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Full name | George Ian Stankovich | |||||||||||||
Relatives | Andy Stankovich (brother) | |||||||||||||
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Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||||
Weight class | Heavyweight | |||||||||||||
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George Ian Stankovich is a former New Zealand boxer.
Stankovich won a bronze medal for his country in the heavyweight division at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton. [1] He won his first bout against the Kenyan boxer Joseph Kabegi, but then lost in the semifinal against the eventual gold medallist, Julius Awome from England. [2]
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