Egerton Marcus (born February 2, 1965) is a Canadian former

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who competed from 1989 to 2007. As an amateur, he won the silver medal in the middleweight division at the

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Early life

Egerton is the third child of five. He has two older brothers (Neville and Christopher D. Amos) and two younger sisters (Sharon and Felicia). Born in Goed Fortuin,

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, British Guiana, he came to Canada in 1973 and was raised in

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. He is the nephew of Charles Amos who fought for Guyana in the 1968 Summer Olympics and first cousin of Troy Amos-Ross who competed in the light heavyweight division at the

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and

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in Sydney, Australia.

Amateur career

Egerton won the middleweight silver medal representing Canada at the 1988 Olympics in

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. His results were: *1st round bye *Defeated Emmanuel Legaspi (Philippines) KO 1 *Defeated Darko Dukić (Yugoslavia) KO 2 *Defeated

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(West Germany) 5-0 *Defeated Hussain Shah Syed (Pakistan) 4-1 *Lost to

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(East Germany) 0-5

Professional career

Marcus turned pro in 1989 and began his career with fourteen consecutive wins, including a bloody TKO win over former Olympian Andrew Maynard. In 1995 he challenged

for the IBF Light Heavyweight Title and lost by unanimous decision. Marcus's career then veered off track, culminating with a TKO loss to

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at heavyweight. Marcus initially retired in 2001 with a record of 17-4-1.In 2007, Marcus came out of retirement to beat Carl Gathright.

Professional boxing record

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Life after boxing

In 2000 Egerton became a member of ACTRA (Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists). Egerton ran a boxing gym in Toronto's

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(The Egerton Marcus Boxing Academy) until the summer of 2006 and he still trains amateur boxers.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marcus, Egerton 1965 births Black Canadian boxers Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada Guyanese emigrants to Canada Living people Olympic boxers of Canada Olympic silver medalists for Canada Boxers from Toronto Olympic medalists in boxing Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Afro-Guyanese people People from Essequibo Islands-West Demerara Canadian male boxers Middleweight boxers