Ioan Croft Explained

Ioan Croft
Weight:	Welterweight
Birth Date:	2001 11, df=y^[1]
Birth Place:	Crymych, Pembrokeshire, Wales^[2]
Style:	Southpaw^[3]
Boxrec:	873858

Ioan Croft is a Welsh amateur boxer who won a bronze medal at the 2022 European Championships. His twin brother, Garan, is also an amateur boxer.^[4]

Both twins, who come from Crymych, took up boxing at Cardigan ABC and are Welsh-speaking. They were featured in an S4C television documentary prior to the Commonwealth Games 2022, at which they both represented Wales.^[5] At the Games Ioan won a gold medal and Garan bronze.^[6]

Ioan fights at welterweight division, his brother Garan at light-middleweight.^[7] Their mother insists that they do not fight against one another in a competitive bout.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ioan CROFT. Birmingham2022.com. 2023-01-10. en.
2. Web site: Hughes . Adam . 16 November 2021 . Crymych's Croft boxing twins win medals in Macedonia . 16 June 2022 . .
3. Web site: BoxRec: Ioan Croft . 2022-08-07 . BoxRec.
4. Web site: Lewis . Mike . 29 May 2022 . Bronze medal for Ioan Croft at European Championships in Armenia . 16 June 2022 . Tivyside Advertiser .
5. Web site: New S4C documentary follows Team Wales athletes as they prepare for the Commonwealth Games. 26 July 2022. Nation Cymru. 12 August 2022.
6. Web site: Gemau'r Gymanwlad: Aur ac efydd yn y bocsio i ddau frawd o Sir Benfro. cy. 7 August 2022. S4C. 12 August 2022.
7. Web site: 'Special' Welsh boxing twins won't fight each other so they don't upset their mother. 28 July 2022. Jon Doel. WalesOnline. 12 August 2022.