Bobby Porteous
Scottish boxer
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Robert "Bobby" Porteous (born c.1942) is a former boxer from Scotland who competed at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games (now Commonwealth Games).
Biography
Porteous boxed out of the Ormiston Welfare Amateur Boxing Club, was a British youth bantamweight champion and was capped by Scotland during the 1959/60 season.[2]
He was still fighting for Scotland during 1964 before he retired.[3] After retiring from boxing for two years, he returned in 1966 to win the Scottish lightweight title.[1]
Porteous represented the Scottish Empire and Commonwealth Games team[4] at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica,[5] participating in the 60kg lightweight category.[6]
