Joseph Beecken

Name: Joseph Beecken
Birth Name: Joseph Jules Beecken
Hometown: Liege, Liege, Belgium
Died: 1948-02-06 (Age:43)
Referee: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

Joseph Beecken won the bronze medal in boxing at the 1924 Summer Olympics in the middleweight category, losing against John Elliott in the semi-final. In february 1948 Beecken died in a car accident. Fellow boxing offical Joseph Delahaye was a passenger in the same car and died too.

Olympic results

• 1st round bye
• Defeated Ben Funk (United States) PTS
• Defeated Daniel Daney (France) PTS
• Lost to Harry Mallin (Great Britain) PTS
• Defeated Leslie Black (Canada) walk-over