Gordon Wallace (boxer)
Gordon Wallace | |
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Statistics | |
Weight(s) | middle/light heavyweight |
Nationality | Canadian |
Born | Creighton Mine, Ontario, Canada | 27 January 1929
Died | 26 November 2015 Brantford, Ontario, Canada | (aged 86)
Stance | Orthodox |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 49 |
Wins | 32 (KO 15) |
Losses | 17 (KO 2) |
Draws | 3 |
No contests | 1 |
Gordon Raymond Wallace (27 January 1929 – 26 November 2015)[1] was a Canadian professional middle/light heavyweight boxer of the 1950s who won the British Empire light heavyweight title, and was a challenger for the Canada light heavyweight title on four occasions against Yvon Durelle, his professional fighting weight varied from 160 lb (73 kg; 11 st 6 lb), i.e. middleweight to 169 lb (77 kg; 12 st 1 lb), i.e. light heavyweight.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Gordon Raymond Wallace". McCLEISTER FUNERAL HOME. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
- ^ "Statistics at boxrec.com". boxrec.com. 31 December 2013. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
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- 1929 births
- Light-heavyweight boxers
- 2015 deaths
- Middleweight boxers
- Sportspeople from Greater Sudbury
- Boxing people from Ontario
- Canadian male boxers
- Canadian boxing biography stubs