The Decline In Canadian Boxing

By Jose Espinoza August 14th, 2008 All Boxing Articles

At the opening ceremonies of the Olympics, there was a parade of athletes from the different countries. They stood together, walking side by side.

In the Canadian delegation however, there was one man that walked alone. Adam Trupish walked among his countrymen and he saluted the crowd with enthusiasm, but this man walked alone. You see, Adam Trupish is the only Canadian boxer to qualify for the Beijing Olympics.

On Sunday, August 9, he was defeated by an opponent from Kazakhstan and that was the end for the Canadian dream of a medal in the boxing discipline.

For Trupish, this was his second Olympic appearance and after it was all over, he spoke to reporters. In his comments, Turpish talked about the sorry state that the Canadian Amateur Boxing Association was in.

He spoke about how he had to put himself in debt in order to compete in these games. He even went as far as saying that if the problem with Canadian boxing isnʼt assessed soon, there might be no boxing athletes from Canada in the London Olympics.

In the past six Olympics, Canada has sent 53 boxers to compete in the games. Athletes such as Raymond Downey, David Defiagbon and we canʼt forget Lennox Lewis, have all brought home medals in this discipline.

So why did Canada only send one boxer to Beijing? More...

Olympic Boxing: Canada’s Only Boxer In Beijing Defeated

By Richard Eberline August 10th, 2008 All Boxing Results

The sole hope of Canada's Olympic boxing program was overwhelmingly defeated today in Beijing as Adam Trupish absorbed a 20-1 loss at the hands of Kazkhstan's Bakhyt Sarsekbayev at welterweight.

The 29 year old from Tecumseh, Ontario came into the contest as an eight time Canadian champion and had reached the quaterfinals at the 2007 World Championships in Chicago but none of that mattered once the bell rang at Worker's Gymnasium in Beijing.

Facing Turpish was one of favorites to medal in 2008 and Bakhyt Sarsekbayev showed why he won gold at the 2006 Asian Games, canvassing the Canadian in the first round before putting Turpish under pressure behind a pelting two-handed attack over the next three rounds.

Turpish showed his toughness in the bout but only managed one point, in the third round, and as in the 2004 Olympics, was defeated in his opening match of the games.