David Thomas (boxer)
David John Thomas (29 August 1937 – October 1980) was a British boxer. Career Thomas competed in the men's heavyweight event at the 1960 Summer Olympics. At the 1960 Summer Olympics, he lost to Josef Němec of Czechoslovakia. He also represented England and won a silver medal in the -91 Kg category at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales. Thomas was a Amateur Boxing Association of England three times heavyweight champion (1957, 1958, 1959) when boxing out of the Polytechnic Boxing Club. References External links 1937 births 1980 deaths British male boxers Olympic boxers for Great Britain Boxers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Boxers from Greater London Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing Boxers at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Heavyweight boxers Medallists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games