# Danny Males

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{{short description|Australian boxer}}
{{Use Australian English|date=November 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name           = Danny Males
| full_name      = Daniel William Males
| nickname      = Danny the Destroyer
| image          = 
| caption        = 
| nationality    = Australian
| sport          = [Boxing](/source/Boxing)
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1941|8|29|df=yes}}
| birth_place    = [Kogarah](/source/Kogarah), Australia
| death_date     = 
| death_place    = 
| height     = 1.68 cm
| weight    = 56 kg
}}

'''Daniel William "Danny" Males''' (born 29 August 1941) is an Australian former [boxer](/source/boxing). 

He was a knock-out specialist and was nicknamed "Danny the Destroyer" and has won, as of June 1960, 14 out of his 15 fights on knock-outs.<ref name=bio>{{cite news |title=Youngest boxer lead team to Rome |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/51272736 |access-date=19 September 2025 |work= The Australian Women's Weekly |via=Trove |date=1 June 1960}}</ref> He was named a "class" boxer by ''[The Canberra Times](/source/The_Canberra_Times)''.<ref>{{cite news |title=BOXER ON THE COMEBACK TRAIL |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/136961665 |access-date=19 September 2025 |work= [The Canberra Times](/source/The_Canberra_Times) |via=Trove |date=18 December 1968}}</ref>

Males attended [De La Salle College](/source/LaSalle_Catholic_College%2C_Bankstown) in [Bankstown](/source/Bankstown) where he had his first experience in boxing winning a school bout. His real career started becoming a member of the Newtown Police Boys' Club in 1959 where he was trained by Jack Blom. He lived at the time with his family in [Birrong](/source/Birrong).<ref name=bio />

Together with 3 other boxers he toured through [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand) in 1959 boxing against top boxers.<ref>{{cite news |title= SID PRIOR CONQUEROR Former Titleholder To Remain In A.C.T.|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/136934865 |access-date=19 September 2025 |work=  The Canberra Times |via=Trove |date=20 December 1962}}</ref> He competed in the [men's featherweight](/source/Boxing_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Featherweight) event at the [1960 Summer Olympics](/source/1960_Summer_Olympics).<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/danny-males-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418095711/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/danny-males-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Danny Males Olympic Results |access-date=26 November 2018}}</ref> At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, he lost to [Juan Díaz](/source/Juan_D%C3%ADaz_(Chilean_boxer)) of Chile by decision.<ref name="SportsRef"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Danny Males outpointed |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/136936650 |access-date=19 September 2025 |work=The Canberra Times |via=Trove |date=27 August 1960}}</ref>

Males also played football with the Regents Park Rugby League teams. Males has a brother, who also did boxing, and two sisters.<ref name=bio />

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Category:1941 births
Category:Living people
Category:Australian male boxers
Category:Olympic boxers for Australia
Category:Boxers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Category:Boxers from Sydney
Category:Featherweight boxers
Category:Sportsmen from New South Wales
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen

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