Brody Blair

Brody Blair (born December 27, 1991) is a Canadian professional boxer that has represented Canada in multiple international amateur competitions as a middleweight.

Brody Blair
Statistics
Weight(s)Super Middleweight
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Born (1991-12-27) December 27, 1991
New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
Boxing record
Total fights2
Wins2
Wins by KO2
Medal record
Men's Boxing
Representing  Canada
Pan American Games
2011 Guadalajara Middleweight

2011 Pan American Games

Born in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Blair won a bronze medal at the 2011 Pan American Games in the middleweight division. After receiving a bye in the first round Blair defeated Mario Bernal of El Salvador in the quarterfinals 24–12 to advance to the medal round. In the semifinals Blair lost to eventual gold medalist Emilio Correa of Cuba 30–7.[1]

2012 Olympic Qualification Attempt

At the 2012 American Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament Blair won two bouts to advance to the quarterfinals as a middleweight. In the quarterfinals he lost to Junior Castillo of Dominican Republic. Blair needed Castillo to win the tournament to advance to the Olympics, but Castillo lost in the finals.[2]

2013 AIBA World Boxing Championships

At the 2013 AIBA World Boxing Championships in the middleweight division Blair defeated Sanjin-Pol Vrgoč of Croatia and Mahmoud Shabab of the Palestinian territories in the first two rounds 3–0 each before losing to Zoltán Harcsa of Hungary 3–0 in the third round.[3]

Blair went on to represent Canada at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Titles
  • 2009 – Canadian Youth Champion[4]
  • 2011 – Canadian Senior Champion[4]

Professional career

Blair turned professional on May 27, 2017 in Fredericton, New Brunswick and won by TKO in the 2nd round. He won his second professional fight in November.[5]

Professional record summary
2 fights 2 wins losses
By knockout 2 0

References
  1. Canadian, The (2011-10-26). "Nova Scotian boxer earns bronze | The Chronicle Herald". Thechronicleherald.ca. Retrieved 2017-06-10.
  2. Buffery, Steve (2012-05-13). "Two Canadian male boxers earn berths to London Olympics | Other Sports | Sports". Torontosun.com. Retrieved 2017-06-10.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-07-29. Retrieved 2013-11-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Brody Blair | Official Canadian Olympic Team Website | Team Canada | 2016 Olympic Games". Olympic.ca. 1991-12-27. Retrieved 2017-06-10.
  5. "BoxRec: Brody Blair". boxrec.com. Retrieved 2017-12-23.


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