Billy Phillips (boxer)

Welsh boxer

NationalityBritish (Welsh)

BornQ2.1936

Died2021

Ebbw Vale, Wales

Billy Phillips
Personal information
Nationality	British (Welsh)
Born	Q2.1936 Ebbw Vale, Wales
Died	2021 Ebbw Vale, Wales
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Event(s)	Light-welterweight Welterweight
Club	Ebbw Vale

William Gwyn Phillips (1936–2021) was a boxer who competed for Wales at the Commonwealth Games.

Phillips boxed out of the Ebbw Vale Boxing Club^[1] and was the 1957 Welsh ABA champion^[2] at light-heavyweight.^[3]

Phillips stepped up in weight to welterweight^[4] and was runner-up to Brian Curvis in the 1957 Welsh welterweight championship.^[5]

A crane driver by trade, he was selected for the 1958 Welsh team^[6] for the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales. He competed in the welterweight category,^[7] where he was beaten by eventual gold medallist Joseph Greyling of South Africa.^[8]^[9]

After the Games he continued represent Wales at international level.^[10]

References

↑ "Mees wins on points but his weaknesses are exposed by Welshman". Bristol Evening Post. 3 December 1957. p. 10. Retrieved 23 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "WABA Light welterweight" (PDF). Welsh Boxing. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
↑ "Welsh champ outpointed". Western Mail. 3 April 1957. p. 8. Retrieved 23 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Good boxing at police tourney". Western Mail. 3 December 1957. p. 10. Retrieved 23 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Seven TV contests". Western Mail. 24 December 1958. p. 8. Retrieved 22 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Welsh Boxing Team for Empire Games". Birmingham Daily Post. 5 June 1958. p. 25. Retrieved 23 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Wales Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
↑ "Commonwealth (British Empire) Games - Cardiff, Wales - July 18-26 1958". Amateur Boxing. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
↑ "Calm display". Western Mail. 22 July 1958. p. 10. Retrieved 23 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Nancurvis turns Welsh". Daily Mirror. 22 January 1959. p. 23. Retrieved 22 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.

This biographical article related to boxing in Wales is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information.