George Barnes
Australian boxer
- Born
- 20 February 1927, Temora
- Died
- 23 August 2000, Benowa
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Sport
- boxing
- Discipline
- middleweight, welterweight, light welterweight, lightweight
- Occupation
- boxer
George Barnes (20 February 1927 – 23 August 2000) born in Temora, New South Wales was an Australian professional light/light welter/welter/middleweight boxer of the 1940s, '50s and '60s who won the Queensland (Australia) State light welterweight title, Australian light welterweight title, Australian welterweight title, and British Empire welterweight title, his professional fighting weight varied from 134 lb (61 kg; 9 st 8 lb), i.e. lightweight to 148+3⁄4 lb (67.5 kg; 10 st 8.8 lb), i.e. light middleweight. He was inducted into the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame in 2004.
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q16090466 (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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