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

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Champs Eastside Nov 29th, 2003

 

Tony (Lightning) Luis of Champs Boxing goes head to head with (Super) Dave Lemieux of Russ Anber's Ring 83 in Montreal, Qc. in an exhebition bout. This was a very technical fight from both boxers. Tony started slow feeling his opponent out and being very cautious. David is a good power puncher and out-weighed Tony by 12 lbs. This was speed vs power and these two fighters put on a great display of technique. There are no winners or losers in an exhebition fight.

 

Matt (Maddog) Veenstra of Champs Boxing Club stops Dan Mooney of Barrie, On. in a third round TKO. The moment Matt made his way to the ring it was obvious the this local kid was a home town favorite. What an exabition these two fighters put on. Matt gave back better than he got from Dan. These two guy's went to war and from what I saw Dan Mooney was one tough customer. Good work Matt! You made us proud.

 

Sarah Landon in the (red) corner loses a decision to Lauralou Fortin of Levis, Qc. This was Sarah's first fight, and she made us proud. Sarah came out with both barrels firing. I thought that Sarah won the first two rounds and gave up the third. Even though the win eluded Sarah, this young lady proved that she can get into the ring and compete, and that lady's and gentlemen makes Sarah a winner.

 

Glen Murdock hailing out of the Kingston Youth in Kingston, On. stops Brian Beauparlant of Montreal, Qc. in the second round. This was a heavy weight division and these two big guy's were strong and put on a good show with lots of action.

 

 

 

Jesse Thompson (red) from Russ Anber's Ring 83 in Montreal, Qc. defeats Max Irwin of the Fight Factory in Peterborough, On. Jesse was off to a slow start, testing the waters early. Jesse and Max had some good exchanges and pleased the crowd.

 

 

 

Tyler Cross out of the Belleville Boxing Club in Belleville, On. wins on points over Kyle Neville of the Uptown Boxing Club in Barrie, On. Tyler started off a bit slow but fought a good technical fight.

 

 

 

Dustin Forrester hailing from Peterborough, On. wins over Eric Caron of Levis, Qc. By the third round this two fighters started to show signs of fatigue, but only from a good aggressive fight and filled with lots of action. These two guy's gave the the crowd on hand a great show.

 

 

Joe Corzon in the (red) corner of Kingston Youth, in Kingston, On. edges out Paul Clavet in the (white) of Club Champion out of Montreal, Qc. in a judges decision. This was the main event and a very hard one to judge at that. These two middleweights were very technical and their speed was evident. Paul's coach was not pleased with the decision and it showed. You can't win them all.

 

Maxime Gagne ( in blue shirt) of Levis, stops Philipe Laplante of the Ottawa Beaver Club in the third round. It was a good action filled fight. Both fighters fought well and entertained the crowd.

 

 

 

Isabel Parent of the Ottawa Beaver Club defeats Leah Baskin of Kingston, On. It was a good fight and these two ladies fought hard and provided the crowd with lots of action.

 

 

 

Mario Crespo in the (black) Montreal, Qc. gets the judges decision over Dillon Perkins from Kingston, On. It was a good fight and both fighters fought well.

 

 

 

Matt Veenstra in the sweat shirt with the hood chats with Tony Luis and David Lemieux after their exhebition fight. Matt has a smile on his face and so he should, this being his second back to back knockout. Remember his name you will be hearing it for a long time to come.

 

 

Jorge Luis hands our young raffle winner the prize from our 50/50 cash draw. This young man was $110.00 richer.

 

 

 

 

Special thanks to Robin Morris of the Chesterville Record, Todd Hambleton of the Standard Freeholder, and Linda Mikolayenko of the Seaway News for supporting us by coming out to cover this local event. I hope that you enjoyed our club fight, were made to feel at home, and you are always welcome back.

 

Richard Lortie of Top Ten Canada and Leah Baskin of the Kingston Youth Boxing Club in Kingston, On. holds a Top Ten head gear graciously donated to Champs Eastside Boxing as one of our raffle prizes to help raise funds for our boxing program. Congratulations Leah, and thank you Richard for your support.

 

Dan Champagne of Paradise Tanning and Fitness Centre hands a 1 year full facility membership to this lucky raffle winner. Thank you for your support Dan.

 

I would also like to take the time to thank all of our volunteers: Maria Luis, Vanessa Luis (Jorge Luis' wife & daughter), our own Joey Bowman who may be small but he is damn strong, Bo Veenstra (Matt Veenstra's father), Dianne Laframboise, Jim Riddel and his students, Brad McDonald from Rothwell Osnabruck High School in Ingleside, Yogi Mickeleit, Paul Bourgeois, Paul McIntyre, Mario Vincelli, Philip White, who worked so hard to help us get this event off the ground.

Also a special thanks to Bob Lauzon of Chenier Bouvier, where their furniture turns houses into homes, for his support, by loaning us his truck in order to move our ring, and equipment to our venue. Thank you Bob! We will always remember your generosity.

Last but not least to all our sponsors, thank you from Jorge Luis, Luis de Melo, Angelo Scanga and all of our members for helping to make our program a success.

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