Jim West, Australian boxer, Died at 61

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Jim West was born on February 13, 1954, in New South Wales and died on December 23, 2015.

He was an Australian boxer.

He was an Australian professional fly/super fly/bantam/super bantam/feather/super feather/light/light welter/welterweight boxer in the 70s and ’80s.

Jim West won the Australian flyweight title, New South Wales (Australia) State bantamweight title, Australian super featherweight title, and Commonwealth flyweight title, and was a challenger for the Australian bantamweight title against Brian Roberts, and Matt Ropis,

He also entered the Australian super featherweight title against Paul Ferreri, New South Wales (Australia) State lightweight title against Willie Tarika, and New South Wales (Australia) State light welterweight title against Gary Rosen

West professional fighting weight varied from 110 lb (50 kg; 7 st 12 lb), i.e. flyweight to 143 1⁄4 lb (65.0 kg; 10 st 3.3 lb), i.e. welterweight,[1] he died in Sydney.

Jim west passed away at 61 yrs old.