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Bruce McTavish

New Zealand boxer

Born
11 October 1940, Auckland
Died
16 July 2025
Citizenship
New Zealand
Sport
boxing
Occupation
boxer

Bruce Donald McTavish (October 11, 1940 – July 16, 2025) was a New Zealand–born Filipino boxing referee and philanthropist residing in the Philippines. He was named World Boxing Council Referee of the Year in 2013, 2015, and 2017.

A resident in the Philippines since the late 1960s, McTavish was born in Auckland, New Zealand, and was granted Filipino citizenship through naturalization in 2018 due to his work as a referee and philanthropist.

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Facts from Wikidata Q21931933 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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