Joe Pendry used his experience as a boxer to fight for his life when a mother grizzly attacked and severely injured him in B.C.'s East Kootenay region earlier this month.
The 63-year-old was out hunting elk near Fort Steele, just northeast of Cranbrook, on Oct. 2 when he encountered the bear and two cubs.
His wife, Janice Pendry, said her husband shot the charging bear in the leg but it kept coming.
She said he punched and even bit the animal's ear as he fought f
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