Bryan Gibson
Encyclopedia
Bryan Gibson is a retired boxer
from Canada
, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics
. There he was defeated in the first round of the men's middleweight
division (– 75 kilograms) by East Germany's Bernd Wittenburg
. He is now a bus driver for the Annapolis Valley Regional School Board in Nova Scotia, Canada.
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...
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 represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics
There were eleven boxing events at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-Light Flyweight :-First Round:* Armando Guevara def. Eduardo Baltar , 5:0* Li Byong-Uk def. Sidney McKnight , KO-1...
. There he was defeated in the first round of the men's 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...
division (– 75 kilograms) by East Germany's Bernd Wittenburg
Bernd Wittenburg
Bernd Wittenburg is a German boxer who won titles for the SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. He won even the GDR-Championships in Boxing 1972,1973, 1974, 1975, 1976.- External links :*...
. He is now a bus driver for the Annapolis Valley Regional School Board in Nova Scotia, Canada.