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1st British Empire Games, Hamilton, Canada 1930: Participation…
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24-Feb-2019
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1st British Empire Games, Hamilton, Canada 1930: Participation medal in bronze and enamel, 39 x 50 mm, reverse engraved 'H. Mizler Oxford and St.Georges club 19301, Hyman Barnett 'Harry' Mizler (Gbr) won gold in boxing - Bantamweight at Hamilton. He went on to represent Great Britain at the 1932 Olympics. He was born in the heart of the East end of London to Jewish parents. They had a fish stall in Watney Street market and after leaving school he worked in the stall along with his Brothers Moe and Judah, who also boxed. In his teens he won the Federation of working men's Club's Bantamweight championship, which he held from 1929–30, and in 1930 won the Aba Bantamweight title. Competing at only seventeen in Hamilton, he took the gold medal in the bantamweight class after winning the final against Tommy Holt of Scotland. In 1932 he was eliminated in the first round of the lightweight class at the Los Angeles Olympics, after losing his bout to the eventual bronze medalist Nathan Bor of the United States.
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Numismatics, Stamps & Scrip: Medals, civilian