Alistair McKenzie (boxer)

McKenzie was from Fochabers and started boxing at the Fochabers Recreation Club^[1] and was the North-East champion of Scotland in 1957.^[2]

Mckenzie had served in the Royal Air Force and was a building labourer but in 1958 applied to join the Glasgow Police Force. He was a Scottish international, Scottish Welterweight champion and a regular on amateur fights shown on television.^[1]

By May 1958 he had joined the police and was fighting for the Glasgow Police Boxing Club.^[3]

He was selected for the 1958 Scottish team^[4] for the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales,^[5] where he competed in the middleweight event^[6] and lost to Robert Piau of Canada in the quarter-final round.^[7]