2014 Nationals set for October 2013

                      2014 CANADIAN NATIONALS in REGINA: by brian zelley

                    Alex Torres Rynn in Action in his first bout of the tournament
                          (a Boxing Canada photo, edited for this site, to serve as the lead photo)

Well a new round of National championships begin for 

Boxing Canada at Regina October 21 to 26th, 2013. 
Some of the National team members will not bein the
tournament due to the World Championships action.
However, it will include Justin Hocko, Alex Rynn 
and Rodolfo Velasquez to name a few.  

Some of the boxers that competed in the 
2013 Canadian Golden Gloves are expected to see action
including BC's Jag Seehra.  Also, expected to see action
in the women's elite championship will be 2012 Olympian
Mary Spencer. 

Boxers from British Columbia:

Maple Ridge boxers with
coach Alex










* Connor Rankin, Jag Seehra, Jessie Brown, Tobe Ibediro,
Dylan Bishop, Sasan Highight-Joo and Jacob Varga.

Dylan Bishop, a boxing star in 2010.
Dylan has been in a number of 
Canadian National tournaments.

But, for 2014 Nationals that take place
in Regina starting October 21, the now
experienced warrior will be one of the
veterans.  So, with all the young ones
moving up from the youth category,
it will be interesting to see how they do
as senior elite boxers in tough 
competition.  No sure bets.

Boxer Kenny Lally on the National team will be engaged
in the world championship action so will not be ub Regina.

Boxing Canada begins the pre-tournament Buzz:
http://www.boxingcanada.org/
* One of the key committee volunteers in Regina is Melissa Fiacco.
marketing and communications. 

Women In Boxing: 
In addition to the many woman volunteers and builders, there
is expected to be some excellent women boxers touch gloves and 
come out fighting in Regina.  A sample of National team members
that should be rocking in the ring include:
Kim Klavel, Mandy Bujold, and Stephanie Walker.
But, there are many names scattered far and wide that hope to see action.
***  Katie Saull, River Tucker and Kandi Wyatt to name a few. ***

The Middleweights: Women In Boxing
*  With three registered woman boxers by Boxing Canada, this 
one division will prove to be of very high media attention due
to the following names: 
Mary Spencer, Melinda Watpool AND Ariane Fortin.
The big question will be which boxer gets the bye, and how will 
past events play into the results with a new form of scoring, anything
can happen and there are no sure bets. 

Names and Faces:

National Team member Alex Torres Rynn

should be some interesting moments in Regina.

Mens feather and lightweights have some heavy stars

In the 2013 Canadian Golden Gloves, the featherweight

and lightweight men's senior action was as good as it gets

full expectation the same will be true in Regina.

A Lightweight side story for the past and the future

Well now, this will be one tough division starting

with those two stars from the 2013 Canadian Golden Glove

Manitoba's Brad Katona and Quebec's David Gauthier

However, the heat will be turned on with the appearance

of National team member Alex Torres Rynn.

Then to add an interesting BC side story to the wars

we have the veteran Jag Seehra with the former youth

boxer Jessie Brown  thrown into the mix.

But, some great unknowns will be the likes of  Robbie Cusine.

The Featherweights

With at least nine boxer, feathers will fly in the action

Likely the top guns will be

(photo:  Justin Hocko)

Justin Hocko, Rodolpho Velasquez

Bradley Wilcox and Jason Downey

2013 Canadian Golden Gloves

revisited predictions

Now, the chances are that these two matches will not

be repeated in the finals of the Nationals

but there is a possibility that one or both

of these matches could take place in the

build-up to the finals.

ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE

Some names from Golden Gloves

From the list of entries for the Nationals

in Regina, we now know which of the

above boxers are expected to compete.

Kim Klavel, Mandy Bujold, Sara Highight-Joo

Sabrina Aubin and Kandi Wyatt

Rodolfo Velasquez, Brad Katona,

Jessie Wilcox and Vincent Thibaullt 

A - TEAM MEMBERS IN THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Kenny Lally, Yves Ulysse, Custio Clayton,

Brody blair and Samir El-Mais

*  the real drama for 2014 Teams and Champions

will take place beyond October 2013

when the five National  A-team members 

will not be a 2014 National champion.

But, they are expected to challenge for the

right to keep their places on the A-team

and earn a shot for the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games

RING OFFICIALS for THE NATIONAL

Often our ring officials do not get the

proper recognition for their contribution

but quickly become easy target when a 

controversial decision is renderd.  

Maybe, it is time we turned a new page 

and documented the efforts of the ring officials 

like we used to do in the eighties BC Amateur Boxing News. 

The Light-welterweights

The oldest member of the group is

Alberta's Gwyn Lewis followed by Dylan Bixhop

Of the young ones to watch would be 

Ontario's Zsolt Daranyi but we can't overlook 

Brendan Leaman

and

Tobe Ibediro  

(the BC surprise)

Then there are the Welterweights

and a good choice to do well is Jessie Wilcox

but no matter who wins gold and silverthey will

have their hands full when it is box-off time.

Host Club - Regina Boxing Club

The Regina Boxing Club is in the thick of 

the pre-tournament  buzz slated for the Orr Centre.

