Johnny van Rensburg

Johnny "Smiler" van Rensburg (9 May 1932 – 28 October 2010 (aged 78)) born in Lichtenburg was a South African amateur bantamweight and professional light/light welter/welter/middleweight boxer of the 1950s and '60s who as an amateur won the gold medal at bantamweight in the Boxing at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand, and represented South Africa at bantamweight in the Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, losing to Amé rico Bonetti of Argentina, and as a professional won the Transvaal (South Africa) (White) lightweight title, South African lightweight title, South African welterweight title, British Empire lightweight title, and British Empire welterweight title, his professional fighting weight varied from 132 lb (60 kg; 9 st 6 lb), i.e. lightweight to 148 lb (67 kg; 10 st 8 lb), i.e. Middleweight, he died in Roodepoort, South Africa.

Johnny van Rensburg
Born	Johnny van Rensburg 9 May 1932 Lichtenburg, South Africa
Died	28 October 2010 (aged 78) Roodepoort, South Africa
Nationality	South African
Other names	Smiler
Statistics
Weight(s)	bantam/light/light welter/welter/middleweight
Boxing record
Total fights	48
Wins	32 (KO 12)
Losses	13 (KO 4)
Draws	3
No contests	1

External links

External videos
Empire Title Fight George Barnes vs Johnny van Rensburg, 1958. AP Archive – British Movietone News footage.

• Boxing record for Johnny van Rensburg from BoxRec (registration required)
• Image – Johnny van Rensburg
• Article – Johnny van Rensburg dies