Bryan Gibson

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Bryan Gibson
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Born
Kentville, Nova Scotia
OccupationBoxer
Boxing career

Bryan Gibson (born November 10, 1947, in Kentville, Nova Scotia) is a former Canadian boxer, who represented Canada at the 1976 Summer Olympics, and is the first boxer of African descent from Nova Scotia to compete in the Olympics. [1]

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He now coaches the Evangaline Trail Amateur Boxing Club in his hometown of Kentville. [2] He has coached a variety of amateur boxers including some amateur national champions and a gold medallist at the most recent Canada Games. He is also a bus driver for the Annapolis Valley Regional School Board in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Amateur boxing career

Gibson fought at the 1973 Western New York Golden Gloves Boxing Tournament. [3] In 1974, he won the Canadian National Amateur Boxing Championships in the 178 pounds division, [4] and in 1975 he won another national amateur boxing title. He beat Ernie Barr in the 1975 North American 178-pound amateur championship bout at the Miami Marine Stadium. [5] He qualified for the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico City as a light-heavyweight boxer, but he lost in the preliminary round. [6]

The Kentville native represented Team Canada in the men's middleweight division at the 1976 Summer Olympics. [7] He was defeated by Bernd Wittenburg of East Germany at 75 kilograms.

1976 Olympic record

Below are the results of Bryan Gibson, a Canadian middleweight boxer who competed at the 1976 Montreal Olympics:

Honors and awards

References

  1. ↑ "Bryan Gibson". 18 September 2011.
  2. ↑ "Boxing". 14 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "Bout: Joe Urso and Bryan Gibson". BoxRec. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
  4. ↑ "Canadian Nationals 1974".
  5. ↑ "Bout: Bryan Gibson and Ernie Barr". BoxRec. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
  6. ↑ "7.Panamerican Games - Ciudad Mexico, Mexico - October 14-25 1975".
  7. ↑ "Bryan Gibson". Olympics.com. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
  8. ↑ "Bout: Bernd Wittenburg and Bryan Gibson". BoxRec. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
  9. ↑ Starratt, Kirk (2 June 2022). "Olympian Bryan Gibson honoured with mural in Kentville, N.S." PNI Atlantic News . Kentville, N.S.: Postmedia Network . Retrieved 31 October 2025.
  10. ↑ Starratt, Kirk (11 May 2022). "Kentville N.S. Olympian, boxing hall-of-famer to be celebrated with art mural". PNI Atlantic News . Kentville, N.S.: Postmedia Network . Retrieved 31 October 2025.
  11. ↑ Byard, Matthew (28 May 2022). "New mural in Kentville honours life, boxing career of Olympian Bryan Gibson". Halifax Examiner . Retrieved 31 October 2025.


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