Michael Strange
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Name: Michael Strange
Birth Name: Michael Vincent Strange
Hometown: Saint Catherines, Ontario, Canada
Birthplace: Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
Amateur Boxer: Record
Michael ("Mike") Strange (born August 6, 1970 in Niagara Falls, Ontario) is a boxer from Canada, competing in the light welterweight (< 64kg) division. He represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992 in Barcelona, Spain.
Strange was named Canada's Boxer of the Year in 1996. Two years later in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia he won the gold medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in the light welterweight category.
Olympic results
1992 (as a Featherweight)
- Lost to Somluck Kamsing (Thailand) 9-11
1996 (as a Lightweight)
- Defeated Francisco Martinez (Mexico) 15-1
- Defeated Mikhak Ghazaryan (Armenia) 16-7
- Lost to Tontcho Tontchev (Bulgaria) 10-16
2000 (as a Light welterweight)
- Lost to Nurhan Suleymanoglu (Turkey) 3-9