Chris Ius (born January 14, 1954, in
Vancouver
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,
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) is a
Canadian
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boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
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, who represented his native country at two consecutive
Summer Olympics
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, starting in
1972
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. In both tournaments he was eliminated in the third round.
Boxing Club
Chris was one of the many outstanding boxers that were part of the North West Eagles Boxing Club in North Vancouver. His primary coach was his uncle Elio Ius. Another key boxer at the club during the Ius boxing journey in the Seventies was Les Hamilton and Ian Douglas. Others were Dan Wright and David Ius.
Canadian Championships
Chris Ius was a four-time senior national boxing champion in 1971, 1972, 1973 and 1976. During this six-year period some of the other top ranked champions were
Carmen Rinke
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,
Chris Clarke,
,
Ian Clyde
Ian Clyde (born May 15, 1956 in Verdun, Quebec) is a retired boxer from Canada, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics. After defeating Charlie Magri of Great Britain, he was defeated in the quarterfinals of the men's flywe ...
, Marv Arneson and
Sidney McKnight.
[Boxing Canada archives]
1972 Olympic results
Below is the record of Chris Ius, a flyweight boxer who competed for Canada at the 1972 Munich Olympics:
* Round of 64: bye
* Round of 32: defeated Ali Ouabbou (Morocco) by decision, 3-2
* Round of 16: Lost to Georgi Kostadinov (Bulgaria) by decision, 0-5
1976 Olympics
Chris Ius of Canada competed as a bantamweight at the 1976 Olympic boxing tournament in Montreal. Here are his results:
* Round of 64: bye
* Round of 32: defeated Mohamed Ayele (Ethiopia) by walkover
* Round of 16: lost to Weerachart Saturngrun (Thailand) by decision, 0-5
References
Canadian Olympic Committee
1954 births
Living people
Boxers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Boxers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers for Canada
Sportspeople from Vancouver
Canadian male boxers
Bantamweight boxers
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