Olympic boxing champion Spinks dies at 74

 　　LONDON, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Britain's Olympic boxing champion Terry Spinks has died after a long illness at 74, it was confirmed¹ Friday.

　　Spinks, who won an Olympic boxing gold medal at the 1956 Melbourne Games, died at his home in Essex just outside London.

　　"We are very sad Terry has passed away. He was a great boxer² and a very nice guy," British Boxing Board of Control general secretary Robert Smith said.

　　The later-turned-professional boxer has won 41 of 49 fights before retiring at the early age of 24.

　　Spinks later coached South Korea's boxing team at the 1972 Olympics in Munich.

1 confirmed   

adj.确认的；坚定的；根深蒂固的v.批准(confirm的过去式和过去分词)；证实

参考例句：

• Rumours of job losses were later confirmed. 裁员的传言后来得到了证实。
• The truth of his conjecture was confirmed by the newspaper report. 新闻报道证明了他的推测果然不假。

2 boxer   

n.制箱者，拳击手

参考例句：

• The boxer gave his opponent a punch on the nose.这个拳击手朝他对手的鼻子上猛击一拳。
• He moved lightly on his toes like a boxer.他像拳击手一样踮着脚轻盈移动。