Turori George

Toro George
Statistics
Real name Turori George
Rated at feather/super featherweight
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Nationality Cook Islander/New Zealander
Born (1943-08-08) 8 August 1943
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Stance Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights 54
Wins 36 (KO 11)
Losses 15 (KO 0)
Draws 3
Turori George
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Men's Boxing
British Empire and Commonwealth Games
1962 Perth Featherweight

Turori George (born 8 August 1943) also known as Toro George born in Rarotonga, Cook Islands is a Cook Islander/New Zealander amateur featherweight and professional feather/super featherweight boxer of the 1960s and '70s who as an amateur won a bronze medal at featherweight losing to eventual silver medal winner Ali Juma of Kenya in the Boxing at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Australia,[1] and as a professional won the New Zealand Boxing Association featherweight title, Australasian featherweight title, and Commonwealth featherweight title, his professional fighting weight varied from 123 34 lb (56.1 kg; 8 st 11.8 lb), i.e. featherweight to 130 34 lb (59.3 kg; 9 st 4.8 lb), i.e. super featherweight.[2]

References

  1. Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee website
  2. "Statistics at boxrec.com". boxrec.com. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.


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