Jon Stafford - October 4, 2001
This week's TCO "Athlete of the Week" is Jon Stafford a grade 11 student at Assumption College who is currently a member of the Brantford Youth Boxing Club. This 16 year old recently had his first ring experience at the 2nd Annual Summerhays Boxing Tournament that was held a few weeks ago. Jon is new to the sport of boxing and after only 2 months of training, decided to compete in his first tournament. During the Summerhays tournament, Jon scored a first round TKO over a boxer from Kitchener and during the gold medal bout, lost a hard fought fight to a more experienced boxer from Barrie who had nine bouts under his belt. Jon is currently boxing in the featherweight division, 119 to 125 pound class. His coaches are impressed by his talent and dedication to the game, he trains 3 nights per week and is currently working towards his next tournament on October 19th in St. Catherines.
Congratulations Jon |
