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Howard Grant (born June 22, 1966 in Saint Ann, Jamaica) is a retired male Canadian boxer, competing in the light-welterweight (– 63.5 kg) division. A resident of
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, he represented
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at the
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in
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, where he was defeated in the round of 16 by Sweden's Lars Myrberg. Grant won the gold medal in the same weight division, two years earlier, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Howard is renowned for training top UFC Fighters and Professional Boxers. He and his brother Otis have their own gym on the West Island in Montreal
Grant Brothers Boxing
where they train professional athletes and many amateurs. Not only coaching, Howard is involved in developing boxing product with several brands such as Grant Boxing and GBB. Howard has trained former UFC welterweight champion
Georges St-Pierre Georges St-Pierre (; born May 19, 1981) is a Canadian actor and former professional mixed martial artist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest fighters in mixed martial arts (MMA) history. St-Pierre was a two-division champion in the Ult ...
in boxing for a few years now.


Amateur career

Howard Grant's journey into boxing started in 1979 in Montreal. Progressing slowly, Howard caught the eye of Pierre Gauthier from the Saint Laurent Boxing Club. As Howard fine tuned his style over the months, and leading into his path into amateur boxing, Howard was eventually coached by Russ Anber leading into his first amateur boxing tournaments. As a Junior at 15 years old, Howard Grant captured the gold medal in the Bantamweight division at a Tournament in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1981. One year later, he captured the gold medal in the Featherweight division at a Tournament in Montreal, Quebec in 1982.



1983 Canada Games:

Representing Quebec, Howard Grant defeated Ontario'
James Hope
to capture the gold medal in the 1983 Canada Games in Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean in the Lightweight division.




Captured the bronze medal in the Lightweight Division. He lost to the eventual gold medalist, Angel Esponosa, in the semi-finals. Howard Grant considers Angel Esponosa as one of his toughest opponents.


1984 Canadian Nationals in Nova Scotia

Captured the gold medal in the Lightweight Division.


1984-1986

From 84-86 Howard Grant participated in many European tournaments representing Canada including th
Stockholm Boxing Open
in Sweden and th

in Finland – capturing the silver medal in both tournaments.


1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships The Men's 1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Reno, United States from May 8 to 18. The fourth edition of this competition, held two years before the Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, was organised by the world governing b ...

Captured the silver medal in the 1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Reno, Nevada. Howard was defeated by Vasily Shisov.


1986 Commonwealth Games

In his biggest tournament victory in his young career, Howard Grant defeate
David Clencie
by point decision to capture Gold for Canada in the Light-Welterweight Division. Along with Howard Grant, other notable boxers that participated in this tournament were former Undisputed Heavyweight Champion, Lennox Lewis, who also captured Gold in his division.



1987 International Tournament in Albena, Bulgaria:

Captured the gold medal in Light welterweight division during the 1987 International Tournament in Albena, Bulgaria


1987 President's Cup in Indonesia

Captured the President's Cup in the Light-welterweight division


1988 Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea:

After defeating Andreas Otto of
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in his first bout, Howard was defeated in the Round of 16 by the eventual bronze medal winner, Lars Myrberg of Sweden by split decision. * Round of 64: bye * Round of 32: defeated Andreas Otto (East Germany) referee stopped contest in the first round * Round of 16: lost to Lars Myberg (Sweden) by decision, 1-4


Professional career

After concluding the amateur portion of his career, Howard Grant turned pro after the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games winning his first 6 professional boxing bouts and going undefeated in his first 17 fights. Howard compiled a professional record of 16-2-1. Howard's most notable opponents at the professional level included champions Stevie Johnston, Jake Rodriguez and
Billy Schwer William Schwer (born 12 April 1969 in Luton, England), known as Billy Schwer, is a former professional boxer. For the majority of his professional career, Schwer fought in the lightweight division but also competed in the light welterweight ...
.



Professional Fights (16-2-1)


Post-Boxing Career

Howard Grant's love of the sport never wavered once his in-ring career came to a close. Howard has spent his post-professional career training the next crop of in-ring gladiators. Howard Grant along with his Brother, former WBO Middleweight Champion, Otis “Magic” Grant started th
Grant Brothers Boxing Gym
in 2003. With his experience and skill, Howard has trained many notable pugilists over the years including his brother Otis, former Canadian Champion, Tony Pep, former IBF super-middleweight champion, Lucien Bute, 1998 Commonwealth games silver medalist,
Herman Ngoudjo Herman Ngoudjo (born 25 June 1979) is a Cameroonian-Canadian former professional boxer who competed from 2003 to 2010, and challenged twice for the IBF junior-welterweight title in 2008 and 2009. As an amateur he represented Cameroon at the 200 ...
, former WBA light middleweight world champion,
Joachim Alcine Joachim Alcine (born March 26, 1976) is a Haitian-Canadian professional boxer fighting out of Montreal, Quebec, where he now resides. He is a former WBA light middleweight champion. Professional career Alcine defeated Jose Hilton Dos Santos on ...
, current NABA super bantamweight champion, Olivier Lontchi, former Olympian, Dale Brown, former super middleweight contender,
Librado Andrade Librado Andrade Ornelas (born September 2, 1978) is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1999 to 2013, and challenged three times for a super middleweight world title between 2007 and 2009. His brother Enrique Ornelas is also a ...
, former World Boxing Organisation NABO Middleweight Champion, Francis Lafreniere, former Canadian middleweight title holder and IBF International middleweight title contender, Walid Smichet, former World Boxing Council World Super Lightweight champion,
Leonard Dorin Leonard Dorin Doroftei (, also known as ''Leonard Dorin''; born 10 April 1970) is a Romanian former boxer, the WBA Lightweight World Champion from 5 January 2002 to 24 October 2003. Amateur highlights Doroftei took up boxing at the age of 14 ...
. Howard has also trained many accomplished mixed martial artists including future UFC Hall of Famer and decorated champion,
Georges St. Pierre Georges St-Pierre (; born May 19, 1981) is a Canadian actor and former professional mixed martial artist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest fighters in mixed martial arts (MMA) history. St-Pierre was a two-division champion in the Ult ...
, current Bellator Welterweight World Champion, Rory MacDonald, former top UFC middleweight contender, Patrick Côté, former TKO Middleweight Champion, David L’Oiseau, former UFC fighter, Mike Ricci, current UFC Lightweight competitor, Irish Joe Duffy, former UFC contender, Zack Makovsky, former UFC fighter and current TKO competitor, Xavier Alaoui, former UFC and current Bellator top contender, Valerie Letourneau, current TKO competitor, Jamie Mancini, and up-and-coming female MMA fighter and current TKO competitor, Corinne Laframboise.


External links


Canadian Olympic Committee
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