Tommy Milligan

Tommy Milligan
Statistics
Real name	Thomas Milligan
Rated at	welter/middleweight
Nationality	Scottish
Born	2 March 1904 Shieldmuir, Wishaw, Scotland
Died	17 December 1970 (aged 66) King's Park, Glasgow, Scotland
Boxing record
Total fights	51
Wins	42 (KO 20)
Losses	9 (KO 3)
Draws	0
No contests	0

Thomas "Tommy" Milligan (2 March 1904 — 17 December 1970 (aged 66)) born in Shieldmuir, Wishaw was a Scottish professional welter/middleweight boxer of the 1920s.

Early years

Milligan was a childhood friend of Hughie Gallacher.^[1] While Gallacher decided on football over boxing, Milligan went on to have a successful career in the ring. Milligan won the Scottish Area welterweight title, the National Sporting Club (NSC) (subsequently known as the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC)) British welterweight title, British Empire welterweight title, European Boxing Union (EBU) welterweight title, the National Sporting Club (NSC) (subsequently known as the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC)) British middleweight title, British Empire middleweight title, European Boxing Union (EBU) middleweight title (twice), and was a world middleweight title challenger against Mickey Walker, his professional fighting weight varied from 142 lb (64 kg; 10 st 2 lb), i.e. welterweight to 159 ¹⁄₂ lb (72.3 kg; 11 st 5.5 lb), i.e. middleweight.^[2]

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