Brody Blair

Brody Blair

Personal information
Born	(1991-12-27) December 27, 1991 New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
Country	Canada
Sport	Boxing
Event(s)	Middleweight
Medal record Men's Boxing Representing  Canada Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara Middleweight
Updated on 19 November 2013.

Brody Blair (born December 27, 1991) is a Canadian amateur boxer that has represented Canada in multiple international competitions as a 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^[5]

References