CANADIAN BOXING HISTORY

Monday, April 9, 2012

CANADIAN PROFESSIONAL BOXING

Canadian Boxers Through the Ages:  Br Brian  Zelley*Canada  has  a  rich  history  in  the sport of  boxing with  many  interesting  moments  including  some greatworld  title  fights such  as the  top  light-heavyweight  fight December 1958 ARCHIE MOORE vs  YVON DURELLE.
THE HEAVYWEIGHTS*One of the best and longing serving heavyweight  boxers  in Canada  was GEORGE CHUVALO  who  fought  some of thebest boxers in the world including  MUHAMMAD ALI,  JOE  FRAZIER.FLOYD PATTERSON and  GEORGE FOREMAN. Some of the  other Canadian heavyweight boxers  from the past  are:Bob Cleroux,  James J  Parker,THE LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHTS There have been many fine light-heavyweight boxers in Canada with some of the names being YVON DURELLE,LESLIE BORDEN, AL SPARK, BURKE EMERYGary Summerhayes, Roddy MacDonald and Donny LalondeTHE MIDDLEWEIGHTS:

The middleweight division has produced and excellent groupTwo of the many include WILF GREAVES and BLAIR RICHARDSON. Recent ones from the late eighties and beyond  include the likes of : Darrell Flint, Dan Sherry and Otis Grant and there are other names  of Canadian middleweight boxers.







  


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