Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Male |
Full name | Louis McKinley•Curtis |
Used name | Louis•Curtis |
Born | 14 March 1955 in Washington, District of Columbia (USA) |
Measurements | 158 cm / 48 kg |
NOC | ![]() |
Louis Curtis turned professional as a boxer, but rather late in life, in 1984, when he was 29-years-old. He fought for a title six times, winning the USBA flyweight title in 1988, over Reginald Brown. He lost the other five title fights, as follows: 1987 against Kelvin Seabrooks for the USBA bantamweight title, 1987 against Gaby Canizales for the USBA bantamweight title, 1988 against Orlando Canizales for the USBA super-flyweight title, 1990 against Dave McAuley for the IBF flyweight title, and 1990 against Pedro José Feliciano for the USBA flyweight title. He later became a truck driver for Nabisco.
Professional Record: W – 15 (KO 7); L – 6 (KO by 3); D – 1.
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
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1976 Summer Olympics | Boxing | ![]() |
Louis Curtis | |||
Light-Flyweight, Men (Olympic) | =17 |