Duke McKenzie (born 5 May 1963) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1982 to 1998.. Retrieved 13 December 2016. He is a three-weight world champion, having held the International Boxing Federation (IBF) flyweight title from 1988 to 1989; the World Boxing Organization (WBO) bantamweight title from 1991 to 1992; and the WBO junior-featherweight title from 1992 to 1993. At regional level he held the British flyweight title from 1985 to 1988; the European flyweight title from 1986 to 1988; and the British featherweight title from 1993 to 1994. After retiring from the sport, McKenzie has worked as a boxing commentator for broadcaster ITV.
Professional career McKenzie has been British champion at two weights, a European champion once and world champion at three different weights. His professional record is 39-7 (20 by KO).
Flyweight He won the British flyweight title (5 June 1985) with a fourth round stoppage over Danny Flynn. He later defended this against Charlie Magri (20 May 1986) and added Magri's European flyweight title.
Both titles were relinquished when McKenzie won the IBF flyweight title on 5 October 1988 with an 11th-round knockout over Rolando Bohol.
After two title defences and one non-title, McKenzie lost the IBF flyweight title to Dave McAuley on 7 June 1989 in his first defeat.
Bantamweight An unsuccessful challenge for the European (EBU) Bantamweight title on 30 September 1990 saw McKenzie lose to Thierry Jacob of France.
On 30 June 1991 McKenzie became a world champion for a second time, winning the WBO bantamweight title with a 12-round decision over Gaby Canizales. This was lost to Rafael Del Valle on 13 May 1992 when McKenzie suffered his first knockout loss, in the first round.
Super bantamweight On 15 October 1992 McKenzie became a three-weight world champion, beating Jesse Benavides after twelve rounds for the WBO Super Bantamweight title. On 9 June 1993, Daniel Jimenez beat McKenzie on points, in his first defence of this title.
Featherweight On 18 December 1993 McKenzie became a four-weight regional champion, beating John Davison for the British Featherweight title. An attempt to become world champion at this division ended in a knockout loss to Steve Robinson on 1 October 1994. McKenzie's next fight was an unsuccessful challenge for Mehdi Labdouni's European featherweight title.
McKenzie's last fight, in March 1998, saw him lose in farcical circumstances in the first round to 4-4 Santiago Rojas.
Life after boxing He previously commentated on boxing for BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC television with John Rawling. He joined ITV with Rawling when boxing returned to the network in September 2005. He has also broadcast for BoxNation, Primetime and Al Jazeera. He also runs a flourishing gymnasium in Purley.
Personal life He is the brother of former British and European champion Clinton McKenzie, and former amateur boxer and politician Winston McKenzie. On 4 March 1989, Duke witnessed the Purley station rail crash, and was amongst those who helped in the aftermath.Whalley, Kirsty (1 March 2009). "Death in the afternoon: 20 years on, Croydon remembers the Purley Rail Crash". Your Local Guardian. Newsquest. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes46Loss39–7Santiago Rojas AlcantaraKO1 (12), 28 Mar 199845Win39–6Carl AllenPTS830 Jun 199744Win38–6Bamana DibatezaPTS825 Mar 199743Win37–6Elvis ParsleyTKO125 Jun 199642Loss36–6Mehdi LabdouniPTS1228 Apr 199541Loss36–5Steve RobinsonKO9 (12), 1 Oct 199440Win36–4Mark HargreavesTKO3 (6)17 Aug 199439Win35–4Marcelo RodriguezPTS829 Jan 199438Win34–4John DavisonTKO4 (12)18 Dec 199337Loss33–4Daniel JiménezMD129 Jun 199336Win33–3Jesse BenavidesUD1215 Oct 199235Win32–3Peter BuckleyTKO3 (8)7 Sep 199234Loss31–3Rafael del ValleKO1 (12), 13 May 199233Win31–2Wilfredo VargasTKO8 (12), 25 Mar 199232Win30–2César SotoUD1212 Sep 199131Win29–2Gaby CanizalesUD1230 Jun 199130Win28–2Chris ClarksonTKO5 (6)4 Apr 199129Win27–2Julio BlancoTKO7 (10), 7 Feb 199128Win26–2Peter BuckleyTKO5 (8)10 Jan 199127Loss25–2Thierry JacobUD1230 Sep 199026Win25–1Guillermo FloresPTS88 Nov 198925Win24–1David MorenoPTS1012 Oct 198924Loss23–1Dave McAuley127 Jun 198923Win23–0Tony DeLucaTKO4 (12), 8 Mar 198922Win22–0Artemio RuizPTS1030 Nov 198821Win21–0Rolando BoholTKO11 (12), 5 Oct 198820Win20–0Jose GallegosPTS104 May 198819Win19–0Agapito GómezKO2 (12)9 Mar 198818Win18–0Juan HerreraPTS102 Dec 198717Win17–0Jose Manuel DiazPTS824 Mar 198716Win16–0Giampiero PinnaMD1217 Dec 198615Win15–0Lee CarglePTS1019 Nov 198614Win14–0Charlie MagriTKO5 (12)20 May 198613Win13–0Sonny LongPTS1019 Feb 198612Win12–0Orlando MaestrePTS816 Oct 198511Win11–0Danny FlynnTKO4 (12), 5 Jun 198510Win10–0Julio GuerreroPTS86 Mar 19859Win9–0Gary RobertsKO123 May 19848Win8–0David Capo415 Jan 19847Win7–0Alain Limarola622 Nov 19836Win6–0Jerry DavisTKO2 (6)18 Oct 19835Win5–0Lupe Sanchez2 (6), 19 Mar 19834Win4–0Gregorio HernandezTKO33 Mar 19833Win3–0Dave PearsonTKO127 Feb 19832Win2–0Andy KingTKO2 (6), 24 Jan 19831Win1–0Charlie Brown1 (6), 23 Nov 1982
Titles in boxing Major world titles IBF flyweight champion (112 lbs) WBO bantamweight champion (118 lbs) WBO super bantamweight champion (122 lbs)
Regional/International titles British flyweight champion (112 lbs) EBU flyweight champion (112 lbs) British featherweight champion (126 lbs)
See also List of British world boxing champions List of world flyweight boxing champions List of world bantamweight boxing champions List of world super-bantamweight boxing champions List of boxing triple champions
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