Hilton Boxing Brother's Tragic End

0:00It's April 7. I'm Cory with the story, and this is Canada News today, your AI-powered local news. Alex Hilton, one of Quebec's tough Hilton boxing brothers, passed away in his sleep at 61 years old. He was the second oldest in a family of five fighters trained from childhood by their dead, Dave Senior. Brothers Davey and Matthew both grabbed world titles while Alex claimed the Canadian middleweight crown. The Hilton's grew up rough, sleeping in dresser drawers as babies, impiling into trailer beds on the road to tournaments. They scrapped even in their sleep, building that ring grit early. Alex showed real talent. The kind that had folks saying he could have gone all the way to world champ status. His younger brother Jimmy broke the news on Facebook, calling Alex the best son, brother and friend imaginable, vowing they'd meet again. Fellow boxer Otis Grant chimed in too, praising the family's legacy of two world champs and a Canadian titleist, noting Alex's brawling style that made.

1:00Him hard to ignore in the ring, but alcohol shadowed the mall, pulling Alex into trouble outside the ropes. He racked up a rest, like a six month jailstand in 2007 for assaulting a cop and breaching probation right after getting out. After downing beers at a bar, in the end, Alex beat plenty of opponents with his punch, but that family demon proved unbeatable. The Hilton story mixes glory and grit, a reminder of raw talent wrestling its own chaos.