Archibald Ernest Sexton GM (3 April 1908 – 11 July 1957) was an

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professional boxer who began his career at featherweight in 1925 and finished as a middleweight in 1936. He had at least 222 professional contests, including one for the British middleweight title in 1933, where he lost by a tenth round

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Biography

Sexton was born at

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. He took part in the world's first

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boxing match, a six-round exhibition against Laurie Raiteri in

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on 22 August 1933. The loss of the sight of his left eye – which occurred during a boxing match – forced him to retire from boxing in 1936, although he later worked as a

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referee. During the

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he served as a Police

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, and in 1944 he was awarded the

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for his part in rescuing two men and a woman trapped in an air-raid shelter underneath

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in London. He died in New Zealand on 11 July 1957 from a stroke, aged 49.

Family

His son

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had success in football, managing Chelsea and

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. He also had another son Terence Sexton . His brother James, another professional boxer, fought under the alias Jim Blake. His great granddaughter through marriage is professional undefeated female boxer Ramla Ali

References

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