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Mary Spencer vs Ariane Fortin 75KG Canadian National Championship Final

Posted by Rick McLean on January 19, 2012 at 15:58 pm

This is the match that Fortin believes that the result was predetermined by Boxing Canada.  You be the judge.  Post your comments or thoughts here or on our Facebook Group.

Mary Spencer Gives Response To Fortin’s Allegations Over Boxing Canada’s Hidden Agenda

Posted by Rick McLean on January 17, 2012 at 22:42 pm

Video By The Windsor Star

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Quebec Boxer Alleges Boxing Canada Is ‘Fixed’

Posted by Rick McLean on January 17, 2012 at 16:05 pm

Ariane Fortin Says Her Canadian Championship Loss

To Mary Spencer Of Ont., Was Predetermined

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CBC News Posted: Jan 17, 2012 11:45 AM ET

©Photograph By (Andrew Vaughn/Canadian Press)a

Quebec boxer Ariane Fortin, left, says she will now fight for a country other than Canada at the London Olympic Games.

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Quebec boxer and Canadian Olympic hopeful Ariane Fortin accused Boxing Canada of bias Monday night during an interview on Radio-Canada.

Fortin lost the 75-kg Canadian championship to her friend Mary Spencer of Windsor, Ont. on Friday night.

The accusation of bias shocked Spencer. The two grew up together on the international boxing circuit. They are friends and former roommates.

It’s hard to score a point and win when you have judges who fixed the result in advance and when you work against the [boxing] federation,” Fortin told Radio-Canada in French.

Fortin also said in French that Spencer receives preferential treatment in the English media because she is from Ontario. Read More

Mary Spencer One Step Closer To Olympic Dream After Beating Friend Turned Foe Ariane Fortin

Posted by Rick McLean on January 16, 2012 at 11:17 am

THE STAR

Friday January 13, 2012

By Randy Starkman

©Photograph By Andrew Vaughan/THE CANADIAN PRESS

It was the biggest win of boxer Mary Spencer’s life, a huge step in her quest for Olympic gold, but her celebration in the ring was muted.

Spencer had just rallied to pound out an 18-12 decision over good friend turned fierce foe Ariane Fortin to win the women’s 75-kg title at the national boxing championships in Cape Breton, N.S.

A three-time world champion and reigning titlist in the 75-kg division, Spencer now needs a top-eight finish at the world championships in China in May to book her ticket to the 2012 London Olympics.

As world champions and roommates on team road trips, Spencer and Fortin held a fervent dream of representing Canada together when women’s boxing debuts in London. But when the number of weight divisions was pared from five to three, it put the tight tandem on a collision course.

On Friday night before a raucous crowd at Ring 73 in Glace Bay, the Olympic dream died for Fortin and Spencer felt her pain.

“I went up to her and I wanted her to know that this is a bittersweet victory for me, that I’m not jumping up and down and trying to rub it in and going crazy because it’s the biggest victory of my career,” said Spencer in a telephone interview. “I didn’t want to do that because I know that as big of a day as it is for me, it’s a bad day for her.  Read More

2012 Canadian National Championship Results

Posted by Rick McLean on January 16, 2012 at 08:06 am

Cape Breton, NS is hosting the 2012 Canadian National Championship which take place from Janury 10 – 14, 2012.  Click on the link below to view the full 2012 Canadian National Championship draw, schedules and times.

Information From http://www.boxingweek2012.com/

Please check out their website for further information!

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Saturday, January 14th, 2012

Kitchener’s Bujold One Step Closer To Olympics

Posted by Rick McLean on January 13, 2012 at 14:33 pm

The Record.com

By Greg Mercer

(January 13, 2012)  SYDNEY, N.S. –

Mandy Bujold came to Cape Breton to fight her way to a seventh national boxing title, but in the end it was doctors who gave her the championship.

The Kitchener boxer has won the gold medal at the Canadian amateur boxing championships by default, after her opponent Amanda Galle didn’t pass a medical test.

The win means Bujold will go to the world championships in Beijing, where she has a good chance of qualifying for the Summer Olympics in London. 

Galle sustained a vicious left eye injury in her fight Thursday night against Melody Dube of Quebec. The next morning, sporting a badly swollen black eye, Galle was told she would not be allowed to fight for the title.

Bujold said she was looking forward to the much-anticipated fight for her title, but she’ll take the free pass to the world championships.

“Everybody was looking forward to this fight,” she said. “I was ready to perform, but this is out of my hands. There’s nothing I can do about it.”  Read More

Greg Harrison, Ladner Boxer Turned Trainer, Hosts Amateur Boxing Event In Richmond On February 11th

Posted by Rick McLean on January 11, 2012 at 20:40 pm

Press Release

Amateur boxing event:

February 11th 2012 7:00 P.M.

