Egerton Marcus


Egerton Marcus is a Canadian former professional boxer who competed from 1989 to 2007. As an amateur, he won the silver medal in the middleweight division at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

Early life

Egerton is the third child of five. His mother Joyce Fraser was a boxer in Guiana. He has two older brothers and two younger sisters. Born in Goed Fortuin, Essequibo Islands-West Demerara, British Guiana, he came to Canada in 1973 and was raised in Toronto, Ontario. He is the nephew of Charles Amos who fought for Guyana in the 1968 Summer Olympics and first cousin of Troy Amos-Ross who competed in the light heavyweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia and 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Amateur career

Egerton won the middleweight silver medal representing Canada at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. His results were:
Marcus turned pro in 1989 and began his career with fourteen consecutive wins, including a bloody TKO win over former Olympian Andrew Maynard. In February 1995, he challenged Henry Maske for the IBF Light Heavyweight Title and lost by unanimous decision. Marcus's career then veered off track, culminating with a TKO loss to Donovan Ruddock at heavyweight. Marcus initially retired in 2001 with a record of 17–4–1.In 2007, Marcus came out of retirement to beat Carl Gathright.

Professional boxing record

Life after boxing

Egerton became a member of ACTRA.
Egerton ran a boxing gym in Toronto's Liberty Village until the summer of 2006 and he still trains amateur boxers.