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Turori George (born 8 August 1943 in Aitutaki, Cook Islands), also known as Toro George, is a Cook Islander/New Zealander amateur featherweight and professional feather/super featherweight boxer of the 1960s and 1970s.

As an amateur, he won a bronze medal at featherweight, losing to eventual silver medal winner Ali Juma of Kenya in the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.^[1] As a professional, he won the New Zealand Boxing Association featherweight title, Australasian featherweight title, and Commonwealth featherweight title, his professional fighting weight varied from 123+3⁄4 lb (56.1 kg; 8 st 11.8 lb), i.e. featherweight to 130+3⁄4 lb (59.3 kg; 9 st 4.8 lb), i.e. super featherweight.^[2]

• Boxing record for Turori George from BoxRec (registration required)
• Image - Toro George