John Lyon (boxer)

John Lyon

Lyon (left) versus René Breitbarth of East Germany in Rostock, 1985
Personal information
Born	9 March 1962
Medal record Men's boxing Representing  England Commonwealth Games 1986 Edinburgh Flyweight 1982 Brisbane Flyweight

John Patrick Lyon MBE (born 9 March 1962) is a retired boxer from Great Britain.

Boxing career

A member of the Greenall St. Helens Amateur Boxing Club he competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics and 1988 Summer Olympics.^[1] He represented England and won a silver medal in the light flyweight division, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.^[2] Four years later he represented England again and won a gold medal in the men's flyweight division (– 48 kg), at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.^[3] He appeared at a third consecutive games in 1990.^[4]

Lyon won eight English ABA titles, four flyweight and four light-flyweight and a bronze medal in the 1991 Acropolis Cup, retiring immediately afterwards.^[5]

He was awarded an MBE for services to amateur boxing.

1988 Olympic results

Below is the record of John Lyon, a British flyweight boxer who competed at the 1988 Seoul Olympics:

• Round of 64: lost to Ramazan Gul (Turkey) by decision, 1-4

Personal life

Lyon's son Craig Lyon also won the English light-flyweight title, twice. He also competed in the Prizefighter tournament at super-flyweight in 2011, but was defeated by Ryan Farrag in the quarter finals.

References

1. "Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
2. "1982 Athletes". Team England.
3. "1986 Athletes". Team England.
4. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
5. "Boxing: Lyon on Athens journey". The Telegraph. London. 4 April 2003.