Bunny Grant

Bunny Grant
Statistics
Real name George Leslie Grant
Nickname(s) Bunny
Rated at feather/super feather/light/light welter/welterweight/light middleweight
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Reach 69 in (175 cm)
Nationality Jamaican
Born (1940-09-29) 29 September 1940
Jamaica
Boxing record
Total fights 73
Wins 53 (KO 14)
Losses 15 (KO 2)
Draws 5

George Leslie "Bunny" Grant (29 September 1940) is a Jamaican professional feather/super feather/light/light welter/welterweight/light middleweight boxer of the 1950s, '60s and '70s who won the Jamaican lightweight title, Jamaican welterweight title, Central American light welterweight Title, Latin American junior welterweight title, and British Commonwealth lightweight title, and was a challenger for the World Boxing Council (WBC) light welterweight title and World Boxing Association (WBA) World light welterweight title against Eddie Perkins, Commonwealth welterweight title against Clyde Gray, his professional fighting weight varied from 125 12 lb (56.9 kg; 8 st 13.5 lb), i.e. featherweight to 152 12 lb (69.2 kg; 10 st 12.5 lb), i.e. light middleweight.[1] Bunny Grant was managed by Jacques Deschamps, and Pancho Rankine (circa 1962), and trained by Harry Wiley (circa 1962).[2]

References

  1. "Statistics at boxrec.com". boxrec.com. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  2. "Biography at boxrec.com". boxrec.com. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.


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