Hank Herring

Name: Hank Herring
Birth Name: Horace Herring
Hometown: Los Angeles, California, USA
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA
Died: 1999-05-18 (Age:76)
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

Horace "Hank" Herring was the Welterweight Silver Medalist at the 1948 London Olympic Games. Herring lost in the final to Julius Torma of Czechoslovakia.

1948 representing Chicago won an Intercity Golden Gloves' title in the welterweight division vs. John Luciano.

Olympic games results

1948 (as a welterweight)

• Defeated Maurice Bombaerts (Belgium) PTS
• Defeated Peter Foran (Ireland) PTS
• Defeated Eladio Oscar Herrera (Argentina) PTS
• Defeated Douglas du Preez (South Africa) PTS
• Lost to Julius Torma (Czechoslovakia) PTS

Preceded by: Eugene Hairston

Intercity Golden Gloves Welterweight Title 1948

Succeeded by: Eugene Linscott