Luke Boyd
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Luke Boyd is an indigenous
boxer
from Australia
.
He was named New South Wales's Most Outstanding Boxer in 2006 and in 2007 was awarded an Australian Institute of Sport
scholarship.
He qualified for the 2008 Olympics, one of three indigenous boxers in the squad, but was beaten 18:8 out by Khumiso Ikgopoleng
from Botswana in his first bout.
Indigenous Australians
Indigenous Australians are the original inhabitants of the Australian continent and nearby islands. The Aboriginal Indigenous Australians migrated from the Indian continent around 75,000 to 100,000 years ago....
boxer
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
from Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
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He was named New South Wales's Most Outstanding Boxer in 2006 and in 2007 was awarded an Australian Institute of Sport
Australian Institute of Sport
The Australian Institute of Sport is a sports training institution in Australia with world class facilities and support services. The Institute's headquarters is situated in Canberra, the capital city of Australia. The 66.0 hectare site campus is in the northern suburb of Bruce, but some of the...
scholarship.
He qualified for the 2008 Olympics, one of three indigenous boxers in the squad, but was beaten 18:8 out by Khumiso Ikgopoleng
Khumiso Ikgopoleng
Khumiso Stephen Ikgopoleng is a boxer from Botswana, who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There he was eliminated in the second round of the men's featherweight division by Nigeria's Muideen Ganiyu.Ikgopoleng carried the flag of Botswana at the opening ceremony of the...
from Botswana in his first bout.