Canada's best boxer ever ?

The obligatory "Lennox Lewis if you consider him Canadian". There, I got it out of the way.

 

Sam Langford

Tommy Burns

 

honorable mention
Bute
Adonis Stevenson
Steve Rolle
Jean Pascal
Lemiuex

 

Not the best but I thought Lucian Bute was a good fighter with good skills. I didn't expect Froch to run through him like that. Though he was Romanian.

 

Beterbiev

 

Sam Langford

thread ends

 

George Dixion. 1st black champion of any professional sport. Considered by some as the greatest featherweight of all time.

 

This

 

Great shout, Brain!

 

Donny Lalonde

 

Lennox Lewis

 

Langford and it's not close. No one else in Canada has a case for being the p4p goat.

 

Hard to tell since most of the boxers named were not born in Canada. Some of them, like Jean Pascal, came in Canada at early age, played hockey, and were typically, culturaly, canadian. Others, like Bute, came to Canada to have a better opportunity in their career. (Bute learned french and stayed in Québec afterall). I would have a hard time considering Beterbiev a canadian boxer (does he even have his citizenship?). But who am I to judge. Of all the fighters I saw from my own eyes, Beterbiev is hands down and by far the best fighter.

 

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