Jun 11, 2021 | Athlete Profiles, Feature Friday
It’s time for Feature Friday, where we share the stories about the incredible people in the Boxing Ontario community. This week’s feature is Gabby Botelho, a boxer from Kingsway Boxing Club (Toronto) and Beaver Boxing (Ottawa). What or who first inspired Gabby to...
Apr 18, 2021 | Athlete Profiles
Five athletes from Ontario were chosen to represent Canada at the Americas Olympic Qualification event in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Mandy Bujold, Jaquan Carty, John-Michael Bianco, Justin Parina, and Sunny Thind were nominated to Boxing Canada’s Olympic Qualification...
Mar 5, 2021 | Athlete Profiles
It’s time for #FeatureFriday, where we share the stories behind the faces of Boxing Ontario, and this week’s feature is Lucas Falkner! What gym do you train out of? L: I’m from Border City Boxing Club out of Windsor ON. Why did you first start boxing? What/who...
Nov 27, 2020 | Athlete Profiles
“My name is Owen Paquette. I am 15 years old and I have been boxing for almost 7 years. I am from Brantford, Ontario, and I currently train out of Top Glove Boxing Academy. Initially, I began boxing for conditioning training to better myself for another sport....
Dec 12, 2014 | Athlete Profiles, News
Submitted by Shawn McWilliams This week we are profiling Lucas Bahdi from Irwin Boxing Club in Niagara Falls. Lucas recently won the 60kg Canadian Championship at the 2015 Elite Nationals Championships in Mississauga. He was also given the distinction of “Best Male...
Dec 1, 2014 | Athlete Profiles, News
Submitted by Shawn McWilliams I’ve been doing boxing interviews for somewhere around the 10 year mark now for various websites and papers and I do it for my love of the game and the bravery of its competitors. I have conducted interviews at every level...
