Dog Pound Boxing Academy in Belleville is boasting eight medals from a three-day provincial tournament over the past weekend.
Nine fighters from our area travelled to London to compete in the Ontario Novice Tournament for boxers between zero and 10 fights in their careers.
Star up-and-comer Simon Fry won his semifinal and final bouts by unanimous decision to win a fourth career gold medal.
Fry clinched the 2024 Novice tournament, 2025 Brampton Cup, and 2025 Quebec Open before winning on the weekend.
Other impressive gold-medal winning performances came from Gary Peck, who also won his semi final and final by unanimous decision, 11-year-old Abel Thorn, the youngest competitor who won by unanimous decision and 13-year-old Jayden Livesey, who won by stoppage.
Hunter O’Brien won a silver medal, with Andrew Thorn, Varuna Hannah and Jacob Vance-Simpson (in his amateur debut) winning bronze.
Griffin Brown lost in the quarterfinals in his amateur debut.
Ages of all the fighters ranged from 11 to 23.
Dog Pound co-owner Kassie Seymour, who runs the facility with her husband Jay and son Carter, says it’s a great opportunity to give the athletes some much deserved attention for their hard work and dedication.
87 different boxing clubs from across Ontario attended.
More on the Academy can be seen at this link.
(BROCK ORMOND)
