Egerton Marcus

Egerton Marcus
Personal information
Born	February 2, 1965 (age 61); Goed Fortuin, Essequibo Islands-West Demerara, British Guiana
Medal record
Men's Boxing
Representing File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
Olympic Games
World Cup

Egerton Marcus (born February 2, 1965) is a Canadian former professional boxer who competed from 1989 to 2007. As an amateur, he won the silver medal in the middleweight division at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

Early life

Egerton is the third child of five. His mother Joyce Fraser was a boxer in Guiana.^[1] He has two older brothers (Neville and Christopher D. Amos) and two younger sisters (Sharon and Felicia). Born in Goed Fortuin, Essequibo Islands-West Demerara, British Guiana, he came to Canada in 1973 and was raised in Toronto, Ontario.^[2] He is the nephew of Charles Amos who fought for Guyana in the 1968 Summer Olympics^[1] and first cousin of Troy Amos-Ross who competed in the light heavyweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia and 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.^[3]

Amateur career

Egerton won the middleweight silver medal representing Canada at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.^[4]^[5] His results were:

1st round bye
Defeated Emmanuel Legaspi (Philippines) KO 1
Defeated Darko Dukić (Yugoslavia) KO 2
Defeated Sven Ottke (West Germany) 5-0
Defeated Hussain Shah Syed (Pakistan) 4-1
Lost to Henry Maske (East Germany) 0-5

Professional career

Marcus turned pro in 1989 and began his career with fourteen consecutive wins, including a bloody TKO win over former Olympian Andrew Maynard.^[6] In February 1995, he challenged Henry Maske for the IBF Light Heavyweight Title and lost by unanimous decision.^[7] Marcus's career then veered off track, culminating with a TKO loss to Donovan Ruddock at heavyweight. Marcus initially retired in 2001 with a record of 17–4–1.In 2007, Marcus came out of retirement to beat Carl Gathright.^[6]

Professional boxing record

17 Wins (12 knockouts, 5 decisions), 4 Losses (3 knockouts, 1 decision), 1 Draw^[8]

Result

Record

Opponent

Type

Round

Date

Location

Notes

Win

6-10-1

United States Carl Gathright

UD

8

21/07/2007

Canada Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

Loss

37-5-1

Canada Donovan Ruddock

TKO

10

12/10/2001

New York (state) Niagara Falls, New York, U.S.

Canada Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 2:48 of the tenth round.

Win

8-8

Canada Troy Roberts

TKO

1

22/02/2001

Canada Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Referee stopped the bout at 1:59 of the first round.

Win

13-12-2

United States Tim Ray

TKO

1

22/10/1999

Michigan Detroit, Michigan, U.S.

Referee stopped the bout at 1:04 of the first round.

Loss

20-5-1

United States Lyle McDowell

TKO

7

13/02/1998

Canada Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

IBO Intercontinental Heavyweight Title.

Loss

27-4-2

United States Brian LaSpada

TKO

8

11/03/1997

Arizona Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.

WBO NABO Cruiserweight Title.

Draw

20-5-1

United States John McClain

PTS

12

18/07/1995

Michigan Flint, Michigan, U.S.

WBC Continental Americas Cruiserweight Title.

Loss

25-0

Germany Henry Maske

UD

12

11/02/1995

Germany Frankfurt, Germany

IBF Light Heavyweight Title.

Win

14-4-1

United States Guy Stanford

UD

10

23/07/1994

North Dakota Bismarck, North Dakota, U.S.

Win

14-4

United States Earl Butler

UD

12

19/04/1994

Nevada Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.

NABF Light Heavyweight Title.

Win

26-4-1

United States Willie Edwards

KO

1

12/10/1993

Virginia Virginia Beach, Virginia, U.S.

NABF Light Heavyweight Title.

Win

21-4

United States Andrew Maynard

RTD

8

22/05/1993

United States Washington, D.C., U.S.

NABF Light Heavyweight Title. Maynard's corner threw in the towel.

Win

9-5

United States Art Bayliss

TKO

11

01/12/1992

Virginia Virginia Beach, Virginia, U.S.

NABF Light Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 2:21 of the 11th round.

Win

8-8

United States John Burney

KO

2

22/08/1992

Puerto Rico Bayamón, Puerto Rico

Win

4-4

United States Mike Garcia

KO

1

Jul 18, 1992

Nevada Paradise, Nevada, U.S.

Garcia knocked out at 2:28 of the first round.

Win

7-1-1

United States Pat Alley

PTS

6

23/11/1991

Georgia (U.S. state) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.

Win

10-3

United States Randy Leaks

TKO

5

05/10/1991

Nevada Reno, Nevada, U.S.

Referee stopped the bout at 1:13 of the fifth round.

Win

4-0

United States David Martin

PTS

6

30/08/1991

Texas Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S.

Win

--

United States James Powell

KO

1

27/07/1991

Virginia Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.

Win

0-4

United States Jay Morgan

KO

1

15/07/1989

Nevada Stateline, Nevada, U.S.

Morgan knocked out at 0:58 of the first round.

Win

0-1

United States Anthony Jones

KO

1

30/04/1989

Virginia Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.

Win

0-1

United States Leroy Moore

TKO

1

14/04/1989

New Jersey Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.

Life after boxing

Egerton became a member of ACTRA (Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists).^[9]

Egerton ran a boxing gym in Toronto's Liberty Village (The Egerton Marcus Boxing Academy) until the summer of 2006^[2] and he still trains amateur boxers.

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