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PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE STING Canada as the new Official Equipment Supplier for Boxing Canada Montreal – April 3rd, 2017. At the dawn of the new Olympic cycle, Boxing Canada is proud to announce STING Canada as its new official equipment supplier for the next quadrennial. This new partnership includes personalized uniform for the national team as well as boxing equipment that will...

Image: AIBA, Rio 2016 Olympics by Missy Fitzwater   They say that “you can never go home.” Nico Hernandez knows that this is not true.  He has found his way back home on numerous occasions. He has boxed in competitions across the nation, collecting an impressive array of hardware, including:  a National Golden Gloves championship ring, eight Ringside World Championship belts, two Jr. Olympic...

IMAGE - AIBA, RIO 2016 OLYMPICS by Missy Fitzwater It is not a secret that boxing is a powerful sport.  But, where does all of that power come from.  Is it in the jab, or the technique?  Is it in the hours of training?  Or does it lie somewhere within the athlete themselves?  Cristina Gonzalez of the She Fights Foundation believes the latter to...

By Missy Fitzwater “I personally plan on being able to use my brain in the future...Why on earth would anyone choose to voluntarily get hit in the head and face?....You’re a sweet girl from the country, why do you want to hang out with thugs and gang members who have nothing better to do with their lives than get into fights?.....Anyone who would get...

USA BOXING NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: June 28, 2016 U.S. Olympians Errol Spence and Shakur Stevenson to Surprise Irving PAL Boxers at Gym Makeover Reveal (DALLAS, TEXAS) – The young athletes at the Irving PAL Boxing Gym will enjoy more than just one surprise when they walk in to their gym on Wednesday. The boxers will be greeted with not only a gym full...

(Cam Awesome - USA Boxer and Rio Athlete)   By Missy Fitzwater There are certain events in everyone’s lifetime that always elicit a visceral response. One of these, for me, has always been the Olympics. As a little girl, I remember the excitement and anticipation I felt in an Olympic year; from the journey of the torch travelling great distances to reach its final destination in the...

(Image - Clash of Champions 2015 - Maureen O'Mara) by Missy Fitzwater  A first-hand account of how boxing changed 17 year-old Missy Fitzwater's outlook on life.  Recently I was asked the question that I am asked with a fair amount of frequency… why boxing? Boxing is my sport, and being a girl that participates in boxing is somewhat of an anomaly. So, the question ‘Why Boxing?’...

Image - SAA Imaging by Geoff Minett Boxing: the noble art. An athletic discipline whereby a unique intertwine of physicality, strategy and technique are prerequisites to success. A sport in which fitness and training discipline is a stereotype – a badge that is worn with pride. So what if in the process of such diligent training practice, a common recovery method may actually be...

IMAGE: SUSIE Q RAMADAN (HERALD SUN) Susie Q Ramadan is the first Australian female to capture both the International Boxing Federation (IBF) Bantamweight World Title and the WBC World Bantamweight Title. The fiercely aggressive  Susie Q is the ultimate crowd pleaser, with an impressive record of 27  wins from 29 fights - a true testament to her first class technique, lightening hands and watertight...

by QAMIL BALLA So I finally won the Australian Professional title! Man, you don’t know the relief - all the pressure has been lifted. In saying that, the most pressure I felt was put on by myself…  Even though I won, I’m still not satisfied. The expectations I put on myself are so high, the title still feels like a 4/10 on the scale...