Dennis Shepherd (11 October 1926 – 12 June 2006) was a South African

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who won the silver medal in the

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division at the

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. Shepherd died at age 79 in Lichtenburg.

1948 Olympic results

Below is the record of Dennis Shepherd, a South African featherweight boxer who competed at the 1948 London Olympics: * Round of 32: Defeated Sydney Greve (Pakistan) on points * Round of 16: Defeated Mohamed Ammi (France) on points * Quarterfinal: Defeated Eddie Johnson (United States) on points * Semifinal: Defeated Francisco Nunez (Argentina) on points * Final: Lost to Ernesto Formenti (Italy) on points (was awarded silver medal) Shepherd continued to box as an amateur until 1950 when he was eliminated in the opening round of the

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, New Zealand. He subsequently retired from boxing without having embarked on a professional career.

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