Boxing at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
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Boxing at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was the sixth appearance of the Boxing at the Commonwealth Games. The events were held in Cardiff, Wales, and featured contests in ten weight classes.[1]
| Boxing at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games | |
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| Venue | Sophia Gardens Pavilion |
| Location | Cardiff, Wales |
| Dates | 18 to 26 July 1958 |
The boxing events were held in the Sophia Gardens Pavilion.[2] South Africa topped the boxing medal table by virtue of winning four gold medals.[3]
Medal table
* Host nation (Wales)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  South Africa | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 |  Scotland | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 |  Australia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 |  Wales* | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 |  Northern Ireland | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 |  England | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 |  Uganda | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 |  Canada | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 |  New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 11 |  British Guiana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Ceylon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
 Ghana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
 India | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
 Isle of Man | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
 Jamaica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
 Jersey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
 Northern Rhodesia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
 Southern Rhodesia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals (19 entries) | 10 | 10 | 20 | 40 | |
Medallists
| Weight | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flyweight | Jackie Brown (SCO) | Tommy Bache (ENG) | Peter Lavery (NIR), Donald Braithwaite (WAL) |
| Bantamweight | Howard Winstone (WAL) |  Oliver Taylor (AUS) | Freddie Owen (SCO), Dickie Hanna (NIR) |
| Featherweight | Wally Taylor (AUS) | Malcom Collins (WAL) | Gert Coetzee (SAF), John McClory (NIR) |
| Lightweight | Dick McTaggart (SCO) | Jim Jordan (NIR) | Johnny Cooke (ENG), Paddy Donovan (NZL) |
| Light Welterweight | Henry Loubscher (SAF) | Bobby Kane (SCO) | Joey Jacobs (ENG), Raymond Galante (CAN) |
| Welterweight | Joseph Greyling (SAF) | Thomas Kawere (UGA) | Bertie Scott (SCO), Brian Nancurvis (ENG) |
| Light Middleweight | Grant Webster (SAF) | Stuart Pearson (ENG) | James Arthur Walters (CAN), Bill Brown (WAL) |
| Middleweight | Terry Milligan (NIR) | Philippus du Plessis (SAF) | Robert Piau (CAN), Johnny Caiger (ENG) |
| Light Heavyweight | Tony Madigan (AUS) | Ossie Higgins (WAL) | Willie Bannon (SCO), Gerhardus Jacobus De Bruyn (SAF) |
| Heavyweight | Daniel Bekker (SAF) | David Thomas (ENG) | Roger Pleace (WAL), Gbadegesin Salawu (NGR) |
Results
There was no Welsh fighter in the light-welterweight category after Bobby Bown failed to secure leave from work and his replacement Cedric Williams was subsequently unfit to start.[4] Some weight classes required both a first round and quarter-finals stage before the medal fights took place.[5][6]
First round and quarter-finals
| Weight | Winner | Loser | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flyweight 51 kg | |||
| Walter Henry | Lester J. Shaether | stopped 2nd | |
| Jackie Brown | A. Du Mont | points | |
| Tommy Bache | Walter Henry | KO 1st | |
| Peter Lavery | Orizu Obilaso | points | |
| Donald Braithwaite | William. A. Pretorius | points | |
| Bantamweight 54 kg | |||
| Kai Yip | John Allen | points | |
| Oliver Taylor | S. O. Laguda | points | |
 Howard Winstone | Peter Benneyworth | points | |
