Ray Downey

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Ray Downey
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Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1988 Seoul Light Middleweight
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1990 Auckland Light Middleweight

Raymond Tyler Downey (born September 23, 1968 in Halifax, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian boxer, who won a light middleweight bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics. [1] In 1990 he gained silver at the 1990 Commonwealth Games. He is a member of Nova Scotia's "Boxing Downeys" family of fighters. His father was boxer David Downey. [2] Raymond has four children a son Tylor Flint, daughter Raya Flint, also two younger daughters Genevia and Summer Downey.

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Amateur highlights

1988 Seoul Olympics

Pro career

Downey turned pro in 1994 with much success. He retired in 2000 with a pro record of 16-2-1. [3]

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References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ray Downey". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.
  2. Lawlor, Allison (August 2, 2015). "Robert Downey was part of Nova Scotia's boxing dynasty". The Globe and Mail.
  3. Boxing record for Ray Downey from BoxRec (registration required)