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Joe Bowman Wins Pro Debut

By Jim Riddell “It’s a bit late in life to be starting
a pro career, but I have the will and
ornwall’s Joe Bowman, fighting desire and I would like to go as far as
Cout of Champs Eastside boxing I can. My big goal was to come back
gym made a very successful pro and tonight is the biggest night of my
debut winning a decision over Jiar life”.
Baltazar, a tough opponent from Joe gives a lot of credit to Jorge
Coatzacoalcos Mexico. Bowman, a Luis who has trained him and
two time Canadian amateur champion worked his corner for years, first in
had been away from boxing for about the amateur ranks and now as a pro.
ten years before returning to the sport “Jorge always believed in me, he
a year ago. Bowman was in control of never gave up or lost hope, I’m proud
the fight from start to finish, landing to have him in my corner”.
several good combinations and
Now that Joe Bowman has joined
winning every round on the judges’
scorecards. the “punch for pay” ranks, let’s take
a look at Cornwall’s pro boxers. We
In a post-fight interview with have Tony Luis, the WBA North
Sports Energy, Joe said that Baltazar American lightweight champion, a
was a heavy handed and tough fighter who is capable of defeating any
opponent that came to fight. “I had lightweight in the world on any given
no previous information on him other night. Then there is Akwesasne’s
than he had two pro fights. I didn’t Ronnie Robidoux, a former New
know anything about his amateur York state Golden Gloves champion,
background, his style, where he’d now undefeated as a pro at 4-0. Now
been or what he had done. I just had we add Joe Bowman, a two time Photo Jim Riddell
to take things as they came - he came Canadian champion. Before the main again in Cornwall. Tony replied all popular fighters, promoted with a
to fight and he came to win”. event Tony Luis was introduced to the that “never say never” and that good pre-fight buildup is a recipe for
On his boxing future, the twenty- crowd, and asked by the announcer “time will tell”. A fight card at the potential sellout. As Tony Luis said
nine-year-old father of four says – about the possibility of fighting Civic Complex featuring Tony Luis, in the ring “Time will tell”.
Ronnie Robidoux and Joe Bowman,

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