Born

Essequibo Islands-West Demerara, Guyana

Biography

Egerton Marcus is a Canadian former professional boxer who competed from 1989 to 2007. As an amateur, he won the silver medal in the middleweight division at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Marcus is known for Against the Ropes (2004), Assault on Precinct 13 (2005), Cinderella Man (2005) and Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005).