Richmond Sports Club

2251 Number 5 Road Richmond

Tickets are on sale now – $20.00

January 10, 2012 – Delta BC- Ladner resident Greg Harrison of Harrison Boxing (www.harrisonboxing.com ), a former boxer turned trainer, is hosting his first amateur boxing event February 11^th in Richmond at the Richmond Sports Club.

The event will be an exciting evening of boxing at all levels, with ten fights in total.

Twenty two year old local amateur fighter, Josh vanRhyn, will be showcasing Greg’s technical boxing style. after training with Greg for the past year and a half. Josh won fighter of the night and was the Diamond Belt Champion at his last event in Richmond, January 2011. Read More

Border City Boxing Amateur Event Tomorrow

Posted by Rick McLean on December 9, 2011 at 21:12 pm

On Saturday December 10, 2011 Border City Boxing will be holding a club show at 1072 Drouillard Road in Windsor.  Doors open at 12 the opening bout is at 1pm.

Some bouts to be featured on the card are:

The Main Event features Provincial champs at 60 kg between Shelby Bialkowski and Cheyenne Wiley

USA National Champ Jordan Shimmell vs Windsor’s Haidar Mansour at 91 kg

12 Windsor area fighters on the card as well as boxers from clubs in Leamington, Grand Rapids Michigan, Sarnia, Chatham, Brampton, Tilbury, and Guelph.

Ontario Boxing Association Athletes on the Rise: Five Amateurs with Bright Futures in the Game

Posted by Durell Wambolt on December 6, 2011 at 08:47 am

By: GM Ross

In no particular order, here are five OBA fighters we might see on the professional circuit in the not too distant future. Each participated in the Ontario Boxing Association Provincial Championships last month in Sarnia, earning medals for their respective clubs.

Kyle Kearney (Primetime Boxing, Oakville)

Kyle showed incredible hand speed and body work in his opening contest of the OBA provincial championships, earning a unanimous decision. In the main event of the tournament, Kyle pushed the pace against Shawn Murray of Kitchener, earning the light heavyweight gold medal and the tournament’s ‘Best Boxer’ award. “With every fight you learn something new. But Provincials was exceptionally good for me, because I fought against styles that I’ve never dealt with,” Kearny told The Boxing Examiner. “I feel as though I learned a lot from the experience.”

As OBA champion, Kearney is eager to take his career to the next level. “My future goals in boxing are simple. I want to be one of the best Canada has to offer! Boxing seems to be in a shaken state due to the rise of MMA, but I want to stay true to the sport and show just how graceful and artful it is.” If he fights like he did in Sarnia, Mr. Kearney will have no trouble convincing the Canadian public of boxing’s “graceful and artful” nature. Read More

BUJOLD ready for 2012 Olympics

Posted by Durell Wambolt on November 29, 2011 at 11:33 am

By: Dameon Okposio
© Photo Courtesy Team Bujold

 With looks, ability and intelligence, Mandy Bujold’s name should be on a wheaties box and after the 2012 Olympics, it just may be. Bujold continues on her trajectory towards boxing at the Olympics with a dominating performance at the 2011 Pan Am Games. Bujold earned a gold medal after defeating Columbian Ingrid Valencia with a score of 11-5 in the 51 kg (112 lbs) category on October 29, 2011.

Mandy’s story starts with her birth in a picturesque small community located along the shores of Lake Ontario called Port Hope to French speaking parents. The Bujold family moved to Moncton, New Brunswick and that’s where Mandy was raised with her two older brothers. They had a heavy bag set up in the basement which all the kids played with; unaware of how significant it would be to the youngest member of this family. The family moved to Kitchener when Mandy started grade 10 at Forest Heights high school. Read More

Nansoor Esmail Memorial Show Results

Posted by Rick McLean on November 28, 2011 at 08:23 am

By Brad Hortie

On Friday November 25, 2011 at the Crossroads Market in Calgary, Kevin McDermott and Doug Retti, along with all the other fine folks associated with the Calgary Boxing Club, hosted the first annual Manssor Esmail Memorial show.

Huge kudos to the CBC, for an awesome job. Well run show, small, but quaint, and comfortable venue and a somewhat short but very entertaining 9 bouts.

Paurul Ahlawat snatched Best Boxer of the night with a smartly planned battle. Ahlawat faced a hard hitting, non stop, in your face kid in Roger Redoble of the host Calgary club.

