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7 photos tagged middleweight, from 1 member of Flickr Commons.

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Warnes (Middleweight) (LOC)

  • Pixel Wrangler said:
    Rueben Charles "Rube" Warnes (1875-1961), Great Britain middleweight boxer (75kg) with Lynn Amateur Boxing Club ("ABC"). Rube won an Olympic Bronze medal at the 1908 Summer Olympic Games in London. [1] He went onto win five Amateur Boxing Association of England ("ABA") National titles (1899, 1901, 1903) with Lynn ABC and one each with Gainsford ABC (1907) and Surrey Commercial Docks ABC (1910). [2] Rube, along with other boxers from the ABA, competed at Madison Square Garden, May 19-20, 1911. [3] There is an additional LOC photo of Rube Warnes on Flickr here.
  • Ryan (LOC P&P) said:
    Thanks for the great links, Pixel Wrangler. We'll fill in his name the next time we update this record. The additional photo you cite shows the group of boxers and has a great link to a NYTimes archived article.
  • Richard Norton said:
    Taken same day and same place:
  • united9908 said:
    Hi there I am the great great Grandson of Rube Warnes, Im trying to gather as much information as possible about him, is there anything else you could tell me? Or where I could find out. Regards George
  • Pixel Wrangler said:
    Keeping the tradition alive, Anthony Ogogo, Great Britain middleweight boxer (75kg) with the Triple A Amateur Boxing Club, Lowestoft, won an Olympic Bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London. [1]

Bob Moha, Middleweight Champion, 3/23/20 (LOC)

  • mikescottnz said:
    Hungarian/Magyar migrant? 'Moha' is a village in Fejér county, Hungary ,it's also a bhuddist sanscrit word

Geo. Chip (LOC)

  • Joe said:
    George Chip (1888-1960) was born George Chipulonis, in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He held the world middleweight title from October 11, 1913, until April 7, 1914, having successfully defended it five times in six months. His career lasted from 1909 to 1922, with 71 wins in a total of 164 bouts. BoxRec bout list.