Career
His boxing career started from Mudgee in June 1969 and went on for a period of 15 years. Dennis traveled to every part of Australia and visited many parts around the World (New Caledonia, Fiji, Bahrain, Italy, Marreia Island, Singapore, Austria, American Samoa, Tahiti, Germany, The Philippines and New Zealand. He met many celebrities, including.
Prince Phillip, Princess Anne, Raymond Burr, Mick Jagger, Marlon Brando, Johnny Weissmuller, President Marcos, Lionel Rose, Johnny Famechon and Jimmy Carruthers.
Dennis entered the ring against 4 World Champions. He fought over a 100 fights including 30 title fights, with 85% in victories, 50% KO"s, 26 KO"s in under 2 rounds, 3 KO"s under 1 round and 2 KO"s under 30 seconds of the first round.
State Schoolboys (August 1970) State Novice Titles (1970) State Open Senior Titles (1971) Australian Titles - Adelaide Société Anonyme (1971) Australian Titles - Perth West.A. (1972) Pacific Games Tahiti (1972) These titles were never lost. He retired with all titles.
He was one of four boxers selected to represent Australia in 1972 in the Munich Olympics.
Defeated Francisco Rodríguez (Venezuela) KO 2 Lost to György Gedó (Hungary) (went on to become gold medalist) 5-0.
