Browsing Tag Grant Brothers
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Ulysse vs Claggett: Rare As Rubies
Tomorrow night Montreal hosts another major pro boxing card, this one organized by Eye Of The Tiger Management and featuring no fewer than 12 matches. The venue is ...
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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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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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Joël Thériault: The Last Alpha
“Joël Thériault, he’s probably the toughest guy I’ve ever seen. NHL, AHL, it doesn’t matter. He’s not only a good fighter, he’s intimidating, with his eyes, with everything. Everybody’s ...
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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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Shakeel Phinn: A Fighter’s Life
Finding one’s place in the world isn’t always easy. It can take time to determine one’s true calling, to know you’re doing what you were meant to do. ...
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Grant Brothers Prospects At La Tohu
The last time we saw Francis Lafreniere in action it was unforgettable. On January 30th in the Bell Centre and on the undercard of Pascal vs Kovalev II, the ...
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Interview With The Predator
They call Patrick Cote “The Predator” and he will be on the hunt in Ottawa on June 18th at UFC Fight Night 89. Chris Connor of Last Call ...
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Bute: Confident & Dangerous
One of boxing’s most intriguing stories of the last few years continues to unfold with the next chapter to be written Saturday night at the historic DC Armory ...
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Invite To The Alien
Will he or won’t he? That’s the question on the minds of die-hard fans of “The Alien,” or, if you prefer, “The Executioner.” Or how about just the ...
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A Tale Of Two Shows
In a perfect world, what happened last night in Montreal, the place we affectionately call “The Fight City,” would never arise: two major boxing cards at two different ...
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Lafreniere And St Juste Steal The Show
Jean Pascal appeared devastated and inconsolable and Freddie Roach was incapable of explaining what had just happened beyond stating the obvious. It was a poignant moment at the ...
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Francis Lafreniere: “This Is My Time”
This Saturday night, the eyes of the boxing world turn once again to Montreal, and while the focus for most fight fans will be the main event, Kovalev ...
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2015: The Year That Was
As we charge fearlessly into 2016, boxing fans look back at 2015 with decidedly mixed feelings as the year was clearly a mixed bag of the good, the ...
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Casino Boxing Series Returns
For over seven years, pro boxing was an entertainment staple at the Cabaret in the Casino de Montreal but, for various reasons, the fights stopped. Considering that championship ...
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Chris Ganescu: “Bute Is Exceptional”
For manager Chris Ganescu, boxing is a passion. Which is not surprising considering his father competed in the squared circle back in his native country of Romania. Chris ...
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Expect The Unexpected
Boxing, it is said, is “the theater of the unexpected,” but this statement naturally applies more to some fights than others. In the case of this Saturday’s clash ...
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Cotto vs Canelo: The Fight City Picks (Part 1)
Cotto vs Canelo is upon us and we sought out expert opinion on one of the best matches of the year, asking champions, former champions, contenders and promoters ...
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Lucian Bute Ready For DeGale
On most days a visitor to the Grant Brothers Boxing Gym in Dorval, a suburb of Montreal, encounters a crowded room teeming with noise and energy as both amateur ...
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The Crow Speaks
David Loiseau is a Canadian mixed martial artist who has fought in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, EliteXC, WSOF, ECC, TFP, UCC and TKO MMA. He is the former ...
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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 ...
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Bute And Di Luisa Face Off
It takes a little time for this writer to identify the peculiar element in the atmosphere at the final press conference for the Premier Boxing Champions card taking ...
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Bute In Training
Former super-middleweight world champion Lucian Bute returns to action on August 15 in Montreal, his first bout since his loss to Jean Pascal 18 months ago. The match will ...
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Lucian Bute: The Return
Lucian Bute is far more comfortable communicating in his native Romanian, or in French, the official language of his adopted home city of Montreal, but during his talk ...
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Furious Fisticuffs at Grant Brothers Pro-Am Event
You’re a boxing manager with a not uncommon problem: you have a talented and capable pugilist under contract, but no one wants to see him compete due to ...
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Francis Lafreniere: Confidence Rising
Few sports have a history as rich as boxing’s and one does not have to look too far back to recall when defeats were not regarded as reasons ...
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The Show Must Go On
Tomorrow night will see another excellent showcase of local boxing talent put on by the Grant Brothers and Rixa Promotions at the Pointe Claire Holiday Inn, but, sadly, ...
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Grant Brothers Team Perseveres
Francis Lafreniere and Erik Bazinyan headline tonight’s boxing card at Montreal’s Olympia Theater, but that was not the Grant Brothers’ initial plan. In fact, very little has gone ...
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Grant Brothers Host Entertaining Pro-Am Event
Briefly taking the stage to thank the sponsors and spectators, Otis Grant made clear that public support was critical in his and Howard Grant’s efforts to promote boxing in ...
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