Category: Announcements
Recap of the AOB World Qualification Event in Azerbaijan
As the 2016 Olympic Games are fast approaching, the Boxing’s world is reaching the final stages of the qualification process with less than 50 days to go before the opening ceremony. The AOB World Qualification event is the first open […]
The Wolf’s Journey to Gold
Raquel Ruiz for Boxing Canada A private investigator and a human wolf from Chechnya seems like a perfect team of heroes for a kids’ comic book. The private investigator is John Spray, writer of Next Round: A Young Athlete’s Journey […]
Taylor Lewis Gordon passed away: The world of boxing is grieving
May 31st 2016 was a sad day for the sport of Boxing in Canada as one of its builders, Taylor Lewis Gordon, passed away at the age of 84 years old. Native of Saskatchewan, Taylor Gordon was enlisted in the […]
Professionnal boxers at the 2016 Olympic Games: AIBA’s initiative is now a fact
The controversial and progressive move for AIBA to allow all non-AIBA professionals boxers to compete at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games was overwhelmingly voted in favor of by eighty-four of the eighty-eight delegates present at the AIBA Extraordinary Congress […]
The 2016 Women’s World Championships finish on a high note for the Canadian delegation
2016 marked the 9th edition of the AIBA Women’s World Championships that took place from May 19-27 th in Astana, Kazakhstan. This major tournament regrouped 236 boxers from more than 70 countries, including eight Canadian boxers. Although the team […]
Five boxers on the quest for their Olympic Dream
By Raquel Ruiz for Boxing Canada The phrase boxing for the Olympic dream comes alive in the fists of five of our Canadian National Team members as they will head to Baku, Azerbaijan, to compete at the AIBA World Olympic […]
5 – 0 at the Women’s World Championships : A first for Canada
Two days into the competition, our Canadian boxers are shinning in all their glory at the 2016 Women’s World Championships in Astana. With a perfect score of 5 victories out of 5 bouts, it is a first in Boxing Canada’s […]
ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL EDITION OF THE 2016 KEN GOFF MEMORIAL & BRANDT CUP
At the 23rd edition of the Ken Goff Memorial, team Canada faced off team Germany at the Credit Union EventPlex in Regina. As the evening was about to begin, the excitement was noticeable as the spectators were impatient to watch the national […]
EIGHT CANADIAN BOXERS ARE HEADING TO THE 2016 WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
With less than 100 days before Rio, Boxing Canada is proud to announce the female boxers who will attend the 2016 World Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan. Organized by AIBA, the competition will take place from May 19th – 27th and […]
Three Canadian boxers secure their Olympic dream
After nine days of intense competition, the American Olympic Qualifiers have finally come to an end. Thirteen boxers were representing Canada during the competition. Throughout the tournament, every boxer performed well, but only three athletes were able to punch their tickets […]