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Posted by Durell Wambolt on February 22, 2012 at 19:20 pm
On Thursday, February 16th Lisa “Bad News” Brown was invited to speak at St. Roch Catholic Secondary School in Brampton for the school’s Black History Month festivities. Every year, during Black History Month, Canadians honor the legacy of black Canadians, past and present.
Lisa Brown spoke to 900 students and 66 staff members at the event. The students were thrilled to have six-time world champion female boxer at their school who could share her first hand experiences of overcoming adversity to reach her dream. “Bad News” shared several stories from her life explaining to students that in order to be successful they had to follow the four “D’s”: desire, dedication, determination and discipline. Read More
Posted by Durell Wambolt on February 19, 2012 at 10:14 am
Sunday, February-19-12: MISSISSAUGA, ON – Angel Face mgmt. presents ‘We Stand Together’ a live amateur boxing card on Family Day; at HUF GYM in Mississauga. Attendees have been encouraged to bring in non-perishable food to be donated to the Salvation Army. Read More
Posted by Durell Wambolt on February 17, 2012 at 23:08 pm
Canadian Asselstine vs. Italian Cipolletta
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Montreal (February 17, 2012) – One of Ontario’s best amateur boxers, undefeated featherweight prospect Tyler Asselstine (8-0, 5 KOs), has a second home in Montreal, where he fights Saturday night for the sixth time during his young pro career, against unbeaten Italian boxer Nicola Cipolletta (8-0, 2 KOs).
Asselstine-Cipolletta is part of the “Fast & Furious” undercard, presented by Groupe Yvon Michel, in association with Mise-O-Jeu and Videotron, at the famed Bell Centre. Super middleweight sensation Adonis “Superman” Stevenson defends his International Boxing Federation (“IBF”) Inter-Continental title in the 12-round main event, also an IBF voluntary eliminator for the No. 2 position, versus former NABF champion Jesus “El Martillo” Gonzales (27-1, 14 KOs). Read More
Posted by Rick McLean on February 15, 2012 at 12:14 pm
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TORONTO (February 14, 2012) – Colombian-born boxer Samuel Vargas has found a home in Mississauga, Ontario, where he packed the house last Saturday night and captured the Canadian welterweight title, knocking out dangerous Manolis Plaitis at Hershey Centre.
Vargas-Plaitis headlined a stellar card presented by United Promotions in association with Hennessy Sports.
Vargas (9-0-1, 3 KOs), who was a refugee before moving to Mississauga, is starting to make noise in boxing circles. Coming off of the 2011 Canadian Fight of the Year, in which he battled last October at home with Quebec arch-rival Ahmad Cheikho, Samuel put Cheikho’s Quebec-based stable-mate Plaitis (17-2-1, 8 KOs), to sleep at 2:49 of the opening in an early Knockout of the Year candidate. Read More
Posted by Rick McLean on February 13, 2012 at 15:02 pm
Dear Potential Sponsors and Supporters,
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The Steeltown Boxing Club has been in operation for the past 13 years within the Hamilton community. Our club has produced many Canadian national champions, provincial champions and Ringside world champions. We are particularly proud to say we have recently partnered with the World Boxing Association (WBA) as the first official WBA Boxing Academy in Canada.
On March 10th, 2012 the WBA KO Drugs Campaign/Steeltown Boxing Club will host a show dedicated to the memory of Robbie Wilcox, the son of Steeltown’s owner and head coach Bob Wilcox who lost his battle to cancer at a very young age. In honour of Robbie the proceeds raised from this event will go to the childhood Cancer Camp “Camp Trillium.”
The Trillium Childhood Cancer Support Centre offers and promotes recreational experiences to bring children with cancer and their families together. It provides an environment that normalizes relationships and experiences, helps children and their families in the healing process and enhances their quality of life.
The reason I am contacting you is to ask for your support. Whether it’s a financial contribution or an in-kind donation of prizes for the silent auction, we would sincerely appreciate anything you can offer. All donations will be recognized at the event based on your level of support so please take a moment to read the following pages to see how you can get involved.
We are very proud of our athletes, volunteers and coaches, who teach and promote a healthy lifestyle and a respect for everyday life skills, but more so we are excited for an inspiring evening where we can all come together in the name of a meaningful cause. Read More
Posted by Durell Wambolt on February 13, 2012 at 14:57 pm
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Canadian Boxing Championship Lineage
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Our History That Happened in February…..
