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Michael Vincent Noel James Kenny (born 19 June 1964, in
Lower Hutt Lower Hutt ( mi, Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai) is a city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand. Administered by the Hutt City Council, it is one of the four cities that constitute the Wellington metropolitan area. It is New Zealand's sixth most p ...
) is a former
heavyweight Heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports and professional wrestling. Boxing Professional Boxers who weigh over are considered heavyweights by 3 of the 4 major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the Wo ...
boxer Boxer most commonly refers to: * Boxer (boxing), a competitor in the sport of boxing *Boxer (dog), a breed of dog Boxer or boxers may also refer to: Animal kingdom * Boxer crab * Boxer shrimp, a small group of decapod crustaceans * Boxer snipe ee ...
from New Zealand, who won the gold medal in the men's super heavyweight (+ 91 kg) division at the
1990 Commonwealth Games The 1990 Commonwealth Games ( mi, 1990 Taumāhekeheke Commonwealth) were held in Auckland, New Zealand from 24 January – 3 February 1990. It was the 14th Commonwealth Games, and part of New Zealand's 1990 sesquicentennial celebrations. Partic ...
. He also represented his native country at
1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...
in
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, falling in the second round to
Dodovic Owini Dodovic Owiny (born 8 May 1954) is a Ugandan boxer. He competed in the men's heavyweight event at the 1984 Summer Olympics. In his first fight, he beat Michael Kenny of New Zealand, before losing to Willie deWit William Theodore deWit, Q. ...
from
Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territor ...
.


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New Zealand Olympic Committee

New Zealand National Library photograph archive
1964 births Living people Super-heavyweight boxers Boxers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for New Zealand Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand Boxers at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from Lower Hutt New Zealand male boxers Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing Medallists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games {{NewZealand-boxing-bio-stub