Carl Crawford

Carl Crawford (6 September 1935 – 1 March 1999) was a Guyanese light-heavyweight boxer, who represented his country at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He was in fact the first boxer to compete for Guyana in the Olympics. There he was eliminated in the first round of the men's light-heavyweight division by Zbigniew Pietrzykowski of Poland, he then became sparring partner for Muhammad Ali. Crawford also competed at the 1963 Pan American Games in the light heavyweight category and won a silver medal in that category at the 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games.

He was honored with Guyana's Sportsman-of-the-Year award in 1959.

Crawford died in 1999, due to Colon cancer.

Olympic results Represented British Guiana as a Light-heavyweight at the 1960 Olympic Games.

Round of 32: lost to Zbigniew Pietrzykowski (Poland) by decision, 0-5