Errol McKenzie

McKenzie was a member of the Llandaff Amateur Boxing Club^[3] and was twice Welsh champion at welterweight in 1973 and 1974.^[4]

McKenzie represented the Welsh team at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand,^[5] where he competed in the welterweight division and won a silver medal.^[6] At the Games, he defeated Emma Ankudey of Ghana and John Rodgers of Northern Ireland but in the final was beaten by Uganda's Mohamed Muruli.^[7] He reached the final despite damaging his right elbow.^[8]

Shortly afterwards in May 1974 he reached the final of the prestigious ABA Championships at Wembley Arena, losing to Terry Waller in the final.^[9]

He turned professional in 1974, fighting out of Cardiff^[10] and contested 24 bouts from December 1974 to November 1980.^[11]

His brothers: Bonny and Horace were also boxers^[12] He later moved to Croydon in London and became a chemical engineer and his son Ali McKenzie played rugby union for Wasps.^[13]