Philip "Crazy" Boudreault (born 23 January 1975) is a Canadian former boxer, outlaw biker and member of the Ontario Nomads chapter of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club.
Boxer
Boudreault's father abandoned him as an infant, leaving to be brought by a single mother alongside his two brothers. Boudreault grew up in the working class town of Copper Cliff. As an young man, he joined the Satan's Choice Sudbury chapter led by Michel Dubé, but kept his membership a secret from the Olympic boxing officials who might had disqualified from boxing in the Olympics on the account of his membership in a criminal organization. Boudreault greatly admired Satan's Choice national president Bernie Guindon and his right-hand man, Lorne Campbell, saying in an interview: "They don't make men like what they used to. I wish everybody was like that". Boudreault chose as his biker name "Crazy" and had the words in capital letters "HARD" tattooed on one fist while the word "CORE" was tattooed on the other.
Boudreault competed in the light welterweight (< 63.5 kg) division at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was stopped in the second round by Russia's Eduard Zakharov, after having defeated Rashi Ali Hadj Matumla of Tanzania in the first round. Many believed that Bouldreault should have been awarded a bronze medal and that the judges erred. Boudreault's "spirited showing in Atlanta" made him into a national hero. Upon his return to Sudbury, he took part in a parade where he was greeted as a local hero, which was interrupted by the police who had an outstanding arrest warrant against him.
Hells Angels
After the Olympics, Boudreault continued to be involved in criminal activities and he was known to associate with motorcycle gangs. On 29 December 2000, all of the members of Satan's Choice joined the Hells Angels in a ceremony at the Angels' "mother chapter" in Sorel. As such, the Satan's Choice Sudbury chapter became a Hells Angels chapter. As a member of the Hells Angels Sudbury chapter, Boudreault was a favorite of the chapter president Lorne Campbell, whom the Hells Angels appointed to that position in 2001. Boudreault became very close to Campbell, referring to him as "Dad". Boudreault said of Campbell: "I've heard about him ever since I was an young kid. Never anything negative. Always positive, for the one-percenter side. He's just a man standing by his beliefs. He doesn't sway side to side...When I look at him, I see myself as time will pass...I always felt that he was me, just an older version of me". Boudreault also admires Campbell's unwillingness to complain about prison life despite spending much of his life behind bars as he stated: "Lorne gets his time and he never cries about it. Never bitched about it. Just did his time".
Boudreault is very protective of Campbell. At a party, someone once bumped into Campbell, leading to Boudreault to punch him out. When Campbell told him "Phil you don't have to do that", Boudreault replied "he bumped into you". At another party, Boudreault complained that another man was making sexual advances towards his girlfriend, leading him to ask Campbell: "If there's somebody I want to punch out, can I do it?" The Hells Angels have strict rules about members fighting other members, and furthermore, members are expected to ask the chapter president for permission before engaging in violence, a rule that Boudreault honored by asking Campbell for permission to strike another person. Campbell told him "sure, it's ok then" as he mistakenly thought that Boudreault was talking a non-Hells Angel attending the party when Boudreault was in fact asking for permission to strike Terry Pink, the president of the Hells Angels Simcoe County chapter. As Pink was a "full patch" member while Boudreault was only a "prospect" member, for him to assault Pink would result in his expulsion. Realizing his mistake as he saw Boudreault walk towards Pink, Campbell intervened to tell Boudreault to stop, saying that to strike Pink would lead to him being expelled. Campbell then told Pink to leave Boudreault's girlfriend alone.