George Hunter (22 July 1927 – 12 December 2004) was a

professional boxer Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional bouts are supervised by a regulatory autho ...

from

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...

, who competed in the Light Heavyweight division during his career as an amateur. He was born in

Brakpan Brakpan is a mining town in the Gauteng province of South Africa. History The name Brakpan comes from a small pan on a farm called Weltevreden, which was filled with very brackish water and was probably referred to as the "brakpan," and it was nea ...

. His father was born in Durban and his mother was born

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. All four of his grandparents were from

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.George Hunter: Boxer – Profile

Amateur career

Hunter represented his native country at the Summer Olympics of 1948, and was awarded the

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for Outstanding Boxer at the Olympic Games.

References

External links

George Hunter's profile at databaseOlympics
* * 1927 births 2004 deaths Light-heavyweight boxers Olympic boxers for South Africa Boxers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for South Africa Olympic medalists in boxing Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics People from Brakpan South African people of British descent South African male boxers White South African people Sportspeople from Gauteng {{SouthAfrica-boxing-bio-stub