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David Darling is a free-lance journalist from the city of Ottawa, specializing in boxing.

Canada vs Poland - Hull, Quebec
Dec. 13, 2003

Gabriel Riffon in the (blue) corner loses to Adam Michniewicz of Poland. Adam was landing his jabs and hooks as Gabriel was not using his jab and walking in to Adam's punches. Gabriel still put on a good performance.

Eric Mondou in the blue corner defeats Andrzej Chrzanowski of Poland in a good dominating fight. Andrzej proved to be no match for the more experienced and much stronger fighter in Eric. Andrzej was knocked down twice by Eric and finally stopped in the second round.

Jose Malaison loses to Karol Landowski of Poland in a good technical fight. I am not taking anything away from Karol, but I thought that Jose did enough to win this bout, but then again I am not the judge. It still proved to be a good fight.

David Lemieux in the left stops Kamil Stemplewski of Poland in the second round. Kamil received 2 standing eight counts. Kamil was scoring points by getting in and out up till the time he was stopped. David was too strong for his opponent.

Marc Dorion fighting out of the Beaver Boxing Club in Ottawa, Ontario defeats David Arbique of the Gladiator Boxing Club in Gatineau, Qc. in a preliminary bout. Marc seemed to be the more experienced fighter firing some good hooks, and David was more of a banger. All in all it turned out to be a good bout.

Francois Robert Bernard defeats Andrzej Fafara of Poland in a fast paced great technical fight. Francois came out of the corner with good speed and technique on his side, while Andrzej had a good jab and some quickness to his credit. From what I saw, this was a great fight.

Lucas Welmak (right in red shirt) had a slow start but quickly put some good combos together to defeat Przemyslaw Szezepanek of Poland in a close fight. Przemyslaw started quick and fought well. Poland was upset at the decision.

Ryan White in the blue corner defeats Lukasz Zambrzycki of Poland in an action filled fight. Poland was upset at the decision. I talked with Ryan after the fight and learned that he lives in Nova Scotia, which is my favorite motorcycle touring vacation spot.

Daniel Raymonds on the left stops Jakub Loboda of Poland in the third round. Daniel fought a good fight and dominated his opponent. Jakub had his good moments with some good exchanges, but not enough to beat a tough Daniel.

Sebastien Lalumiere loses to Marcin Pryczek of Poland. Sebastien had his hands full or should I say his arms full trying to get out of the hug fest provided by Marcin which was every round.

Piotr Zaloga of Poland stops Andral Apollon on the right of team Canada. This was a slugging match with some good moments. Both fighters fought hard and provided good action.

Sylwester Dawidczyk of Poland wins by walkover with Mikel Rondeau being a no show.

Team Canada: Gabriel Riffon, David Lemieux, Francois Robert Bernard, Eric Mondou, Lucas Welamk, Jose Malaison, Ryan White, Daniel Raymonds, Sebastien Lalumiere, Andral Apollon.
Team Poland: Adam Michniewicz, Kamil Stemplewski, Andrzej Fafara, Andrzej Chrzanowski, Przemyslaw Szezepanek, Karol Landowski, Lukasz Zambrzycki, Jakub Loboda, Sylwester Dawidczyk, Marcin Pryczek, Piotr Zaloga.

We see Kenneth Piche (Directeur technique de Boxe-Québec) at ringside posing for my camera as the venue prepares to get under way. I always enjoy covering these events and send a special thanks to Kenneth Piche and Russ Anber of (Boxe Quebec) for inviting me.

Jorge Luis chats with former pro boxer Gaetan Hart who was at the event with one of his amateur boxers

Russ Anber (center) chats with Gaetan Hart (right). Russ was also in attendance with his young fighter David Lemieux who was set to square off with one of the Polish fighters.

David Darling is a free-lance journalist from Ottawa, specializing in boxing. David has been published in a number of local newspapers in the National Capital region including the Ottawa Sun. David looks on with interest as he takes notes for his article. Beside David is Jorge Luis of Champs Eastside Boxing Club in Cornwall, Ontario, who also looks on with interest.