The game Redoble went after Ahlawat, from the onset attempting to pin his opponent on the ropes where he had some success in the early going firing looping but heavy shots.  By midpoint in the round the slickster hailing out the Main Event Boxing Club solved the aggressive style of Redoble and put some great counter punching skills to work. Read More

Canada’s Golden Girls

Posted by Rick McLean on October 30, 2011 at 13:40 pm

By:  Rick McLean

Photographs By Rick Cadilha

Two ladies have accomplished a feat that has not been seen since the early 1970′s and that is to win a gold medal at the Pan American Games for Canada.  Mary Spencer of Windsor and Mandy Bujold of Kitchener won gold in Guadalajara, Mexico this weekend.  Spencer at the 75kg division and Bujold at 51kg’s.  This is amazing especially since the IOC has only allowed three weight divisions in women’s boxing at events such as the Pan American Games and the 2012 Olympics. Read More

Results From The 2011 Pan American Games From Mexico

Posted by Rick McLean on October 26, 2011 at 07:00 am

From October 21 – November 1, 2011 amateur boxing at the Pan American Games will be taking place from Guadalajara, Mexico.  What makes this Pan American Games more significant than past years is that this will be the first time that women’s boxing has been included in the schedule.  This is a preview of what will take place when women’s boxing makes its long awaited debut at the 2012 Olympics in London, England next summer. 

Tuesday October 25

51kg – Mandy Bujold (CAN) W 12-8 Paola Benevides (ARG)

75kg – Brodie Blair (CAN) L 30-7 Emilio Correa (CUBA)

Monday October 24

69kg – Mian Hussain (CAN) W 21-8 Luis Miranda (PER)

Sunday October 23

75kg – Mary Spencer (CAN) W 17-7 Franchon Crews (USA)

75kg – Brodie Blair (CAN) W 24-12 Jose Alfredo Bernal (E S)

91kg – Steven Harvey (CAN) L 22-2 Lenier Pero (Cuba)

Saturday October 22

56kg – Joey Lavioette (CAN) L 20-8 Alberto Millian (ARG)

69kg – Mian Hussain (CAN) W 20-13 Emmanuel De Jesus (PUR)

Friday October 21

91kg – Steven Harvey (CAN) W 18-6 Manual Marinez (DOM)

51kg – Mandy Bujold (CAN) W 13-6 Sylvia Torres (MEX)

The AIBA 2011 World Championships

Posted by Rick McLean on October 4, 2011 at 08:00 am

On Monday October 3rd, Alberta’s Alex Rynn lost to Branimir Stankovic of Serbia 18-11 in the second round of 60kg action. In another contest Ontario’s Samir El Mais lost his 91kg match-up with England’s Simon Nembhard via walk-over.

On Sunday October 2nd, Custio Clayton lost his second round contest in the 69kg division to Errol Spence of the United States by a score of 18-9.In addition, Yves Ulysse also lost to Gyuia Kate of Hungary in 64kg action by a score of 27-17.

On Saturday October 1st, Alberta’s Alex Rynn defeated Ahmed Mejri of Tunisia 19-13 in the 60kg division.

On Friday September 30th, Quebec’s Yves Ulysse defeated Ljubomir Maranovic of Serbia 20-14 in the 64kg division and moves on to the second round of action.

On Thursday September 29th, Nova Scotia’s Custio Clayton won his opening round bout by outpointing Kitson Julie of Seychelles 21-4 in the 64kg division.

On Tuesday September 27, Kenny Lally of British Columbia lost a very close contest against Rey Saludar of the Philippines inthe 54kg division. The final score was 21-20 for Saludar.

On Monday September 26, Samir El Mais of Ontario defeated Yamil Peralta of Argentina. The score of the contest was 15-7. El Mais moves on to fight Simon Nembhard of England on October 3. Nembhard had a bye in the opening round.

St. Catharines Boxing Club To Host Boxing Fundraiser

Posted by Rick McLean on August 24, 2011 at 14:08 pm

“A Fight For Murphy”

 The St Catharines Boxing Club will be holding a boxing show Friday Oct 14, 2011 at the Merritton Community Centre “Fight for Murphy”, doors open at 6pm. This is a fundraiser for SCBC coach Keith Murphy who has MS, he has been battling this disease for 21 years, I think everyone has seen the movie “The Fighter” a true life story of boxer Mickey Ward. Keith is a fighter too, everyday he hast to fight for what most people take for granted, fight to walk, fight to see and most important fight for his dignity, will you fight alongside him?

There will also be a Chinese auction and Silent auction, plus a great night of White Collar Boxing; these are not your everyday amateur boxers, these are just ordinary people just like you and me. They have set aside their time to train just for this event, so come out and support the event and also have a great time.

Any donation towards this fundraiser will be appreciated, if you need any further information please feel free to contact Joe 905-328-1369

Thanks for your support

Joe Corrigan

President

S.C.B.C. Read More