He defeated James Howell of the United States in the New York Golden Gloves tournament during 1935. On 8 December 1935 in the Oslo Colosseum; he fought Erling Nilsen in England's first match against Norway. He represented England in the 1934 European Championships in Budapest.[7][8]

Personal life

He was a printer by trade and lived at 45 Kerby Street, Battersea in 1935.

References

  1. ↑ "Births". Free BMD.
  2. ↑ "Battersea Boxing Club". South Western Star. 2 February 1934. Retrieved 6 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "London 1934 Team". Team England. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  4. ↑ "England London 1934". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  5. ↑ "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  6. ↑ "Eight New ABA champions Boxing Amateur Association Championships". Daily News (London). 2 May 1946. Retrieved 29 December 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Hugh Pat Lloyd profile". BoxRec.
  8. ↑ "Boxing: Archive featuring Hugh 'Pat' Floyd memorabilia up for sale at auction". Hackney Gazette.