Name Horace Gwynne Role Boxer | Martial art Boxing | |
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Died April 16, 2001, Toronto, Canada Olympic medals Boxing at the 1932 Summer Olympics - Bantamweight | ||
DO Boxing Show - Episode 56 - 2016 OBHF Inductee Horace Gwynne
Horace "Lefty" Gwynne (October 5, 1912 – April 16, 2001) was a bantamweight professional boxer from Canada, who competed in the 1930s and won the gold medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics. He was still an amateur when he won the gold medal.
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- DO Boxing Show Episode 56 2016 OBHF Inductee Horace Gwynne
- Amateur career
- Olympics results
- Pro career
- Honors
- References
Born in Toronto, Gwynne left school after grade 8, weighing only 65 lb (29.5 kg). When he started to grow, he began working out in Stokley's Gym in Toronto to lose weight in order to become a jockey.
Amateur career
At age nineteen he won the Canadian amateur flyweight championship in London, Ontario. He entered the 1932 Olympic trials as a bantamweight, a class permitting up to 118 lb (53.5 kg); he weighed 116.
He won the Canadian amateur bantamweight title, which sent him to the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, despite his having fought only fifteen bouts. He won the Olympic gold medal match against the German Hans Ziglarski, knocking him down in the second round and winning on points.
Olympics results
Pro career
Immediately after the Olympics he turned professional. He won the Canadian professional bantamweight title in 1939 and retired after two more bouts without defending the title. His professional record is 38(6 KO), 8(1 KO), 2.
Honors
Gwynne has been inducted into the Canadian Boxing Hall of Fame and the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame. He died in Toronto.