Skip to content

Coquitlam's Hollingshead wins

Coquitlam boxer Connor Hollingshead took down Jaxon Duff of Alberta during a match in Edmonton last week.
Boxing
Coquitlam boxer Connor Hollingshead took down Jaxon Duff of Alberta during a match in Edmonton last week.

Coquitlam boxer Connor Hollingshead took down Jaxon Duff of Alberta during a match in Edmonton last week. 

The 14-year-old Terry Fox secondary student, who works out at the Maple Ridge Boxing Club, won a unanimous decision against the 15-year-old opponent, who trains in Lethbridge.  

The win is good preparation for a busy winter schedule for Hollingshead. He is heading back to Alberta later this month for back-to-back bouts in Medicine Hat, before beginning three weeks of steady preparation for the Seattle-Tacoma Golden Gloves, which will take place at the end of February.

Hollingshead may be young, but he already has a few years of experience under his belt. 

In 2013, he registered a technical knockout during a bout against a Kelowna fighter in Revelstoke and went 1-1 at the last Seattle-Tacoma Golden Gloves boxing championship, losing the final to a decision.