Moss O'Brien
{{Short description|Retired boxer who represented England}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Moss O'Brien
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| nationality = {{flagicon|IRE}} Irish and
{{flagicon|ENG}} English
| sport = Boxing
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| birth_place = Cork, Ireland
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{{MedalSport | Boxing}}
{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalBronze| 1978 Edmonton | 57kg featherweight}}
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Maurice 'Moss' O'Brien (born in Ireland) is a retired boxer who represented England.
Boxing career
O'Brien was the National Champion in 1978 after winning the prestigious ABA featherweight title,{{cite web|url=https://www.englandboxing.org/roll-of-honour/gender/male-championships/|title=Roll of Honour|publisher=England Boxing}} the title success was controversial because his opponent Austin Owens was considered by many to have done enough to have won the fight.{{cite news|title=Reading Pair, 15 May 1978|year=1978|newspaper=Reading Evening Post}}
He represented England and won a bronze medal in the -57 kg featherweight division, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edmonton-1978/athletes|title=1978 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/42994|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation}} and boxed out of West Ham and later Repton (Bethnal Green) ABC.
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Category:Boxers at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in boxing
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