Ollie Taylor
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Name: Ollie Taylor
Birth Name: Oliver William Taylor
Hometown: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Birthplace: Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Died: 2000-12-31 (Age:62)
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 170cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record
As an amateur, Taylor won consecutive Australian Bantamweight titles (1957, 1959) and at the 1960 Rome Olympics won a bronze medal in that division before turning professional. He was the younger brother of Wally Taylor, also an Australian title-holder as both an amateur and professional.
Olympic games results
1960 (as a bantamweight)
- Defeated Ahmed Bouazza (Morocco) 5-0
- Defeated Nicolae Puiu (Romania) 3-2
- Defeated Alfonso Carvajo (Spain) 4-1
- Lost to Primo Zamparini (Italy) 0-5