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George McKenzie
Personal information
Nationality	British (Scottish)
Born	22 September 1900; Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland
Died	5 April 1941 (aged 40); Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland
Sport
Sport	boxing
Medal record
Representing Great Britain
Men's Boxing

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.^[1] He was born in Leith.^[2]

Amateur career

McKenzie won the 1920 Amateur Boxing Association British bantamweight title, when boxing out of the United Scottish ABC.^[3]^[4] 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.^[5]

References

^ "Leith Victoria AAC, Edinburgh, Midlothian – Imagine Boxing". Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
^ "George McKenzie". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
^ "Roll of Honour". England Boxing. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
^ "The A.B.A. Championships". Boxing World and Mirror of Life. 3 April 1920. Retrieved 29 December 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ British Boxing Year Book 1988