Charles Brown (boxer)
{{short description|American boxer, born 1939}}
{{About-distinguish-text|the boxer Charles Brown (born 1939)|boxer Charlie "Choo Choo" Brown (born 1958) or boxer Charlie "White Lightning" Brown (born 1964). For other uses see Charles Brown}}
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|image=Marine Sergeant Charlie Brown Trains for Olympics, 1964.jpg
|caption=Brown in 1964 (on the right)
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1939|2|28}}
|birth_place=Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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| height = {{convert|1.68|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|72|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
|sport=Boxing
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{{MedalOlympics}}
{{MedalBronze| 1964 Tokyo | Featherweight}}
{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}
{{MedalSilver| 1959 Chicago | Featherweight}}
{{MedalBronze| 1963 São Paul | Featherweight}}
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Charles Brown (born February 28, 1939) is a former amateur boxer from the United States who won the bronze medal in the Featherweight (−57 kg) division at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. At the Pan American Games he won a silver medal in 1959 and a bronze medal in 1963.
Brown boxed out of the United States Marine Corps, and did not box as a professional.
1964 Olympic results
Below are the results of Charles Brown, an American featherweight boxer who competed at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics:
- Defeated Randall Hope (Australia) by decision, 5–0
- Defeated Soeun Khiru (Cambodia) by decision, 4–1
- Defeated José Antonio Duran (Mexico) by decision, 4–1
- Lost to Anthony Villanueva (Philippines) by decision, 1–4 (was awarded a bronze medal)
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Category:Boxers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
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Category:Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in boxing
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Category:Boxers at the 1963 Pan American Games
Category:Medalists at the 1959 Pan American Games
Category:Medalists at the 1963 Pan American Games
Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in boxing
Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in boxing
Category:21st-century African-American sportsmen
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