Henry Charles Berkeley Holmes (1878–1951) was a British

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. He competed in the men's lightweight event at the

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. At the start of his boxing career, he won the 1905

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British featherweight title, when boxing out of the 17th Middlesex Rifles BC. In 1908, he left the Columbia BC, joined the

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, won a second A.B.A title (this time at the lightweight class), and went on to compete in the 1908 Summer Olympics in that year.

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* 1878 births 1951 deaths British male boxers Olympic boxers for Great Britain Boxers at the 1908 Summer Olympics Lightweight boxers Boxers from the London Borough of Camden People from Hampstead {{UK-boxing-bio-stub