James Beal

New Zealand boxer

詹姆斯·比尔

Born

13 January 1929, Invercargill

Died

1 October 1996

Citizenship

New Zealand

Sport

boxing

Discipline

middleweight

Occupation

boxer

James Brian Beal (13 January 1929 – 1 October 1996) was a New Zealand boxer. He won the silver medal in the men's middleweight division at the 1950 British Empire Games.

Beal moved to Australia and continued boxing in Melbourne (he trained at Palmers Gym Footscray), Sydney, and Brisbane. While boxing he also worked on the wharfs in Melbourne. When he retired from boxing Beal owned and operated a signwriting business in Crows Nest, North Sydney. Beal married Colleen in 1967, they had two boys John and Guy. Beal and his family moved to Brisbane in 1970. Beal had always loved drawing with Indian Ink and oil painting and was a member of the Redcliffe Art Society.

The last few years of his life he travelled throughout Australia, painting portraits of Australians and landscapes. He also competed in fun runs in Sydney and Brisbane.

External links

• Wikipedia
• BoxRec
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q16013575 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.