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Oliver Wright

Born
June 12, 1947
Died
December 28, 2018
Age
71 years
Cause
heart attack

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Oliver Dinsdale Wright (12 June 1947 – 28 December 2018) was a Jamaican boxer. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in the middleweight category and the 1972 Summer Olympics in the light-heavyweight category. As a light-heavyweight, Wright won a silver medal at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games and a bronze medal at the 1970 Central American and Caribbean Games.

During Wright's professional career, which lasted from 1973 to 1981, he fought the likes of Larry Holmes, Tim Witherspoon, Earnie Shavers and Oscar Bonavena in the heavyweight class. Wright had a professional record of 16-16-1.

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