Quincey Daniels
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Quincy Daniels is a former welterweight
boxer
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. Daniels was also the 1959 United States Amateur Lightweight champion and the 1970 United States Amateur Light welterweight champion.
Welterweight
Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...
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...
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Amateur
Daniels, boxing at 139 pounds, captured the bronze medal for the United States, at the 1960 Rome Olympiad. At the time of the Olympics, Daniels was in the United States Air ForceUnited States Air Force
The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...
. Daniels was also the 1959 United States Amateur Lightweight champion and the 1970 United States Amateur Light welterweight champion.