Alexander Ireland

Scottish boxer

For the Scottish journalist, see Alexander Ireland (journalist).

Alex Ireland

Statistics
Real name| Alexander Ireland
Weight(s)| welter/middleweight
Nationality| Scottish
Born| 10 April 1901
Leith, Scotland
Died| 24 January 1966(1966-01-24) (aged 64)
Boxing record
Total fights| 29
Wins| 17 (KO 3)
Losses| 9 (KO 31)
Draws| 3
No contests| 0

Medal record

Men's Boxing
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
|  1920 Antwerp | Welterweight

Alexander Ireland (10 April 1901 – 25 January 1966) was a Scottish amateur and professional welter/middleweight boxer of the 1920s and 1930s. He fought under the name of Alex Ireland.

## Contents

* 1 Biography
* 1.1 Olympic games results
* 2 References
* 3 External links

## Biography[edit]

Ireland won the 1921 Amateur Boxing Association British welterweight title, when boxing out of the United Scottish BC.[1]

He won a silver medal in the welterweight boxing at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium losing to Canadian boxer Bert Schneider in the final, and the Scottish Area welterweight title, the National Sporting Club (NSC) (subsequently known as the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC)) British middleweight title, British Empire middleweight title, and European Boxing Union (EBU) middleweight title. He was a challenger for the Scottish Area middleweight title and his professional fighting weight varied from 146 lb (66 kg; 10 st 6 lb), i.e. welterweight to 151 lb (68.5 kg; 10 st 11.0 lb), i.e. middleweight. He was born in Leith.[2]

### Olympic games results[edit]

1920 (as a welterweight)[3]

* 1st round bye
* Defeated Willy Reichenbach (Switzerland)
* Defeated August Suhr (Denmark)
* Defeated William Clark (United States)
* Lost to Bert Schneider (Canada)

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Roll of Honour". England Boxing. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
2. ^ "Statistics at boxrec.com". boxrec.com. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
3. ^ "Alexander Ireland". Olympedia. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

## External links[edit]

* Alexander Ireland's profile at databaseOlympics
* Image - Alex Ireland
* Alexander Ireland's profile at Sports Reference.com

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