Valentine Barker was a

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from England, who competed in the

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division during his career as an amateur.

Amateur career

Barker was a British amateur boxer who won the

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, 1891 heavyweight title, boxing out of the Belsize ABC.

Life after boxing

Barker would later become involved in amateur boxing in

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, and was the first Honorary Secretary of the Federation Internationale de Boxe Amateur in 1920. He was president of the ABA from 1926 to 1929. In 1936, the

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was dedicated in his honour, and is presented to the outstanding boxer at the

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. He died in 1941.

References

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