Two host club boxers are Ronald Deiter and Jayde Hayden.

BOXING CANADA STAFF

Robert Crete, Daniel Trepanier

Michelle Ethier and Lynn Levis

BOXING CANADA - Directors and  Staff

A List Of Recent Names of Interest

Boxing Saskatchewan

George Goff, Scott Hubic, Michelle Nelson,

Jordan St. Onge, Garth Gariepy, Karen Clouthier,

Robert Hattum, Brad Clarke,

Moses Alli and Sherry Hayden.

Staying Cool and Calm

in the final moments before the opening bell

*** a photo from Boxing Canada ***

Jessie Wilcox - Boxing Ontario

RING ACTION - Tuesday night

First to go will be the lightweights in the first three bouts

Opening bout:  Eric Taylor (Alberta) vs Calyn Downey (NS).

The winner will face BC's Jag Seehra

Also in the next two bouts will see  David Gauthier and Brad Katona

In the 64kg division:  BC's Dylan Bishop faces Ont. Zsolt Duranyi

In 69 kg action, one of the bouts will feature  Ontario boxers

Jessie Wilcox  vs  Michael Affaine

In middleweight action BC's Jacob Varga faces Julian Klima (Alb.) 

The first round of action 

Zsolt Duranyi over Dylan Bishop

Prelim Winners

Eric Taylor, David Gauthier, Brad Katona 

Tobe Ibediro, Brandon Leamon, Zsolt Duranyi, 

Arthur Blyarslanov, Jacob Landry, Josh Cameron,

Steven Butler, Michael Affaine, Chris Porteous,

Aaron MacLellan and Jacob Varga.

Lightweights next round

There will be some interesting tests

Eric Taylor vs Jag Seehra

Others include the likes of 

Justin Hocko, Alex Rynn

National A-team member Rynn's

first bout will be against Josh O'Reilly  

and next round will see Katona vs Gauthier

Eric Taylor could be the surprise  of the division.

Note: some of the boxers that were scheduled for one

division seem to now be in a different division

such as Justin Hocko who is now in the lightweight division

ACTION FOR WEDNESDAY - October 23rd.

For British Columbia, there is not much activity

so all eyes will be on boxer Connor Rankin

Two of the front runners would likely be

Rodolpho Velasquez and Bradley Wilcox

The Night Time Action

per schedule prepared by Boxing Canada

Two middleweights returing to action

will face each other in bout 46

west meets west

Aaron MacLennan vs Jacob Varga

The middleweight front runner is likely

VINCENT THIBAULT

Widnesday afternoon - day two

The action is over with some interesting  action

and a few surprises as to who would continue

one of the expected wins was by Rodolfo Velasquez

but for some  an upset when another member

of the Wilcox family did not earn the win.

Velasquez wins his firs bout

Other winners - men's 

Francois Pratte, Julio Escorta,  Mitch Hunt

For  night action, vicky pelletier earns the win in the opening bout.

BC's River Tucker did not make it  past  the first bout

NANCY  BEAUDOIN OF QUEBEC closes out the wins 

 with a victory over Hopkins of Ontario.

For the men, the lightweights wil take to the ring

with Naional A team member Alex Rynn ready

to face Josh O'Reilly of Ontario..

They will be followed by some important bouts.

For BC boxing  it will be Jag Seehra  vs Eric Taylor.

Winning and Moving Forware

Alex Rynn, Lucas Bahdi, Jag Seehra, David Gauthier

Devin Reti, Brian Samuel,  Steven Butler

Vincent Thibault, M. Poulin,  Clovis Drolet, Allen MacLellan

Day Three - No Time for Rest and Relaxation

The afternoon shift from Sara to Mitch

Winning bouts:  

Mackenzie Wright, Taveena Kum, Stephanie Walker

Sara Kali, Caroline Veyre, Maria-Eve DiCaire

And, the night time is the right time

for ring wars and high level tension

THE RESULTS

Good start for BC boxer Sara

In the next bout, Quebec takes the win

Vickie Pelletier earns a win over Gonzalez of Ontario.

Friday Afternoon, No Time for Fish and Chips

The Winning column:

Francois Pratta, Rodolfo Velasques,  Lucas Bradhi

David Gauthier,  David Reti, Steven Butler,

Jan-Michael Poulin, Clovis Drolet, Richard MacDonald,

Chevani Dixon, Paul Rasmussen, Chris. Bernier.

For National A team members, the big surprise

was the loss by Alex Rynn to Lucas Bradhi

who will face David Gauthier for the lightweight title.

For the middleweight division the victory by Pouliin

over Vincent Thibault was a shock to some

AND THEN FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS

The women middleweights

Unfinished Business for Two Stars

MARY SPENCER vs ARIANE FORTIN

Ariane Fortin wins gold 

the Canadian women's middleweight champ.

Saturday:  Men's Finals

We will see some new Champions

The Champions

Evan Gillard, Emilien Boucher

Francois Pratte, David Gauthier

Zsolt Duranyi, Steven Butler,  J. M. Poulin

Richard  MacDonald, Paul Rasmussen and 

Dawson Gibson