James "Jim" Vincent McCourt (born 24 January 1944) is a former Irish boxer from Northern Ireland.
McCourt won a bronze medal for the Ireland in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in the lightweight division. McCourt lost a controversial 3-2 decision to Russian Velikton Barannikov. Shortly after the Games McCourt defeated olympic champion Józef Grudzień of Poland. A year later, he repeated his bronze medal performance at the 1965 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Berlin in the same grade. In 1966, McCourt won a gold medal, representing Northern Ireland, at the Commonwealth Games in Kingston in the Light Welterweight division. McCourt was rated number one amateur boxer of the world for 4 years. A master of defence and counter punching, he is inducted in the Irish Amateur Boxing Hall of Fame.
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- 1954 – 2002: up to 63.5 kg
- 2006: up to 64 kg
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McCourt, Jim |
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Boxer |
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24 January 1944 |
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Ireland
Northern Ireland