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John Turpin (boxer)

John Turpin (born c. 1945) is a male former boxer who competed for England.

Biography

Turpin was a miner by profession and fouth out of the Rothwell Collliery Amateur Boxing Club in Leeds.

He represented the England team and won a bronze medal in the 75 kg middleweight, at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica.

He was a member of the Rothwell Colliery ABC and was 1966 Light Welterweight ABA champion runner-up.

Turpin was the nephew of Randolph Turpin.

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