John McCluskey (boxer)
John McCluskey | |
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Statistics | |
Weight(s) | fly/bantam/featherweight |
Nationality | Scottish |
Born | Hamilton, Scotland | 23 January 1944
Died | 17 July 2015 | (aged 71)
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 23 |
Wins | 13 (KO 4) |
Losses | 8 (KO 2) |
Draws | 2 |
No contests | 0 |
John McCluskey (23 January 1944 – 17 July 2015) born in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, was a Scottish amateur flyweight and professional fly/bantam/featherweight boxer of the 1960s and 1970s, who as an amateur won the 1964 and 1965 Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) flyweight titles, represented Great Britain at flyweight in the Boxing at the 1964 Summer Olympics losing to eventual bronze medal winner Stanislav Sorokin of the Soviet Union, and represented Scotland and won the bronze medal at flyweight at the 1965 European Amateur Boxing Championships, and as a professional won the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) British flyweight title, and Commonwealth flyweight title, and was challenger for the European Boxing Union (EBU) flyweight title against Fernando Atzori (twice), and Fritz Chervet, his professional fighting weight varied from 110 lb (50 kg; 7 st 12 lb), i.e. flyweight to 119+3⁄4 lb (54.3 kg; 8 st 7.8 lb), i.e. featherweight.[1]
1964 Olympic results[]
Below is the record of John McCluskey, a British flyweight boxer who competed at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics:
- Round of 32: defeated Veerapan Komolsen (Thailand) by decision, 4-1
- Round of 16: lost to Stanislav Sorokin (Soviet Union) referee stopped contest
References[]
- ^ "Statistics at boxrec.com". boxrec.com. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
External links[]
- Scottish male boxers
- Boxers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Olympic boxers of Great Britain
- Bantamweight boxers
- Featherweight boxers
- Flyweight boxers
- England Boxing champions
- Sportspeople from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire
- 1944 births
- 2015 deaths
- British boxing biography stubs
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