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May 8, 2011 · Legendary Australian boxer Lionel Rose has died aged 62. Rose had been ill for several months and suffered a stroke in 2007 that left him partially paralysed with speech difficulties.
Lionel Edmund Rose MBE (21 June 1948 – 8 May 2011) was an Australian professional boxer who competed from 1964 to 1976. He held the undisputed WBA, WBC, and The Ring bantamweight titles from 1968 to 1969, becoming the first Indigenous Australian to win a world title.
Died: May 8, 2011, Warragul, Victoria (aged 62) Lionel Rose (born June 21, 1948, Labertouche, Victoria, Australia—died May 8, 2011, Warragul, Victoria) was an Australian professional boxer, world bantamweight champion, 1968–69. He was the first Aboriginal person to win a world boxing title.
May 8, 2011 · Lionel Rose, the first Australian Aboriginal boxer to win a world title, has died at the age of 62. Rose, who beat Japan's Fighting Harada in Tokyo in 1968 to win the world bantamweight title,...
May 9, 2011 · Tributes are flowing for one of Australia's sporting greats, legendary boxer Lionel Rose, who died yesterday aged 62. Rose had been suffering from health problems since having a stroke in 2007 ...
May 8, 2011 · Australian boxing great Lionel Rose, the first Aboriginal boxer to win a world title, has died aged 62. Rose, who beat Japan's Fighting Harada in Tokyo in 1968 to win the world bantamweight title ...
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May 8, 2011 · AUSTRALIAN boxing great Lionel Rose has died aged 62. He had been ill for several months, reported The Daily Telegraph . The bantamweight champion had 53 fights for 42 wins and was one of ...