Geoff Rees
Welsh boxer
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Geoffrey W. Rees (1941 – November 2024) was a boxer who competed for Wales at the Commonwealth Games.
Biography
Rees was from Waun-Lwyd in the Ebbw Valley[1] and boxed out of the Waunl-Lwyd Boxing Club.[2]
He was twice Welsh ABA champion at light-welterweight in 1961 ad 1962[3][4] and represented Wales at international level.[5]
He was selected for the 1962 Welsh team[6] for the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Australia. He competed in the light-welterweight category,[7] where he was beaten by eventual silver medallist Dick McTaggart of Scotland in the quarter-final round.[8]
Rees later turned professional from 1963 to 1965 and fought 15 bouts.[9]
