Billy Ward (boxer)
Personal information | |
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Full name | William Ward |
Nationality | Australian |
Born | Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia |
16 July 1993
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Gladstone, Queensland, Australia |
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Weight | 49 kg (108 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Boxing |
Rated at | Light Flyweight |
Club | Gladstone Amateur Boxing Club |
William "Billy" Ward (16 July 1993 − 4 August 2013)[1] was an Australian amateur boxer selected for the 2012 Summer Olympics in the light flyweight division.[2]
Career
Ward began his sporting career as a gymnast, winning a Queensland junior title in 2004. He switched to boxing in 2006 and the following year won an Australian junior title.
His boxing was curtailed by Ross River Fever in 2008 but he fought on and in 2011 he made the semifinals of the Australian Under 19 championships as a flyweight. The following year, he stepped up to open competition and dropped a weight division to light flyweight. He won both the Australian title and the Oceania Olympic Qualification tournament that year to earn a place at the London Olympic Games.
Personal life and death
Ward was noted for his short stature and curly red hair. He told the Sydney Morning Herald, most people assume he was a jockey rather than a boxer.[3] The Gladstone Observer reported that when he returned to Gladstone after winning the Oceania qualifier, he was met by a group of fans wearing red curly wigs.[4]
Ward took his own life on 4 August 2013, aged 20, in Gladstone, Queensland.[5]
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