Former boxer Alex Hilton has died on the age of 61, his brother introduced on his Fb web page Tuesday.
“Phrases can not describe the shock and unhappiness all of us really feel following the lack of our beloved brother and son, Alex Stewart Hilton, a person of nice kindness and uncommon sincerity. He handed away peacefully in his sleep right now on the age of 61. He was one of the best son, brother, and buddy I ever had and he can be sorely missed. Love you, brother,” Jimmy Hilton wrote.
Throughout his boxing profession, Alex Hilton rapidly made his mark, successful the vacant Canadian middleweight title on the age of 18 in opposition to Ralph Hollett in December 1983.
He subsequently misplaced the title in January 1985 after failing to satisfy the deadline for arranging a title defence.
Hilton had a number of run-ins with the legislation all through his life, significantly throughout the Eighties.
–This report by La Presse Canadienne was translated by CityNews