Turori George

{{short description|Cook Island/New Zealand boxer}}

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

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|nationality=Cook Islander/New Zealander

|birth_date={{birth date and age|1943|08|08|df=y}}

|birth_place=Rarotonga, Cook Islands

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|style=Orthodox

|total=54

|wins=36 (KO 11)

|losses=15 (KO 0)

|draws=3

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{{MedalSport|Men's Boxing}}

{{MedalCompetition|British Empire and Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalBronze|1962 Perth|Featherweight}}

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Turori George (born 8 August 1943 in Aitutaki, Cook Islands), also known as Toro George, is a Cook Islander/New Zealander amateur featherweight and professional feather/super featherweight boxer of the 1960s and 1970s. In 1969 George fought reigning World Junior Lightweight champion Hiroshi Kobayashi (boxer) losing a ten-round decision in Japan. In 1971 George lost a ten-round decision to future World Bantamweight champion Arnold Taylor. Also in 1971 in Melbourne George successfully defended his Commonwealth Featherweight championship with a 15-round decision over British champion Evan Armstrong maybe his finest performance.

As an amateur, he won a bronze medal at featherweight, losing to eventual silver medal winner Ali Juma of Kenya in the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.[http://www.commonwealthgames.org.nz/Athletes/AthleteProfile.aspx?Print=&ContactID=27020&id=3780 Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee website] As a professional, he won the New Zealand Boxing Association featherweight title, Australasian featherweight title, and Commonwealth featherweight title, his professional fighting weight varied from {{convert|123+3/4|lb|kg stlb||abbr=on}}, i.e. featherweight to {{convert|130+3/4|lb|kg stlb||abbr=on}}, i.e. super featherweight.{{cite web|url=http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=29982&cat=boxer|title=Statistics at boxrec.com|publisher=boxrec.com|date=31 December 2012|accessdate=1 January 2013}}