Ian Clyde: Canada’s 1976 Olympic Flyweight Boxer

Ian Clyde (born May 15, 1956, in Verdun, Quebec) is a Canadian former amateur boxer who competed as a flyweight. He represented Canada at the 1975 Pan American Games and the 1976 Montreal Olympics. The Canadian Olympic Committee lists Clyde as a fifth-place finisher (T5) in the 1976 men’s flyweight event.

Montreal Olympic run

At the 1976 Olympics, Clyde received a first-round bye, advanced by walkover against Zambia’s Alick Chiteule, then stopped Great Britain’s Charlie Magri in round three. In the quarterfinal, he lost 0–5 on points to Cuba’s Ramón Duvalón, who went on to win silver. Olympedia’s event record and the BoxRec profile list the bout sequence and his fifth-place finish.

Pan American and Commonwealth medals

Clyde also competed at the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico City. He won silver in the flyweight division at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, losing the final to Kenya’s Michael Irungu, and earned bronze at the 1979 Pan American Games in San Juan. The published bout records show his 1975 Pan American appearance, the 1978 Commonwealth final, and his 1979 semifinal loss, which secured a bronze medal.

Sources

Sources: 1975 Pan American Games bout records; 1978 Commonwealth Games results; 1979 Pan American Games results; and the 1976 Olympic event record.

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Boxing, Boxing History