Bobby Kane

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Robert Kane better known as Bobby Kane is a former Scottish boxer who won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games.[1]

NationalityBritish (Scottish)
SportBoxing
Event
Light-welterweight
ClubGreenock St Mungo ABC
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Bobby Kane
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Sport
SportBoxing
Event
Light-welterweight
ClubGreenock St Mungo ABC
Medal record
Representing  Scotland
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place1958 Cardifflight-welterweight
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Biography

Kane was a member of the Greenock St Mungo ABC[2] and in 1957 participated in the Festival of Youth in Moscow.[3]

Kane was twice the ABA champion of Great Britain in 1958 and 1959.[4][5]

He was selected for the 1958 Scottish team[6] for the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, where he competed in the 63.5kg light-welterweight event[7] and won the silver medal.[8]

He turned professional in 1959 and boxed ten bouts.[9][10]

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