Australian boxerNot to be confused with Dennis Talbot (British Army officer).

Dennis Alan Talbot (born 18 April 1954) is an Australian former boxer.His boxing career started from Mudgee in June 1969 and went on for a period of 15 years. He retired in April 1984 after successfully defending his lightweight *le against Brett Young.

Dennis traveled to every part of Australia and visited many parts around the World (New Caledonia, Fiji, Bahrain, Italy, Marreia Island, Singapore, Austria, American Samoa, Tahiti, Germany, The Philippines and New Zealand).

He met many celebrities, including; Prince Philip, Princess Anne, Raymond Burr, Mick Jagger, Marlon Brando, Johnny Weissmuller, President Marcos, Lionel Rose, Johnny Famechon and Jimmy Carruthers.

Dennis entered the ring against 4 World Champions.

He fought over a 100 fights including 30 *le fights, with 85% in victories, 50% KO's, 26 KO's in under 2 rounds, 3 KO's under 1 round and 2 KO's under 30 seconds of the first round.

Dennis Talbot (far right) with the Australian Olympic Boxing Team, Munich, 1972

Contents

• 1 *les held 1970-1972
• 2 At the 1972 Olympics in Munich
• 3 Honors
• 4 References

*les held 1970-1972

• State Schoolboys (August 1970)
• State Novice *les (1970)
• State Open Senior *les (1971)
• Australian *les - Adelaide SA (1971)
• Australian *les - Perth W.A. (1972)
• Pacific Games Tahiti (1972)

These *les were never lost; he retired with all *les.

At the 1972 Olympics in Munich

He was one of four boxers selected to represent Australia in 1972 in the Munich Olympics.

• Defeated Francisco Rodríguez (Venezuela) KO 2
• Lost to György Gedó (Hungary) (went on to become gold medalist) 5-0

Honors

He was one of the Australian torch carriers at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

References

• Professional boxing career according to Boxrec.com