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David
Darling is a free-lance journalist from the city of Ottawa, specializing
in boxing.
Canada
Scotland
Update
Jorge Luis fills me in on Tony Luis' two fights in Scotland. Tony's first fight is with the Senior National Champion, who was a quarter finalist in the Commonwealth Games. Tony loses by 1 point, and as Jorge Luis tells me, "I thought Tony won". Jorge asked for a rematch, but was turned down.
Tony's second fight was with the Junior National Champion. Tony fought well and took all three rounds for the win.
Canada Vs Ireland
International Meet - St. Catherines ON
March 22-06
Team Canada loses to Ireland by 7-2
Tony Luis Vs Irish National Champion Kevin Doherty
Tony defeats Kevin Doherty in an action filled technical match by split decision. Tony landed some good body shots in the third and final round folding Kevin, and earning best Canadian Boxer honors.
Joey Bowman Vs Irish Regional Champion Barry Mcafferty
Joey Bowman loses split decision to Barry Mcafferty. Joey came out strong in the first two rounds but started to lose ground in the final round as he tired. The fight could have gone either way.
Junior
& Senior (Male & Female) Open Class
Provincial Championships - Sarnia,
ON.
Nov 25-27, 2005
The provincials were hosted by the Bluewater Boxing Club, including organizers/coaches Tom Hennessey, Dutch Friedman, Dave Crowe, and all who were involved. Great Venue! Great Ontario Provincials!
The great majority of those who attended the provincials made their way through a snow storm Thursday Nov. 24th 2005. Seems like every year it likes to snow just in time for the provincials. Go figure!
Jorge Luis and Alain Cardinal had a busy weekend at the Junior Provincials. Not only did they work their boxers corner but that of other boxers.
Special thanks to Alain Cardinal for taking these photos and supplying me with the coverage of events...
Friday night was a busy night for Jorge Luis and Alain Cardinal of Champs Eastside in (Cornwall, On.) starting with their own Tony Luis. Tony (blue) weighing in at 57 Kg. boxed Josh Cameron of Border City Boxing Club. This was a good evenly matched bout with the decision going to Tony Luis (23-19). Josh proved to be a strong competitor in a bout that could have gone either way.
Saturday night Tony Luis (blue) wins gold against Jerry Green-Byrne of (E. Windsor, ON.) 31-20. "We pushed Tony hard for this one, to say the least" says Alain. Tony scored clean blows, worked the middle of the ring, and used his experience to win this bout. Chuck Steward had told Alain earlier that Jerry was good for a newly turned open class boxer. Jerry didn't disappoint us as his mom was cheering him on from the floor.
Joey Bowman (red) of Champs Eastside in (Cornwall, ON.) loses to Padraic Griffith of Big Time Boxing in (Orangeville, ON.) by disqualification in the 4th round. This is Joey's first year as a junior, and as boxers progress from cadet to junior, you will come up against boxers who are stronger. When you come up against one of Bryon Mackie's guys or girls you are in for a fight as they are skilled, in top shape, and most of all never lack heart.
Matt Veenstra (red) of Champs Eastside Boxing in (Cornwall, ON.) loses to Richard Chau of (London, ON.). Matt boxed aggressively, but disciplined against an experienced opponent. All agreed including Mr. Chau that Matt will benefit from this experience. Richard Chau went on to win gold.
Brad
Brooks in the (red) of (Belleville, ON.) weighing in at 57 Kg. in the
Senior Male class defeats Fred Carleton of (St. Catherines, ON.) in
the third round by disqualification.
Brad would go on to lose to Jessie Ennis of (Windsor, ON.).
Photo 1. Linda Ludwig 60 Kg. Senior
Female in the (red) of (Steeltown Boxing) and in the (blue) Jenn Turner
(St. Catherines, ON.).
Photo 2. Linda Ludwig in the (blue) and Wendy Lee
Baird of Gale Kirwin Boxing (Ottawa, ON.)
Photo 3. Linda Ludwig in the (red) and Stephanie
Swayne of (Cabbage Town Boxing)
CONGRATULATIOS to Linda Ludwig for boxing three time over the course of the weekend to take home the gold, and earning the title of BEST SENIOR FEMALE BOXER.
We watched our friend Steve Marsh (red) of Belleville, ON. lose to gold medal winner Richard Chau of (London, ON.) by a score of 23-8 in the 60 Kg. Senior Male catagory.
Alain Cardinal (left) with Bryon Mackie of Orangeville, ON. Bryon is a pro Light Middleweight boxer with a record of 22 wins (8 KO's) and 12 loses, and presently ranked 60th in the world out of 956.
Alain Cardinal (right) with Fitz Vanderpool pro Light Middleweight boxer with a record of 22 wins (13 KO's) with 7 loses and 4 draws.
Tony Luis (left) with Steve Molitor of Sarnia, ON. who is the Canadian Super Bantamweight Champion. Steve is a southpaw with a record of 22 wins (8 KO's) no loses, and presently ranked 30th in the world out of 669. Now that is impressive!
The Champs Eastside gang
left to right: Joey Bowman, Jorge Luis, Tony Luis, and the (Maddog) Matt Veenstra getting a bite to ea
