Sidney McKnight (born August 31, 1955 in
Prince George, British Columbia
Prince George is the largest city in northern British Columbia, Canada, with a population of 74,004 in the metropolitan area. It is often called the province's "northern capital" or sometimes the "spruce capital" because it is the hub city for ...
) is a retired
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from
Canada
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, who represented his native country at the
1976 Summer Olympics
Events January
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. There he was defeated in the first round of the men's
light flyweight
Light flyweight, also known as junior flyweight or super strawweight, is a weight class in boxing.
Professional boxing
The weight limit at light flyweight in professional boxing is 108 pounds (49 kilograms). When New York legalized boxing in 1920 ...
division (– 48 kilograms) by eventual silver medalist
Li Byong-Uk
Ri Byong-uk (born November 7, 1954) is a retired North Korean boxer, who won two Olympic medals in the men's Light Flyweight (48 kg) category.
Olympic results
1976
* Defeated Sidney McKnight (Canada) KO 1
* Defeated Henryk Średnicki ( ...
from
North Korea
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...
.
1976 Olympic record
Below are the results of Sidney McKnight, a light flyweight boxer who competed for Canada at the 1976 Montreal Olympics:
* Round of 32: lost to Li Byong-Uk (North Korea) by a first-round knockout.
Prince George Boxing
McKnight was inducted into the Prince George Hall of Fame.
References
Sidney McKnightat the Canadian Olympic Committee
''Charleston Daily Mail'', July 20, 1976
1955 births
Boxers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Flyweight boxers
Living people
Olympic boxers for Canada
Sportspeople from Prince George, British Columbia
Sportspeople from British Columbia
Canadian male boxers
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