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 11th 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
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.
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
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
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
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
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)
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.
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
(August 21st, 2001) WIARTON, ONT.—For Canadian gold medal hopeful Mary Spencer, the road to the 2012 London Olympics runs right through the Cape Croker Indian Reserve.
The three-time world champion, in heavy training for the Olympic debut of women’s boxing next summer, somehow finds the time to drive 10 hours here and back from Windsor — at least once a month — to hang out with “her kids” on the reserve.
On a recent visit, one perfect summer’s day, Spencer and the native children she mentors go out for a run, paddle canoes, play volleyball and tuck into a barbecue together. It’s as though Christmas has come early to Cape Croker, and not just because the champ has brought four cartons of new boxing gear. Full Article
Multi-time World and Canadian amateur boxing champion Mary Spencer of Windsor, Ontario, was featured on the Global network’s television show called 16:9 this past Saturday March12, in an episode entitled: “Eye on the Prize”. If you missed the telecast you can watch it below on You Tube courtesy of Andy Hui of http://www.throwinbombs.com/
Over the past twelve months or so, established Canadian promoters like GYM, Interbox, Orion and KO Boxing, were joined by a number of new, successful companies. From Victory Promotions in New Brunswick, to United Promotions and Wildcard Promotions in Ontario, and Teofista Promotions in the West, it seemed Canadian boxing was moving back towards its former glory. Yet, the 2015 Canada Games in Prince George, British Columbia, will not include boxing on their program of sports.
According to Cory Wolfe of the Saskatchewan News Network, “Canada Games brass evaluates all sports on a variety of criteria, including participation numbers nationally. Boxing’s undoing seems to be the fact that officials in Quebec didn’t record registrations properly, so participation levels appeared deceptively low.” Thus, due to a technicality, Canada’s aspiring boxers will be robbed of their opportunity to represent their respective provinces at the 2015 games. Read More
The Ontario fight scene needed an injection of new blood in officiating and on February 4, 2011, the prayers were answered. Outstanding amateur heavyweight, Mark Simmons, debuted on Rick Smiciklas’ Superbrawl in Barrie Ontario. A seven bout card featuring 13 Canadian fighters.
Boxing was in Mark’s blood from an early age. His father was an amateur boxer in England and Mark began his fistic career at the tender age of five years old when he first strolled through the doors of Toronto’s Newsboys boxing gym. Mark was consistent in and out of the ring, amassing an impressive amateur record of 199 wins and 30 losses. During his amateur career, Mark was Canadian Heavyweight Champion three times, in 1997, 1998 and 1999. He earned a gold medal in the 1998 Commonwealth Games and qualified for the Olympic trials in 1996 and 2000.
He excelled academically as well graduating from York University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology and Health Science. He parlayed his education into a career as a Medical Service Representative and he continues to look for new challenges in and out of the ring. Turning professional as a fighter wasn’t a consideration for Mark but he knew he would still be engaged in the sport and this February he stepped up in a vital role as the third man in the ring. Read More
Friends, gloves, a backyard and you have backyard boxing. A sort of fight club but with rules. Lexton Bates would get together with friends and fool around with the sweet science in this manner. Lexton was five foot seven and tipping the scales at this time at an athletic 180 pounds. When his turn came around to glove up, friends were hesitant to exchange blows with him but his interest in boxing had just begun to grow.
Looking for a starting point, Lexton ventured into the Premiere Fitness club at Burnhamthorpe and Erindale Station Road in Mississauga, Ontario and met with a young trainer named Sterling. Sterling put Lexton through his paces and a combination of circuit training, boxing, running and a slight adjustment of diet slimmed Lexton from 180 to 152 pounds. After training for almost two years, Lexton was ready to compete and he stopped his opponent inside of two rounds. After the fight, Sterling introduced Lexton to veteran boxing coach Rafael Delgado and Lexton began training at the Kombat Arts Training Academy in Mississauga. Read More
(January 9, 2011) This week at the LA Boxing Gym in Henderson, Nevada, three-time World Champion and multi time Canadian amateur champion Mary Spencer came to the gym and sparred with fighters TaTina Anderson and Crystal Hoy. Spencer, who stands at about 6′ tall, told Owen that she plans on going to the 2012 Olympics. “Even though our fighters were 20 to 40 pounds lighter Mary just gave them work, she showed control, great technique and poise,” added Owen.Read More
