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|image= |name=Clinton McKenzie |realname=Clinton McKenzie |nickname= |weight=light welterweight |nationality= British |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1955|9|15|df=y}} |birth_place=Clarendon, Jamaica |style=Orthodox |total=50 |wins=36 |KO=12 |losses=14 |draws=0 |no contests=0 |}}Clinton McKenzie (born 15 September 1955) is a former professional boxer. He fought in the light welterweight division and became the British light welterweight title holder and briefly held the European title.[1] BackgroundMcKenzie was the oldest of seven children born in Clarendon, Jamaica. The McKenzie family emigrated to England when Clinton was nine years of age. He is the brother of former three-weight world champion boxer Duke McKenzie and former amateur boxer and politician Winston McKenzie, father of footballer-turn boxer Leon McKenzie[2] and adoptive father to professional boxer and Big Brother UK 2009 housemate, Angel McKenzie.[3][4] Amateur careerMcKenzie represented England and Great Britain throughout his amateur career which culminated in representing Great Britain at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, Canada. McKenzie won his first two fights before losing to eventual gold medal winner Sugar Ray Leonard. Olympic results1976 (as a light welterweight)
Professional careerFollowing the publicity of the Olympic Games, McKenzie left amateur boxing to turn professional in October 1976, winning his first fight at the York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, in which McKenzie beat Jimmy King on points over eight rounds.[1] McKenzie fought for his first title belt, the vacant British light welterweight title, in October 1978 which he won with ten-round knockout win over Jim Montague in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The following year McKenzie lost the title at the Wembley Conference Centre to Colin Powers on points but later that year defeated Powers at the same venue to regain the title. References1. ^1 {{cite web | author=Boxrec | title=Clinton McKenzie | work=Boxrec Fighter Page | url=http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=026654&cat=boxer| accessdate=20 January 2009}} 2. ^{{cite web |url=http://politics.guardian.co.uk/gla/story/0,,1941547,00.html |title=In the blue corner - ex-boxer bids to become Tory candidate for mayor of London |accessdate=2007-07-07 |last=Mulholland |first=Hélène |date=7 November 2006 |publisher=Guardian Unlimited }} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.southlondon-today.co.uk/tn/news.cfm?id=26867&headline=Angel%27s%20Big%20Brother%20heartbreak|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912071226/http://www.southlondon-today.co.uk/tn/news.cfm?id=26867&headline=Angel%27s%20Big%20Brother%20heartbreak|dead-url=yes|archive-date=2009-09-12|title=Angel's Big Brother heartbreak|last=Gilani|first=Nadia|date=2009-07-09|publisher=South London Press|accessdate=2009-09-02|df=}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.thisiscroydontoday.co.uk/latestnews/Big-Brother-contestant-stepdaughter-Croydon-boxing-legend/article-1052640-detail/article.html|title=Big Brother contestant is adopted daughter of Croydon boxing legend|last=Worden|first=Andrew|date=2009-06-04|publisher=thisiscroydontoday.co.uk|accessdate=2009-09-02}} External links
10 : 1974 births|Living people|English male boxers|English people of Jamaican descent|Jamaican emigrants to the United Kingdom|People from Clarendon Parish|People from Croydon|Olympic boxers of Great Britain|Boxers at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Boxers from Greater London |
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