Michael Kenny (boxer)

{{Short description|New Zealand boxer (1964–2024)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=January 2015}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

|birth_date={{birth date|1964|6|19|df=y}}

|birth_place=Lower Hutt, New Zealand

|death_date={{death date and age|2024|7|17|1964|6|19|df=y}}

|medaltemplates={{MedalSport | Men's Boxing}}

{{MedalCountry | {{NZL}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalGold| 1990 Auckland | Super Heavyweight}}

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Michael Vincent Noel James Kenny (19 June 1964 – 17 July 2024) was a New Zealand heavyweight boxer, who won the gold medal in the men's super heavyweight (+ 91 kg) division at the 1990 Commonwealth Games. He also represented his native country at 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, falling in the second round to Dodovic Owini from Uganda. Kenny died on 17 July 2024, at the age of 60.{{cite news |url=https://www.thepost.co.nz/sport/350346961/commonwealth-games-boxing-gold-medallist-michael-kenny-dies |title=Commonwealth Games boxing gold medallist Michael Kenny dies |date=18 July 2024 |access-date=22 July 2024 |newspaper=The Post}}