Egerton Marcus

Egerton Marcus (born February 2, 1965) is a Canadian former professional boxer who competed from 1989 to 2007. As an amateur, he won the silver medal in the middleweight division at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

Early life Egerton is the third child of five. His mother Joyce Fraser was a boxer in Guiana. He has two older brothers (Neville and Christopher D. Amos) and two younger sisters (Sharon and Felicia). Born in Goed Fortuin, Essequibo Islands-West Demerara, British Guiana, he came to Canada in 1973 and was raised in Toronto, Ontario. He is the nephew of Charles Amos who fought for Guyana in the 1968 Summer Olympics

Amateur career Egerton won the middleweight silver medal representing Canada at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. His results were: 1st round bye Defeated Emmanuel Legaspi (Philippines) KO 1 Defeated Darko Dukić (Yugoslavia) KO 2 Defeated Sven Ottke (West Germany) 5–0 Defeated Hussain Shah Syed (Pakistan) 4–1 Lost to Henry Maske (East Germany) 0–5

Professional career Marcus turned pro in 1989 and began his career with fourteen consecutive wins, including a bloody TKO win over former Olympian Andrew Maynard. In February 1995, he challenged Henry Maske for the IBF Light Heavyweight Title and lost by unanimous decision. Marcus's career then veered off track, culminating with a TKO loss to Donovan Ruddock at heavyweight. Marcus initially retired in 2001 with a record of 17–4–1.In 2007, Marcus came out of retirement to beat Carl Gathright.

Win

UD 8 21/07/2007

Loss

TKO 10 12/10/2001

Win

TKO 1 22/02/2001

Win

TKO 1 22/10/1999

Loss

TKO 7 13/02/1998

Loss

TKO 8 11/03/1997

Draw

PTS 12 18/07/1995

Loss

UD 12 11/02/1995

Win

UD 10 23/07/1994

Win

UD 12 19/04/1994

Win

KO 1 12/10/1993

Win

RTD 8 22/05/1993

Win

TKO 11 01/12/1992

Win

KO 2 22/08/1992

Win

KO 1 Jul 18, 1992

Win

PTS 6 23/11/1991

Win

TKO 5 05/10/1991

Win

PTS 6 30/08/1991

Win

KO 1 27/07/1991

Win

KO 1 15/07/1989

Win

KO 1 30/04/1989

Win

TKO 1 14/04/1989

Life after boxing Egerton became a member of ACTRA (Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists).

Egerton ran a boxing gym in Toronto's Liberty Village (The Egerton Marcus Boxing Academy) until the summer of 2006 and he still trains amateur boxers.