Lethbridge boxer inducted into Alberta Sports Hall of Fame
RED DEER – A Lethbridge resident has joined a list of the top athletes to ever call Alberta home.
Rick Duff – along with 11 other Albertans, including Edmonton Oilers star, Ryan Smyth – was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame on Friday (May 26).
The Lethbridge native – who was added to the Lethbridge Sports Hall of Fame in 1990 – started boxing competitively in 1979, kicking off a career that would see him win seven provincial championships, five Canadian National Championships and a number of international events. He also joined team Canada at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, where he continued to fight after breaking his left hand early in his second match of the tournament.
“I am so stoked,” Duff stated when asked about being added to the Alberta Hall. “I don’t really have the words for it, but I’m pretty excited and honoured that I’ve had this opportunity to be inducted. I’m very, very pleased and honoured to be inducted with this group of inductees in 2017. It’s quite a feat.”