About George Holton
George Holton was a boxer.
George Holton was a boxer who competed for Scotland and won a silver medal at the British Empire Games.
Biography Holton was best known for representing Scotland at the 1934 British Empire Games, where he won the silver medal in the light heavyweight division at the 1934 British Empire Games in London, losing to gold medallist George Brennan in the final.
He boxed out of the Douglas & Clydesdale and held the West of Scotland middleweight title but in November 1934 he joined the Nottingham police force and boxed for their club.
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Scottish boxer
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· DBpedia: George Holton (boxer)
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