Tony Unitas

Tony Unitas (March 7, 1924 – January 29, 1991) was a former Canadian boxer, promoter, and founder of a Toronto boxing gym, where he served as a manager and trainer.

Tony Unitas was an Army boxer in the early 1940s, who became Pacific Fleet Middleweight Champion in 1942 until 1944.

[1] In the 1960s, Unitas became the founder and director of Canada's Boxing Hall of Fame,[2] and hosted annual awards ceremonies.

It hosted many Canadian, Commonwealth, and Olympic champions, including Donovan Boucher, Willie Featherstone, and Egerton Marcus.

[10] In 1996, the first annual Tony Unitas Memorial Amateur Boxing Tournament was hosted in Toronto.