Charles Brown (boxer)

Charles Brown

Brown in 1964 (on the right)
Personal information
Born	(1939-02-28) February 28, 1939 Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Medal record Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo Featherweight Pan American Games 1959 Chicago Featherweight 1963 São Paul Featherweight

Charles Brown (born February 28, 1939) is a former amateur boxer from the United States who competed at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics in the Featherweight (−57 kg) division winning the bronze medal. At the Pan American Games he won a silver medal in 1959 and a bronze medal in 1963.^[1]

Brown boxed out of the United States Marine Corps, and did not box as a professional.

Olympic results

• Defeated Randall Hope (Australia) 5–0
• Defeated Soeun Khiru (Cameroon) 4–1
• Defeated José Antonio Duran (Mexico) 4–1
• Lost to Anthony Villanueva (Philippines) 1–4

References