Tony Jeffries

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name = Tony David Jeffries


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nationality = British
birth_date = 2 March 1985
birth_place = Sunderland
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Tony David "Jaffa" Jeffries (born 2 March, 1985 in Sunderland, England) is an English amateur boxer who won a bronze medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics

Life and Career

Tony Jeffries was born in Sunderland and grew up around the East Herrington area of the city whilst attending Farringdon Community Sports College. He began to box at the age of ten, inspired by his uncle William Young "Billy" Bryce, a former professional boxer. He joined Sunderland Amateur Boxing Club, and in 1999 won the School Boys' Championships and gold in the European Cadets (U17) in 2001.

At the 2006 Commonwealth Games he lost to Scottish winner Kenny Anderson at light-heavy.

At the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships he beat Christopher Downs and Ramazan Magomedov, but lost to Kazakhstan southpaw Yerkebuian Shynaliyev. He did, however, qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics, becoming the first ever boxer from Tyne and Wear to do so. He won a bronze medal after loosing to the Irish Boxer Kenny Egan in the semi-final round. Not long after he represented his medal to the Sunderland people at the Stadium of Light, being a supporter of Sunderland A.F.C..

Olympic games results

2008 (as a Light heavyweight)
*1st round bye
*Defeated Eleider Álvarez (Colombia) 5-5
*Defeated Imre Szellő (Hungary) 10-2
*Lost to Kenneth Egan (Ireland) 3-10

World amateur championships results

2007 (as a Light heavyweight)
*Defeated Daniel Kooij (Netherlands) 13-6
*Defeated Christopher Downs (United States) 18-9
*Defeated Ramazan Magomedov (Belarus) 16-8
*Lost to Yerkabulan Shinaliev (Kazakhstan) 9-20

External links

* [http://www.tonyjeffries.com/about.html Official site]
* [http://melbourne2006.com.au/Participants/Participants?ID=103973 Bio]
* [http://www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/WorldChamps2007.html 2007 World Championships]