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.
