Michael Vincent Noel James Kenny (born 19 June 1964, in
Lower Hutt
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) is a former
heavyweight
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Boxing Professional
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from New Zealand, who won the gold medal in the men's super heavyweight (+ 91 kg) division at the
1990 Commonwealth Games
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. He also represented his native country at
1984 Summer Olympics
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in
Los Angeles, California
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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
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.
References
New Zealand Olympic CommitteeNew 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
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