Kenny Bristol (born March 9, 1952) is a Guyanese

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of the 1970s and '80s who won the Commonwealth light middleweight title, his professional fighting weight varied from , i.e.

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to , i.e.

. Kenny Bristol won the 1976

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160 lb Open Championship. Bristol defeated Guy Kennedy

of the Madison Square Boys & Girls Club

in the finals to win the Championship. Bristol trained at the

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's Wynn Center

in

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, New York where his trainer was former pro boxer

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Hill

Bristol won a silver medal at the

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in the welterweight division, defeating Lucien Haime of

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, Carlos Burga of

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and

Pedro Gamarro Pedro Gamarro (January 8, 1955 – May 7, 2019) was a Venezuelan amateur boxer. Gamarro represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. There, he won the silver medal in the welterweight division (– 67&nb ...

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before losing to

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of the

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in the final. Bristol lost an opportunity to compete in the

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when Guyana boycotted the event.

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* 1952 births Light-middleweight boxers Living people Middleweight boxers Welterweight boxers Guyanese male boxers Boxers at the 1975 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for Guyana Pan American Games medalists in boxing Afro-Guyanese people Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games {{Guyana-boxing-bio-stub