George McKenzie (boxer)
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NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Born22 September 1900
Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland
Died5 April 1941 (aged 40)
Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland
Sportboxing
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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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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]
Olympic results
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.
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]
