| Donny Lalonde | | Statistics | | Real name | Donald Drew Lalonde | | Nickname | Golden Boy | | Rated at | Light Heavyweight | | Nationality |
 Canadian | | Birth date | March 12, 1960 (1960-03-12) (age 47) | | Birth place | [Kitchener, ON]], Canada | | Stance | Orthodox | | Boxing record | | Total fights | 47 | | Wins | 41 | | Wins by KO | 33 | | Losses | 5 | | Draws | 1 | | No contests | 0 | Donny Lalonde (born March 12, 1960 in Victoria, British Columbia) is a professional boxer from Winnipeg, Canada. His nickname is "Golden Boy" after the Golden Boy statue atop the Manitoba Legislative Building of his home town of Winnipeg. In boxing, the light heavyweight division is the weight division between cruiserweight over 175 pounds (79. ...
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A victim of child abuse while growing up, he won the vacant WBC light heavyweight title in November 1987, stopping Eddie Davis in two rounds in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. After defending the title once, against former champ Leslie Stewart, by fifth-round TKO in May 1988 (also in Trinidad), it was on to the 'big time' in Las Vegas, facing boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard in November of that year. Lalonde was offered more money for agreeing to fight at 167lbs instead of his regular 174, which left him weakened. Lalonde shocked many, even himself, as he floored Leonard in the early going, but Leonard came back to wear down the Canadian and brutally stop him in the ninth round. Child abuse is the physical, sexual, or emotional maltreatment or neglect of children by parents, guardians, or others. ...
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In boxing, the light heavyweight division is the weight division between cruiserweight over 175 pounds (79. ...
Eddie Davis (born in Dillon, South Carolina, U.S. on 4 October 1951) was a professional light heavyweight boxer. ...
Port of Spain, population 49,000 (2000), is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago and the countrys second largest city by population, after San Fernando. ...
Leslie Matthew Stewart (born March 21, 1961 in Laventille, Trinidad) was an Trinidadian boxer. ...
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Ray Charles Leonard (born May 17, 1956 in Wilmington, North Carolina) is a retired professional boxer. ...
Lalonde continued to fight, but challenged for a world title only once more, losing a decision to Bobby Czyz in May 1992 for the WBA cruiserweight title. His only other 'big-name' opponent was North Dakota's Virgil Hill, whom he fought in July 2003. Hill, however, won a 10-round decision in the Manitoba-North Dakota 'international border match'. Whether Lalonde fights again is yet to be seen. Bobby Czyz, (born February 10, 1962), is a Polish-American boxer. ...
World Boxing Association (WBA) is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title, at the professional level. ...
Cruiserweight is a weight class in boxing where previously contestants weighed between 176 and 190 pounds. ...
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Virgil Hill (born January 18, 1964) is a Joplin, Missouri fighter partly of Native American heritage, who forged a solid connection between the state of North Dakota and the sport of boxing. ...
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