# Ernest Chandler

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**Ernest Vivian Chandler** (31 July 1891 to 16 August 1936) was a British boxer and cyclist.[1]

## Boxing career

Chandler won the [1912 A.B.A. Middleweight Championship](/source/England_Boxing_National_Amateur_Championships_Middleweight_Champions) boxing for Stock Exchange ABC.[2]

After stepping up in weight he won the [1914 A.B.A. Heavyweight Championship](/source/England_Boxing_National_Amateur_Championships_Heavyweight_Champions).[3] In 1914, he also became the World Amateur Heavyweight champion.[1]

He died in 1936 from blood poisoning following a blood transfusion.[1]

## References

1. ["Ernest's sports career, life, and his tragic death."](https://www.chandlerfamilyassociation.org/chandler-gallery/chandler-memories/chandler-memories-page-8/ernests-sports-career-life-and-his-tragic-death/). *Chandler Family Association*. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

1. ["1912 Amateur Boxing Championships"](https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004105/19120406/049/0014). *Boxing World and Mirror of Life*. 6 April 1912. Retrieved 17 December 2021. – via [British Newspaper Archive](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive)

1. ["The Amateur Boxing Championships at Alexandra Palace"](https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000893/19140402/115/0006). *Sporting Life*. 2 April 1914. Retrieved 17 December 2021. – via [British Newspaper Archive](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive)

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