Guyanese born Canadian citizen Egerton Marcus wrapped up his seventh consecutive professional boxing victory with a point win over American Pat Alley on November 23, 1991. The fight was held at the Omni in Atlanta, Georgia, USA and carried Marcus’ record to 7-0 with five Knock Outs. Born in Goed Fortuin on February 2, 1965, Marcus was the third of five children and moved to Canada in 1973. He was raised in Toronto and won a silver medal in the middleweight division at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.
Marcus joined the professional ranks in 1989 and rattled off 14 consecutive victories before suffering his first defeat. He was the holder of the NABF light heavyweight belt when he challenged German Henry Maske for the International Boxing Federation (IBF) light heavyweight title in February 1995.
The German, who denied Marus a gold medal in Seoul, again prevailed by Unanimous Decision. Marcus, the cousin of Guyana’s first world champion the late Andrew `Six Head’ Lewis, would soon after move up to cruiserweight where he stayed briefly before settling in the heavyweight category.
His challenge for the Canadian heavyweight title in October 2001, was cut short by Donovan `Razor’ Ruddock who won by TKO in the 10th round.