George McKenzie
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Born(1900-09-22)22 September 1900
Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland
Died5 April 1941(1941-04-05) (aged 40)
Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland
Sport
Sportboxing
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Men's Boxing
Bronze medal – third place 1920 Antwerp Bantamweight

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]

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

References

  1. "Leith Victoria AAC, Edinburgh, Midlothian – Imagine Boxing". Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
  2. "George McKenzie". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  3. "Roll of Honour". England Boxing. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  4. "The A.B.A. Championships". Boxing World and Mirror of Life. 3 April 1920. Retrieved 29 December 2021 via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. British Boxing Year Book 1988


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