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Quick Results from Quebec City

Posted by Durell Wambolt on December 17, 2011 at 18:53 pm

Courtesy Tyler Buxton @Ringside
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Kevin Bizier UD12 Lanardo Tyner
119-110 / 118-110 / 117-111
Bizier wins NABA Welterweight Title

Antonin Decarie UD12 Victor Lupo
117-112 / 118-110 / 118-110
Decarie wins WBC International Welterweight Title

Sylvera Louis UD6 Eric Martel Bahoeli
58-56 / 58-56 / 58-56

Sebastien Bouchard KO2 (1:07) Patrick Tessier

Lionell Thompson TKO2 (1:55) Christian Cruz

Baha Laham TKO6 (0:39) Dave Aucoin

Posted by Rick McLean on December 17, 2011 at 09:22 am

Arthur King 1927-2011

Posted by Durell Wambolt on December 17, 2011 at 00:33 am

By:  Andrew Fruman (The Cruelest Sport)
Republished with Permission

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Canada lost one of its most accomplished fighters with the passing of Arthur King yesterday. King had struggled with his health for many years, with the effects of a lengthy career taking their toll on the 84-year-old boxer. A crafty, well-rounded operator, renowned for a lightning quick left hand, King was a leading contender for the world’s lightweight title during the late 1940s and early 1950s.

Born in Toronto on February 23, 1927, King endured great heartbreak in his early years. His father, who had taught him how to fight, died of an infection suffered in a work-related accident when King was only 9. A few years later, his mother passed away as well after a battle with cancer. A stay in an orphanage followed, along with trips in and out of foster homes, before a permanent home with a stable family was found.

King, already prone to settling disputes with his fists, needed an outlet and found salvation in the boxing ring. Fighting, as the Globe & Mail’s Jim Coleman put it – with all the savagery of a school kid whose sister has just been called a very dirty name – King became a local sensation as a 16-year-old, starring regularly in sold-out amateur shows at Massey Hall. Read More