Richard McTaggart, MBE (born 15 October 1935) is a Scottish retired amateur boxer.

At the 1964 Olympics McTaggart moved to the light-welterweight category, but lost in the third bout to the eventual winner Jerzy Kulej.

McTaggart won the British ABA title in 1956, 1958, 1960, 1963 and 1965,[1] and retired with a record of 610 wins out of 634 bouts.

[2] McTaggart was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1985 Birthday Honours for services to amateur boxing in Scotland.

[3] In retirement McTaggart worked as a boxing coach and prepared the Scottish team to the 1986 and 1990 Commonwealth Games]].