- Phillip Boudreault
Phillip ("Phil") Boudreault (born
January 23 ,1975 in Sudbury,Ontario ) is a retired boxer fromCanada .Boudreault competed in the
light welterweight (< 63.5 kg) division at the 1996 Summer Olympics inAtlanta, Georgia . There he was stopped in the second round byRussia 'sEdward Zakharov , after having defeatedHaji Matumla ofTanzania in the first round.After the Olympics Boudreault became depressed and was involved in criminal activities. He was known to associate with
biker gangs and in 2005 was convicted of a brutal assault in a Sudbury bar. He narrowly avoided thedangerous offender status and a life sentence in prison after he agreed to a prison sentence of three years and accepted the lesser "long-term offender" status. [http://sudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=843710&auth=Denis+St.+Pierre]Now free from prison, Boudreault is training and hopes to compete once again on the international level after having won his first professional fight against Tebor Brosch by split decision. [http://sudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=843710&auth=Denis+St.+Pierre] [http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=438460&cat=boxer]
External links
* [http://www.olympic.ca/EN/athletes/query/details2.php?id=38065 Canadian Olympic Committee]
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