Darby Brown
Australian boxer (1929-1988)
- Born
- 24 April 1929, Sydney
- Died
- 31 October 1988
- Sport
- boxing
- Discipline
- middleweight, welterweight, lightweight, featherweight
- Occupation
- boxer
Darby Brown (24 April 1929 – 31 October 1988) born Leslie Brown in Sydney was an Australian professional feather/light/welter/middleweight boxer of the 1940s and 1950s who won the Australian welterweight title, and British Empire welterweight title, his professional fighting weight varied from 126 lb (57 kg; 9 st 0 lb), i.e. featherweight to 149+1⁄4 lb (67.7 kg; 10 st 9.3 lb), i.e. middleweight. Darby Brown was managed by Jack Hourigan, and trained by Ray Horne, and Bob Urquhart.
Darby Brown was inducted into the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame in 2015 in the Veterans category.
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Facts from Wikidata Q16012052 (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.