Alexander Ireland

Alexander "Alex" Ireland (10 April 1901 – 25 January 1966) was a Scottish amateur and professional welter/middleweight boxer of the 1920s and 1930s, who was the 1921 Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABA) welterweight champion. He also won a silver medal in the welterweight boxing at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium losing to Canadian boxer Bert Schneider in the final, and the Scottish Area welterweight title, the National Sporting Club (NSC) (subsequently known as the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC)) British middleweight title, British Empire middleweight title, and European Boxing Union (EBU) middleweight title. He was a challenger for the Scottish Area middleweight title and his professional fighting weight varied from 146 lb (66 kg; 10 st 6 lb), i.e. welterweight to 151 lb (68.5 kg; 10 st 11.0 lb), i.e. middleweight. He was born in Leith.[1]

For the Scottish journalist, see Alexander Ireland (journalist).
Alex Ireland
Statistics
Real nameAlexander Ireland
Weight(s)welter/middleweight
NationalityScottish
Born10 April 1901
Leith, Scotland
Died24 January 1966(1966-01-24) (aged 64)
Boxing record
Total fights29
Wins17 (KO 3)
Losses9 (KO 31)
Draws3
No contests0
Olympic medal record
Men's Boxing
1920 Antwerp Welterweight

Olympic games results

1920 (as a welterweight)

References
  1. "Statistics at boxrec.com". boxrec.com. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.


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