Alexander Ramsay "Alex" Ireland (10 April 1901 – 25 January 1966) was a

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and

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welter/

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of the 1920s and 1930s. He fought under the name of Alex Ireland.

Biography

Ireland won the 1921 Amateur Boxing Association British welterweight title, when boxing out of the United Scottish BC. He won a silver medal in the welterweight

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at the

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, Belgium losing to

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boxer

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in the final, and the Scottish Area welterweight title, the

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(NSC) (subsequently known as the

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(BBBofC)) British middleweight title, British Empire middleweight title, and

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(EBU) middleweight title. He was a challenger for the Scottish Area middleweight title and his professional fighting weight varied from , i.e.

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to , i.e.

. He was born in

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Olympic games results

1920 (as a welterweight) * 1st round bye * Defeated Willy Reichenbach (Switzerland) * Defeated August Suhr (Denmark) * Defeated

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(United States) * Lost to

(Canada)

References

External links

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Alexander Ireland's profile at databaseOlympicsImage – Alex Ireland
1901 births 1966 deaths Boxers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Date of death missing Middleweight boxers Olympic boxers for Great Britain Olympic medalists in boxing Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Sportspeople from Leith Place of death missing Scottish male boxers Welterweight boxers Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Scottish Olympic competitors Boxers from Edinburgh 20th-century Scottish sportsmen {{UK-Olympic-medalist-stub