Read Tony Luis' articles. (Tony's Chronicles) by Tony Luis & Colin Albert. Click here to go to A Neutral Corner

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

Read David's articles here

---

Champs Eastside Dec 18th, 2005

 

Jackie Travellina of Uncle Sam's Boxing (Plattsburg, NY.) in the green & white trunks defeats Martine Bisson of the Gale Kerwin Boxing (Ottawa, ON.) in an action packed bout. These girls fought hard with lots of exchanges, the better punches and combinations coming from Jackie who was the more technical fighter. Martine would move in quickly, but without the use of a good jab allowed Jackie to take advantage by going to the body, then the head. This bout was indeed a crowd pleaser.

 

Photo by: Gilles Ruest

Mian Hussain of Hard Knox Boxing (Montreal, QC.) in the black trunks defeats Tony St. Jacques of Kingston Youth Boxing (Kingston, ON.). This was a good action bout on the part of both fighters with Mian proving to be too much for Tony who had already received two standing eight counts. By the second round the fight would be stopped leaving Tony with a bloodied nose. Even though Tony was losing the war of exchanges, give this kid credit for hanging in there and battling it out.

 

Photo by: Gilles Ruest

Matt (Mad dog) Veenstra of Champs Eastside (Cornwall, ON.) stops Dany Audet of KO 96 Boxing (Victoriaville, QC.) in a second round TKO. The moment Matt made his way to the ring it was obvious the this local kid was a home town favorite. This bout was a great display of what a good action packed, hard hitting fight is all about. These two guy's went to war and from what I saw Dany Audet was one tough customer. Matt also received an award for most promising boxer as chosen by Jim Riddell of the (Seaway Karate Club)

 

Photo by: Gilles Ruest

Danny Sylvester of Gale Kerwin Boxing (Ottawa, ON.) in the black trunks defeats Luke Federov of Belleville Boxing (Belleville, ON.). Luke gets a fast start by landing crisp jabs and good combinations while Danny walks into most of them. I had Luke winning early in the bout, but to my surprise Danny came back strong for the win in the later rounds. These two guy's put on a good show with lots of action.

 

 

Photo by: Gilles Ruest

Mitch Blais of Champs Eastside (Cornwall, ON.) in the red defeats Hughes Filiault of KO-96 (Victoriaville, QC.) in a great action packed back and forth bout. Both fighters performed well with good exchanges coming from both fighters. Mitch went on the attack early scoring some good body shots and then going to the head. This was a good fast paced bout which earned Mitch best bout of the day as chosen by Jim Riddell of the (Seaway Karate Club)

 

Joey Bowman of Champs Eastside (Cornwall, ON.) in the black trunks defeats Jean Philip Cyr of Adams Boxing (Laval, QC.) in an aggressive three rounder. This is not the first time these two boxers have gone head to head. I had Jean Philip leading early on with Joey trying too hard to land those big power punches with Jean Philip stepping back and Joey losing his balance, paying the canvas a visit. As Joey became more patient his punches seemed to find the zone which led to the victory.

 

Photo by: Gilles Ruest

THE MAIN EVENT

Tony Luis of Champs Eastside (Cornwall, ON.) in the red goes toe to toe with Brad Brooks of Belleville Boxing (Belleville, ON. to become the new Eastern Ontario Featherweight Champion. This was a non stop five round display of amateur boxing at it's best. I have seen Brad fight many a time and knew that Tony was in for a hard fight. I caught up with Tony after the fight and asked him what he thought of the bout. Tony "I have fought some tough fights and some tough opponents, but this is the toughest fight I have fought to date. This guy makes you work and won't stop advancing. He is always on you, a non stop punching machine". Jorge Luis' exact words to me after the fight "This kid (Brad) is made of cement". I asked Jorge if he was pleased with Tony's performance. Jorge with a big smile on his face "Tony is ready for the Canadian Championships in January".

The featherweight championship belt is on it's way from Belleville, and when it arrives you can bet we will have a photo of Tony wearing it proudly as it was well earned...

 

Photo by: Gilles Ruest