Jim McCourt

Jim McCourt

James "Jim" Vincent McCourt (born January 24, 1944) was a boxer from Northern Ireland.

McCourt won a bronze medal for Ireland in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in the Lightweight division. A year later McCourt repeated his bronze medal performance at the European Amateur Boxing Championships in Berlin in the same grade. In 1966, McCourt won a gold medal, representing Northern Ireland, at the Commonwealth Games in Kingston in the Light Welterweight division.

McCourt was rated number one amateur boxer of the world for 4 years. He fought 16 ABA champions and never lost a bout.

External links

* [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MCCOUJIM01 profile]


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