Mike Strange’s illustrious amateur boxing career has landed him in another hall of fame. The 54-year-old Niagara native was a member of the Niagara Falls Sports Wall of Fame, the...
Fighting highly touted prospect Ashton Sylve July 20 at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Fla., Lucas Bahdi appeared on his way to the first loss of his progressional boxing career. The...
Ryan Ranelli took up boxing when he was 11 years old and the 38-year-old Hamilton resident is still going strong. “I am just too stupid to quit,” the recent inductee...
Niagara Boxing Legend Ryan Baulk is surrounded by Boom Boom Mancini and Gerry Cooney at the recent Niagara Legends boxing card. Like father, like son. One year after his father,...
Steven Wilcox, a 2024 inductee into the Niagara Boxing Legends, has a long connection with the St. Catharines Boxing Club. The 34-year-old boxer from Hamilton, who fought out of the...
Daniel Ryan recalls two starts to his boxing career. “Officially, I started when I was 14 in Grade 9. Unofficially, I have been doing it since the time I was...
The lessons Scottie Paul learned from boxing have stood the test of time throughout his life. “It’s that you keep going. That is the No. 1 thing. That is what...
The awards continue to pile up for Ray Napper Jr. In early April, the 39-year-old Welland native was named the winner of the Gil Beaulieu Memorial Trophy as the City...
Stephen Ryan is the youngest of the young guns to be honoured at the Niagara Legends Boxing Show Friday night at the Merritton Community Centre. Also being inducted into the...
Other coaches didn’t have even a fighter’s chance of knocking off Ray Napper as the City of Welland’s 2023 outstanding coach. The 39-year-old Welland native was the knockout winner of...
Antonio Napolitano first loss as a professional boxer will not go for nought. Fighting Ryan Young for the National Championships of Canada middleweight title last Saturday night at the Hamilton...
After starting his pro career in September 2018, Antonio Napolitano will fight Ryan Young March 30 at the Hamilton Convention Centre for the National Championships of Canada middleweight title. “The...
Bobby Haynes made a golden debut at the recent Brampton Cup Boxing Tournament. The Grade 12 student at Blessed Trinity opened the tournament by stopping his opponent in the second...
The St. Catharines Boxing Club is a busy place Saturdays from noon to 1 p.m. Throughout the club, kids ages nine and older are taking part in the club’s free,...
Dylan Maisonneuve returned from the Boxing Ontario provincial championships in Brampton with a bronze medal around his neck. The St. Catharines Boxing Club member won by decision in the quarter-finals...
Boxing coaches Jimmy Neill, pictured above, and Larry Darbyson, will be remembered at a fight card Friday at the Merritton Community Centre. Two Niagara boxing coaching legends will be honoured...
Last summer, Dylan Rumsey returned to his Niagara-on-the-Lake home after a short stint at a drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre. “I only went for seven days but I left because...
Alex Lindsay is a coach’s dream. “He is a good listener and everything that I show him he transfers to the ring,” St. Catharines Boxing Club coach Paul Zahra said....
Phoenix Young-Lazo was an instant convert to the sport of boxing. “I liked it right away,” the 13-year-old St. Catharines resident said. “I am not entirely sure why but I...
It was an impressive debut for (Irish) Gavin Freel at Friday night’s Niagara Legends Boxing Show at the Merritton Community Centre. The 16-year-old member of the St. Catharines Boxing Club...
It didn’t take long before Paul Zahra was hooked on being a boxing coach. His introduction to the role came when he was a fighting in Scotland and Ireland as...
Despite an impressive rowing background, Julia Dimarcantonio had no interest in coaching the sport. “Even though I rowed for so many years, I never had any urge to become a...
Bob Wilcox can thank his oldest son, Steven, for his induction into the Niagara Boxing Legends. “He said he would like to try a single sport. I boxed when I...
St. Catharines Boxing Club members Dylan Maisonneuve and Dennis Steingart. St. Catharines Boxing Club member Dennis Steingart was one and done at the recent senior national boxing championships in Brampton....
More than 43 years ago, boxer Hilmer Kenty pounded out a hard-fought decision over Niagara Falls native Ralph Racine at Olympia Stadium in Detroit. No one had to remind the...
The list of Niagara Boxing Legends will grow by five this March. Included in the list of 2023 inductees who will be honoured at the Niagara Legends Boxing Show on...
Every Saturday from noon until 2 p.m., kids gather at the St. Catharines Boxing Club to take part in free boxing lessons. Bella Bailey, a 10-year-old from Niagara Falls, has...
Dennis Steingart went into the Golden Gloves provincial boxing championships feeling comfortable. “At past tournaments, the first fight I would kind of get the butterflies and nerves and be anxious....
Pat Ryan and the St. Catharines Boxing Club have had a long and prosperous relationship. Eight of the 51-year-old St. Catharines resident’s 11 sons have boxed for the club. Two...
When James Hughes’ hopes of representing Canada at the last Olympics ended with a semifinal loss at the Olympics Trials in December 2020, his thoughts immediately turned to the pro...
