Real name Leslie Brown Name Darby Brown Nationality Australian | Reach 65 in (165 cm) Height 5 ft 6 ⁄2 in (1.69 m) | |
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Died 31 October 1988 (aged 59) | ||
Darby Brown (24 April 1929 — 31 October 1988 (aged 59)) born Leslie Brown in Sydney was an Australian professional feather/light/welter/middleweight boxer of the 1940s, and 1950s who won the Australian welterweight title, and British Empire welterweight title, his professional fighting weight varied from 126 lb (57 kg; 9 st 0 lb), i.e. featherweight to 149 1⁄4 lb (67.7 kg; 10 st 9.3 lb), i.e. middleweight. Darby Brown was managed by Jack Hourigan, and trained by Ray Horne, and Bob Urquhart.
Darby Brown was inducted into the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame in 2015 in the Veterans catergory.
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