- Dale Brown (boxer)
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Dale Brown (boxer) Personal information Born December 15, 1971 Medal recordMen’s Boxing Competitor for Canada
World Amateur Championships Bronze 1991 Sydney Light Heavyweight Bronze 1993 Tampere Light Heavyweight Commonwealth Games Gold 1994 Victoria Light Heavyweight Pan American Games Bronze 1991 Havana Light Heavyweight Robert Dale Brown (born December 15, 1971 in Calgary, Alberta) is a boxer, who represented Canada at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There he was stopped in the second round of the light heavyweight division (– 81 kg) by Germany's Torsten May.
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Professional career
Brown has been a contender in the Cruiserweight division since the late 1990s. He has unsuccessfully challenged for a world title three times; losing by stoppage to Vassiliy Jirov and Jean-Marc Mormeck, and by decision to O'Neill Bell in a fight guest analyst Kevin Kelley scored in Brown's favour.. In his most recent bouts, Brown lost a 5-round technical decision to Shane Swartz and was KO'd by Darnell Wilson.
Amateur career
As an amateur Brown represented Canada as a Light Heavyweight in the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games. His results were:
- Defeated Damidin Zul (Mongolia) RSC 2 (3:00)
- Lost to Torsten May (Germany) 1-7
A year before his Olympic stint Brown won the bronze medal at the Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba. He did the same at the 1993 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Tampere, Finland.
External links
- Professional boxing record for Dale Brown from BoxRec
References
Commonwealth Boxing Champions in Men's Light Heavyweight 1930 – 1938: up to 79.38 kg • 1950: up to 80 kg • 1954 – 2006: up to 81 kg 1930: Joe Goyder (ENG) • 1934: George Brennan (ENG) • 1938: Nick Wolmarans (RSA) • 1950: Don Scott (ENG) • 1954: Piet van Vuuren (RSA) • 1958 – 1962: Tony Madigan (AUS) • 1966: Roger Tighe (ENG) • 1970: Fatai Ayinla (NGR) • 1974: Billy Knight (ENG) • 1978: Roger Fortin (CAN) • 1982: Fine Sani (FIJ) • 1986: Jim Moran (ENG) • 1990: Joseph Akhasamba (KEN) • 1994: Dale Brown (CAN) • 1998: Courtney Fry (ENG) • 2002: Jegbefumere Albert (NGR) • 2006: Kenny Anderson (SCO) • 2010: Callum Johnson (SCO) •
Categories:- 1971 births
- Living people
- Canadian boxers
- Light-heavyweight boxers
- Cruiserweight boxers
- Boxers at the 1991 Pan American Games
- Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Boxers at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Olympic boxers of Canada
- Sportspeople from Alberta
- Canadian people of British descent
- People from Calgary
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada
- Pan American Games competitors for Canada
- Canadian boxing biography stubs
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