George McKenzie (boxer) explained

George McKenzie
Nationality:British (Scottish)
Sport:boxing
Birth Date:22 September 1900
Birth Place:Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland
Death Place:Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland

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:

Pro career

He fought professionally from 1922 to 1929 and is credited with a record of 36 - 7 - 2.[5]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Leith Victoria AAC, Edinburgh, Midlothian – Imagine Boxing . 30 December 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120426081810/http://www.imagineboxing.com/boxing-clubs/leith-victoria-aac/ . 26 April 2012 . dead .
  2. Web site: George McKenzie . Olympedia . 22 July 2021.
  3. Web site: Roll of Honour. England Boxing. 13 January 2022.
  4. News: The A.B.A. Championships. Boxing World and Mirror of Life . 3 April 1920 . 29 December 2021 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
  5. British Boxing Year Book 1988