Joseph Jules Beecken (5 April 1904 – 5 February 1948) was a
Belgian middleweight
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Boxing Professional
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who competed in the 1920s.
He won the
bronze medal
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in
boxing at the 1924 Summer Olympics
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in the
middleweight
Middleweight is a weight class in combat sports.
Boxing Professional
In professional boxing, the middleweight division is contested above and up to .
Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have beg ...
category, losing against
John Elliott in the semi-final. He won the bronze medal bout against
Leslie Black.
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1904 births
1948 deaths
Middleweight boxers
Olympic boxers for Belgium
Boxers at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Belgium
Place of birth missing
Olympic medalists in boxing
Belgian male boxers
Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics
20th-century Belgian sportsmen
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