Boxing Ontario News
[ST. CATHARINES STANDARD] – Beloved St. Catharines Boxing Club Coach Keith Murphy Loses 31-Year Fight With Ms at Age 61
Article by Bernd Franke via the St. Catharines Standard | Published on October 3, 2020 When the casting call went on for extras for the 2005 boxing movie “The Cinderella Man,” Keith Murphy went to Toronto dressed for the day. As luck — specifically, the luck of...
[CLUB NEWS] – Hardknocks and Cabbagetown Boxing Clubs Form Temporary Partnership
Cabbagetown Boxing Club finds temporary home at Hardknocks Boxing Club Hardknocks Boxing Club has welcomed the Cabbagetown Boxing Club into their gym, as the two have now formed a temporary partnership in order to allow Cabbagetown members, who have been...
[BOXING CANADA NEWS] – New President and Vice-President Elected
Boxing Canada Elects a New President and Vice-President on Its Board of Directors Montreal – September 30, 2020. This past Friday, Boxing Canada elected its new Board members as part of its 2020 online Annual General Meeting and three Director positions came to term...
[ICYMI] – The Way Forward…With Provinces United
Boxing Ontario’s Female Development Committee hosted a panel discussion with Jennifer Huggins, President of Boxing Ontario, and Ariane Fortin, President of Boxe Quebec. Jennifer and Ariane talk about their personal journeys and how their experiences led them to become...
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[PRESS RELEASE] – Boxing Ontario is Pleased to Announce Erik Espinola as Our New Executive Director
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | TORONTO (September 14, 2020) The Boxing Ontario Board of Directors are pleased to announce the appointment of Erik Espinola to the role of Executive Director, effective September 14, 2020. Erik’s organizational experience, sport knowledge, and...
[FEATURE FRIDAY] – Syd Vanderpool
It’s time for #FeatureFriday! On Fridays we’ll share the stories behind the faces of Boxing Ontario, and this week’s feature is Syd Vanderpool of SydFIT Health Centre in Kitchener! "My father, John, introduced myself and 4 older brothers to the physical regime of...
[TALENT ID] – Connecting Athletes to Opportunities
What is Talent ID? Talent identification (TID) are programs that are designed to identify young athletes with the potential for success in senior elite sport. TID programs connect athletes with training, development, and competitive opportunities that are designed to...
[FEATURE FRIDAY] – Chris Hoard
What a great opportunity to share my story with you all, my journey of boxing and health and how it changed my life. Before boxing I was an overweight, unhealthy middle-aged man, focusing on my two kids and my family. I was working full time as a support worker to the...
[THE BRANTFORD EXPOSITOR] – Boxers Back at It
Article by Brian Smiley via The Brantford Expositor | Published on July 15, 2020 Boxers Back at It Brantford’s boxing clubs are ready to rumble. After the provincial government announced the lifting of certain COVID-19 restrictions last month, Boxing Ontario and its...
[BP SPORTS NIAGARA] – St. Catharines’ Punching Cousins
Article by Bernie Puchalski via BP Sports Niagara| Published on July 15, 2020 | St. Catharines’ Punching Cousins Cousins Antonio Napolitano, James Hughes and Charlie Ryan are in various stages of their careers at the St. Catharines Boxing Club. Training sessions at...
[RADIO-CANADA] – Boxing Gyms Struggling to Reopen in Ontario
Article by Raphaël Guillemette via Radio-Canada | Published on June 17, 2020 | Translated from French Boxing Gyms Struggling to Reopen in Ontario About 20 boxing gyms [update: now 57] have been given the green light to reopen, but club owners in Ontario are struggling...
[BOXING CANADA] – Road to Tokyo: Update on Boxing Qualification System
Article via Boxing Canada | Published on May 26, 2020 Update provided by the International Olympic Committee Boxing Task Force Following the joint decision by the IOC, Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee and the Japanese Government to reschedule the Olympic Games Tokyo...