25:
205:
150:, who was visiting Montréal in 1938. Gagnon went the distance, but suffering a badly cut lip in the opening round. It was the first defeat in an international bout on the continent. Turning pro, he fought four times before retiring of boxing. In 1957, he was named boxing coach at Palestre Nationale of Montréal.
145:
His career started in 1933 (15 years old) at the
Griffintown Boy's Club. He became champion of Montreal (16 years old), of the province of Quebec and of Canada (18 years old). Several memorables bouts including a 1940 win over Johnny Greco despite giving away 15 pounds. Joe Gagnon also defeated Gerry
276:
296:
286:
271:
242:
146:
Blanchard, Fernando Gagnon and Danny Webb. One of the eight losses by decision of the referee came against future world welterweight and middleweight champion
301:
35:
139:
Joe Gagnon had fought 125 times in his career, winning all but eight of his bouts. Included a total of 55 knockouts. He never lost by knockout.
235:
228:
50:
281:
93:
65:
72:
291:
125:
79:
172:
61:
266:
261:
147:
185:
86:
212:
118:
255:
24:
133:
204:
129:
124:
In 1938 (20 years old), he was the winner of the silver medal at the
142:
In 1997, he was admitted to the
Canadian Boxing Hall of Fame.
42:
18:
211:
This biographical article related to a
Canadian boxer is a
167:"Boxing champ Gagnon dies" (The Gazette). January 17, 2001.
216:
46:
277:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada
236:
8:
51:introducing citations to additional sources
297:Medallists at the 1938 British Empire Games
243:
229:
41:Relevant discussion may be found on the
287:Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing
272:Boxers at the 1938 British Empire Games
159:
181:
170:
7:
201:
199:
117:(1918–2001) was a Canadian amateur
14:
203:
34:relies largely or entirely on a
23:
302:Canadian boxing biography stubs
1:
215:. You can help Knowledge by
318:
198:
16:Canadian boxer (1918–2001)
126:1938 British Empire Games
121:in flyweight category.
180:Cite journal requires
282:Canadian male boxers
47:improve this article
148:Sugar Ray Robinson
224:
223:
112:
111:
97:
309:
292:Flyweight boxers
245:
238:
231:
207:
200:
190:
189:
183:
178:
176:
168:
164:
107:
104:
98:
96:
55:
27:
19:
317:
316:
312:
311:
310:
308:
307:
306:
252:
251:
250:
249:
196:
194:
193:
179:
169:
166:
165:
161:
156:
108:
102:
99:
56:
54:
40:
28:
17:
12:
11:
5:
315:
313:
305:
304:
299:
294:
289:
284:
279:
274:
269:
264:
254:
253:
248:
247:
240:
233:
225:
222:
221:
208:
192:
191:
182:|journal=
158:
157:
155:
152:
110:
109:
45:. Please help
31:
29:
22:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
314:
303:
300:
298:
295:
293:
290:
288:
285:
283:
280:
278:
275:
273:
270:
268:
265:
263:
260:
259:
257:
246:
241:
239:
234:
232:
227:
226:
220:
218:
214:
209:
206:
202:
197:
187:
174:
163:
160:
153:
151:
149:
143:
140:
137:
135:
131:
127:
122:
120:
116:
106:
95:
92:
88:
85:
81:
78:
74:
71:
67:
64: –
63:
59:
58:Find sources:
52:
48:
44:
38:
37:
36:single source
32:This article
30:
26:
21:
20:
217:expanding it
210:
195:
173:cite journal
162:
144:
141:
138:
123:
114:
113:
100:
90:
83:
76:
69:
62:"Joe Gagnon"
57:
33:
267:2001 deaths
262:1918 births
103:August 2014
256:Categories
154:References
115:Joe Gagnon
73:newspapers
134:Australia
43:talk page
87:scholar
130:Sydney
89:
82:
75:
68:
60:
119:boxer
94:JSTOR
80:books
213:stub
186:help
66:news
128:in
49:by
258::
177::
175:}}
171:{{
136:.
132:,
244:e
237:t
230:v
219:.
188:)
184:(
105:)
101:(
91:·
84:·
77:·
70:·
53:.
39:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
