For the Australian Army colonel, NT Veterinarian, see Alfred Lionel Rose.
Lionel Rose MBE
Rose in 1968
Born
Lionel Edmund Rose
(1948-06-21)21 June 1948[1]
Labertouche, Victoria, Australia[1]
Died
8 May 2011(2011-05-08) (aged 62)[1]
Warragul, Victoria, Australia[1]
Other names
Slim[2]
Statistics
Weight(s)
Bantamweight
Super-featherweight
Lightweight
Height
5 ft 5+1⁄2 in (166 cm)
Stance
Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights
53
Wins
42
Wins by KO
12
Losses
11
Lionel Edmund Rose MBE (21 June 1948 – 8 May 2011) was an Australian professional boxer who competed from 1964 to 1976. He held the undisputed WBA, WBC, and The Ring bantamweight titles from 1968 to 1969, becoming the first Indigenous Australian to win a world title. He later became the first Indigenous Australian to be named Australian of the Year.
Rose was the 2003 inductee for the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame "moderns" category and was the second person to be elevated to "legend" status in 2010.
^ abcdMilbert, Neil Francis. "Lionel Rose". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
^Lionel Rose and Jenny Rose interviewed by Rob Willis for the Sport oral history project, Trove (National Library of Australia), 2008.
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