Howard Grant (boxer)
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Full name | Howard Snake Grant | |||||||||||||
Nationality | Canada | |||||||||||||
Born | (1966-06-22) June 22, 1966 Saint Ann's Bay, Jamaica | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||
Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | |||||||||||||
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Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||||
Rated at | Light Welterweight | |||||||||||||
Club | Ring 83 Boxing Club | |||||||||||||
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Howard Grant (born June 22, 1966 in Saint Ann, Jamaica) is a retired male Canadian boxer, competing in the light-welterweight (– 63.5 kg) division. A resident of Montréal, Quebec, he represented Canada at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, where he was defeated in the second round by Sweden's Lars Myrberg.
Grant won the gold medal in the same weight division, two years earlier, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Howard is renowned for training top UFC Fighters and Professional Boxers. He and his brother Otis have their own gym on the West Island in Montreal where they train professional athletes and many amateurs.
Not only coaching, Howard is involved in developing boxing product with several brands such as Grant Boxing and GBB.
Howard has trained former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre in boxing for a few years now.
External links
- Canadian Olympic Committee
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