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George McKenzie (22 September 1900 – 5 April 1941) was a Scottish bantamweight professional boxer who competed in the 1920s. His brother James MacKenzie, a flyweight, won Olympic silver in 1924 in Paris.[1] He was born in Leith.[2]
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| Nationality | British (Scottish) | ||||||||||
| Born | 22 September 1900 Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||
| Died | 5 April 1941 (aged 40) Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||
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| Sport | boxing | ||||||||||
Medal record
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Amateur career
McKenzie won the 1920 Amateur Boxing Association British bantamweight title, when boxing out of the United Scottish ABC.[3][4] Later that year, he won a bronze medal in Boxing at the 1920 Summer Olympics losing against boxer Clarence Walker in the semi-finals.
Olympic results
Below is the record of George McKenzie, a British bantamweight boxer who competed at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics:
- Round of 16: bye
- Quarterfinal: defeated John Koss (Norway)
- Semifinal: lost to Clarence Walker (South Africa)
- Bronze Medal Bout: defeated Henri Hebrants (Belgium)
Pro career
He fought professionally from 1922 to 1929 and is credited with a record of 36 - 7 - 2.[5]
See also
- List of British featherweight boxing champions
References
- "Leith Victoria AAC, Edinburgh, Midlothian – Imagine Boxing". Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
- "George McKenzie". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- "Roll of Honour". England Boxing. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- "The A.B.A. Championships". Boxing World and Mirror of Life. 3 April 1920. Retrieved 29 December 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- British Boxing Year Book 1988
External links
- Boxing record for George McKenzie from BoxRec (registration required)
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