Gaétan Hart is a former lightweight/welterweight boxer from Canada

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...

, who was a three time boxing champion from his country. He lost his only world title fight against Aaron Pryor

Aaron Pryor

Aaron Pryor is a former boxer from Cincinnati, Ohio, and member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame. He is the former world Junior Welterweight champion, and regarded as one of the greatest fighters in the history of the weight class.-Amateur career:Pryor, nicknamed The Hawk, had a record of...

 in 1980. Boxer Cleveland Denny

Cleveland Denny

Cleveland Denny was a Guyanese former boxer.- Amateur career :Denny represented Guyana as a lightweight at the 1976 Olympic games. He didn't compete due to his country boycotting over the inclusion of New Zealand...

 died 16 days after being knocked out by Hart in 1980.

In 1992, he was featured in an National Film Board of Canada

National Film Board of Canada

The National Film Board of Canada is Canada's twelve-time Academy Award-winning public film producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary, animation, alternative drama and digital media productions...

 documentary, the Steak, by Pierre Falardeau

Pierre Falardeau

Pierre Falardeau was a Quebec film and documentary director, pamphleteer and noted activist for Quebec independence.-Profile:Falardeau studied anthropology at university and he taught that subject for a brief period...

. He now runs a Gatineau (Hull) boxing club.

An article on Hart appeared in the April 1979 The Ring magazine.

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