Willie Toweel
South African boxer
Willie Michael Toweel (6 April 1934 – 25 December 2017) was a South African boxer. He won the bronze medal in the flyweight division (– 51 kg) at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. He was born in Benoni, Gauteng. He retired in 1960. His partner, Emile Griffith went on to win the Welterweight and Middleweight championships of the world.
As an Amateur, Toweel had won Junior and Senior South African Titles and won a bronze medal at the 1952 Olympic Games.
Toweel died on 25 December 2017 in Cape Town of complications from Alzheimer's disease at the age of 83.[1]
References change
- ↑ "Legend of SA boxing ring Toweel dies". Archived from the original on 2017-12-26. Retrieved 2017-12-26.
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- sportspotter.com Archived 2012-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
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