Gaétan Hart Explained

Gaëtan Hart (born November 9, 1953) is a former lightweight/welterweight boxer from Québec, who was a three-time boxing champion for his country. He lost his only world title fight against Aaron Pryor in 1980. Boxer Cleveland Denny died 16 days after being knocked out by Hart in 1980.^{[1] [2]} Six weeks prior to that bout, Hart defeated Ralph Racine and put him in a coma from which Racine eventually recovered.^[3]

In 1992, he was featured in a National Film Board of Canada documentary, The Steak (a title inspired by Jack London's short story A Piece of Steak), directed by Pierre Falardeau.^[4] Hart now runs a Gatineau (Hull, Quebec) boxing club.

An article on Hart appeared in the April 1979 The Ring magazine.

Professional boxing record

	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
91	Loss		Mathias Bedburdick	TKO	3 (6),	Feb 29, 2000
90	Loss	57–29–4	Michel Galarneau	UD	12	Oct 20, 1992
89	Loss	57–28–4	Greg Gayle	MD	8	Dec 11, 1990
88	Win	57–27–4	Michel Galarneau	MD	10	Oct 30, 1990
87	Loss	56–27–4	Pierre Huneault	MD	10	Oct 14, 1984
86	Loss	56–26–4	Jorge Nina	SD	10	Sep 17, 1984
85	Loss	56–25–4	Remo Di Carlo	UD	12	Mar 25, 1984
84	Win	56–24–4	Paul Collette	TKO	7 (8),	Dec 4, 1983
83	Win	55–24–4	Andre Sarrazin	UD	8	Nov 10, 1983
82	Win	54–24–4	Derrick Cuttino	UD	8	Aug 23, 1983
81	Win	53–24–4	Kenny Smith	UD	8	Jul 29, 1983
80	Loss	52–24–4	Livingstone Bramble	UD	10	Apr 26, 1983
79	Draw	52–23–4	Pierre Huneault	UD	10	Mar 22, 1983
78	Loss	52–23–3	Johnny Summerhays	SD	12	Dec 14, 1982
77	Loss	52–22–3	Donnie Poole	TKO	3 (10),	Sep 21, 1982
76	Win	52–21–3	Jean Lapointe	TKO	3 (12),	Jun 22, 1982
75	Win	51–21–3	Louis Hubela	UD	10	May 25, 1982
74	Win	50–21–3	Rocky Zolnierczyk	UD	8	Apr 6, 1982
73	Win	49–21–3	Mike Blunt	TKO	10 (10),	Mar 4, 1982
72	Win	48–21–3	Michel Lalonde	UD	12	Dec 15, 1981
71	Win	47–21–3	Donnie Poole	UD	10	Nov 3, 1981
70	Win	46–21–3	Johnny Copeland	TKO	4 (10),	Sep 10, 1981
69	Loss	45–21–3	Claude Noel	TKO	3 (10),	Mar 24, 1981
68	Win	45–20–3	Louis Hubela	SD	10	Feb 9, 1981
67	Loss	44–20–3	Aaron Pryor	TKO	6 (15),	Nov 22, 1980
66	Win	44–19–3	Pedro Acosta Nunez	UD	10	Sep 23, 1980
65	Win	43–19–3	Cleveland Denny	TKO	10 (10),	Jun 20, 1980
64	Win	42–19–3	Ralph Racine	TKO	12 (12),	May 7, 1980
63	Win	41–19–3	Nick Furlano	SD	12	Mar 25, 1980
62	Win	40–19–3	Tim LaValley	KO	8 (10)	Mar 13, 1980
61	Win	39–19–3	Ken Muse	UD	10	Jan 20, 1980
60	Win	38–19–3	Roberto Colon	TKO	4 (10),	Dec 23, 1979
59	Win	37–19–3	Benito Jimenez	TKO	4 (8),	Nov 6, 1979
58	Loss	36–19–3	Nick Furlano	MD	12	Aug 21, 1979
57	Loss	36–18–3	Ernest Bing	SD	10	Jul 24, 1979
56	Win	36–17–3	Nick Furlano	SD	8	Jun 26, 1979
55	Draw	35–17–3	Ernest Bing	PTS	10	Jun 3, 1979
54	Win	35–17–2	Angel Cruz	MD	10	May 7, 1979
53	Loss	34–17–2	Claude Noel	UD	10	Mar 30, 1979
52	Win	34–16–2	Tommy Rose	UD	10	Feb 5, 1979
51	Win	33–16–2	Danny Daniels	TKO	3 (10),	Dec 19, 1978
50	Win	32–16–2	Johnny Summerhays	UD	12	Dec 5, 1978
