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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1939-04-08)8 April 1939 Romford, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | March 2018(2018-03-00) (aged 78) Weymouth, England | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||
Event | Middleweight | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Monteagle ABC, London | ||||||||||||||
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John Edward Caiger (1939–2018), was a male boxer who competed for England.
Biography
Caiger represented the England team during the boxing tournament at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games[1] in the -75 Kg division and won a bronze medal.[2][3]
He was the 1961 Amateur Boxing Association British middleweight champion, when boxing for the Army.[4] He turned professional under Terry Lawless and later worked as the trainer for Fairburn House Boys Club in Canning Town.[5]
References
- ^ "Empire Games Team Completed". Birmingham Daily Post. 22 May 1958. p. 13. Retrieved 28 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "1958 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Roll of Honour". England Boxing. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ "Tributes". England Boxing.
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