Charles Brown (born February 28, 1939) is a former amateur boxer from the

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who won the bronze medal in the Featherweight (−57 kg) division at the

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. At the Pan American Games he won a silver medal in 1959 and a bronze medal in 1963. Brown boxed out of the

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, and did not box as a professional.

1964 Olympic results

Below are the results of Charles Brown, an American featherweight boxer who competed at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics: *Defeated Randall Hope (Australia) by decision, 5–0 *Defeated Soeun Khiru (Cambodia) by decision, 4–1 *Defeated José Antonio Duran (Mexico) by decision, 4–1 *Lost to

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(Philippines) by decision, 1–4 (was awarded a bronze medal)

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