Photographer: Virgil Barrow | Sunny Thind sparring at the Ontario Provincial Training Camp in preparation for the 2016 Canadian Nationals.
The Gentlemen’s Expo | Feature Fighter: Sunny Thind
Event Date: Friday November 24, 2017
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The Friday Night ‘Fights To End Cancer’ will feature Canada’s top boxers. Fighters in and outside of the ring, the line-up will showcase athletes literally fighting to end cancer.
Help The Gentlemen’s Expo and the 10 incredible boxers on the fight team raise $10,000.00 by fight night!
We would like to take this opportunity to introduce you to one of our youngest fighters on the card, Sunny Thind.
Satwinder (Sunny) Thind is a 17 year old, 75KG amateur boxer from Brampton Ontario. He boxes under the tutelage of Head Coach and club owner, Ajaz Khan, at King of the Ring Boxing Club in Brampton ON. Sunny is 6’7” so he naturally gravitated to basketball as a young man, but found what he really enjoyed was boxing his brother and cousins with a pair of found gloves in his uncle’s basement. Sunny felt a sense of accomplishment and enjoyment that basketball failed to bring. After winning more than his fair share of basement matches he toured a number of local boxing and MMA gyms before landing at King of the Ring. He enjoyed ‘the energy and the vibe’ at King of the Ring and was positively impacted by the encouragement of coaches Ajaz Khan and former National Champion, Danial Khan.
Sunny has only been boxing for two years, however, his natural talent, granite chin and immense passion for the sport earned him a National Title at 16 years of age, in his first year of boxing. He won a Commonwealth Youth Games Bronze Medal at 17 years of age, only his second year of boxing.
Sunny is a very active boxer, having already accumulated over 25 amateur bouts. He concerns himself largely with building his experience and skill level, as he focuses on qualifying for the 2020 Olympics.
Sunny and his family have not personally battled cancer, however, he believes in supporting an excellent cause, even if it means facing his most arduous opponent, in The Fight to End Cancer.
Event Information
WHAT: THE GENTLEMEN’S EXPO #TGE2017
WHEN: Friday November 24, 2017 | 7pm – 10pm (fights start at 8pm)
WHERE: Metro Toronto Convention Centre | North Building, 255 Front St West.
WHY: Friday Night Fights ‘To End Cancer’ In Support Of The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation
TICKETS: Use Promo Code “BOXING” to save $5 per ticket! Please purchase general admission tickets for Friday November 24 – these will give you access to the fights. Buy Tickets Now
Help The Gentlemen’s Expo and the 10 incredible boxers on the fight team raise $10,000 by fight night!
The Gentlemen’s Expo brings you the absolute best in gentlemanly content, retailers, brands and experiences, every year! It’s the most fun you will have all year… while still being in public. We will be hosting sanctioned Olympic boxing matches to celebrate the biggest year yet, for the first time ever. The event proceeds will benefit the Fight To End Cancer, so you can enjoy a true gentleman’s sport, while raising funds for an incredible cause.
The fight card will feature some of Canada’s best boxers holding provincial and national titles. These fighters may be matched up to put on the ‘fight of the night’, but they are all fighting for one cause! Our Co-Main and Main Event fights will feature Mark Smither and Kassandra O’Reilly – they both fought on the inaugural Fight To End Cancer card in 2012. We will be starting the show off with a couple of novice boxers who are up and coming!
We can’t wait to showcase the best of boxing at the Friday Night ‘Fights To End Cancer’. Huge thank you to The Gentlemen’s Expo (TGE) for joining us in the Fight To End Cancer! Learn more about what this cause means to TGE2017 Info/Donate Now
Media Contact:
Jennifer Huggins
Executive Director
Phone: +1.416.666.9314
Email Address: jennifer@fighttoendcancer.com
