Archie Sexton
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Archibald 'Archie' Sexton (born 3 April 1908) was an English middleweight boxer. He had 63 fights, including one for the British middleweight title in 1933, where he lost by a tenth round technical knockout to Jock McAvoy. Sexton also had the distinction of taking part in the world's first televised boxing match, a six round exhibition against Laurie Raiteri in London on 22 August 1933.[1]
His son Dave had success in football, managing Chelsea and Manchester United.
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- ^ WBA Today in History - August. wbaonline.com. Retrieved on 26 October 2007.