Browsing Tag Grant Brothers Boxing
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Boxing In The Blood
I guess you could say it’s in the blood. Boxing. The fight game. The crazy racket they call pugilism. Because the fact is both of my grandfathers were ...
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Otis Grant: Hometown Hero
Otis “Magic” Grant is more than a former world champion boxer, much more than one of Canada’s most successful athletes. As an amateur, he won provincial and national ...
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The Tale Of Shady & Theo
What draws one to a boxing gym? Some rare individuals, such as Floyd Mayweather Jr., enter its doors almost as toddlers, virtually growing up inside its walls. Others ...
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Pacquiao vs Thurman: The Fight City Picks
It hasn’t exactly been a terrible year, but it’s been far from a great one, when it comes to meaningful, top-level match-ups and big attractions in boxing. And ...
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Fight Night At Grant Brothers
One of the chief reasons Montreal is “The Fight City” is numbers, simple mathematics. Yeah, it’s a big metropolis, but even so, name another city with a population ...
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Ford Grinds At Grant Brothers
The journey of Ryan “The Real Deal” Ford continues and, as anyone who follows Ford on social media knows, it’s a hard road with non-stop training and sacrifice ...
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Tohu Turf Wars: Report And Photo Gallery
Upon approaching the Tohu Theatre last night, and despite having been informed of brisk ticket sales, one couldn’t help being surprised to learn there was not a single ...
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Casino Collision: Lafreniere And Onolunose Go To War
Montreal boxing fans had been promised six bouts on the latest Groupe Yvon Michel casino card, but the scheduled match for popular super middleweight Shakeel Phinn was cancelled at ...
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Fight Night At The Tohu
Last night saw yet another action-packed fight card at the Tohu Theatre in Montreal from Rixa Promotions and Grant Brothers Boxing, headlined by rising super middleweight prospect Erik ...
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Ford Fights In Montreal
“I’m the true definition of a prizefighter. This is what I do to feed my family. This is what I do to pay my bills.” So says Ryan ...
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Fight Time In The Fight City
When it rains, it pours. This time last week the skies were clear and quiet in Montreal, maybe a bit too quiet. Then all at once boxing was ...
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Erik Bazinyan: Lessons Learned
Ironically, time means less and less as we grow older. Huge changes occur in one’s youthful years and the 20-year-old version of the self is radically different from ...
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Nine For Nine: More Wins For Lafreniere And Company
This month is just a tad hectic for Montreal boxing fans with four major cards going down in little more than two weeks. First it was the “Boxe ...
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Francis Lafreniere: A Time For Patience
“Francis works so hard, always gives his all. So we’ve made some adjustments. We want to make sure he doesn’t leave too much in the gym and instead ...
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Jean Pascal: The End Of The Road?
Here’s the truth: the Jean Pascal vs Carl Froch fight for the vacant WBC super middleweight championship is an absolute, under-the-radar classic. Not many talk about it today, ...
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Ten Fights At La Tohu
As per usual for The Fight City, last week we had a major boxing event featuring stand-out performances from contenders and rising young talents, and this week we get ...
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“You’ll Stop In Two Weeks”
Saturday, April 8, it’s time for another stacked card of boxing action at the Tohu Theatre in Montreal, as once again Rixa Promotions and Grant Brothers Boxing are ...
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The Calm Before The Storm
From the outside looking in, it would appear to be a do-or-die type situation for Lucian Bute, one of great urgency and tension, if not outright panic. After ...
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Ready To Roar In Singapore
If Ryan Ford didn’t already have a nickname, you might be tempted to give him one that reflects his willingness to venture far and wide, his life and ...
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A Major Step Forward
Boxing fans in Montreal, whether they realize it or not, are spoiled rotten and last night’s event at the Tohu Theatre only further reinforced this fact. Another solid ...
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Lafreniere Headlines La Tohu Card
The next month is going to be huge for boxing in Montreal and Quebec with at least four major cards scheduled and it starts this coming Saturday night ...
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Brothers In Boxing
“What are the odds? Here we are: both of us undefeated, pursuing our careers, together, in a great gym and with great people and in a great city ...
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‘This Is Where I Need To Be’
Ryan Ford is a man on a mission, determined to come all the way back from crime and prison and be not only a positive role model but ...
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Yvon Michel: Looking To The Future
Belying his eminent position in boxing and celebrity status in Quebec, promoter Yvon Michel is refreshingly personable and candid, not always the case in the world of professional ...
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Winners All Around
Rixa Promotions and Grant Brothers Boxing staged another card of pro fights in Montreal and it was, all things considered, their most successful show yet. The Tohu Theatre ...
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Dwayne Durel: The Thrill Of Danger
“I took a chance,” Dwayne Durel says, describing the move he made five years ago when he left his native France and brought his wife and young family ...
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Rough Trade At The Tohu
The match-ups may not have been what Montreal fight fans were hoping for, and certainly the event could have come together more smoothly for the hard-working people who ...
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Rumbles in Repentigny
The hard-working team at Grant Brothers Boxing and Rixa Promotions brought their wares to Repentigny, Quebec, a short drive east of Montreal, and fight fans definitely got their ...
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Gonna Be Some Rumbles in Repentigny
Rixa Promotions, in collaboration with Grant Brothers Boxing, recently announced their next boxing card for Montreal fight fans, happening on October 24th, but this event stands out from ...
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Otis Grant On GGG vs Lemieux
This writer tried but failed to make it out to the Grant Brothers Gym in Montreal earlier today for something called a “Boxe-O-Thon,” though it wasn’t due to ...
