Adam Trupish

Adam Trupish (born February 8, 1979) is a Canadian welterweight (– 69 kg) division boxer. He was born in London, Ontario. He is a two-time Olympian and was ranked 5th in the world (among welterweights) after the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships.[1]

2004 Summer Olympics

He represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where he was eliminated by technical knockout in the first round by Ruslan Khairov of Azerbaijan.[2]

Trupish qualified for the Athens Games as a lucky semifinal loser in the second tournament in Tijuana, Mexico. He took the place of Juan McPherson (USA), finalist from the 2003 Pan American Games. However his quota was dropped by the USA Boxing Association due to unsuccessful presentation at the USA Olympic trials. Winner of those trials Vanes Martirosyan qualified for the Qualifying Tournament in Tijuana.

2008 Summer Olympics

Trupish was the only Canadian boxer (in any weight class) to qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[3] The CBC projected a first-bout loss[4] and he was, in fact, eliminated after the first bout against Bakhyt Sarsekbayev by a points loss of 20-1.[5] Afterward, Trupish was heavily criticised in the Canadian press for his poor performance—the Edmonton Sun said he was "absolutely annihilated"[6]—but was also given credit for giving a wake-up call to Boxing Canada. The embarrassment of seeing their only fighter soundly defeated in the first round is expected to bring attention to the need for Canada to provide better funding and training to their athletes.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Terry Jones (August 6, 2008). "Boxer suffering for his art". Edmonton Sun.
  2. ↑ "Athens 2004 Olympics". Yahoo! Sports.
  3. ↑ Simmons, Steve (March 21, 2008). "Boxing is down for the count: Canada now a one-man show". Slam! Sports.
  4. ↑ "Adam Trupish: Olympic Outlook". CBC News. August 4, 2008.
  5. ↑ "Men's Welterweight (69kg/152 lbs) Round of 32 Official". NBC Sports. Archived from the original on 16 August 2008. Retrieved 10 August 2008.
  6. ↑ Simmons, Steve (10 August 2008). "Adam Trupish loses". Edmonton Sun.
  7. ↑ Spencer, Donna (10 August 2008). "Canada's only boxer loses first-round match". Slam! Sports.

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