Lawrence Austin | |
Nickname: | Baby Casius |
Weight: | super feather/light/light welter/welter/light middle/middleweight |
Height: | 5 ft 9 in |
Nationality: | Australian |
Birth Date: | 22 January 1956 |
Birth Place: | Warrnambool |
Stance: | Orthodox |
Total: | 48 |
Wins: | 34 (KO 12) |
Losses: | 12 (KO 0) |
Draws: | 2 |
Lawrence "Baby Casius" Austin (born 22 January 1956 in Warrnambool) is an Australian professional super feather/light/light welter/welter/light middle/middleweight boxer of the 1970s and '80s who won the West Australia State welterweight title, West Australia State light middleweight title, Victoria State light middleweight title, Australian lightweight title, Australian light welterweight title, Australian welterweight title, South Seas Light Middleweight Title, and Commonwealth light welterweight title (twice), and was a challenger for the Australian light middleweight title against Russell Sandshttp://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=42190&cat=boxer, and Commonwealth light welterweight title against Jeff Malcolm, his professional fighting weight varied from 128NaN, i.e. super featherweight to 159NaN, i.e. middleweight.[1] He was inducted into the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame in 2008.[2]