Chris Omar Johnson (born August 8, 1971) is a

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, who won a middleweight bronze medal at the

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. He won the middleweight gold medal at the

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. He was inducted into Boxing Canada’s Hall of Fame, Class of 2019. Johnson was raised in Kitchener,

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, Canada with his three brothers, Greg, Wayne, and Kevin, and 2 sisters, Angelina, and Necoal. Johnson trained IBF Junior Featherweight World Champion, Steve "The Canadian Kid" Molitor, in addition to notable boxers such as Andrew Singh Kooner, and Natalie "Too Bad" Brown. In 2014, the ''

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'' profiled Michael Brandon, one of his boxers.

Professional boxing record

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Antonio Tarver Antonio Deon Tarver (born November 21, 1968) is an American former professional boxer and boxing commentator. In boxing he competed from 1997 to 2015, and held multiple light heavyweight world championships, including the WBA (Unified), WBC, ...

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Ernest Mateen Ernest Mateen (June 3, 1966 – November 6, 2012, in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York), nicknamed 'M-16', was a United States and IBU Cruiserweight (boxing) champion. He was shot to death by his wife in a case of probable self-defense. A ...

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Herol Graham Herol Graham (born 13 September 1959) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1978 to 1998. A three-time world title challenger, he is generally acknowledged as one of the best British boxers of the post-war era to have never w ...

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Antwun Echols Antwun Echols (December 4, 1970 – July 2, 2023) was an American boxer who was a world middleweight contender throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s. His hometown was Davenport, Iowa. Amateur career He missed out on a spot on the 1992 Unit ...

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Chris Sande Christopher Joseph Sande (born 10 February 1964) is a Kenyan former professional boxer. As an amateur, he won the bronze medal in the Middleweight division at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. He shared the podium with Pakistan's Hussain Sha ...

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1992 Summer Olympics results

*Defeated

Mohamed Siluvangi Mohamed Siluvangi (born 2 March 1967 in Kinshasa) is a light heavyweight Congolese boxer who turned pro in 1993. He competed in the men's middleweight event at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games o ...

(Zaire) TKO 3 *Defeated Stefan Trendafilov (Bulgaria) TKO 1 *Lost to

Chris Byrd Christopher Cornelius Byrd (born August 15, 1970) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2009. He is a two-time world heavyweight champion, having first won the WBO title in 2000 after an upset corner stoppage over ...

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Sparring for student success 2008 Toronto Star article on pilot program for middle school students at Toronto District School Board's Charles H. Best Middle School
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