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Tommy Burns - Burns is the only Canadian-born world heavyweight boxing champion.
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Fight with Jack Johnson - Burns was the first heavyweight boxing champion to agree to fight a black boxer, Jack Johnson, who he lost to. Johnson was subsequently the first black world heavyweight boxing champion.
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Sam Langford - Sam Langford fought and won against lightweight and heavyweight champions between 1903 and 1922.
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The greatest boxer you never knew - Langford wasn't permitted to compete in many world championships because he was black, but he beat most sitting champions of the day and was the "World Coloured Heavyweight Champion".
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Wins - BoxRec ranks him as the third-greatest heavyweight boxer of all-time, the ninth-greatest pound-for-pound boxer of all-time, and the greatest Canadian boxer of all-time.
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Al Delaney - Delaney was the Canadian heavyweight boxing champion and fought against Joe Louis and other greats in his career in the 1930s and '40s.
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George Chuvalo - Chuvalo was the five-time Canadian heavyweight champion, and a two-time world heavyweight title challenger.
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Muhammad Ali - Muhammad Ali once called Chuvalo the toughest boxer he ever fought. He went the distance with Chuvalo twice and won by decision both times.
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Best-known boxer - The fights with Ali and praise from "The Greatest" made Chuvalo the best-known boxer in Canada.
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Political turn - Chuvalo's public image took a political turn when he publicly endorsed Rob Ford.
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Donovan Ruddock - The Jamaican-Canadian fought between 1982 and 2001.
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Mike Tyson fights - Ruddock fought Mike Tyson twice, losing both times, but held a record of 40 wins, 30 by knock-out, six losses, and one draw.
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Lennox Lewis - Lennox Lewis is a British-Canadian fighter and possibly the greatest in the modern era for Canada. He competed professionally from 1989 to 2003.
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Three-time world heavyweight champion - Lewis was a three-time world heavyweight champion.
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Olympic gold - Lewis won a gold medal for Canada as an amatuer boxer in the 1988 Seoul Olympics in the super-heavyweight division.
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Last undisputed heavyweight champion - Lewis is the last undisputed heavyweight champion.
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Controversial - Lewis controversially began fighting as a British representative after representing Canada for years.
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Jean Pascal - Pascal was a Haitian-Canadian pro boxer who competed between 2005 and 2017.
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Light heavyweight champion - Pascal was the undisputed world light heavyweight champion from 2009 to 2011.
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TKOs - Pascal had 32 wins, 19 of them by knock-out, five losses, one draw, and one no-contest in his career.
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Gold medals - The fighter won a gold medal at the 2001 Jeux de la Francophonie and a gold at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in the light middleweight division.
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Super-middleweight - In 2008, Pascal challenged for the World Boxing Council (WBC) super-middleweight title, but didn't win.
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Lucian Bute - Bute is a Romanian-Canadian pro boxer.
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Super-middleweight title - Bute held the International Boxing Federation (IBF) super-middleweight title from 2007 to 2012.
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Nine defenses - Bute successfully defended the title nine times in those five years.
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TKOs - He has a record of 32 wins, 25 of them by knock-out, and five losses.
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Last fight - Bute's last fight was in February 2017, when he was knocked out by Venezualan Eleider Álvarez.
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Adonis Stevenson - The Haitian-Canadian boxer has been in the ring since 2006.
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Light heavyweight champion - Stevenson has held the WBC light heavyweight championship since 2013.
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Ring magazine light-heavyweight title - Stevenson held the Ring magazine light-heavyweight title from 2012 to 2015.
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TKOs - Stevenson has had 29 wins in his career, 24 of them by knock-out.
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One loss - Stevenson only has one loss on his record.
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Silver medal - Stevenson won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in 2006.
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Tommy Burns - Burns is the only Canadian-born world heavyweight boxing champion.
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Fight with Jack Johnson - Burns was the first heavyweight boxing champion to agree to fight a black boxer, Jack Johnson, who he lost to. Johnson was subsequently the first black world heavyweight boxing champion.
