Jack Garland was a boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 born in Belfast

Belfast

Belfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly...

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Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

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He was the 1928 ABA bantamweight champion and represented Great Britain in the bantamweight class

Boxing at the 1928 Summer Olympics - Men's bantamweight

The men's bantamweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the second-lightest contested, and allowed boxers of up to 118 pounds . The competition was held from Tuesday, August 7, 1928 to Saturday, August 11, 1928.18 boxers from 18 nations...

 at the 1928 Summer Olympics

1928 Summer Olympics

The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Amsterdam had bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games, but had to give way to war-victim Antwerp, Belgium, and Pierre de...

. He was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the Games when he lost to that year's gold medalist Vittorio Tamagnini

Vittorio Tamagnini

Vittorio Tamagnini was a bantamweight professional boxer from Italy, who won the gold medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.- Olympic results :*1st round bye...

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He turned professional in January 1929 and won the Irish featherweight title in 1930. He had his last recorded pro fight in 1935.

Notable opponents he met as a pro include Panama Al Brown

Panama Al Brown

Alfonso Teofilo Brown , better known as Panama Al Brown, was a bantamweight boxer from Panama who made history by becoming boxing's first Hispanic world champion. Brown was a native of the city of Colón....

, Nel Tarleton

Nel Tarleton

Nel Tarleton was an English featherweight boxer from Liverpool, England. He was British featherweight champion on three separate occasions and, despite only having one lung, continued fighting until he was 42...

, Seaman Tommy Watson, Jim 'Spider' Kelly, Harry Mizler

Harry Mizler

Hyman Barnett "Harry" Mizler was an English boxer who competed for Great Britain in the 1932 Summer Olympics.He was born in London and died in Wandsworth....

 and Nipper Pat Daly

Nipper Pat Daly

Nipper Pat Daly, real name Patrick Clifford Daley , was a British boxer who fought professionally between 1923 and 1931...

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