Steve McCrory

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Steve McCrory boxer
Data
Birth Name Steve McCrory
Weight class Super bantamweight
nationality US-american
birthday April 13, 1964
place of birth Detroit
Date of death August 1, 2000
Place of death Detroit
style Left delivery
Combat Statistics
Struggles 36
Victories 30th
Knockout victories 12
Defeats 5
draw 1

Steve McCrory (born April 13, 1964 in Detroit ; † August 1, 2000 there ) was an American boxer who was Olympic flyweight champion in 1984 . He is the brother of former WBC -Weltmeisters in the welterweight division , Milton McCrory .

amateur

McCrory won the bronze medal at the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas . A year later he took part in the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles and became Olympic champion. In the final he beat Redzep Redzepovski from Yugoslavia , who defeated Jeff Fenech in the quarter-finals.

professional

Immediately afterwards he became a professional under Emanuel Steward . With eleven wins and one draw, he challenged Jeff Fenech for the IBF bantamweight belt on July 18, 1986 , but had no chance and lost the one-sided fight by technical knockout in the fourteenth round. It was his only major title fight in a disappointing professional career that lasted until 1991.

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personal data
SURNAME McCrory, Steve
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American boxer
DATE OF BIRTH April 13, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Detroit
DATE OF DEATH August 1, 2000
Place of death Detroit