Johnny van Rensburg
Johnny van Rensburg | |
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Statistics | |
Real name | Johnny van Rensburg |
Nickname(s) | Smiler |
Rated at | bantam/light/light welter/welter/middleweight |
Nationality | South African |
Born | 9 May 1932 Lichtenburg, South Africa |
Died | 28 October 2010 (aged 78) Roodepoort, South Africa |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 48 |
Wins | 32 (KO 12) |
Losses | 13 (KO 4) |
Draws | 3 |
No contests | 1 |
Johnny "Smiler" van Rensburg (9 May 1932 — 28 October 2010 (aged 78)) born in Lichtenburg was a South African amateur bantamweight and professional light/light welter/welter/middleweight boxer of the 1950s and '60s who as an amateur won the gold medal at bantamweight in the Boxing at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand, and represented South Africa at bantamweight in the Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, losing to Américo Bonetti of Argentina, and as a professional won the Transvaal (South Africa) (White) lightweight title, South African lightweight title, South African welterweight title, British Empire lightweight title, and British Empire welterweight title, his professional fighting weight varied from Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value)., i.e. lightweight to Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value)., i.e. Middleweight,[1] he died in Roodepoort, South Africa.
References
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External links
External video | |
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Empire Title Fight George Barnes vs Johnny van Rensburg, 1958. AP Archive - British Movietone News footage. |
- Professional boxing record for Johnny van Rensburg from BoxRec
- Professional boxing record for Johnny van Rensburg from BoxRec
- Image - Johnny van Rensburg
- Article - Johnny van Rensburg dies
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- 1932 births
- 2010 deaths
- Bantamweight boxers
- Boxers at the 1950 British Empire Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa
- Commonwealth Games competitors for South Africa
- Olympic boxers of South Africa
- Boxers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Light-welterweight boxers
- Lightweight boxers
- Middleweight boxers
- People from Lichtenburg
- South African boxers
- South African people
- Welterweight boxers
- Male boxers
- Afrikaner people
- South African boxing biography stubs