Lawrence "Baby Casius" Austin (born 22 January 1956 in
Warrnambool) is an
Australian professional
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super feather/
light
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light welter/
welter/
light middle/
middleweight
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Boxing Professional
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of the 1970s and '80s who won the West Australia State welterweight title, West Australia State light middleweight title, Victoria State light middleweight title, Australian lightweight title, Australian light welterweight title,
Australian welterweight title, South Seas Light Middleweight Title, and
Commonwealth light welterweight title (twice), and was a challenger for the Australian light middleweight title against
Russell Sands
and Commonwealth light welterweight title against
Jeff Malcolm
Jeff "Flash" Malcolm (born 9 May 1956 in Cowra, New South Wales), is an Australian professional boxer who fought from 1971 until 2002. He won the Australian light welterweight title, New South Wales (Australia) State lightweight title, Australa ...
, his professional fighting weight varied from , i.e.
super featherweight
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to , i.e.
middleweight
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Boxing Professional
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Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have be ...
.
He was inducted into the
Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame
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in 2008.
Professional boxing record
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1956 births
Light-middleweight boxers
Lightweight boxers
Light-welterweight boxers
Living people
Middleweight boxers
Sportspeople from Warrnambool
Super-featherweight boxers
Welterweight boxers
Australian male boxers
Commonwealth Boxing Council champions
Sportsmen from Victoria (state)
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