Ioan Croft

Ioan Croft
Personal information
Born (2001-11-30) 30 November 2001[1]
Crymych, Pembrokeshire, Wales[2]
Height186 cm (6 ft 1 in)[1]
WeightMiddleweight
Boxing career
StanceSouthpaw[3]
Boxing record[4]
Total fights5
Wins5
Win by KO3
Losses0
Draws0
No contests0
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Wales
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2022 BirminghamWelterweight
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2022 YerevanWelterweight

Ioan Croft (born 30 November 2001) is a Welsh amateur boxer who won a bronze medal at the 2022 European Championships. His twin brother, Garan, is also an amateur boxer.[5]

Both twins, who come from Crymych, took up boxing at Cardigan ABC and are Welsh-speaking. They were featured in an S4C television documentary prior to the Commonwealth Games 2022, at which they both represented Wales.[6] At the Games Ioan won a gold medal and Garan bronze.[7]

Ioan fights at welterweight division, his brother Garan at light-middleweight.[8] Their mother insists that they do not fight against one another in a competitive bout.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 "Ioan CROFT". Birmingham2022.com. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  2. ↑ Hughes, Adam (16 November 2021). "Crymych's Croft boxing twins win medals in Macedonia". Western Telegraph. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  3. ↑ "BoxRec: Ioan Croft". BoxRec. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "Boxing record for Ioan Croft". BoxRec.
  5. ↑ Lewis, Mike (29 May 2022). "Bronze medal for Ioan Croft at European Championships in Armenia". Tivyside Advertiser. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  6. ↑ "New S4C documentary follows Team Wales athletes as they prepare for the Commonwealth Games". Nation Cymru. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  7. ↑ "Gemau'r Gymanwlad: Aur ac efydd yn y bocsio i ddau frawd o Sir Benfro". S4C (in Welsh). 7 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  8. 1 2 Jon Doel (28 July 2022). "'Special' Welsh boxing twins won't fight each other so they don't upset their mother". WalesOnline. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
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