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Sam Langford - Sam Langford fought and won against lightweight and heavyweight champions between 1903 and 1922.
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The greatest boxer you never knew - Langford wasn't permitted to compete in many world championships because he was black, but he beat most sitting champions of the day and was the "World Coloured Heavyweight Champion".
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Wins - BoxRec ranks him as the third-greatest heavyweight boxer of all-time, the ninth-greatest pound-for-pound boxer of all-time, and the greatest Canadian boxer of all-time.
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Al Delaney - Delaney was the Canadian heavyweight boxing champion and fought against Joe Louis and other greats in his career in the 1930s and '40s.
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George Chuvalo - Chuvalo was the five-time Canadian heavyweight champion, and a two-time world heavyweight title challenger.
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Muhammad Ali - Muhammad Ali once called Chuvalo the toughest boxer he ever fought. He went the distance with Chuvalo twice and won by decision both times.
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Best-known boxer - The fights with Ali and praise from "The Greatest" made Chuvalo the best-known boxer in Canada.
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Political turn - Chuvalo's public image took a political turn when he publicly endorsed Rob Ford.
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Donovan Ruddock - The Jamaican-Canadian fought between 1982 and 2001.
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Mike Tyson fights - Ruddock fought Mike Tyson twice, losing both times, but held a record of 40 wins, 30 by knock-out, six losses, and one draw.
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Lennox Lewis - Lennox Lewis is a British-Canadian fighter and possibly the greatest in the modern era for Canada. He competed professionally from 1989 to 2003.
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Three-time world heavyweight champion - Lewis was a three-time world heavyweight champion.
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Olympic gold - Lewis won a gold medal for Canada as an amatuer boxer in the 1988 Seoul Olympics in the super-heavyweight division.
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Last undisputed heavyweight champion - Lewis is the last undisputed heavyweight champion.
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Controversial - Lewis controversially began fighting as a British representative after representing Canada for years.
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Jean Pascal - Pascal was a Haitian-Canadian pro boxer who competed between 2005 and 2017.
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Light heavyweight champion - Pascal was the undisputed world light heavyweight champion from 2009 to 2011.
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TKOs - Pascal had 32 wins, 19 of them by knock-out, five losses, one draw, and one no-contest in his career.
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Gold medals - The fighter won a gold medal at the 2001 Jeux de la Francophonie and a gold at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in the light middleweight division.
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Super-middleweight - In 2008, Pascal challenged for the World Boxing Council (WBC) super-middleweight title, but didn't win.
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Lucian Bute - Bute is a Romanian-Canadian pro boxer.
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Super-middleweight title - Bute held the International Boxing Federation (IBF) super-middleweight title from 2007 to 2012.
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Nine defenses - Bute successfully defended the title nine times in those five years.
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TKOs - He has a record of 32 wins, 25 of them by knock-out, and five losses.
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Last fight - Bute's last fight was in February 2017, when he was knocked out by Venezualan Eleider Álvarez.
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Adonis Stevenson - The Haitian-Canadian boxer has been in the ring since 2006.
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Light heavyweight champion - Stevenson has held the WBC light heavyweight championship since 2013.
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Ring magazine light-heavyweight title - Stevenson held the Ring magazine light-heavyweight title from 2012 to 2015.
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TKOs - Stevenson has had 29 wins in his career, 24 of them by knock-out.
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One loss - Stevenson only has one loss on his record.
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Silver medal - Stevenson won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in 2006.
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Remembering the greatest Canadian boxers to have ever stepped foot in the ring
There have been gold medals and greats
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Canada has produced some of the world's top boxers, although that glory is mostly in the past. Glimmers of hope emerge periodically, but controversies plague the sport.
Most recently, Canada's best boxer on paper, Brampton’s Joshua Frazer, was taken off the Canadian international boxing team because he refused to move to Montreal. Controversies (mostly) aside, however, here are the greatest Canadian boxers to ever step foot in the ring, and what happened to them.
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