National Amateur
Boxing Championships
January 16, 2009
(JAN 16) Two time Olympians, world
champions, national title holders and provincial contenders assemble in
Trois-Rivieres, Quebec next week at the Canadian Senior Male & Female
Amateur Boxing Championships. All Gold medal winner's move on to
international boxing rings and a shot at greatness; while their
opponents are left to ponder what could have been. From January 21 to
25, 2009, Ontario's elite boxing stars will find out who is left
standing.
Ontario boasts a very strong core of boxers, led by last year's
dominating National Team members and supported by a long list of
extremely gifted provincial champions. In the men's corner Ontario is
led by 2 time Olympian and several times National Champion Adam Trupish,
Toronto's rising stars Steve Franjic and Ibrahim Kamal and also Oshawa's
Heavyweight Frankie Rill. The women's national team is fronted by World
champion, Windsor's Mary Spencer, a strong candidate to being one of the
first female boxing Olympians in 2012. Kitchener's Mandy Bujold and
Sudbury's Amber Konikow also compliment an Ontario women's team that won
an astonishing 9 out of 13 spots on the National Team at last year's
National Finals. Ontario males and females have always done well at the
Nationals and no surprise Ontario and Quebec will be the teams going
head to head to determine who reigns supreme nationally.
Team Ontario, an exciting cast of Senior Provincial Champions looking to
make the National Team, is prepared to continue its trend of boxing
dominance at the national level. Team Leader Kathy Ure, a former
National Champion and current coach and owner of Sharky's Boxing Club in
Sarnia, is excited at the potential that this year's team has. "I am so
pleased to be team leader for the 2009 Senior National Champions in
Quebec City. In my past experience team Ontario has always done
extremely well having won many spots on the national team. It is great
to see so many people interested in amateur boxing, and it is only
increasing in numbers. I look forward helping the team out in any way."
notes Ure.
The Canadian Senior Boxing Championships commence Wednesday, January 21,
in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec.
