Champs Eastside Boxing Club

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Tony Luis & Colin Albert.

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

Laval, Qc Oct 05th, 2003

The round starts and Joey Bowman springs into action. It's been roughly nine months before Joey's last fight but that did not stop him. Joey beats Quebec champion Jean-Philippe Barbeau of St.Hyacinthe, Québec on points 28-13. Joey maintained a comfortable lead throughout the fight with his speed and combination punching.

Matt "Maddog" Veenstra and Pascal Mimeaul of Laval, Quebec fought at a high pace with Pascal having his best moments catching Matt on the ropes. Matt made an effort to bob and weave and absorbed most of his opponent's punches on the gloves and arms. Unfortuneatly, the judges must have scored those blows as clean points. Matt gave Pascal a standing eight count in the first round and rallied big in the third gaining 18 points and giving Pascal one more standing eight count leaving his opponent with a bloody nose, a black eye, and sore ribs to cope with after the fight. Unfortuneatly, it wasn't enough to merit a decision with the point system.

Jorge Luis and Tony Luis water Matt Veenstra down after their fight. Matt was breathing hard, as he should be, having fought a hard fight.

Joey Bowman with his hands raised after his victory over Jean-Philippe Barbeau of St-Hyacinthe, Quebec.

Franz Vigneron of ACA de Laval in the black trunks wins over Maxime Neault of Mario Cusson in the blue trunks. It was an action packed fight leading to a bloody contest. No one was seriously hurt and it made for a great bout.

Sacha Louis-Seize of ACA de Laval wins over Sylvain Martel of Donald Ouimet in an action filled bout with Sacha knocking Sylvain down and the fight eventually being stopped in the third round.

Karine Lavergne of Chat Bleu in the black trunks takes home the win over Marie L'heureux of Hilton Boxing in the white trunks. This was an exciting boxing match with these two young ladies fighting hard, some what like a mini brawl. I enjoyed watching them very much.

Sophie Cousineau of Club Mtl. winner of this great technical fight over Sabrina Deland of ACA de Laval. Both girls fought well.

Jorge Luis with Matt and Tony Luis in the dressing room removing Matt's hand wraps and discusing the fight.

Kevin Adams works the corner of his young fighter Victor St-Gelais. Victor was smaller than his opponent Yanick Tremblay, but put up a good fight and hung in there. Unfortunately it was not enough for a win as Yanick was the more aggressive fighter.

Front left: Francois Duguay, Pierre Bouchard, (myself): Luis de Melo, and Jorge Luis before the fight. Pierre and Francois are trainers for Inter-Box