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February 17, 1915, Vancouver, BC – In a match up of two BC fighters, Joe Bayley re-claimed the Canadian Lightweight title by out-pointing Charlie Burns over 20 rounds at Fraser Mills. In all, Bayley fought for the Canadian Lightweight Championship 10 times, winning 6, losing only once and coming away with 3 draws!
February 20, 1935, Vancouver, BC – Welterweight Gordon Wallace defended his Canadian Welterweight Championship with a 12 round decision at the Arena in Vancouver. The Stoughton, Saskatchewan native out-pointed Edmonton’s Jordan Sonny James to keep the title. Read More
Posted by Durell Wambolt on February 8, 2012 at 19:53 pm
Saturday Night in Mississauga
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TORONTO (February 8, 2012) – Quebec welterweight Manolis Plaitis is traveling to Ontario for Saturday night’s showdown, seeking to avenge his stable-mate’s loss last October to welterweight Samuel Vargas, in the continuation of a heated Canadian provincial arch-rivalry series.
Vargas and Plaitis square-off in the 10-round main event for the vacant Canadian Welterweight title, headlining an entertaining card presented by United Promotions in association with Hennessy Sports.
Saturday evening’s show kicks-off the third season of boxing at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga for United Promotions, which is collaboration between Ontario-based boxing promoters Don MacDonald, Adam Harris (Hennessy Sports) and Tyler Buxton (Buxton Promotions).
Colombian-native Vargas (8-0-1, 2 KOs) is coming off of the 2011 Canadian Fight of the Year, in which he out-gunned Quebec opponent Ahmad Cheikho, who was unable to answer the bell for the sixth round. Plaitis (17-1-1, 8 KOs) is a former Canadian light welterweight champion on a mission representing his Quebec province. Read More
Tags:Ahmad Cheikho, Benito “El Asesio” Quiroz, Brandon ‘Bad Boy’ Cook, Denton Daley, Ian MacKillop, Ibrahim ‘Firearm’ Kamal, Manolis Plaitis, Michael "The Brazilian Rocky" Oliveira, Phil “The Assassin” Rose, Sergei “Baltic King” Melis, Troy Ross
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Posted by Durell Wambolt on February 6, 2012 at 19:57 pm
MIAMI (February 6, 2012) – Undefeated middleweight prospect Michael “The Brazilian Rocky” Oliveira will make his Canadian boxing debut this Saturday night (Feb. 11) on an explosive card, presented by United Promotions in association with Hennessy Sports, at Hershey Centre in Mississauga, Ontario.
The exciting 21-year-old Oliveira (16-0, 12 KOs), rated No. 14 by the World Boxing Council (“WBC”), will fight Sergei “Baltic King” Melis (18-7, 7 KOs) in an eight-round Special Middleweight Attraction.
Oliveira, a Brazilian native who was raised in lives in Miami, was supposed to make his Canadian debut back on December 17 in Quebec City, but he was forced to withdraw from fighting on that show due to a stomach virus, high fever, and dehydration.
Melis is a battled-tested veteran fighter from Estonia who has been in the ring with the likes of World Boxing Organization (“WBO”) middleweight champion Dmitry Pirog.
“We’re looking forward to showcasing Michael to a large Brazilian community in Canada,” Michael’s father and promoter, Carlos Oliveira (president of MO Productions), said. “We’re expecting a very warm welcome from Brazilians there who have already started purchasing VIP packages.”
Oliveira’s last fight was impressive win on ShoBox last November in El Paso (TX), in which he defeated veteran Xavier “The X-Man” Tolliver (23-8, 15 KOs) by way of an eight-round disqualification that was on the verge of stoppage. Read More
Tags:Ahmad Cheikho, Benito “El Asesio” Quiroz, Brandon ‘Bad Boy’ Cook, Canadian Fight of the Year, Denton Daley, Dmitry Pirog, Francis Lafreniere, Ibrahim ‘Firearm’ Kamal, Manolis Plaitis, Michael “The Brazilian Rocky” Oliveira, Phil “The Assassin” Rose, Samuel Vargas, Sergei “Baltic King” Melis, Steve Wilcox, Xavier “The X-Man” Tolliver
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Posted by Durell Wambolt on February 6, 2012 at 08:25 am
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EDMONTON (Feb. 2) – Paul “The Punisher” Williams, Tavoris “Thunder” Cloud and Chris “The Nightmare” Arreola will bring their aggressive, knockout power and crowd-pleasing all-out action style to Canadians LIVE from the American Bank Center Arena as part of a SHOWTIME Championship Boxing world championship doubleheader. See it on Super Channel, Canada’s only national English pay television network Feb. 18 beginning at 10 p.m. ET.
