Rocky Selvarajoo
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Rocky Selvarajoo | |
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| Born | Selvarajoo S/O Malayappan Krishnasamy 15 December 1952 |
| Nationality | Singaporean |
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| Weight(s) | Light Welterweight Featherweight |
| Stance | Orthodox |
Selvarajoo S/O Malayappan Krishnasamy (born December 15, 1952, in Singapore), better known as Rocky Selvarajoo, is a former boxer from Singapore, who won the silver medal in the 1976 Asean Boxing Championships.
Rocky fought world champion and Montreal Olympic gold medalist Gu Yong-ju in 1977, but the fight had to be stopped after he received a cut to his eye. In the 1978 Bangkok King's Cup, he beat 1979 Sea Games gold medalist Johnny Elorde by technical knockout.
In 1982, he won the Golden Gloves Championship.[1]
In 1985, Rocky took part in the 1985 Southeast Asian Games in the light middleweight category.[2]
In 1991, at 38, he knocked out 1985 Sea Games silver medalist Thaweewat Islam, who was then 23, in the first round of a demonstration.
He retired as an undefeated national champion in six weight categories in 1991.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "ROCKY RAJOO ROCKS ON." Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ "Half the battles are won". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. 12 December 1985. p. 32. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
- ^ "'Football tipsters' left me with heavy financial losses". Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
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