Bruce McTavish
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Citizenship | New Zealand |
| Born | 1939/1940 New Zealand |
| Residence | Angeles, Pampanga, Philippines |
| Alma mater | Auckland University |
| Occupation | Referee |
| Years active | 1970s- |
| Spouse(s) | Carmen Tayag |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Boxing |
| Updated on 10 November 2015. | |
Bruce McTavish (born 1939/1940) is a New Zealand-born boxing referee and philanthropist residing in the Philippines.
After his amateur boxing career, McTavish attended Auckland University where he attained an economics degree.
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.
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 matches 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.
McTavish has won accolades for the Philippines due in relation to his work as referee. He was named World Boxing Council Referee of the Year in 2013 and 2015. McTavish is the only Philippine representative to have received the accolade.
He was a member of the Rotary Club in the Philippines. From 1983 to 1984, McTavish served as president of the Rotary Club of Mabalacat. During his term he introduced the Polio Plus Project, the pilot program which became the basis of Rotary International efforts eradicate polio worldwide. The club approached then First Lady Imelda Marcos which led to the formation of one of the first partnership between a private entity and a government agency.
He is the first non-Filipino president of the Rotary Club of Mabalacat and the Rotary Club of Clark Centennial. McTavish is currently involved with the Bahay Bata Foundation, a residence center for street children in Angeles, Pampanga, as the chairman of the center's board of trustees. Bahay Bata is a project of Rotary Club of Clark Centennial.
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