The 30-year old Williams (40-2, 27 KOs), a southpaw from Aiken, S.C., who twice held the WBO Welterweight Championship and the interim Super Welterweight Championship, will take on Japan’s Nobuhiro Ishida (24-6-2, 9 KOs) in the scheduled 12-round junior middleweight main event. Read More
Tags:Alfredo Angulo, Beibut Shumenov, Chris "The Nightmare" Arreola, Clinton Woods, Eric Molina, Erislandy Lara, Gabriel Campillo, Glen Johnson, James Kirkland, Kermit Cintron, Nobuhiro Ishida, Paul "The Punisher" Williams, Sergio Martinez, Super Channel Fights, Tavoris "Thunder" Cloud, Tomasz Adamek, Vitali Klitschko
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Posted by Durell Wambolt on February 5, 2012 at 10:41 am
Hernandez wins dramatic rematch against Cunningham – Ross Up Next!
Yoan Pablo Hernandez (26-1, 13 KOs) defended his IBF Cruiserweight Title with a spectacular points victory over Steve Cunningham (24-4, 12 KOs) in Frankfurt on Saturday night. The pattern was similar to their first meeting last October, with Cunningham fighting back after two knock-downs in the fourth round. After an exciting fight, Hernandez was ahead 116-110, 116-110 and 115-111 on the scorecards. “This is a big victory for me,” Hernandez said. “But I take my hat off to Steve, he is a great, great fighter and once again proved his world class. But our strategy worked today and I am very happy about the outcome.”
Hernandez got off to the better start, landing good shots in the first rounds, but Cunningham also connected with fast punches. In the fourth, a big left hook sent Cunningham down. He got back up – only to find himself on the floor straight away. He used all his experience and class to survive the round, which left him with a big cut above his right eye. “Steve´s courage was impressive,” coach Naazim Richardson praised. “Had I got hit by those shots, I would still be down. Not many fighters can recover from something like that. But Steve got back up, twice, and fought on. His courage is incredible.” Read More
Posted by Durell Wambolt on February 4, 2012 at 14:18 pm
Ibrahim “Firearm” Kamal (6-0, 5 KO’s) looks forward to returning to the Mississauga Hershey Centre next Saturday night to fight TOMMI SCHMIDT (6-4, 3 KO’s) of Denmark in a scheduled 8 round bout.
When asked about his next opponent, Kamal said, “I don’t know a lot about this guy other than the fact that he is tall for a lightweight, and in his last fight he went 12 rounds with a guy that was 27-2, trained by Emmanuel Steward”.
According to Kamal, the fact that his opponent survived the distance in his last fight cannot be allowed to continue:
“I have not fought since last September in Mexico and I have been training very hard for this fight, with the help of my trainer/manager, Rey Morales. I have had excellent sparring with Stephan Boyd, who is tall like my opponent. I am ready and I want to stop this guy and make another statement in front of my Toronto area fans.” Read More
Posted by Durell Wambolt on January 25, 2012 at 09:38 am
WBA KO DRUGS CAMPAIGN March 10th, 2012 @ STEELTOWN BOXING CLUB
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By Michael J. Schmidt
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The World Boxing Association was pleased to announce today that its WBA”KO to Drugs Campaign” was coming to Ancaster, Ontario, Canada in conjunction with STEELTOWN BOXING CLUB. The boxing show is scheduled for March 10th, 2012 and the WBA KO Drugs Campaign/ STEELTOWN BOXING CLUB boxing show is dedicated in memory of Robbie Wilcox with the proceeds raised going to the childhood Cancer Camp “Camp Trillium”. The Trillium Childhood Cancer Support Centre offers and promotes recreational experiences to bring children with cancer and their families together. It provides an environment that normalizes relationships and experiences, helping children and their families in the healing process and enhancing their quality of life.
