 Mike Strange started boxing at the age of 10 and started taking the sport seriously when he saw two of his idols in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles , win two Silver medals for Canada (Willie Dewitt and Shawn O'Sullivan) .Strange's dream was to compete for Canada at the Olympic Games and his dream came true 3 times as he competed in 3 consecutive Summer Olympic Games in 1992,96,and 2000.Strange has had over 350 amateur boxing matches and competed for Canada in over 30 countries around the world including the First Canadian boxer to win 2 Gold Medals at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in 1994 in Victoria B.c and 1998 in Kuala Lumpor , Malaysia .