Carl Crawford (boxer)

Carl Crawford (born September 6, 1935 in Georgetown, British Guiana - 1999) is a retired Guyanese light-heavyweight boxer, who represented his country at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He was in fact the first boxer to compete for his native country in the Olympics. There he was eliminated in the first round of the men's light-heavyweight division by Zbigniew Pietrzykowski of Poland,[1] he then became sparring partner for Muhammad Ali.[2]

Carl Crawford
Personal information
Born6 September 1935
Georgetown, British Guiana
Died1999

Crawford won a bronze medal at the 1959 Pan American Games in the middleweight class, defeating Robert Piau of Canada in his first bout before being eliminated by Bob Foster of the United States. Crawford then won the third place bout versus Rafael Toro of Venezuela.[3] Crawford also competed at the 1963 Pan American Games in the light heavyweight category[4] and won a silver medal in that category at the 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games.[5]

Crawford died in 1999, due to Colon cancer.[2]

Olympic results

Represented British Guiana as a Light-heavyweight at the 1960 Olympic Games.

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References

  1. "Carl Crawford Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2018-07-27.
  2. "The Son of A Great Guyanese Boxer Shares His Story and His Journey Into Medicine". mycaribbeanscoop.com. 10 Oct 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  3. "3.Panamerican Games - Chicago, USA - August 27 - September 7 1959". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 2018-07-27.
  4. "4.Panamerican Games - Sao Paulo, Brazil - April 20 - May 5 1963". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 2018-07-27.
  5. "9.Central American and Caribbean Games - Kingston, Jamaica - August 13-17 1962". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
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