Charley Belanger was a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

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Amateur career

Born in Winnipeg

Winnipeg

Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name...

, Belanger competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics

1924 Summer Olympics

The 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1924 in Paris, France...

. During those games he was eliminated in the second round of the light heavyweight class

Boxing at the 1924 Summer Olympics - Men's light heavyweight

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 after losing his bout to George Mulholland

George Mulholland (boxer)

George Edmond Mulholland was an American boxer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.He was born and died Indianapolis, Indiana....

. He was also the 1925 Pan-Am Games light heavyweight Champion.

Professional career

Belanger became a professional boxer in 1925 and faced some of the notable light heavyweights of his era. In 1928 he won the Canadian light heavyweight title. Later that year he also picked up the British Empire light heavyweight title by defeating Ted Kid Lewis.

He lost three times to Maxie Rosenbloom

Maxie Rosenbloom

Max Everitt Rosenbloom, known as Slapsie Maxie was an American boxer, actor, and television personality.-Life and career:...

 -- who was a light heavyweight champion -- but none of those bouts were for a title. He also lost to former middleweight

Middleweight

Middleweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s. In the bare-knuckle era, the first middleweight championship fight was between Tom Chandler and Dooney Harris in 1897...

 world champion Mickey Walker, spllit a pair of bouts with former welterweight

Welterweight

Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...

 champion Pete Latzo

Pete Latzo

Pete Latzo was the boxing world welterweight champion from 1926 to 1927. Latzo fought all the top welterweights of his era and won the title from hall of famer Mickey Walker on May 20, 1926. He lost the crown to Joe Dundee on June 3, 1927.After losing the welter crown Latzo invaded the heavier...

 and future heavyweight title contender Tommy Farr

Tommy Farr

Thomas George Farr was one of the most famous Welsh and British boxers of all time. Born in Clydach Vale, Wales and nicknamed "the Tonypandy Terror", he became British and Empire heavyweight champion on 15 March 1937. Prior to 1936, he had boxed in the light heavyweight division in which he was...

, and defeated former light heavyweight champion Jimmy Slattery

Jimmy Slattery

James Edward Slattery was a professional boxer in the Light Heavyweight division. James Edward Slattery (born August 25, 1904 in Buffalo, NY - died August 30, 1960) was a professional boxer in the Light Heavyweight (175lb) division. James Edward Slattery (born August 25, 1904 in Buffalo, NY -...

. Belanger never won a world title.

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