Kenny Bristol Explained

Kenny Bristol
Realname:Kenny Bristol
Weight:light middle/middleweight
Nationality:Guyanese
Birth Date:9 March 1952
Birth Place:Guyana
Total:20
Wins:15 (KO 1)
Losses:5 (KO 1)

Kenny Bristol (born March 9, 1952) is a Guyanese professional light middle/middleweight boxer of the 1970s and '80s who won the Commonwealth light middleweight title, his professional fighting weight varied from NaNNaN, i.e. light middleweight to NaNNaN, i.e. middleweight.[1] Kenny Bristol won the 1976 New York Golden Gloves 160 lb Open Championship. Bristol defeated Guy Kennedyhttp://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=50253&cat=boxer of the Madison Square Boys & Girls Clubhttp://www.madisonsquare.org in the finals to win the Championship. Bristol trained at the Police Athletic League of New York City's Wynn Centerhttps://web.archive.org/web/20131002041752/http://www.palnyc.org/800-pal-4kids/Center.aspx?id=18 in Brooklyn, New York where his trainer was former pro boxer Richie Hillhttp://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=34943&cat=boxer.

Bristol won a silver medal at the 1975 Pan American Games in the welterweight division, defeating Lucien Haime of Suriname, Carlos Burga of Peru and Pedro Gamarro of Venezuela before losing to Clinton Jackson of the United States in the final.[2]

Bristol lost an opportunity to compete in the 1976 Summer Olympics when Guyana boycotted the event.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Statistics at boxrec.com. boxrec.com. 31 December 2012. 1 January 2013.
  2. Web site: 7.Panamerican Games - Ciudad Mexico, Mexico - October 12-26 1975 . amateur-boxing.strefa.pl . 2017-12-06.
  3. Book: Joseph 'Reds' Perreira. Living My Dreams. April 2011. AuthorHouse. 978-1-4567-4169-3. 49–.