Shawn O'Sullivan
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Silver | 1984 Los Angeles | Light Middleweight |
Shawn O'Sullivan (born August 27, 1964 in Toronto, Ontario) was a Canadian boxer, who won the light middleweight silver medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
O'Sullivan began his professional career that same year and won his first 11 bouts in the welterweight division, losing in his 12th fight to future titleist Simon Brown (boxer) by TKO in the 3rd in 1986. O'Sullivan would fight sporadically against limited opposition from 1987-92, and launched a short lived comeback in 1996. He retired in 1997 with a record of 23-5-0.