Alex Hilton
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Alex Hilton is a retired Canadian
boxer
from a famous boxing family in Montreal
. Son of Dave Hilton, Sr.
and a former Canadian middleweight champion, he is also known for his multiple encounters with the law.
Hilton won the vacant Canadian middleweight title at age 18 in December 1983, defeating Ralph Hollett of Halifax
. He was stripped of the title by the Canadian Professional Boxing Federation in January 1985, after failing to meet a deadline to defend his championship against Michael Olajide Jr. He announced his retirement in 2004.
Described as the "enfant terrible" of his family in a 1986 Toronto Star
article, Hilton was arrested several times on various charges during the mid-1980s. He received a five-year sentence in 1988 for ordering the sexual assault of another inmate while serving time for a separate offense. He later expressed regret for this period in his life, and said in a 2002 interview that he was "trying to live on the straight and narrow". His legal problems continued in later years, however, and he was sentenced to six months in prison in late 2007 for assaulting and threatening a police officer and for breach of probation.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
boxer
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
from a famous boxing family in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
. Son of Dave Hilton, Sr.
Dave Hilton, Sr.
Dave Hilton, Sr. was a professional boxer who won a Canadian championship in three different weight divisions....
and a former Canadian middleweight champion, he is also known for his multiple encounters with the law.
Hilton won the vacant Canadian middleweight title at age 18 in December 1983, defeating Ralph Hollett of Halifax
City of Halifax
Halifax is a city in Canada, which was the capital of the province of Nova Scotia and shire town of Halifax County. It was the largest city in Atlantic Canada until it was amalgamated into Halifax Regional Municipality in 1996...
. He was stripped of the title by the Canadian Professional Boxing Federation in January 1985, after failing to meet a deadline to defend his championship against Michael Olajide Jr. He announced his retirement in 2004.
Described as the "enfant terrible" of his family in a 1986 Toronto Star
Toronto Star
The Toronto Star is Canada's highest-circulation newspaper, based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its print edition is distributed almost entirely within the province of Ontario...
article, Hilton was arrested several times on various charges during the mid-1980s. He received a five-year sentence in 1988 for ordering the sexual assault of another inmate while serving time for a separate offense. He later expressed regret for this period in his life, and said in a 2002 interview that he was "trying to live on the straight and narrow". His legal problems continued in later years, however, and he was sentenced to six months in prison in late 2007 for assaulting and threatening a police officer and for breach of probation.