Michael Strange (boxer)
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| Medal record | |||
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| Men's Boxing | |||
| Pan American Games | |||
| Bronze | Mar del Plata | Lightweight | |
Michael ("Mike") Strange (born August 6, 1970 in Niagara Falls, Ontario) is a boxer from Canada, competing in the light welterweight (< 64kg) division. He represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992 in Barcelona, Spain.
Strange was named Canada's Boxer of the Year in 1996. Two years later in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia he won the gold medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in the light welterweight category.
He is curently the owner of "The Highland Tap Pub" located 6689 Lundy's Lane, Niagara Falls, ON L2G 1V4
In March 2008, he took a trip to Cuba
[edit] Olympic results
1992 (as a Featherweight)
- Lost to Somluck Kamsing (Thailand) 9-11
1996 (as a Lightweight)
- Defeated Francisco Martinez (Mexico) 15-1
- Defeated Mikhak Ghazaryan (Armenia) 16-7
- Lost to Tontcho Tontchev (Bulgaria) 10-16
2000 (as a Light welterweight)
- Lost to Nurhan Suleymanoglu (Turkey) 3-9
