Andrew Selby, Luke Campbell, Tom Stalker and Fred Evans
are the cornerstones of Britain's boxing medal hopes in London.
Monday, January 16, 2012
British Boxers ready to rock in London.
BRITISH BOXERS READY TO WIN MEDALS IN LONDON
Andrew Selby, Luke Campbell, Tom Stalker and Fred Evans
are the cornerstones of Britain's boxing medal hopes in London.
Andrew Selby, Luke Campbell, Tom Stalker and Fred Evans
are the cornerstones of Britain's boxing medal hopes in London.
Sunday, January 15, 2012
THE FINAL BELL, the party is over
2012 BOXING CANADA SENIOR NATIONALS: by brian zelley
Well the party is over for another year, and for the most part many of
the champions retained there titles, but there were some interesting
battles along the way with some surprises and a few upsets.
For boxers such as Jonathan Quinit, Kenny Lally and Alex Rynn,
they brought their usual fight face to ringside, and then there were
some new kids on the block such as bantamweight RODOLFO VELASQUEZ.
And, true to form the following boxers made it through the tournament
to be the last man standing in the weight division including
Yves Ulysse, Custio Clayton, Brody Blair, Jonathan Savard and
the real senior SAMIR EL MAIS.
Then there was MARY SPENCER who continued to be the top
woman boxer in Canada.
Some of the boxers that just fell short of the title still performed well
in many of the bouts with wins such as BC light-heavyweight
Thomas Speirs.
For the champions of 2012 this is not the end of their 2012
journey, some or all of them will attempt to win an Olympic
spot on the Canadian Olympic team with soon to be action
and activity in South America. It will be the last change to
give all and to get beyond the ordinary to reach-up and
reach out to catch the hard to get spots on the Olympic team.
Well the party is over for another year, and for the most part many of
the champions retained there titles, but there were some interesting
battles along the way with some surprises and a few upsets.
For boxers such as Jonathan Quinit, Kenny Lally and Alex Rynn,
they brought their usual fight face to ringside, and then there were
some new kids on the block such as bantamweight RODOLFO VELASQUEZ.
And, true to form the following boxers made it through the tournament
to be the last man standing in the weight division including
Yves Ulysse, Custio Clayton, Brody Blair, Jonathan Savard and
the real senior SAMIR EL MAIS.
Then there was MARY SPENCER who continued to be the top
woman boxer in Canada.
Some of the boxers that just fell short of the title still performed well
in many of the bouts with wins such as BC light-heavyweight
Thomas Speirs.
For the champions of 2012 this is not the end of their 2012
journey, some or all of them will attempt to win an Olympic
spot on the Canadian Olympic team with soon to be action
and activity in South America. It will be the last change to
give all and to get beyond the ordinary to reach-up and
reach out to catch the hard to get spots on the Olympic team.
Friday, January 13, 2012
THE BOXING CANADA ROAD IS LONG AND WINDING
THE BOXING ROAD IS LONG AND WINDING: By Brian Zelley
Most of those boxers that step into the ring to compete in the Nationals
will not be on the victory stand at the end of the show. The following
covers the travels of two of those boxers from Boxing Ontario.
GuelphMercury - Guelph boxers’ medal hopes end in Cape Breton
The story of heavyweight Paul Rasmussen and light-heavy
Fabricio Portillio is not much different from hundreds of other
boxers that have entered a National tournament. Many try
but only one in each division will see gold dangling around
their neck. Paul dropped a decision to Team-A's
SAMIR EL MAIS who used his experience to edge Rasmussen,
with a little help from the judges and the referee.
Looking at any Provincial team, there are always those stories
of disappointment, but in reality any that manage to participate
should consider themselves lucky to make the trip.
Over the decades of Boxing Canada from 1969 onward, there
have been hundreds of boxers, coaches and officials who have
been overlooked or have just missed the boat for a volume of
reasons including sickness or injury. On the other hand there
have been some that went, but did not have the tools to compete
in an effective manner, but due to whatever circumstances they
were picked to experience the golden opportunity. So anyone
who did get the opportunity to compete once or twice they
should have no regrets or complaints.
Take the team from British Columbia, how many should have
gone due to their excellence and how many went as just another
warm body does not matter. Each one went with that opportunity
to be the best that they can be at the time and gain new experiences.
When all is said and done, only about two of the team boxers will
make the finals, but for the others their participation is appreciated.
BC's two standouts prior to the finals include flyweight KENNY LALLY
and light-heavyweight THOMAS SPEIRS. Both train in Prince George
one of the all-time hot spots for amateur boxing and some history of
some quality pro boxers.
Most of those boxers that step into the ring to compete in the Nationals
will not be on the victory stand at the end of the show. The following
covers the travels of two of those boxers from Boxing Ontario.
GuelphMercury - Guelph boxers’ medal hopes end in Cape Breton
The story of heavyweight Paul Rasmussen and light-heavy
Fabricio Portillio is not much different from hundreds of other
boxers that have entered a National tournament. Many try
but only one in each division will see gold dangling around
their neck. Paul dropped a decision to Team-A's
SAMIR EL MAIS who used his experience to edge Rasmussen,
with a little help from the judges and the referee.
Looking at any Provincial team, there are always those stories
of disappointment, but in reality any that manage to participate
should consider themselves lucky to make the trip.
Over the decades of Boxing Canada from 1969 onward, there
have been hundreds of boxers, coaches and officials who have
been overlooked or have just missed the boat for a volume of
reasons including sickness or injury. On the other hand there
have been some that went, but did not have the tools to compete
in an effective manner, but due to whatever circumstances they
were picked to experience the golden opportunity. So anyone
who did get the opportunity to compete once or twice they
should have no regrets or complaints.
Take the team from British Columbia, how many should have
gone due to their excellence and how many went as just another
warm body does not matter. Each one went with that opportunity
to be the best that they can be at the time and gain new experiences.
When all is said and done, only about two of the team boxers will
make the finals, but for the others their participation is appreciated.
BC's two standouts prior to the finals include flyweight KENNY LALLY
and light-heavyweight THOMAS SPEIRS. Both train in Prince George
one of the all-time hot spots for amateur boxing and some history of
some quality pro boxers.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
THE LIGHTWEIGHTS
SOME PRELIM ROUND WINNERS THE LIGHTWEIGHTS: by brian zelley
Alex Rynn, Dylan Bishop, Jag Seehra
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