Robert Kane better known as Bobby Kane is a former Scottish boxer who won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games.[1]

Bobby Kane
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Sport
SportBoxing
EventLight-welterweight
ClubGreenock St Mungo ABC
Medal record
Representing  Scotland
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place1958 Cardifflight-welterweight

Biography

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Kane was a member of the Greenock St Mungo ABC[2] and in 1957 participated in the Festival of Youth in Moscow.[3]

Kane was twice the ABA champion of Great Britain in 1958 and 1959.[4][5]

He was selected for the 1958 Scottish team[6] for the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, where he competed in the 63.5kg light-welterweight event[7] and won the silver medal.[8]

He turned professional in 1959 and boxed ten bouts.[9][10]

References

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  1. "Scotland's Top Five Commonwealth Games - Boxing". Team Scotland. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  2. "What A Fight". Daily Record. 10 October 1956. p. 18. Retrieved 2 October 2025 via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. "Going to Moscow". Port-Glasgow Express. 24 July 1957. p. 4. Retrieved 2 October 2025 via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "A.B.A Championships". Portsmouth Evening News. 26 April 1958. Retrieved 27 December 2021 via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. "Kenny just out in tense semi final". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 25 April 1959. Retrieved 2 January 2022 via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "Lindsay chosen for Scots athletics team". The Scotsman. 2 June 1958. p. 9. Retrieved 1 October 2025 via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. "Scotland Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 5 August 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  8. "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  9. "Bobby Kane (Greenock)". Boxing History. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  10. "Bobby Kane". Boxer List. Retrieved 2 October 2025.