Geoff Rees

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Geoff Rees
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Welsh)
BornQ4. 1941
Waun-Lwyd, Wales
DiedNovember 2024
Sport
SportBoxing
EventLight-welterweight
ClubWaun-Lwyd ABC, Ebbw Vale

Geoffrey W. Rees (1941 – November 2024) was a boxer who competed for Wales at the Commonwealth Games.

Biography

Rees was from Waun-Lwyd in the Ebbw Valley[1] and boxed out of the Waunl-Lwyd Boxing Club.[2]

He was twice Welsh ABA champion at light-welterweight in 1961 ad 1962[3][4] and represented Wales at international level.[5]

He was selected for the 1962 Welsh team[6] for the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Australia. He competed in the light-welterweight category,[7] where he was beaten by eventual silver medallist Dick McTaggart of Scotland in the quarter-final round.[8]

Rees later turned professional from 1963 to 1965 and fought 15 bouts.[9]

References

  1. "Geoff Rees". Box Rec. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  2. "Wales get off to good start". Liverpool Daily Post (Welsh Edition). 27 October 1961. p. 14. Retrieved 23 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. "WABA light welterweight" (PDF). Welsh Boxing. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  4. "Unlucky Idwal Loses Trophy". Pontypridd Observer. 29 December 1962. p. 8. Retrieved 23 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. "ABA contenders seeks miners' titles at Deal". Kentish Express. 30 March 1962. p. 15. Retrieved 23 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "Big trip for boxer who quit to build own house". Daily Mirror. 14 June 1962. p. 31. Retrieved 23 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. "Perth 1962". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  8. "Commonwealth Games - Perth, Australia - November 22 - December 1 1962". Amateur Boxing. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  9. "Boxer List". Amateur Boxing. Retrieved 23 October 2025.