Peter Lavery
Peter Lavery was a Northern Irish boxer who won a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games.
Biography
Lavery was a member of the St John Bosco ABC of Belfast and was the Ulster amateur flyweight champion in 1957.He was selected for the 1958 Northern Irish team for the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, where he competed in the 51kg flyweight category and won the bronze medal.
In 1959, Lavery turned professional and boxed 33 bouts from 1959 to 1967.