Charley Belanger (January 1, 1901 – January 20, 1970) was a

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boxer.

Amateur career

Born in

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, Belanger competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. During those games he was eliminated in the second round of the light heavyweight class after losing his bout to George Mulholland. He was also the 1925 Pan American Games light heavyweight Champion.

Professional career

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—who was a light heavyweight champion—but none of those bouts were for a title. He also lost to former middleweight world champion Mickey Walker, split a pair of bouts with former

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champion

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and future heavyweight title contender

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, and defeated former light heavyweight champion

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. Belanger never won a world title. Belanger was inducted into the

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in 2009.

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* 1901 births 1970 deaths Sportspeople from Winnipeg Light-heavyweight boxers Olympic boxers of Canada Boxers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Canadian male boxers {{Canada-boxing-bio-stub