George Hunter (boxer)
South African boxer, born 1927
George Hunter (right) boxing Harry Siljander in the London 1948 Olympics | |||||||||||||||
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Born | 22 July 1927 | ||||||||||||||
Died | 12 December 2004(2004-12-12) (aged 77) | ||||||||||||||
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George Hunter (22 July 1927 – 12 December 2004) was a professional boxer from South Africa, who competed in the Light Heavyweight division during his career as an amateur. He was born in Brakpan. His father was born in Durban and his mother was born Pretoria. All four of his grandparents were from England.[1]
Amateur career
Hunter represented his native country at the Summer Olympics of 1948, and was awarded the Val Barker Trophy for Outstanding Boxer at the Olympic Games.
References
- ^ George Hunter: Boxer – Profile
External links
- George Hunter's profile at databaseOlympics
- Boxing record for George Hunter from BoxRec (registration required)
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "George Hunter". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014.
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1920–1936: 160–175 lb (72.6–79.4 kg) · 1948: 73–80 kg · 1952–2012: 75–81 kg · 2016–2020: 76–81 kg
- 1920: Eddie Eagan (USA)
- 1924: Harry Mitchell (GBR)
- 1928: Víctor Avendaño (ARG)
- 1932: David Carstens (RSA)
- 1936: Roger Michelot (FRA)
- 1948: George Hunter (RSA)
- 1952: Norvel Lee (USA)
- 1956: Jim Boyd (USA)
- 1960: Cassius Clay (USA)
- 1964: Cosimo Pinto (ITA)
- 1968: Danas Pozniakas (URS)
- 1972: Mate Parlov (YUG)
- 1976: Leon Spinks (USA)
- 1980: Slobodan Kačar (YUG)
- 1984: Anton Josipović (YUG)
- 1988: Andrew Maynard (USA)
- 1992: Torsten May (GER)
- 1996: Vassiliy Jirov (KAZ)
- 2000: Aleksandr Lebziak (RUS)
- 2004: Andre Ward (USA)
- 2008: Zhang Xiaoping (CHN)
- 2012: Egor Mekhontsev (RUS)
- 2016: Julio César La Cruz (CUB)
- 2020: Arlen López (CUB)
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