Roger Tighe
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 July 1944 Hull, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 1 July 2022 (aged 77) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||
Event | Light-heavyweight | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Hull Boys' Club | ||||||||||||||
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Roger Stephen Tighe (23 July 1944 – 1 July 2022) was a boxer who competed for England.
Boxing career
[edit]Tighe won the prestigious Amateur Boxing Association 1966 light heavyweight title, when boxing out of the Hull Boys Boxing Club.[1]
Tighe represented The England team[2] and won a gold medal in the 81 kg light-heavyweight, at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica.[3][4][5]
He made his professional debut on 24 October 1966[6] and fought in 38 fights until 1976.[7]
Personal life
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Tighe Goes To Jamaica". Hull Daily Mail. 2 May 1966. p. 10. Retrieved 10 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Bobby Arthur picked for Empire Games". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 2 May 1966. p. 24. Retrieved 10 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "1966 Athletes". Team England.
- ↑ "Kingston, Jamaica, 1966 Team". Team England.
- ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ↑ "Profile". BoxRec.
- ↑ "Profile". Boxing History.
- ↑ "A sad day today a true Hull Boxing Legend has passed away Roger Tighe former Heavyweight Commonwealth Gold Medalist, Professional Boxer, Manager and Promoter Roger was a Proper Fighting Man and great friend RIP love the Pollards". The Paul Ingle Boxing Academy on Facebook. 2 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- ↑ "Sad day for Bridlington yesterday Former Heavyweight Commonwealth Gold Medalist & Professional Boxer Roger Tighe has passed away thoughts are with his family". Bridlington Leisure Association (BLA) on Facebook. 2 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
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