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(JULY 26)
From July 17th - 20th, Boxing Canada held its inaugural Golden
Gloves championship tournament at the NAV Centre in Cornwall,
Ontario. This tournament featured some of the top amateur boxing
talent from across the country and was a warm up for the
Canadian National Amateur Championships which take place in mid
October in Regina, Saskatchewan. In addition, the tournament got
special recognition and shout outs from former Undisputed
Heavyweight Champion Lennox Lewis and the new federal opposition
leader of Canada Justin Trudeau.
Below is a list of the women who competed in the finals of the
tournament and who won the gold medal.
Deyra Correa of Alberta won 3-0 against Surassa Picard of Quebec
at 48kg Jr. CChelsea Charles of Ontario won 2-1 against Erica Ravelo of
Saskatchewan at 50kg Jr. C
Scarlett Delgado of Ontario was the 57kg Youth Novice champion
via Walkover
Alexandra Malizia of Quebec won 3-0 against Natasha Szlapetis of
Ontario at 64kg Youth Novice
Taylor Ross of Nova Scotia was the 70kg Jr. C Novice champion
via Walkover
Canadian National Champion Kim Klavel of Quebec won 3-0 against
Kassandra O'Reilly of Ontario at 48kg Sr. Open
Canadian National Champion Mandy Bujold of Ontario won 3-0
against Amanda Galle of Ontario at 51kg Elite Open
Sara Haghighat-Joo of British Columbia won 2-1 against Sabrina
Aubin of Quebec at 54kg Elite Open
Sabrina Aubin of Quebec won 2-1 against Caroline Veyre of Quebec
at 57kg Elite Open
Odile Letellier of Quebec was the 60kg Elite Open champion via
Walkover
Lita Mae Button of Ontario won 2-1 against Marie-Eve Decaire of
Quebec at 64kg Elite Open
Kandi Wyatt of Alberta won 2-1 against Marie Eve Decaire of
Quebec at 69kg Elite Open
Arianne Fortin of Quebec was the 75kg Elite Open champion via
Walkover