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For 18-year-old Rosalind Canty, the sport of boxing runs through her bloodline. Her mother is a former boxer and her father is the current owner and coach of Border Her City Boxing Club.<\/p>\n
“That’s why I grew up here,” Canti said, before donning gloves and hitting a training pad that his father had.<\/p>\n
She became more than just an observer. In fact, after a year of training, she is ready to compete in her Canadian National Boxing Championships in Brampton from February 2nd until she’s February 6th.<\/p>\n
Canti said that growing up, her parents didn’t want her to do boxing and wanted her to give all her attention to school and other sports.<\/p>\n
However, after watching a boxing fight as a spectator, she felt a desire to experience stepping into the ring.<\/p>\n
“I kept begging my dad. So he put me in training and I started sparring right away. I got my first fight and I started winning right away, so I kept begging for it.” \u201cI stayed,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Canty has fought nine times, winning eight of them, she said.<\/p>\n
“I lost the first match.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut then I went to the Brampton Cup and won the Best Boxer award there, which was really cool. , Those were some big moments for me.”<\/p>\n
Also representing Windsor at the Boxing Nationals is 18-year-old Jayden Trudell. He says he started training about five years ago and got into boxing after watching movies like Creed and Rocky.<\/p>\n
“I started training at the MTC [Maximum Training Centre] To learn self-discipline and learn a little bit how to fight,” said Trudell, adding that he has played nearly 20 fights and lost only three.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have fought many good fighters.<\/p>\n
When asked what the biggest lesson he learned in his years of training, Trudell always replied, “Be humble.”<\/p>\n
\u201cI am confident that I can compete in the national competition. I run every day and train three to four times a day.\u201d<\/p>\n
“I love this city and am excited to fight for it.” <\/p>\n<\/div>\n