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Waheed Family - Gold, Silver, and Bronze at Ontario Golden Gloves

By Jim Riddell Mubeen had him figured out and was
all over his opponent. It wasn’t quite
ornwall’s Waheed siblings are enough though; as the decision went
Cthe latest fighters from Champ’s to Ahmadiem and Mubeen went on to
Eastside Boxing to achieve success at win bronze.
the provincial level. Sahil, 17 yrs. of Isha and Sahil, with their 1st and
age, Mubeen 15, and their sister Isha 2nd place finishes both qualify for the
all brought back medals from the Canadian Nationals being held April
Ontario Golden Gloves tournament in Vancouver. Mubeen may still have
in Niagara Falls in early December. a chance to qualify for the Nationals
as there is a possibility that the 54 kg
Isha, who has had 12 amateur
division may be eliminated in favour
fights, defeated Ontario Winter of a 56 kg division. If that is the case
Games champion Faith Rego enroute
Mubeen will be one of the fighters in
to winning gold in the women’s cadet a box-off to see who will represent
division.
Ontario in Vancouver. The Waheeds
Sahil with 21 fights took silver in have been boxing since the fall of
the men’s 60 kg weight class. He won 2015. Sahil said that “we did MMA
a unanimous decision over Silver for a short while, and had never even
Gloves champ Jordan dan Zemelman heard about boxing. When we found
of Toronto to meet Ottawa’s Lucas out about boxing, we made the switch
Cranston in the finals. Sahil got off and have been here ever since.”
to a good start in the fight, winning The typical boxing workout at
the first round, but Cranston came Champs Eastside Boxing is 1 ½
back in the 2nd and third to take the hr. long and is quite intense. The
decision. session is usually led by one of the
competitive boxers and both the
Mubeen had the luck of the draw
working against him as he came up recreational members and the fighters
against Canadian champion Keoma take part. The recreational members
are there for the conditioning and to
Ali Ahmadiem of Windsor early in
the tournament. Ahmadiem won pick up some boxing skills but do
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the first two rounds, but by the third L to R Isha Waheed, Sahil Waheed , Mubeen Waheed. Photo Submitted
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