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Murray Sleep
Murray Sleep (1924 — 2003) was a Canadian boxing official and a former member of the World Boxing Association, WBA Executive Committee. Early history Murray Sleep was born around 1924 in Minto, New Brunswick. Murray Sleep was the first person appointed to the Nova Scotia Combat Sports Authority, Nova Scotia Boxing Authority in 1975. He served as a president of the Canadian Boxing Federation, Canadian Professional Boxing Federation beginning in 1979. He was re-elected for a second term at the federation's annual meeting on September 14, 1980. He was also re-elected for the 1981–82 term. In 1980, he was a member of the World Boxing Association's executive committee and a supervisor of WBA title fights. In 1981, Murray Sleep became vice president of the World Boxing Association and was appointed as vice-chairman for championship ratings of the WBA in 1987 until 1993. He advocated for the appointment of Buddy Daye to the WBA's rating committee. He played a key role in securing Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian People
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Canadian''. Canada is a multilingual and multicultural society home to people of groups of many different ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. Following the initial period of French and then the much larger British colonization, different waves (or peaks) of immigration and settlement of non-indigenous peoples took place over the course of nearly two centuries and continue today. Elements of Indigenous, French, British, and more recent immigrant customs, languages, and religions have combined to form the culture of Canada, and thus a Canadian identity. Canada has also been strongly influenced by its linguistic, geographic, and e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
