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| Nationality | Bahamian | |||||||||||||
| Born | 29 October 1948 | |||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||||
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Nat Knowles (born 29 October 1948) is a Bahamian boxer. He competed in the men's middleweight event at the 1972 Summer Olympics. [1] Knowles won a silver medal at the 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games. [2]
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