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Future Amateur Boxer (Part 1)
National Championships: Prince George, BC. Apr. 01 - 03, 2005
Provincial Championships: Oshawa, ON. Mar. 04 - 06, 2005 Champs Eastside was in action Friday to Sunday, March 4th to 6th, 2005 in Oshawa, Ontario for the annual (14 to 16 year old) Provincial Championships. Representing Champs were Adam Villeneuve and Joey Bowman. Adam 15 years old, 176 lbs. (80 kg) won the Cadet C Boys Novice (less than 10 bouts) division by walkover. Adam's opponent from Brampton, ON. never showed up, thus awarding Adam a title without a bout. Joey Bowman, 2004 Canadian Light Flyweight Champ. Joey at 52 kg (114 lbs.) squared of against Michael Morby of Orangeville, ON. Joey showed both speed and power in his performance. After the second round Mike's corner man Brian Mackie (former Canadian Middleweight Champ in the Pro ranks) had seen enough and stopped the one sided bout. This was Joey's fifth Provincial title, earning him a berth at the Cadet National Championships in Prince George, BC in April. National
Canadian Junior Championships: Brantford, ON. Out of Champs Eastside Boxing was Tony Luis, five time Ontario Boys Champion. Tony represented Ontario in the Junior Boys (16 to 18 year olds) Featherweight (57 kg / 125 lbs.) division. Tony's division was a talent laden one, featuring Tony and two-time Canadian Champ Sleman Usmanee of Alberta, Quebec Golden Glove Champ Sylvio Drolet, and three-time New Brunswick Golden Glove Champ Luc Angers. Tony squared off with Sylvio Drolet of Quebec. In a very close technical bout, Tony dropped a tight decision by two points for a Bronze medal. This was Tony's third year at the National level. He's won Bronze twice, and Silver once. Sylvio Drolet advanced to the finals where he defeated Sleman Usmanee on points 35-28. Sylvio said Tony is the best opponent he's ever faced. Open Ontario Provincial Championships: Dec. 10th - 12th, 2004 Representing Champs as Intermediates (16 to 18 years old) were Luke Chisholm, Mitchell Blais, and Tony Luis. Luke Chisholm, 144 lbs., boxing in the Open (over 10 bouts) Welterweight division, lost a close, hard-fought bout to Justin Fountain of Hamilton, Ontario, over four rounds on a points decision. Luke boxed gallantly and the experience will make him better. Fountain won Silver. Mitchell Blais, boxing at 138 lbs. in the Light Welterweight division, won a Silver medal, losing on a second round stoppage to Stuart Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. It was only Mitchell's tenth bout, whereas Stuart Boyd has had over 60 bouts and was a Silver medallist at the Canada Winter Games. Tony Luis, boxing at 125 lbs. (Featherweight), won Gold in his division, to win a fifth straight Ontario Championship in the Junior Men's Open division. Tony boxed twice and stopped both of his opponents on his way to Gold. In the first bout Tony squared off with Padriac Griffen of Orangeville, ON. Tony administered two eight counts and the bout was stopped. In the second bout Tony squared off with former rival Steve Marsh of Havelock, ON. Tony had previously beaten Steve three times before, but two bouts were close split decisions. The bout was stopped in the third round as Tony was beginning to overwhelm Steve. With this victory, Tony earned himself a berth to the National Championships in Feb. 2005 in Brantford, ON. In attendance at the Championships was National coach, Gord Apolloni and Tony was given an invitation to represent Team Ontario on a trip to Italy next June, pending funding from Sports Ontario. This is the third time Tony has qualified for the Canadian National Championships. Club Show Cornwall, ON. Nov. 27, 2004
Jorge Luis of Champs Eastside Boxing Club with Matt Veenstra, and LucChisholm. Jorge presented an award to both these young fighters for their contribution and hard work to amateur boxing, as young fighters.
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David
Darling is a free-lance journalist from the city of Ottawa, specializing
in boxing.
This
young man is Felix Gaudreau of St. Adele, QC. I met Felix and his dad
Sylvain sometime during the winter at an amateur boxing show in St.
Adele. Felix started riding motocross in July of 2003 and competed in
6 pro-am's out of 8, managing to finish 15th out of 25. Since then Felix
has raced 50cc, and 65cc. In the 50cc class he managed to finish 6th
overall in the Provincial Championships. In the 65cc Felix finished
8th overall. December 4th Felix traveled to the Skydome in Toronto for
the Super motocross Challenge 2005. Felix performed well and finished
4th with 1 fall. The race will be televised on the American ESPN 2 Channel.
Felix is also an exceptional skier having started at age 6 with his
training being 6 hours Saturday and another 6 hours on Sunday.
As a skier Felix finished the season with 4 gold, 2 silver, and
3 bronze, medals. He also finished 4th out of the 10 races in the Nancy
Greene category in the Laurentide division 7-8 olds. Felix is too young
to box or compete, so his dad works with him regularly to prepare him
for when he is of age. I will keep you posted on Felix's progress and
debut in his amateur boxing career. You can visit Felix at: 
Champs
Eastside Boxing was in attendance in Prince George, BC , at the Cadet
(under 16 years old) National Championship held April 1st, 2nd, and
3rd of 2005. Leading the way for team Ontario was Cornwall's own Joey
Bowman (center), who was also named team captain.
Joey stopped both fighters. The 1st bout was stopped at the end of the
1st round, as Joey had amassed a 15 point lead, to automatically warrant
a stoppage. In his 2nd bout, and Gold Medal final Joey left no doubts.
After giving his opponent 2 standing eight counts the referee had seen
enough and finally stopped the bout in the 1st round. Champs
Eastside Boxing wishes to congratulate Joey Bowman on becoming the first
Cornwall Native to be Canadian Boxing Champion not once but twice.
Tony
Luis of Champs Eastside Boxing Club in
Cornwall, On. in the red corner, defeats Zisham Kahn of
Brampton, On. in the blue corner in a good action packed three round
technical fight. These two fighters fought well with good exchanges
on both sides with Tony getting the best of the exchanges. Zisham fought
well for a fighter with only 13 bouts under his belt.
Joey
Bowman in the red corner of Champs Eastside
Boxing Club in Cornwall, On. defeats Mikael Zewski of Cap de la Madelaine
Boxing Club in Trois Rivieres, Qc. in a good action packed fight. Both
fighters performed well and this fight could have gone either way.
Left
to right: Carson Chisholm, my new friend "the adorable"
Haley Lane, her mom and dad Des & Mandy. Haley stopped by to support
her first cousin Luc Chisholm who fought in an exhibition fight.
From
left to tight: Angelo Scanga, Dr Hobart, Jorge Luis, Vern Theoret, &
Alan McGillis in a group photo after the nights venue. Special thanks
to our friend Dr. Hobart (second from the left) for volunteering his
services as the ringside Dr.
In
this corner, my friend David Baggs of Fight News Canada stops by to
get a glimpse of tomorrows champions. If you want to keep up to date
with Canada's Pro's you can visit David on line at:
