Browsing Tag Rixa Promotions
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Manny Montreal’s Bute vs Di Luisa Photo Gallery
Last night was a big night indeed for Montreal boxing fans, and for our own Manny Montreal who was ringside to catch every second of the action. Check out ...
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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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June 26 Grant Brothers Card
Grant Brothers Boxing and Rixa Promotions continue to move forward in their quest to bring homegrown fight talent to a wider audience in Montreal (aka The Fight City), ...
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