Henry Nissen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Henry Nissen

German/Australian boxer

Date of Birth: 15-Jan-1948

Place of Birth: Bergen, Germany

Profession: boxer

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Henry Nissen

  • Henry Nissen OAM (born Henry Nissenbaum, 15 January 1948 in Belsen) is an Australian amateur flyweight and professional fly/bantam/featherweight boxer of the 1960s and '70s who as an amateur represented Australia and won the gold medal at flyweight in the boxing at the 1969 Maccabiah Games, and as a professional won the Australian flyweight title, and Commonwealth flyweight title, his professional fighting weight varied from 111 1/4 lb (50.5 kg; 7 st 13.3 lb), i.e.
  • flyweight to 118 1/4 lb (53.6 kg; 8 st 6.3 lb), i.e.
  • featherweight.
  • He was inducted into the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame in 2009.
  • He currently works as a youth social worker, and is a founder of the Emerald Hill Mission.

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