| Oliver Taylor | Kai Yip | points | |
| Freddie Owen | J. L. van Biljon | points | |
| Dickie Hanna | Abe Bekker | stopped 2nd | |
| Featherweight 57 kg | |||
| Walter Robert Taylor | F. Quartey | points | |
| Roy Beaman | Robert W. McEwan | points | |
| J. J. Bekker | I. A. Jones | stopped 1st | |
| Malcolm Collins | Maurice Purton | points | |
| Gert Johannes Coetzee | George Drummond | points | |
| John McClory | J. J. Bekker | points | |
| Walter Robert Taylor | Roy Beaman | points | |
| Lightweight 60 kg | |||
| Dick McTaggart | John Seymour Leckie | stopped 3rd | |
| Jim Jordan | Bernard Robson | points | |
| Johnny Cooke | Sunder Rao | points | |
| Paddy Donovan | C. Sam | points | |
| Light-welterweight 63.5 kg | |||
| Joey Jacobs | I. K. Obita | KO 3rd | |
| Bobby Kane | Chandrasena Jayasuriya | points | |
| G. R. Smith | Graham Finlay | points | |
| Henry Loubscher | V. Fernandes | points | |
| Bobby Kane | G. R. Smith | points | |
| Joey Jacobs | Clement Quartey | points | |
| Raymond Galante | George Turmel | points | |
| Welterweight 67 kg | |||
| Joseph Greyling | Billy Phillips | points | |
| Thomas Kawere | M. Uzubu | stopped 3rd | |
| Bertie Scott | Joseph Larty | points | |
| Brian Nancurvis | William John Fitzpatrick | points | |
| Light-middleweight 71 kg | |||
| Tommy McGuiness | Dick Turpin | stopped 3rd | |
| Stuart Pearson | Jackie B. Osborne | points | |
| Kevin Hogarth | Frank Nyangweso | points | |
| Bill Brown | Alhassan Brimah | stopped 1st | |
| Grant Webster |  L. Samuels | sopped 1st | |
| Stuart Pearson | Kevin Hogarth | points | |
| James Arthur Walters | C. Afodu | stopped 2nd | |
| Bill Brown | Tommy McGuiness | stopped 3rd | |
| Middleweight 75 kg | |||
| Terry Milligan | Bevin R. Weir | disq 2nd | |
| Hari Singh | Glyn Waters | KO 2nd | |
| Terry Milligan | Hari Singh | w/o | |
| Phillipus Lodewyk du Plessis | S. Osei | points | |
| Robert Piau | Alistair McKenzie | stopped 2nd | |
| Johnny Caiger | Peter Odhiambo | points | |
| Light heavyweight 81 kg | |||
| Tony Madigan | Edward Morrison | points | |
| Ossie Higgins | Frank E. Noneley | stopped 3rd | |
| Willie Bannon | Joe Leeming | stopped 2nd | |
| Gerhardus Jacobus De Bruyn | bye | ||
| Heavyweight 91 kg | |||
| Daniel Bekker | Stan P. Renaud | stopped 1st | |
| David Thomas | Leslie Osman Peach | points | |
| Roger Pleace | Angus Thomson | points | |
| Gbadegesin Salawu | bye | ||
Semi-finals
| Weight | Winner | Loser | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flyweight | |||
| Brown | Braithwaite | points | |
| Bache | Lavery | points | |
| Bantamweight | |||
| Winstone | Hanna | points | |
| O. Taylor | Owen | points | |
| Featherweight | |||
| W. Taylor | McClory | points | |
| Collins | Coetzee | points | |
| Lightweight | |||
| McTaggart | Donovan | points | |
| Jordan | Cooke | points | |
| Light-welterweight | |||
| Loubscher | Galante | stopped 2nd | |
| Kane | Jacobs | points | |
| Welterweight | |||
| Greyling | Nancurvis | points | |
| Kawere | Scott | points | |
| Light-middleweight | |||
| Webster | Walters | points | |
| Pearson | Brown | points | |
| Middleweight | |||
| Milligan | Caiger | points | |
| du Plessis | Piau | points | |
| Light heavyweight | |||
| Madigan | de Bruyn | points | |
| Higgins | Bannon | points | |
| Heavyweight | |||
| Bekker | Salawu | stopped 2nd | |
| Thomas | Pleace | disq 3rd | |
Finals
| Weight | Winner | Loser | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flyweight | Brown | Bache | points |
| Bantamweight | Winstone | O. Taylor | points |
| Featherweight | W. Taylor | Collins | points |
| Lightweight | McTaggart | Jordan | points |
| Light-welterweight | Loubscher | Kane | points |
| Welterweight | Greyling | Kawere | points |
| Light-middleweight | Webster | Pearson | points |
| Middleweight | Milligan | du Plessis | points |
| Light heavyweight | Madigan | Higgins | points |
| Heavyweight | Bekker | Thomas | points |