{{Short description|American boxer (1964–2000)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{More citations needed|date=February 2024}}{{Infobox sportsperson | birth_date = April 13, 1964 | birth_place = Detroit, Michigan | death_date = {{death date and age|2000|08|01|1964|04|13|mf=yes}} | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's Boxing}} {{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalGold| 1984 Los Angeles | Flyweight}} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}} {{MedalBronze| 1983 Caracas | Flyweight}} }} '''Steve McCrory''' (April 13, 1964 – August 1, 2000) was an American boxer, who won the Flyweight Gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Page |first=James A. |title=Black Olympian Medalists |date=1991 |publisher=Libraries Unlimited |isbn=0-87287-618-7 |location=Englewood, Colorado |pages=78}}</ref> A year earlier he won a bronze medal at the 1983 Pan American Games,<ref name=":0" /> as well as the world title at the World Championship Challenge.
==Early life and education== The younger brother of former WBC Welterweight champion Milton McCrory, Steve McCrory trained at Kronk Gym in Detroit alongside other world champions including Thomas Hearns and Hilmer Kenty.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Center |first=Bill |date=August 5, 1984 |title=Olympic Boxer Yearns To Be Pro |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-oklahoman-olympic-boxer-yearns/140632747/ |access-date=2024-02-10 |work=The Daily Oklahoman |via=Newspapers.com |agency=Copley News Service}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
He graduated from Pershing High School in Detroit in 1982.<ref name=":0" />
==Amateur career== McCrory was the U.S. Amateur flyweight champion in 1982 and 1983.<ref name=":0" /> He won a world title at the World Championship Challenge after defeating Yuri Alexandrov of the USSR in 1983, but lost the title to Pedro Reyes of Cuba the following year.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
McCrory went on to win a gold medal in flyweight boxing at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.<ref name=":0" />
===Olympic Results=== *Defeated Tad Joseph (Grenada) walkover *Defeated Fausto Garcia (Mexico) RSC 1, in ony 1 minute and 46 seconds<ref name=":0" /> *Defeated Peter Ayesu (Malawi) 5-0 *Defeated Eyup Can (Turkey) 5-0 *Defeated Redzep Redzepovski (Yugoslavia) 4-1 ==Professional career== Nicknamed ''Bluesman'', McCrory began his professional career in 1984 and challenged IBF Bantamweight Title holder Jeff Fenech in 1986. Fenech dominated and won via 14th-round TKO. This was to be McCrory's last shot at a major title, and he later moved up to Super Featherweight and was beaten by Jesse James Leija.
==Death== McCrory died on August 1, 2000, after a prolonged illness.<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/former-boxing-gold-medalist-dies/ Former Boxing Gold Medalist Dies] in ''CBS News''</ref>
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