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I Helped Justin Trudeau to Victory
making sports news across the Justin Trudeau. Justin remained have to throw the towel and stop
country. calm, cool, and collected. I was the fi ght if the tide doesn’t turn”.
The big night finally arrived and quite impressed, but Brazzeau the Then with about 30 seconds left in
I was there with another amateur favourite, looked much stronger the round Patrick slowed down and
boxer who was also boxing on the albeit shorter but stockier. stopped punching. Justin stayed
composed and focused and with 10
card. Justin Trudeau and Patrick The first bell rang and Brazzeau
seconds remaining landed a couple
Brazzeau both had their own bolted from the corner and blitzed
jabs and a cross which elicited
separate dressing rooms, which is Trudeau with both fi sts pumping.
unheard of in amateur boxing. At the Justin blocked some, moved no response from Brazzeau. The
time my son Tony Luis had boxed around, and took his fair share of bell rang and Justin came back to
the corner, Ali Nestor was hyper
on some promotions in Montreal for shots. At one point I leaned over
and hurling instructions at Justin.
Ali Nestor Promotions. Ali Nestor to Ali Nestor and told him (Ali was
owns Ness Martial Arts in Montreal quite frantic in the corner) “we may Continued on page 17
By Jorge Luis
and is a former professional boxer/
th
es, I helped Justin Trudeau professional MMA competitor. Ali 10 CORNWALL
Yto victory….in the ring that was Justin Trudeau’s trainer at the annual
is. It was March 2012 at the time. After bumping into Ali, Ali HOCKEY
Marriott Conference Centre in asked me if I had other boxers on
Ottawa, Ont. An amateur boxing the show and if I would help him TOURNAMENT
card was organized to raise funds corner Justin Trudeau. I instantly
and awareness for cancer. Justin replied an emphatic “yes”. Ali took
Trudeau offered and agreed to fight me to the dressing room to meet January 8-9-10, 2016
any Conservative inside the ring Justin. Justin was very cordial and
within the rules of boxing. The extremely polite. I thought he was All games played at the
search was on and the Conservatives quite relaxed and handled the pre-
found, in the senate, a Conservative fight nerves and pressure well. So Benson Centre,
senator the same age and weight as much so, in fact, for a fellow with no 800 7th St West ,
MP Justin Trudeau. There could be actual previous fight experience that
no more than 10 years difference I tool Ali Nester aside and a couple Cornwall, ON
in age and no more than 10 pounds of officials and asked if the fight K6J 0A3
difference in weight. Patrick was on the level. I thought maybe
Brazzeau fit the bill. Growing up there was a pre-arrangement to go
on a native reserve in Northern easy and put on a good show….but ALL Divisions
Quebec, Patrick had boxed briefly no. I was assured by Ali Nestor,
as a youngster and later in his teens it was real and both competitors are OPEN
and in his early twenties achieved were going to shoot the works and based on calibre
the rank of Black Belt in Karate. On may the best man win. Ali Nestor,
paper it looked like the makings of a as a matter of fact, was quite
mismatch, but people were unaware hyper and nervous. Ali warmed 3 game guarantee
that for years Justin Trudeau had up Justin well and rehearsed the
trained 3 times a week at a boxing fight plan, reminding Justin of key Book your team early
club in Montreal to keep fit. A fox points. It was then time to walk to by contacting Bill Dillabough
that Trudeau. So for 3 months both the ring. Both men were brought
Brazzeau and Trudeau trained in in to music and the place was jam 613-861-0374
Ottawa and Montreal getting ready packed with a pro-Conservative
for the” big day”. The event was crowd. It had all the atmosphere or email
built up by Canadian media, with and pomp of a world title fight. I bill.dillabough@gmail.com
all the pomp and glitz of a major carried the bucket and towel, Justin
big fight. The weigh-in took place Trudeau was booed heartily by the GREAT PRIZES
the night before the event and was partisan crowd. Patrick Brazzeau
televised by Canada-wide media, looked much more nervous than

