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| Nationality |  United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | Flyweight/Bantamweight | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Michael Collins is an American former amateur boxer from Texas who was a silver medalist at both the 1982 World Amateur Boxing Championships and 1987 Pan American Games.
Collins was beaten by eventual 1984 Olympic gold medalist Steve McCrory in the flyweight final of the US Olympic trials, before moving up to the bantamweight division. As a three-time national bantamweight champion, Collins entered the 1988 Olympic trials as the favourite, but fell in the semi-finals to Kennedy McKinney, who also went on to win Olympic gold.
References
- Scott, Frank (December 15, 1985). "Collins Captures U.S. Amateur Boxing Title". The Oklahoman.
- Smith, Sam (August 21, 1987). "U.S. Split Decision: 2 Wins, 2 Losses". Chicago Tribune.
- Gustkey, Earl (July 7, 1988). "U.S. Olympic Boxing Trials : Favored Bantamweight Michael Collins Upset by Truck Driver". Los Angeles Times.
- Living people
- American male boxers
- AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists
- Boxers at the 1987 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in boxing
- Bantamweight boxers
- Flyweight boxers
- Boxers from Texas
- 20th-century American sportsmen