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Ricky Anderson
Ricky Anderson (born in Africville, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian-born former professional boxer. Anderson was due to represent Canada at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, but the Canadian teams boycotted the event. He continued to become a top amateur boxer, and later the Canadian Welterweight boxing champion as a pro. Biography Early History Ricky Anderson was born in Africville, Nova Scotia, in Canada. Amateur boxing career 1974-1979 Nova Scotia's Ricky Anderson fought for the first time as an amateur boxer in 1974. He’d eventually win the 1974 Nova Scotia Flyweight title in his first year as a boxer. In 1975, he captured a silver medal at the 1975 Canada Winter Games held in Lethbridge, Alberta. In 1977, Ricky Anderson became the first Canadian-born boxer to beat a Cuban fighter at an international tournament in Cuba. In the 1978 Canadian National Amateur Boxing Championships in Sept-Iles, Quebec, he advanced to the finals but lost by decision. He defeated Dominique Duran ... [...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] |
