Career
He was awarded an Administration Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to amateur boxing. He also competed in the Prizefighter tournament at super-flyweight in 2011, but was defeated by Ryan Farrag in the quarter finals.
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John Lyon
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Achievements
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A member of the Greenall Saint Helens Amateur Boxing Club he twice competed at the Summer Olympics (1984 and 1988) and won the gold medal in the men"s flyweight division (– 48 kg) at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. Lyon won eight English American Bar Association titles, four flyweight and four light-flyweight. Lyon won the bronze in the 1991 Acropolis Cup, retiring immediately afterwards. Lyon"s son Craig Lyon also won the English light-flyweight title, twice.
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Born
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Died
1988 (aged 25) -
Nationality
United Kingdom