Jack Willie

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Jack Willie
Personal information
Born (1979-04-15) April 15, 1979 (age 44)
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
SportBoxing
Event(s)Light-Flyweight

Jack Willie (born April 15, 1979) is an amateur boxer from Papua New Guinea who won the Oceania Championships 2006, 2007 and 2008 at Junior Flyweight and qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics.

At the 2006 Commonwealth Games he won his first fight, but then lost against eventual winner Japhet Uutoni and was eliminated. At the 2008 Olympics he lost in the first round to Amnat Ruenroeng of Thailand 2:14.


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