William Child (boxer) explained

William Child
Nationality:	British
Sport:	Boxing
Birth Date:	7 August 1884
Birth Place:	Norwich, Norfolk
Death Date:	First quarter 1961 (aged 76)^[1]
Death Place:	Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

William Child (7 August 1884  - 1961) was a British boxer.^[2] He competed in the men's middleweight event at the 1908 Summer Olympics.^[3]

Child won the Amateur Boxing Association 1908, 1909 and 1911 middleweight title, when boxing out of the Canbridge ABC.^{[4] [5]}

After retiring from boxing he became a University boxing and fencing coach at Cambridge.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Index entry. 2 January 2022. FreeBMD. ONS.
2. Web site: William Child . Olympedia . 20 March 2021.
3. William Childs Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418042021/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/william-childs-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 4 November 2018.
4. Web site: Roll of Honour. England Boxing. 2 January 2022.
5. News: Boxing Amateur Championships . Daily Telegraph & Courier (London) . 6 April 1911 . 2 January 2022 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
6. News: Cambridge Boxing . Truth . 9 May 1947 . 2 January 2022 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .