George Kelly Scott (born 20 December 1966), earlier George Cramne, is a retired

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professional

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of Liberian descent. He won the Swedish championship five years in a row, took a silver medal in the Olympic games in Seoul 1988. He became a pro boxer and trained for the legendary

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and won the world champion belt for

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. He never lost his belt in the ring, but would later have it taken away from him following a disagreement with his manager.DatabaseOlympics.com: George Cramne
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retrieved 7 April 2014

Amateur career

He competed at the

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, where he won the silver medal in the

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(– 60 kg) division. He also won five Swedish Championships before becoming a pro in the

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in 1991.

1988 Olympic results

* Round of 32: Defeated John Nkagala (Malawi) by decision, 5-0 * Round of 16: Defeated

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(Ireland) by first-round knockout * Quarterfinal: Defeated Charlie Kane (Great Britain) by decision, 5-0 * Semifinal: Defeated

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(Mongolia) by decision, 3-2 * Final: Lost to

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(East Germany) by decision, 0-5 (was awarded silver medal)

Pro boxing career

In 1995 he won the

World Champion title, which he kept until 1997.

Kickboxing career

Scott lost his first fight in 2005 by

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. He came back to win his second fight by

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against former 1988 Olympic boxing bronze medalist Lars Myrberg at the K-1 Rumble of the Kings 2009 in Stockholm.

Professional boxing record

Kickboxing record

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, George 1966 births Living people Lightweight boxers Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Sweden Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Swedish people of Liberian descent Sportspeople of Liberian descent Olympic medalists in boxing Swedish male boxers Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics 20th-century Swedish people Djurgårdens IF boxers