Charles Brown (boxer)

This article is about the boxer Charles Brown (born 1939) and is not to be confused with boxer Charlie "Choo Choo" Brown (born 1958) or boxer Charlie "White Lightning" Brown (born 1964). For other uses see Charles Brown.

Charles Brown (born February 28, 1939) is a former amateur boxer from the United States who won the bronze medal in the Featherweight (−57 kg) division at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. At the Pan American Games he won a silver medal in 1959 and a bronze medal in 1963.^[1]

Charlie Brown

Brown in 1964 (on the right)
Personal information
Full name	Charles Brown
Born	(1939-02-28) February 28, 1939 (age 86) Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Weight	159 lb (72 kg)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Weight class	Featherweight (-57 kg)
Medal record Men's boxing Representing the  United States Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo Featherweight Pan American Games 1959 Chicago Featherweight 1963 São Paul Featherweight

Brown boxed out of the United States Marine Corps, and did not box as a professional.

1964 Olympic results

Below are the results of Charles Brown, an American featherweight boxer who competed at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics:

• Defeated Randall Hope (Australia) by decision, 5–0
• Defeated Soeun Khiru (Cambodia) by decision, 4–1
• Defeated José Antonio Duran (Mexico) by decision, 4–1
• Lost to Anthony Villanueva (Philippines) by decision, 1–4 (was awarded a bronze medal)