Douglas Lewis (August 6, 1898 – February 19, 1981) was a

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from

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, who competed in the 1920s. Lewis trained out of Toronto's Praestamus Athletic Club, where Larry Gains also trained. He won the

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in the

division, losing against Jean Delarge in the semi-finals. He was born in

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. After his boxing career, he moved to

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where he was a boxing trainer. In 1951, he obtained a patent for a new kind of boxing hand bandage.

References

External links

Canadian Olympic Committee

Box Rec Encyclopedia

Ontario Birth Registrations

1940 Census of Los Angeles

California, Death Index, 1940-1997

U.S. Patent Office
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