Elliot "Elley" Bennett (1924–1981) was an Australian Aboriginal boxer. He was Australian champion in both the

bantamweight Bantamweight is a weight class in combat sports and weightlifting. For boxing, the range is above and up to . In kickboxing, a bantamweight fighter generally weighs between . In mixed martial arts, MMA, bantamweight is . The name for the class ...

and

featherweight Featherweight is a weight class in the combat sports of boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial arts, and Greco-Roman wrestling. Boxing Professional boxing History A featherweight boxer weighs in at a limit of . In the early days of the division, ...

divisions. In 2009, he was inducted into the Queensland Sport Hall of Fame. Bennett was the 2005 Inductee for the

Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame The Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame is a sports hall of fame which was founded in 2001 and began inducting boxers into the Hall of Fame in 2003. Since then annual induction dinners have been held across Australia. Inductees are nominated ...

Veterans category.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bennett, Elley 1924 births 1981 deaths Indigenous Australian boxers Australian male boxers Bantamweight boxers Sportsmen from Queensland 20th-century Australian sportsmen