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Canadian Boxiana: News, Notes and History

By GM Ross

Last week’s big news was Andre Ward’s (24-0-0) unanimous decision victory over Carl ‘The Cobra’ Froch (28-1-0). With the win, Ward added the Ring Magazine, WBC and Super Six titles to his WBA ‘super’ super middleweight crown, making him the closest thing to a unified champion in his weight class. The other two champions are the WBO’s Robert Stieglitz (40-2-0) and the IBF’s Lucian Bute (30-0-0).

Rumors are already flying regarding potential Bute-Froch and Bute-Ward showdowns. According to Eastsideboxing.com, despite Froch’s loss to Ward, ‘the Cobra’s’ camp is in in talks with Bute’s people regarding a potential fight in England. As for Ward, the Ring Magazine champ said he’ll only fight Bute in Oakland, not Montreal or Quebec City. According to boxingscene.com, Bute doesn’t care where the fight with Ward occurs – Montreal, Quebec City, Oakland – he just wants Ward, in a ring, somewhere on the planet. Ward, however, has another stipulation. He wants Bute to win against some “A-level” guys before their fight happens. So, don’t be surprised if Bute-Froch happens before Ward agrees to unify the titles.

Canada added two more titles to its trophy case over the weekend in Quebec City with Kevin Bizier (16-0-0) of Saint-Emile winning the vacant NABA welterweight title via wide unanimous decision against Lanardo Tyner (25-5-2) of Houston, and Antonin Decarie (25-1-0) of Laval winning the vacant WBC International welterweight title against Victor Puiu (19-1-2) of Toronto. On the same card, Sylvera Louis (3-1-1) of Montreal pulled off a big upset, winning a close six round decision over Eric Martel Bahoeli (7-0-0) of Quebec City, in a heavyweight contest.

Sounds like a show is in the works for Halifax early in 2012 – check back for all the details.

Pier Olivier Cote (18-0-0) gets a crack at a major regional title on February 3 in Quebec City when he takes on Mauricio Herrera (18-1-0) of California for the IBF Inter-Continental light welterweight championship. Herrera recently scored important victories over prospects Mike Dallas Jr. (17-1-1) and Boxrec.com’s twenty-fifth ranked light welterweight Ruslan Provodnikov (17-0-0). Cote is fresh off his devastating knockout victory over Jorge Luis Teron (25-2-1) in November and comes into this fight ranked fifty-fourth in the world by Boxrec, while Herrera enters at twentieth.

This week in Canadian boxing history, Jimmy McLarnin made his professional boxing debut against Young Fry at the Hastings Athletic Club in Vancouver, British Columbia, on December 19, 1923. After sixty two fights – including victories over Sammy Mandell, Ruby Goldstein, Al Singer and Benny Leonard – McLarnin faced Young Corbett III (102-8-22) for the world welterweight title in 1933, winning via TKO1. The BC boy then fought a trilogy with the legendry Barney Ross, wining their second encounter, but losing their first and third. McLarnin finished his career with a record of 54-11-3, leading the International Boxing Hall of Fame to induct the British Columbian in 1991.

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