Amateur career
Daley won the National AAU bantamweight title in 1928. Later that year Daley won the silver medal in the bantamweight class in the 1928 Olympics after losing the final to Vittorio Tamagnini of Italy.Olympic record
John Daley competed for the United States in the 1928 Amsterdam Olympic boxing tournament. He competed in the bantamweight division. Here is his record from that tournament: * Round of 32: defeated Ingvald Bjerke (Norway) on points * Round of 16: defeated Osvaldo Sanchez (Chile) on points * Quarterfinal: defeated Janos Szeles (Hungary) on points * Semifinal: defeated Harry Isaacs (South Africa) on points * Final: lost to Vittorio Tamagnini (Italy) on points (was awarded the silver medal)References
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* * 1909 births 1963 deaths Sportspeople from Newton, Massachusetts Boxers from Massachusetts Bantamweight boxers Boxers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for the United States Olympic silver medalists for the United States in boxing Place of birth missing American male boxers Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-boxing-Olympic-medalist-stub