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Brian Renney

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Welsh boxer

NationalityBritish (Welsh)

BornQ1. 1941

Cardiff, Wales

Died17 July 2017

Cardiff, Wales

Brian Vivian Renney (1941 – 17 July 2017) was a boxer who competed for Wales at the Commonwealth Games.

Renny or Renney boxed out of St Dyfrig's Amateur Boxing Club in Cardiff^[1] and was a Welsh international.^[2]

He was selected for the 1962 Welsh team^[3] for the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Australia. He competed in the lightweight category,^[4] where he was beaten by eventual gold medallist Eddie Blay of Ghana in the quarter-final round.^[5]

After the Games he was boxing for Cardiff BC^[6] and turned professional from 1963 to 1965, fighting in 15 bouts.^[7]^[8]

References

↑ "Action-Packed night at international boxing tourney". Port Talbot Guardian. 3 March 1961. p. 14. Retrieved 23 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Resounding Victory By Wales". Liverpool Daily Post. 27 October 1961. p. 14. Retrieved 23 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Big trip for boxer who quit to build own house". Daily Mirror. 14 June 1962. p. 31. Retrieved 23 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Perth 1962". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
↑ "Commonwealth Games - Perth, Australia - November 22 - December 1 1962". Amateur Boxing. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
↑ "Cut eye didn't stop Samuels taking the final step to Wembley". Wolverhampton Express and Star. 29 March 1963. p. 47. Retrieved 23 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Brian Rennie (Cardiff)". British Boxing History. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
↑ "Brian Rennie Caerdydd Cardiff". Welsh Warriors. Retrieved 23 October 2025.

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