Tributes have been paid to former Olympic boxing champion Dick McTaggart following the Scot’s death at the age of 89. Mr McTaggart is widely regarded as the best amateur boxer in British history ...
He was RAF boxing champion for five years, while one of his brothers was Royal Navy champion and another Army champion. McTaggart won the Olympic lightweight gold medal in Melbourne in 1956 and ...
Dick McTaggart, the Olympic boxing champion who has died aged 89, was the first British fighter to compete at three successive Games; the tall Dundee southpaw, with his trademark crewcut and white ...