Michael Strange Athlete
Michael ("Mike") V. Strange (born August 6, 1970 in Niagara Falls, Ontario) is a retired boxer from Canada, competing in the light welterweight (< 64 kg) division. He represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992 in Barcelona, Spain. Strange was named Canada's Boxer of the Year in 1996. Two years later in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia he won the gold medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in the light welterweight category. He is currently the owner of "The Highland Tap Pub" in Niagara Falls, Ontario. To raise money for cancer awareness, Mike Strange started the Box Run. He began running from Thunder Bay, Ontario towards Vancouver, British Columbia on April 12, 2012.