Rod Douglas (born 20 October 1964) is an English boxer.

Boxing career

Born in London, Douglas competed at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the ...

in Los Angeles, where he reached the quarter finals.Profile: Rod Douglas
''sports.reference.com'' (Retrieved on 21 January 2014) He represented

England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...

and won a

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in the 75 kg middleweight division, at the

1986 Commonwealth Games The 1986 Commonwealth Games were held in Edinburgh, Scotland, between 24 July and 2 August 1986. This was the second Commonwealth Games to be held in Edinburgh. Thirty two of the eligible fifty nine countries (largely African, Asian and Caribbe ...

in Edinburgh, Scotland. Douglas boxed for the St. Georges ABC and Broad Street ABC and won the ABA middleweight championship in 1987 and was three times light-middleweight ABA champion from 1983 to 1985.

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* 1964 births Living people Boxers from London English male boxers Olympic boxers for Great Britain Boxers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England England Boxing champions Middleweight boxers Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists in boxing {{England-boxing-bio-stub