Patrick Brown (boxer)

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Patrick Brown
Born (1999-11-10) 10 November 1999 (age 24) [1]
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Weight(s) Heavyweight
Stance Orthodox

Patrick Brown (born 11 November 1999) is an English amateur boxer. He has been selected by Great Britain for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Career

By 2019, Brown was a two-time North West champion. [3] In 2021, he won the heavyweight title at the England Boxing National Amateur Championships, representing Moss Side Fire Station Boxing Club. [4] The following year Brown was awarded a place on the GB Boxing podium squad [5] and won his second national championship. [6]

In March 2024, Brown secured a quota spot for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris when he defeated Poland's Mateusz Bereznicki by unanimous decision in the quarter-finals at the World Qualification Tournament 1 in Busto Arsizio, Italy. [7] [8] [9]

On 7 June 2024, Brown was officially announced among the Great Britain squad for the Olympics. [10] [11] [12]

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