Tommy Proffitt

Tommy Proffitt
Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	13 July 1927[1]; Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England
Sport
Sport	boxing

Thomas Proffitt (born 13 July 1927) is an English former boxer who competed for Great Britain in the 1948 Summer Olympics.[2] He fought as Tommy Proffitt.

Boxing career

Proffitt competed in the bantamweight division at the 1948 Olympic Games, losing in the round of 32.[3]

1948 Olympic results

Round of 32: lost to Edel Ojeda (Mexico) by decision

He won the 1948 Amateur Boxing Association British bantamweight title, when boxing out of the LNER ABC.[4][5]

References

"Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tommy Proffitt". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
"Biographical information". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
"Roll of Honour". England Boxing. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
"Local Amateur Boxers at Wembley Association Championships". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 8 May 1948. Retrieved 2 January 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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[1] "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

[sref-2] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tommy Proffitt". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2018.

[3] "Biographical information". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

[4] "Roll of Honour". England Boxing. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

[5] "Local Amateur Boxers at Wembley Association Championships". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 8 May 1948. Retrieved 2 January 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.