Canadian Pugilists Mingle with Legends in Canastota, N.Y!!
Photos Courtesy: Donald Wambolt & Cathy Van Ingen
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Among the boxers from Canada to make to trek to the 21st annual International Boxing Hall of Fame induction weekend in Canastota, New York were reigning IBF Super Middleweight Champion Lucian Bute, former world title challengers from Kitchener, Ontario the Vanderpool Brothers Syd and Fitz, former Heavyweight King of Canada George Chuvalo, Troy “The Boss” Ross who is looking for a rematch with IBF Cruiserweight Champion Steve “USS” Cunningham and finally reigning female WBA Super Bantamweight Champion Lisa “Badnews” Brown.
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Lisa Bad News Brown attended the boxing hall of fame induction ceremonies this past weekend where she was the only female boxer introduced to over 700 of boxing’s who’s who at the Saturday night dinner gala as “our new WBA women’s champion.” Lisa’s manager Mike Schmidt commented that it “was great to see legends such as Micky Ward and Vito Antuofermo giving Lisa big smiles and thumbs up signs.”
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The Badnews Brown team had the chance to have a great chat with the legendary Angelo Dundee whose Fifth Street gym will reopen in the next few months.” Angelo is currently training a young female 130 pounder and invited us down ‘anytime’ to work out and trade thoughts on boxing and that is, of course, more than flattering. Angelo commented at the time with a “Are you kidding, anytime kid, anytime’ when we discussed dates coming down.” He is a lovely man,” Schmidt added.
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Lisa was also seen with Schmidt and her trainer/husband Errol Brown having a serious but friendly conversation with promoter Sampson Lewkowicz. Schmidt had no comment other than to say “Sampson and I met briefly a few months ago at Casino Rama and I can tell you that he is a very, very intelligent man. We had a discussion obviously about Lisa moving forward, WBA mandatory defence dates coming up, and the possibility of working together in the future.
