Jimmy Magill (boxer) explained

Jimmy Magill
Nationality:British (Northern Irish)
Sport:boxing
Birth Date:31 December 1894

Jimmy Magill (31 December 1894 – 8 February 1942) was an amateur boxer and Royal Ulster Constabulary officer from Carncastle, near Larne in Northern Ireland.[1]

Biography

Magill was the Amateur Boxing Association of England's middleweight champion in 1934 and 1935 and light heavyweight champion in 1936.[2] He won fights in Boston and New York in an Irish tour of the US in 1935,[3] [4] was European Police champion from 1931 to 1936 and won a bronze medal representing Northern Ireland at the 1934 British Empire Games. As the Irish Amateur Boxing Association governed the sport in Northern Ireland, he was considered ineligible to compete for both Great Britain at the Olympics and Ireland at the Olympics. In 1936, Magill defeated Richard Vogt, who as a German Army Captain in 1940 saved the life of an Irish Guardsman wounded in the Dunkirk evacuation because they both knew Magill.[5]

Magill was one of twelve children, and the youngest of seven brothers. His brother Davy Magill was the 1921 Royal Irish Constabulary heavyweight champion, and later in the 1920s was Irish professional champion at heavyweight and light heavyweight.

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. News: New book charts rise of boxing's Magill brothers. 6 December 2010. The Belfast Telegraph. 23 May 2013.
  2. News: Amateur Boxing . Western Morning News . 22 March 1934 . 31 December 2021 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
  3. News: Canadian Heavyweight Stops Flaherty and Hogan to Win International Honors Before 11,000 Fans. https://archive.today/20130630041600/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/2024560762.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Apr+30,+1935&author=&pub=Daily+Boston+Globe+(1928-1960)&desc=Canadian+Heavyweight+Stops+Flaherty+and+Hogan+to+Win+International+Honors+Before+11,000+Fans&pqatl=google. dead. 30 June 2013. Hurwitz. Hy. 30 April 1935. Daily Boston Globe. 22. 23 May 2013.
  4. News: Yank Army Boxers in Irish Tournament. United Press. United Press. 5 February 1942. The Pittsburgh Press. 23 May 2013.
  5. News: UK:Boxing: How a fight in the Ulster Hall saved a soldier at Dunkirk. https://web.archive.org/web/20150323095405/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-19164115.html. dead. 23 March 2015. 21 July 2001. Belfast Telegraph. 23 May 2013.

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