Scotty Olson

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Scotty Olson
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Real nameScotty Robert Olson
Nickname(s)Bulldog
Weight(s)Flyweight
Height5 ft 1 in (1.55 m)
Reach62 in (157 cm)
Nationality Canadian
Born (1968-02-26) 26 February 1968 (age 53)
Stance Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights40
Wins34
Wins by KO25
Losses4
Draws2

Scotty Robert Olson (born 26 February 1968), known as Scotty Olson, and nicknamed Bulldog is a Canadian former flyweight boxer. He won the Light Flyweight Gold Medal in the 1986 Commonwealth Games, and reached the quarterfinals of the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. [1] [2] He also represented Canada at the 1987 Pan American Games. [3]

He also became International Boxing Organization and United States Boxing Association flyweight champion, [4] before retiring in 2002, having recorded 34 wins, 25 knockouts, 4 losses and 2 draws, one of his losses, a 10th-round knockout defeat against Michael Carbajal in a long-awaited bout. [5] He now helps train Canadian boxers.

On the morning of January 18, 2015, Olson suffered a near-fatal heart attack at his home. His wife performed CPR until medical help arrived. He was placed in a medically induced coma, after which two stents were put into his heart. Doctors were initially concerned about his condition since his brain had been deprived of oxygen for "a period of time," but Olson came out of the coma about a week after the heart attack, and was released from the hospital a week after that. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Scotty Olson BoxRec bio" . Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "Hall of Fame Honoured Members" . Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "10.Panamerican Games - Indianapolis, USA - August 8-23 1987". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  4. ↑ "Former champion boxer Olson in coma". Edmonton Journal. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  5. ↑ "Scotty Olson boxing record" . Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "Scotty Olson Recovering After Heart Attack". 2 February 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2020.


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