The WBA “KO to Drugs Campaign” was introduced by the President of the WBA, Dr. Gilberto Mendoza, in 1989, at the World Boxing Association Convention which took place in Margarita Island, Venezuela. Other locations through the years have included Nicaragua, Panama and Costa Rica. Read More
Posted by Durell Wambolt on January 24, 2012 at 21:22 pm
Marcel “Little Magic” Maillet (0-2-0) of Moncton’s Last Round Boxer won his four round, middleweight bout over Ryan Burgess (debut) of Truro, Nova Scotia, at the Halifax Forum Multi-Purpose Centre Saturday night via a unanimous decision. The event was hosted by Caveman Promotions. Maillet fought relentlessly against a game opponent, landing frequently throughout the fight. Burgess was in trouble on several occasions – in three of the four rounds – in what was likely the fight of the night. The judges scored the fight 40-36, 40-36, 39-37.
“Stormin” Norman Peters (1-7-0) of Last Round Boxer lost by second round knockout to Stephane Landry (1-1-0) of Quebec via Halifax, in a cruiserweight match-up. Peters took the early lead, out boxing the rugged Landry in the first round with an effective left jab and some strong combinations, which dazed Landry. Peters took command again early in round two and it appeared Landry was headed for defeat. Several punches found their mark on the back of Peters head in close quarters before he took a tremendous right cross and was unable to beat the count. Read More
Tags:Craig Hillier, Gerard Audate, Jamie ‘TNT’ Taylor, Jeff Black, Jovanny Soto, Kyle McNeil, Last Round Boxer, Marcel “Little Magic” Maillet, Ryan Burgess, Ryan Ines, Saturnino Nava, Stephane Landry, Tyson Cave, “Stormin” Norman Peters
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Posted by Durell Wambolt on January 16, 2012 at 11:18 am
VARGAS-PLAITIS HEADLINES
FEB. 11 SHOW IN MISSISSAUGA
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TORONTO (January 16, 2012) – Old-time boxing returns Saturday night, February 11 to the Hershey Centre in Mississauga, Ontario as unbeaten welterweight Samuel Vargas and dangerous Manolis Plaitis headline a competitive, entertaining card presented by United Promotions in association with Hennessy Sports.
The Feb. 11 show kicks-off the third season of boxing at Hershey Centre for United Promotions, which is comprised of three Ontario boxing promoters – Don MacDonald, Adam Harris (Hennessy Sports) and Tyler Buxton (Buxton Promotions).
“We are promoting boxing in Mississauga, only a 10-minute drive from Toronto, as a united team rather than individuals and it’s been a perfect business relationship,” MacDonald explained. “We have more professional boxers and fans than ever before in Ontario. What we’ve accomplished in two years, well, give us two more and Ontario will exceed boxing in Montreal. We’re changing attitudes and building a new fan base. We’re building our product by real promoting. You’ll never see an 8-0 guy fighting somebody 5-10. Read More
Posted by Durell Wambolt on January 6, 2012 at 19:25 pm
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ALSO FEATURING A BATTLE BETWEEN FELLOW UNBEATEN PROSPECTS
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Undefeated prospect Luis Ramos Jr. (left) tipped the scales at 134.8 pounds and hard-hitting Raymundo Beltran (right) measured 134.2 pounds during Thursday’s weigh in at Lit Lounge at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, Calif.
Ramos Jr. (20-0, 9 KOs), of Santa Ana, Calif., will face the toughest test of his career in Beltran (25-5, 17 KOs), of North Hollywood, Calif., in a 10-round lightweight main event of the first SHOWTIME® boxing telecast of 2012, TONIGHT, Friday, Jan. 6, on ShoBox: The New Generation, live Ramos Jr. and Beltran will face off for the NABA USA Lightweight Title in the main event at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino. Ramos is a stablemate of IBF bantamweight champion and WBC Silver Bantamweight Champion Abner Mares. In Beltran’s last ShoBox appearance he lost a debatable decision to undefeated prospect Sharif Bogere in an all-action fight on May 13, 2011. Read More
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On Thursday, February 16th Lisa “Bad News” Brown was invited to speak at St. Roch Catholic Secondary School in Brampton for the school’s Black History Month festivities. Every year, during Black History Month, Canadians honor the legacy of black Canadians, past and present.
