Chris van Heerden Archives

Kingmakers of the Queen City

Premier Boxing Champions, that prizefighting cruise ship steered by an invisible captain, docked on the shores of Lake Ontario Friday

In 1976, a group of young athletes journeyed to Montreal to fight for their country. There were no great expectations

In 1977, boxing’s two best bantamweights were both tremendous punchers, both undefeated, both champions, and both Mexican. A showdown was

For the heavyweight division, the 1990’s were total chaos. A complete chronicle of that bizarre decade for the game’s big

Flyweight wasn’t much of a division until Jimmy Wilde came along. While not the first of the little champions, “The