Bruce McTavish
Bruce McTavish (born 1939/1940) is a New Zealand-born boxing referee and philanthropist residing in the Philippines.
Education
After his amateur boxing career, McTavish attended Auckland University where he attained an economics degree.
Boxing career
Amateur boxing
McTavish was an amateur boxer. He retired with a record of 31 wins and 2 loses. He boxed as early as 9 years old until his early 20s.
Refereeing
Now settled in the Philippines, McTavish began his career in refereeing in the 1970s. He has officiated matches outside the Philippines and New Zealand such as in Australia, China, England, Japan, North Korea, Mexico, Russia (particularly in Siberia), Thailand and the United Arab Emirates. He has officiated some of the marches of Manny Pacquiao. Other notable matches he officiated was the match between Siriporn Thaweesuk and Ayaka Miyano in Klong Prem Central Prison, Bangkok, Thailand. Thaweesuk was the winner of the match which was also the first women's world title match. He is currently the vice-chairman of the World Boxing Council of Referees.
Bruce
The Scots-English language name Bruce arrived in Scotland with the Normans, from the place name Brix of the Manche département in Normandy, France, meaning "the willowlands". Initially promulgated via the descendants of King Robert I of Scotland (Robert the Bruce) (1274-1329), it has been a Scottish surname since medieval times; it is now a common given name.
The variant Lebrix and Le Brix are French variations of the surname.
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Bruce (surname)
Bruce is a surname of Scottish-Norman origin. The de Brus family originated in Brix, in Manche, northern France.
People named Bruce
Bruce, Wisconsin
Bruce is a village in Rusk County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 779 at the 2010 census.
Geography
Bruce is located at 45°27′26″N 91°16′23″W / 45.45722°N 91.27306°W (45.457203, -91.272923).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 2.39 square miles (6.19 km2), of which 2.34 square miles (6.06 km2) is land and 0.05 square miles (0.13 km2) is water.
Demographics
2010 census
As of the census of 2010, there were 779 people, 371 households, and 203 families residing in the village. The population density was 332.9 inhabitants per square mile (128.5/km2). There were 419 housing units at an average density of 179.1 per square mile (69.2/km2). The racial makeup of the village was 99.1% White and 0.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.0% of the population.
There were 371 households of which 26.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.5% were married couples living together, 11.9% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 45.3% were non-families. 41.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 23.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.10 and the average family size was 2.85.
