Rick Duff
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Rick Duff (born June 21, 1964 in Camrose, Alberta) is a retired boxer from Canada, who competed for his country as a middleweight (– 75 kg) at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.{{cite web|url=http://www.olympic.ca/en/athletes/rick-duff/photos/7118/|title=Athletes - Rick Duff - Rick Duff (right), Los Angeles 1984|work=Canadian Olympic Committee|accessdate=27 October 2010}} He defeated the Australian Brendon Cannon in the first round, but was defeated in the second round of the men's division by South Korea's eventual gold medalist Shin Joon-Sup.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=36BVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XEANAAAAIBAJ&pg=5968,781071&dq=rick-duff+olympic+defeated&hl=en|title=Lewis Ready for Biggs|date=4 August 1984|work=The Leader-Post|accessdate=27 October 2010}}
1984 Canadian Olympic box-offs
The box-offs took place during the 1984 Canadian National Junior Boxing Championships at the British Columbia Amateur Boxing Training Centre in Burnaby, BC, May 25 to 27, where Duff defeated Darrell Flint, and won a spot on the Canadian Olympic Boxing Team.BC Amateur Boxing News, editor Brian W. Zelley, June 1984
Duff is currently coaching amateur boxing in Lethbridge, Alberta.
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929115018/http://72.232.38.190/EN/athletes/query/details2.php?id=36426 Profile]
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Category:Boxers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic boxers for Canada
Category:Martial artists from Alberta
Category:Sportspeople from Camrose, Alberta
Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen
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