Archie Sexton
Archibald 'Archie' Sexton (born 3 April 1908) was an English professional boxer who began his career at featherweight in 1925 and finished as a middleweight in 1936. He had at least 222[1] professional contests, including one for the British middleweight title in 1933, where he lost by a tenth round technical knockout to Jock McAvoy.
Sexton took part in the world's first televised boxing match, a six-round exhibition against Laurie Raiteri in London on 22 August 1933.[2] The loss of the sight of his left eye - which occurred during a boxing match - forced him to retire from boxing in 1936, although he later worked as a BBB of C referee. He was awarded the George Medal at Buckingham Palace in 1945 for his part in rescuing three people from a burning bombed-out building.
He died in New Zealand in July 1957 as the result of a stroke.
His son Dave had success in football, managing Chelsea and Manchester United. Archie's brother, another professional boxer, fought under the alias 'Jim Blake'.
Sources
Notes
- ^ "prewarboxing.co.uk". Sexton's total fight figure of 222 comes from the record compiled by boxing historian Miles Templeton.
- ^ "WBA Today in History - August". wbaonline.com. Retrieved 26 October 2007.
External links
- Boxing record for Archie Sexton from BoxRec (registration required) (record currently incomplete)
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