Dave Hilton, Jr.
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Dave Hilton, Jr. (born December 9, 1963) is a former boxing world champion. He is a member of the Fighting Hilton Family and is the former brother-in-law of Arturo Gatti. He held the WBC super middleweight title briefly after defeating Dingaan Thobela in December 2000, but shortly thereafter, the WBC stripped it from him after child molestation charges were leveled against him.
He was found guilty in 2001 of sexually abusing his daughters, Jeannie, born in 1981, and Anne Marie, born in 1983, between 1995 and 1998, and is currently serving a seven-year jail term, which is being served in a facility 110 kilometers northwest of Montreal. On 24th May 2006, Hilton was granted parole and was freed on the 20th June of the same year.
Hilton's daughters have written a book, Le Coeur au beurre noir (The Heart with a Black Eye), describing their abuse in detail. In September 2004, a Quebec judge lifted a publication ban on the identities of the daughters so they could publish the book. An English translation is in progress.
Hilton Jr. was granted early parole on May 25, 2006 and was scheduled to be released the following month having served two-thirds of his sentence.
| Preceded by Dingaan Thobela |
WBC Super Middleweight Champion 15 Dec 2000– May 2001 Sentenced to prison, stripped |
Succeeded by Eric Lucas |
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- David Hilton Junior, Convicted March 2001, Sentence Seven Years (Last Accessed 22:40, 23 December 2005 (UTC))
