REINVENTING THE INDUSTRY.
Ever since Babe Ruth hit his 714th home run the baseball
equipment industry was driven to provide the consumer with better and better
products each and every year. When Jacques Plante invented the first mask
for goaltenders he began a revolution which would continue on to this day.
In every sport we have seen an evolution and development of equipment which
has increased performance and provided more protection than ever before.
The 80’s and 90’s took sporting equipment to a new level as man-made
materials appeared and out-performed their predecessors. Technology now played
a major role in the development of equipment and nowhere was this more evident
than in the running shoe industry. Those companies knew that technology,
materials, style and design were now the major factors in the production
of high-end sporting goods.
It is with this concept in mind that we proudly bring to you, RIVAL BOXING
GEAR, as well as the innovations that have gone into our line.
Co-founder of RIVAL,“The Coach” Russ
Anber is a veteran boxing trainer who has four Olympians and one
World Champion under his belt.
He first made his mark as an amateur boxing coach at the
age of 18, and today as a veteran boxing coach, he continues to devote his
energy to coaching and developing championship caliber boxers at the Ring
83 Boxing Club in Montreal. Russ is widely acknowledged as the authoritative
voice of boxing in Canada.
- In 1986, Russ became the first coach to produce a medal for Canada with
a silver at the World Boxing Championships held in Reno, Nevada.
- In 1986, was the winner of the Coaching Excellence
Award
- By 1992, Russ became the first trainer/manager in Canadian Boxing History
to have three Canadian professional champions simultaneously under his
tutelage.
- In 1996, Russ attained another coaching milestone
as he sent 3 athletes to the ’96 Olympic Games.—remarkably,
each athlete represented a different country.
- In 1996 Russ Anber was named Montreal Coach of the Year (all sports).
- In 1997, Russ Anber reached the pinnacle of a coach’s career when
he guided Otis Grant to the WBO World Middleweight title in Sheffield,
England.
- In June of 2000, Russ was unanimously elected as President of the Quebec
Olympic Boxing Federation and a member of Boxing Canada’s Board
of Directors, a position he still holds today.
But Russ isn’t just known to Canadians as a coach of
boxing champions. Starting with the 1988 Seoul Olympics, he began his second
career as a boxing analyst for CBC Sports. Since 1994 Russ has been teamed
with CBC’s Scott Oake and is half of Canada’s most knowledgeable,
outspoken, and sometimes controversial commentating team. Ron MacLean calls
Anber “the guru of Canadian boxing”.
Since 1988, Russ has covered boxing at every major event
including 4 Commonwealth Games and 4 Olympics. In Montreal, he is a regular
guest on the TEAM 990. Russ has also been a regular and colorful guest on
TSN’s “Off the Record” and “Guys-TV”, as well
as the host of ESPN Classic Canada’s weekly boxing show called “HBO
Boxing Classics”. He is now the host of his own show In
this corner with Russ Anber on TSN which is seen Monday
nights across Canada at 8:30 PM EST
He is also the founder and head coach of the RING 83 Boxing
Club in Montreal.
Jocelyn Poulin, a 12 year veteran of sporting
goods design and co-founder of RIVAL BOXING, he has worked for DR Hockey,
Mission Hockey in California and Aird Sport
Design.
He has designed some of the most innovative protective products
in roller/ice hockey and baseball industry such as the Mission 3 fingers Wicked
Light gloves and the award winning Assymetrical Warp
Zero gloves. More
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He has worked with many professional hockey players such
as Martin Brodeur, Anson Carter, Manon Rhéaume, Hayley Wickenheiser,
Eric Weinrich to help him to design innovative products.
For RIVAL, he brings you the new Conic
Design of boxing gloves, as well as the patent-pending Ergo
Lace Track System exclusive only on Rival’s high-performance
gloves.
We haven’t neglected coaches either. We are extremely
proud of our new Signature Series punch mitt. Our design offers features
that have never before been seen in a punch mitt. These are just a few of
the innovations of RIVAL BOXING GEAR.
Our line not only offers, what we feel, is the finest in high-performance
gear, but also a unique selection of traditional, classic gear to meet your
boxing equipment needs.
RIVAL BOXING GEAR was created because we feel the time has come to re-invent
the boxing equipment industry.
We are proud of our product, confident in our service and determined to revolutionize
the industry.
