Charles Brown (boxer)
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Charles Brown is a former amateur boxer
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
from the United States
United States
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who competed at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics
1964 Summer Olympics
The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan in 1964. Tokyo had been awarded with the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subsequently passed to Helsinki because of Japan's...
in the Featherweight (-57 kg)
Featherweight
Featherweight is a weight class division in the sport of boxing. There are similarly named divisions under several Mixed Martial Arts organizations and in Greco-Roman wrestling.-Professional boxing:...
division winning the bronze medal.
Brown boxed out of the United States Marine Corps
United States Marine Corps
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, and did not box as a professional.
Olympic results
- Defeated Randall Hope (Australia) 5-0
- Defeated Soeun Khiru (Cameroon) 4-1
- Defeated Jose Duran (Mexico) 4-1
- Lost to Anthony VillanuevaAnthony VillanuevaAnthony N. Villanueva is an amateur boxer from the Philippines who competed at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics in the Featherweight division winning the silver medal in a lost bout against Soviet Union's Stanislav Stepashkin....
(Philippines) 1-4