Blair Richardson (29 January 1941 – 6 March 1971) was a
Canadian
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professional
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light middle/
middle/
light heavyweight
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Boxing Professional
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of the 1950s and 1960s who won the Maritime Middleweight Title, Canada middleweight title, and
Commonwealth middleweight title, his professional fighting weight varied from , i.e.
middleweight
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Boxing Professional
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to , i.e.
light heavyweight
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Boxing Professional
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, he was managed by
Jimmy Nemis,
Johnny Buckley
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,
Johnny Buckley Jr., and trained by
Al Lacey
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,
Charlie Pappas, and
Johnny Sullo.
Richardson was an alumnus of
Emerson College
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, Boston, Massachusetts where he gained bachelor and master of science degrees in
speech
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(minors in
sociology
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and
theology
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), after his retirement from boxing, he taught speech and the finer points of boxing at
Northeastern University
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, Boston, Massachusetts for two years before joining the faculty at
Emerson College
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in 1970, he was also a member of the
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
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, and several speech organizations, he died at
New England Deaconess Hospital
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in
Boston
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, Massachusetts following surgery for a
brain tumor
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.
Richardson was inducted into the
Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame
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in 1980.
Genealogical information
Richardson was the husband of Beverly (
née
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MacDowell), who was expecting their first child, Lisa Richardson, at the time of his death.
References
External links
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1941 births
1971 deaths
Emerson College alumni
Emerson College faculty
Light-heavyweight boxers
Light-middleweight boxers
Middleweight boxers
Canadian male boxers
Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame inductees
Place of birth missing
Deaths from brain cancer in the United States
Deaths from cancer in Massachusetts
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