CANADIAN BOXING, OLYMPIC FACES

THE FACE OF CANADA's OLYMPIC BOXING: by Brian Zelley

Canada has had an interesting history in boxing at
the various Olympic Games. This is a look at some:

The six in the collection of photos include:
Scotty Olson, Dick Findlay, Walter Henry,
Eddie Haddad, Fred Desrosiers and Donato Paduano.

DECADES APART, THE SON and THE DAD

DALE WALTERS and LENNIE WALTERS

HANDS ACROSS THE NATION: THE BOXER and THE REFEREE

THE BOXER, Ian Clyde THE REFEREE, Bert Lowes

BEYOND THE PAIN, MAKING THE GAMES AGAINST ALL ODDS

DONNIE ORR, despite broken bones, PUNCHES A TICKET into 2000

1988CANADIAN OLYMPIC BOXERS

Light- Middleweight - RAY DOWNEY
Middleweight - EGERTON MARCUS
Super-Heavy - LENNOX LEWIS

LENNOX LEWIS

SCOTTY OLSON

THE WALL OF FAME

OLYMPIC MEDAL WINNERS

1988 a Gold Medal Olympic Year:
LENNOX LEWIS won gold in 1988, he was also on the team
for 1984 LA Olympic Games, but the three medal winners
were Willie deWit, Shawn O'Sullivan and Dale Walters.








Over the decades there have been a number of Canadian boxersthat have scored a victory in the medal winning department.
A sample of names include Harold Mann, Eddie Haddad, Wilfie Greaves, Jack Meda, Frankie Scott, Dale Walters, Willie deWit, Jimmy Walters, Marion Kolar, Geronimo Bie, Shawn O'Sullivan, Lennox Lewis, Scotty Olson, Michael Strange,
Mark Leduc,  and many more.