Gordon Raymond Wallace (27 January 1929 – 26 November 2015)
was a
Canadian
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professional
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middle/
light heavyweight
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Boxing Professional
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of the 1950s who won the
British Empire light heavyweight title, and was a challenger for the Canada light heavyweight title on four occasions against
Yvon Durelle
Yvon Durelle (October 14, 1929 – January 6, 2007), was a Canadian champion boxer. He was of Acadian descent.
Early life
From a family of fourteen children, Yvon Durelle grew up in Baie-Ste-Anne, a small Acadian fishing village on Miramichi ...
, his professional fighting weight varied from , i.e.
middleweight
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Boxing Professional
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Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have be ...
to , i.e.
light heavyweight
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Boxing Professional
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.
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1929 births
Light-heavyweight boxers
2015 deaths
Middleweight boxers
Sportspeople from Greater Sudbury
Boxing people from Ontario
Canadian male boxers
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