Lyon won eight English ABA titles, four flyweight and four light-flyweight and a bronze medal in the 1991 Acropolis Cup, retiring immediately afterwards.[5]
He was awarded an MBE for services to amateur boxing.
1988 Olympic resultsEdit
Below is the record of John Lyon, a British flyweight boxer who competed at the 1988 Seoul Olympics:
Round of 64: lost to Ramazan Gul (Turkey) by decision, 1-4
Personal lifeEdit
Lyon's son Craig Lyon also won the English light-flyweight title, twice. He also competed in the Prizefighter tournament at super-flyweight in 2011, but was defeated by Ryan Farrag in the quarter finals.
ReferencesEdit
^. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
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