Alf Shawyer Explained

Alf Shawyer
Nationality:	British (English)
Birth Date:	1907 10, df=yes^[1]
Birth Place:	Wandsworth, London
Death Place:	Wandsworth, London

Alfred Samuel Shawyer (1907–1971) was an English boxer who competed for England.

Boxing career

Shawyer won a gold medal in the middleweight division at the 1934 British Empire Games in London.

Shawyer won the 1933 Amateur Boxing Association British middleweight title, when boxing out of the Old Goldsmiths ABC.^{[2] [3]} He later defeated Johnny Williams of Brooklyn in the New York Golden Gloves tournament during 1935. On 8 December 1935, in the Oslo Colosseum, he fought Henry Tiller in England's first match against Norway.^[4]

Personal life

He was a fireman by trade and lived at 81 Edward Street, Deptford in 1935.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Births. Free BMD.
2. Web site: Roll of Honour. England Boxing. 2 January 2022.
3. News: Amateur Boxing Association Championships. Nottingham Evening Post . 5 April 1933 . 2 January 2022 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
4. Web site: Alf Shawyer profile. BoxRec.