George McKenzie (22 September 1900 – 5 April 1941) was a Scottish bantamweight professional boxer who competed in the 1920s. His brother James MacKenzie, a flyweight, won Olympic silver in 1924 in Paris. He was born in Leith.
Amateur career McKenzie won the 1920 Amateur Boxing Association British bantamweight title, when boxing out of the United Scottish ABC. Later that year, he won a bronze medal in Boxing at the 1920 Summer Olympics losing against boxer Clarence Walker in the semi-finals.
Olympic results Below is the record of George McKenzie, a British bantamweight boxer who competed at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics:
Round of 16: bye Quarterfinal: defeated John Koss (Norway) Semifinal: lost to Clarence Walker (South Africa) Bronze Medal Bout: defeated Henri Hebrants (Belgium)
Pro career He fought professionally from 1922 to 1929 and is credited with a record of 36 - 7 - 2.British Boxing Year Book 1988
See also List of British featherweight boxing champions
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