John Lyon

John Lyon, who worked in a glass factory through out his boxing career, broke a century old record by winning eight ABA national amateur titles at light-flyweight and flyweight during the 1980’s. Lyon competed without success at World and European championships and at two Olympic Games but was more successful at Commonwealth Games level. He was a silver medallist in the light-flyweight at the 1982 Commonwealths at Brisbane and took the flyweight title in Edinburgh in 1986. Unusually he did not enter the professional ranks and retired from amateur boxing in 1990. He helped form the Wigan Amateur Boxing Club in 1996 and is still involved as a coach to the club’s boxers.