49	Win	31–16–2	Al Franklin	TKO	8 (10)	Nov 20, 1978
48	Win	30–16–2	Ron Meaweather	KO	8 (?)	Sep 26, 1978
47	Win	29–16–2	Quentin Blackman	UD	10	Aug 31, 1978
46	Win	28–16–2	Jean Lapointe	TKO	10 (12),	Jun 27, 1978
45	Win	27–16–2	Leo Marsh	KO	2 (12),	Jun 1, 1978
44	Win	26–16–2	Cleveland Denny	SD	12	Apr 5, 1978
43	Win	25–16–2	Rocky Orengo	UD	10	Feb 21, 1978
42	Win	24–16–2	Ralph Racine	UD	10	Jan 24, 1978
41	Win	23–16–2	Michel Rouleau	UD	8	Dec 13, 1977
40	Win	22–16–2	Jim Henry	UD	10	Nov 22, 1977
39	Win	21–16–2	Barry Sponagle	UD	8	Nov 1, 1977
38	Win	20–16–2	Willie Davis	PTS	8	Oct 24, 1977
37	Loss	19–16–2	Cleveland Denny	UD	10	Sep 27, 1977
36	Win	19–15–2	Ricardo Raul Camoranesi	PTS	8	Jul 26, 1977
35	Loss	18–15–2	Dominick Monaco	PTS	10	May 21, 1976
34	Win	18–14–2	James "Gil" King	TKO	3 (10),	May 3, 1976
33	Loss	17–14–2	Al Franklin	UD	8	Apr 22, 1976
32	Loss	17–13–2	Tony Petronelli	KO	12 (12),	Mar 17, 1976
31	Win	17–12–2	Leo DiFiore	KO	5 (10),	Feb 16, 1976
30	Win	16–12–2	Luis Davila	KO	5 (10),	Jan 26, 1976
29	Win	15–12–2	Lamar Baskin	KO	3 (10)	Dec 22, 1975
28	Loss	14–12–2	Alfredo Escalera	KO	6 (10)	Nov 17, 1975
27	Draw	14–11–2	Al Franklin	SD	10	Oct 28, 1975
26	Win	14–11–1	Roland Sigman	KO	3 (10)	Sep 18, 1975
25	Loss	13–11–1	Ricardo Thomatis	UD	8	Aug 22, 1975
24	Win	13–10–1	Danny Stokes	PTS	8	Jul 30, 1975
23	Win	12–10–1	Ron Jones	KO	1 (?)	Jul 25, 1975
22	Win	11–10–1	George Anderson	PTS	6	Jun 25, 1975
21	Win	10–10–1	Larry Moore	KO	2 (8)	Jun 17, 1975
20	Loss	9–10–1	Cornell Hall	PTS	6	Jul 8, 1975
19	Loss	9–9–1	Bruno Arcari	KO	1 (10)	May 10, 1975
18	Loss	9–8–1	Daniel Levesque	KO	3 (6),	Apr 30, 1975
17	Loss	9–7–1	Danny Stokes	PTS	8	Feb 21, 1975
16	Win	9–6–1	Roberto Medina	SD	6	Oct 29, 1974
15	Loss	8–6–1	Rudy Bolds	KO	3 (10),	Sep 18, 1974
14	Win	8–5–1	Ron Pettigrew	KO	6 (?)	Aug 25, 1974
13	Win	7–5–1	Ron Pettigrew	TKO	6 (10)	Jul 24, 1974
12	Win	6–5–1	Cornell Hall	UD	8	Jul 3, 1974
11	Loss	5–5–1	Barry Sponagle	KO	7 (?)	Jun 15, 1974
10	Win	5–4–1	Tony Johnson	SD	6	Jun 10, 1974
9	Win	4–4–1	Eddie Heckbert	TKO	4 (6),	Apr 19, 1974
8	Loss	3–4–1	Jose Martinez	KO	4 (6)	Mar 5, 1974
7	Draw	3–3–1	Jo Jo Jackson	PTS	4	Oct 23, 1973
6	Loss	3–3	Jim Henry	KO	4 (?)	Aug 21, 1973
5	Loss	3–2	Jim Henry	KO	5 (6),	Jun 19, 1973
4	Win	3–1	Pierre Deschenes	UD	6	May 7, 1973
3	Win	2–1	Royal Boutin	UD	6	Apr 30, 1973
2	Win	1–1	Tucker Harrigan	KO	2 (4)	Feb 19, 1973
1	Loss	0–1	Paul Collette	KO	5 (6)	Dec 6, 1972

Notes and References

1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/87290.stm BBC News | UK | Boxing's deadly toll
2. 28 July 1980 . Though He Killed One Man in the Ring and Disabled Another, Gaetan Hart Won't Stop Punching . . EN . 2020-01-14.
3. Web site: Gaetan Hart: Triumph and Tragedy . 12 February 2014 . Boxing.com . 2020-01-14 . 2020-01-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200114054649/http://www.boxing.com/gaetan_hart_triumph_and_tragedy.html . dead .
4. John MacKinnon, "Hart film is real life". Ottawa Citizen, May 7, 1992.