Duke McKenzie

Duke McKenzie
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Real name	Duke McKenzie
Nickname(s)	(none)
Rated at	Flyweight
Nationality	British
Born	5 May 1963 (1963-05-05) (age 48) Croydon, Surrey
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	46
Wins	39
Wins by KO	20
Losses	7
Draws	0
No contests	0

Duke McKenzie MBE (born 5 May 1963) is a British former professional boxer, now a boxing commentator for broadcaster ITV.

Boxing career

Previously a highly successful professional boxer, McKenzie has been British champion at two weights, a European champion once and World champion at three different weights. His professional record is 39-7 (20 by KO).

He won the British Flyweight title (5 June 1985) with a fourth round stoppage over Danny Flynn. He later defended this against Charlie Magri (20 May 1986) and added Magri's European (EBU) Flyweight title.

Both titles were relinquished when McKenzie won the IBF World Flyweight Title on 5 October 1988 with an 11th round knockout over Rolando Bohol.

After two title defences, and one non-title contest McKenzie lost the IBF flyweight title to Dave McAuley on 7 June 1989 in his first defeat.

An unsuccessful challenge for the European (EBU) Bantamweight title on 30 September 1990 saw McKenzie lose to Thierry Jacob of France.

On 30 June 1991 McKenzie became a world champion for a second time, winning the WBO bantamweight title with a 12-round decision over Gaby Canizales. This was lost to Rafael Del Valle on 13 May 1992 when McKenzie suffered his first knockout loss, in the first round.

On 15 October 1992 McKenzie became a three-weight world champion, beating Jesse Benavides after twelve rounds for the WBO Super Bantamweight title. On 9 June 1993, Daniel Jimenez beat McKenzie on points, in his first defence of this title.

On 18 December 1993 McKenzie became a four-weight champion, beating John Davison for the British Featherweight title. An attempt to become world champion at this division ended in a knockout loss to Steve Robinson on 1 October 1994. McKenzie's next fight was an unsuccessful challenge for Mehdi Labdouni's European (EBU) Featherweight title.

McKenzie's last fight, in March 1998, saw him challenge at a fifth weight, losing in the first round to Santiago Rojas for the WBU Intercontinental Title at Super Featherweight

After boxing

He previously commentated on boxing for BBC Radio Five Live and BBC television with John Rawling. He joined ITV with Rawling when boxing returned to the network in September 2005. Duke McKenzie is most famous for saying 'He's gone, his legs are gone' whenever a boxer gets punched.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

He is the brother of former British and European champion Clinton McKenzie and former amateur boxer and politician Winston McKenzie. He is a nephew of Weightlifter Precious McKenzie and uncle of Charlton Athletic striker Leon McKenzie.

See also

• List of boxing triple champions‎
• List of British featherweight boxing champions
• List of British flyweight boxing champions

References

External links

• [http://www.dukemckenzie.co.uk/
• Professional boxing record for Duke McKenzie from BoxRec
• Professional record at britishboxing.net
• http://www.britishboxing.net/news_553-Boxer-of-the-Past-Duke-McKenzie.html - article on Duke McKenzie's career

Preceded by Rolando Bohol	IBF Flyweight Champion 5 October 1988– 7 June 1989	Succeeded by Dave McAuley
Preceded by Gaby Canizales	WBO Bantamweight Champion 30 June 1991– 13 May 1992	Succeeded by Rafael Del Valle
Preceded by Jesse Benavides	WBO Super Bantamweight Champion 15 October 1992– 9 June 1993	Succeeded by Daniel Jimenez

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Name	Mackenzie, Duke
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Date of birth	5 May 1963
Place of birth	Croydon, Surrey
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