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Otis Grant: Winning On The Road

On December 13, 1997, Otis Grant won a unanimous decision over Ryan Rhodes to earn the WBO middleweight title. We sat down with Otis to get his recollections ...
On December 14, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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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 ...
On June 2, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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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 ...
On November 2, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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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 ...
On July 19, 2019 / By Jamie Rebner
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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 ...
On March 9, 2019 / By Kieron Yates
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Setback For Lafreniere; Big Win For Luis

On a boxing-rich day for Canadian fight fans — with Steven Butler headlining in Rimouski and Jean Pascal challenging for a world title in Atlantic City — Groupe ...
On November 25, 2018 / By Zachary Alapi
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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 ...
On October 26, 2017 / By Michael Carbert
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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 ...
On September 3, 2017 / By Michael Carbert
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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 ...
On June 6, 2017 / By Michael Carbert
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Brandon Brewer And The Rise Of The Plaid Army

If you ever feel anxious about the quality or abundance of Canadian forests, drive through the bucolic hills that populate the province of New Brunswick. The perfectly paved highways, ...
On May 17, 2017 / By Zachary Alapi
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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 ...
On April 3, 2017 / By Michael Carbert
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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 ...
On February 22, 2017 / By Michael Carbert
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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 ...
On February 16, 2017 / By Michael Carbert
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Hopkins vs Smith: Video Picks

Tonight is, supposedly, the absolutely final chapter in the long saga which is the professional boxing career of Bernard Hopkins. Those who have followed that career with some ...
On December 17, 2016 / By Robert Portis
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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 ...
On December 9, 2016 / By Michael Carbert
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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 ...
On October 18, 2016 / By Michael Carbert
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Tribute For Otis Grant

The Coloured Women’s Club of Montreal is an historic social club founded in 1902 that has been active in supporting various charitable initiatives while also offering bursaries for ...
On October 18, 2016 / By Robert Portis
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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 ...
On September 4, 2016 / By Michael Carbert
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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 ...
On August 29, 2016 / By Eliott McCormick
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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 ...
On June 19, 2016 / By Michael Carbert
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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 ...
On April 28, 2016 / By Michael Carbert
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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 ...
On March 20, 2016 / By Robert Portis
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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 ...
On January 31, 2016 / By Michael Carbert
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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 ...
On January 29, 2016 / By Michael Carbert
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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 ...
On December 4, 2015 / By Robert Portis
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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 ...
On November 27, 2015 / By Michael Carbert
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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 ...
On November 26, 2015 / By Robert Portis
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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 ...
On November 19, 2015 / By Manny Montreal
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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 ...
On November 12, 2015 / By Michael Carbert
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The Cuban Sphinx Sits and Waits

Sphinx-like and solitary, Guillermo Rigondeaux sits in repose on his desert throne. Despite his bleak environs he has ample supplies and is impressively ornamented. In one sense, Rigondeaux ...
On November 4, 2015 / By Eliott McCormick

The Fight City

Montreal is The Fight City. Known in years past as "Sin City" and "Babylon on the St. Lawrence", it saw more than its share of ring legends over the decades. A metropolis where hundreds of young warriors train and battle each day in its many gyms, it is where Archie Moore, Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran and Bernard Hopkins all found greatness. It is a city of fights and fighters, of hockey and heroes, of broken dreams and immortal glory, a city unlike any other. Montreal is The Fight City.

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