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

Boxing career

Born in

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, Douglas competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in

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

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and won a gold medal in the 75 kg middleweight division, at the

1986 Commonwealth Games The 1986 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a 'Cho-fhlaitheis 1986) were held in Edinburgh, Scotland, between 24 July and 2 August 1986. They were the second Games to be held in Edinburgh. Thirty two of the eligible fifty nine countries (largel ...

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. 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 Greater 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 Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing England Boxing champions Middleweight boxers Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games {{England-boxing-bio-stub