Chris Hughes fights Scotland’s Luc McCavanaugh Friday night at the Merritton Community Centre. Chris Hughes is off to a knockout start in his boxing career. The 15-year-old St. Catharines resident...
Rob McGregor can trace his start in boxing to The Pen Centre. “I met Steve Pagendam outside The Pen Centre one night when two of my friends were about to...
Vinnie Ryan may be 80, but he is still going strong coaching at McGrory’s Boxing Club in Hamilton. “It’s because it keeps you young,” said the native of Dublin, Ireland,...
No one dedicates four decades to a sport unless there's a passion and love for the athletic pursuit. Long-time boxing coach Doug Dobias, who will be honoured at the St....
Thirty-five years after his boxing career ended in controversial fashion, Rob Fortuna will be honoured at the St. Catharines Amateur Boxing Club’s Niagara Legends Boxing Show July 19 at the...
Lucas Bahdi improved to 2-0 with a first-round knockout last Friday of Ricardo Gonzalez. Photos buy VIRGIL BARROW. Blink and you might have missed Lucas Bahdi’s second professional fight. Fighting against Mexican...
Lucas Bahdi made a great impression in his pro boxing debut. Fighting Luis Yan Revilla last Saturday (6-5 with a knockout) in Mexico City, the 25-year-old Niagara Falls native knocked...
Fighting for gold at the national championships in Victoria, B.C., St. Catharines Amateur Boxing Club member Matthew Ryan wasn’t taking any chances. “I pushed real hard because I wanted to...
It will be a mini family reunion of sorts when the national boxing championships are held April 23 to 27 in Victoria, B.C. St. Catharines Amateur Boxing Club members and...
Three bouts into his pro boxing career, Antonio Napolitano has learned a ton. “The style is a lot different because guys who aren’t very good are tough and they can...
St. Catharines Amateur Boxing Club member Jimmy Ryan competes against Steeltown Boxing Club’s Joseph Younan Friday night at the Optimist Club in St. Catharines. Bruce Greenlaw doesn’t hesitate when asked...
Rene Chavez is trying hard to win his battles inside and outside of the boxing ring. The recovering alcoholic has found an ally and a home at the St. Catharines...
Coaches with the St. Catharines Amateur Boxing Club pose with athletes and coaches from the Corner Inlet Boxing Club in Australia. Canadians complaining about the polar vortex and the freezing...
The day after running a boxing tournament in Niagara Falls in December 2011, Ron Gallen found himself in the hospital battling pneumonia. Things went from bad to worse for the...
Matt Ryan capped a great weekend for the St. Catharines Amateur Boxing Club by winning a gold medal Sunday in the Cadet C Open 60-kilogram division at the Ontario Golden...
The four Ryan brothers aren't the only boxing siblings looking to emerge as champions at this week’s Golden Gloves provincial championships in Niagara Falls. Three members of the Hughes family...
Matthew Ryan is the last in a long line of talented boxing brothers. His 20-year-old brother Stephen is the reigning Ontario senior champion at 60 kilograms, 18-year-old sibling Gerard won...
It’s early Saturday afternoon at the St. Catharines Amateur Boxing Club and Tyson Boivin is living up to his boxing first name. The 12-year-old is giving the heavy bag a...
Prior to competing at his first Canadian senior amateur boxing championships in April, Antonio Napolitano fully intended to turn pro. But there was a certain amount of hesitancy as the...
For Canadian athletes, few things top the thrill of representing their country for the first time. St. Catharines Boxing Club member James Hughes, the 2018 Canadian 69-kilogram youth boxing champion,...
Karli McCabe has always been a huge fan of boxing. The 21-year-old St. Catharines resident watched it on television and viewed countless movies and documentaries about the sport, but she...
Jimmy Neill’s lifetime involvement in the sport of boxing will see him honoured at the 12th Annual Niagara Legends Boxing Show Friday, July 20 at the Merritton Community Centre. St....
