john, mccluskey, boxer, john, mccluskey, january, 1944, july, 2015, born, hamilton, south, lanarkshire, scottish, amateur, flyweight, professional, bantam, featherweight, boxer, 1960s, 1970s, john, mccluskeyborn, 1944, january, 1944hamilton, scotlanddied17, ju. John McCluskey 23 January 1944 17 July 2015 born in Hamilton South Lanarkshire was a Scottish amateur flyweight and professional fly bantam featherweight boxer of the 1960s and 1970s John McCluskeyBorn 1944 01 23 23 January 1944Hamilton ScotlandDied17 July 2015 2015 07 17 aged 71 NationalityScottishStatisticsWeight s fly bantam featherweightBoxing recordTotal fights23Wins13 KO 4 Losses8 KO 2 Draws2No contests0Medal record Boxing Representing Scotland European Championships 1965 Berlin Flyweight Contents 1 Boxing career 1 1 1964 Olympic results 2 References 3 External linksBoxing career editAs an amateur he won the 1964 and 1965 Amateur Boxing Association British flyweight title when boxing out of the Larkhall ABC 1 He represented Great Britain at flyweight in the Boxing at the 1964 Summer Olympics losing to eventual bronze medal winner Stanislav Sorokin of the Soviet Union and represented Scotland and won the bronze medal at flyweight at the 1965 European Amateur Boxing Championships and as a professional won the British Boxing Board of Control BBBofC British flyweight title and Commonwealth flyweight title and was challenger for the European Boxing Union EBU flyweight title against Fernando Atzori twice and Fritz Chervet his professional fighting weight varied from 110 lb 50 kg 7 st 12 lb i e flyweight to 119 3 4 lb 54 3 kg 8 st 7 8 lb i e featherweight 2 1964 Olympic results edit Round of 32 defeated Veerapan Komolsen Thailand by decision 4 1 Round of 16 lost to Stanislav Sorokin Soviet Union referee stopped contestReferences edit Roll of Honour England Boxing Retrieved 10 January 2022 Statistics at boxrec com boxrec com 31 December 2013 Retrieved 1 January 2013 External links editBoxing record for John McCluskey from BoxRec registration required Image John McCluskey nbsp This biographical article related to boxing in Scotland is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John McCluskey boxer amp oldid 1156515125, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
