Bobby Kane

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

Biography

Kane was a member of the Greenock St Mungo ABC and in 1957 participated in the Festival of Youth in Moscow.
Kane was twice the England [Boxing National Amateur Championships Light-Welterweight Champions|ABA champion of Great Britain] in 1958 and 1959.
He was selected for the Scotland at [the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|1958 Scottish team] for the 1958 British [Empire and Commonwealth Games] in Cardiff, Wales, where he competed in the 63.5kg light-welterweight event and won the silver medal.
He turned professional in 1959 and boxed ten bouts.