Pat Floyd
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{{MedalSport | Boxing}}
{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|British Empire Games}}
{{MedalGold| 1934 London|heavyweight}}
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Hugh Pat Floyd (1910–1988) was an English boxer who competed for England.
Boxing career
Floyd won a gold medal in the heavyweight division at the 1934 British Empire Games in London.
Floyd was the Amateur Boxing Association four times heavyweight champion in 1929, 1934, 1935 and 1946.{{cite news |title= Eight New ABA champions Boxing Amateur Association Championships|work=Daily News (London) |date=2 May 1946 |access-date=29 December 2021 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003214/19460502/082/0004| via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }} He defeated James Howell of the United States in the New York Golden Gloves tournament during 1935. On 8 December 1935 in the Oslo Colosseum; he fought Erling Nilsen in England's first match against Norway. He represented England in the 1934 European Championships in Budapest.{{cite web|url=http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Hugh_Pat_Floyd|title=Hugh Pat Lloyd profile|publisher=BoxRec}}{{cite web|url=https://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/sport/boxing/boxing-archive-featuring-hugh-pat-floyd-memorabilia-up-for-sale-at-auction-1-5272711|title=Boxing: Archive featuring Hugh 'Pat' Floyd memorabilia up for sale at auction|publisher=Hackney Gazette}}
Personal life
He was a printer by trade and lived at 45 Kerby Street, Battersea in 1935.
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Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
Category:Boxers at the 1934 British Empire Games
Category:Medallists at the 1934 British Empire Games
Category:20th-century English sportsmen
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in boxing
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