The fight was nationally televised over the USA network, but Poirier remembers being calm as he stepped into the ring. Up next I knew that I was going to have a problem in the heavyweight division, so I left when I had my senses together, because believe me there are fighters out there that have the punch drunk syndrome talk , I was not even close to that point so it was time to leave I asked Vinnie to retrain me ? Crone/Poirier won gold at both of their JGP assignments and qualified to the JGP Final, where they finished fourth. I completed an 18.6 mile marathon sponsored by the New Bedford Fraternal Order of Eagles. Shortly after my seventh consecutive victory, which was an eight-round decision over 63-fight veteran Beau Jaynes, the Massachusetts State Boxing Commission discovered that I had turned professional just shy of my 16th birthday. Hope all is well, ‘The Champ.’” We’d have a few moments of back-and-forth, always ending with the promise to meet up at Knucklehead’s for a beer or two. In addition to his normal training in the gym, he ran a 10k road race and finished fourth. Crone/Poirier began their season by capturing gold at 2010 Skate Canada International, ahead of Sinead Kerr and John Kerr who had a fall in the free dance. and, meeting Muhammed Ali at a benefit held at Harvard College, Boston, Massachusetts. Paul Poirier was not a man who was defined by one fight. At the 2010 Canadian Championships, they repeated as national silver medallists and were nominated to represent Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics. "[32] Their scores dramatically improved with the new program, and they earned the silver medal at the 2018 Canadian championships, on the way to qualifying for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. "We just sort of felt each other out in the first round and, in the second round, he really slowed down," said Poirier of the former heavyweight champion. My career was rising rapidly. [25] Gilles/Poirier took bronze at the 2016 Skate Canada International, the 2016 Trophée de France, and the 2017 Canadian Championships. To the present day, I am still considered to be the youngest person ever to run this length of a marathon in Massachusetts. I also have two children - a daughter, Melissa, and a son, Bradford and, my daughter have just made me a grandfather of a beautiful baby boy Ethan Following in the natural order, in a few years - I became the father of my daughter, Melissa Joy ? Stewart, rated No. Most of all, I wanted to finish high school. This page was last modified on 10 October 2017, at 09:20. https://boxrec.com/media/index.php?title=Paul_Poirier&oldid=697951. My boxing story is devoted to the most important people in my life: first, to my close friend and manager, Vinnie Vecchonnie; and, Most importantly, to my wife and children, and my two sisters who have since passed away for enduring and supporting my passion and my adventure to achieve my avocation. I remember the regret in his voice when he told me of that time in his life; not so much because he couldn’t continue to box, but because he had let Vecchione down, stepping away from the sport after all the time and teaching his trainer had put into making him one of the top guys in New England. Soon after high school graduation, while attending Church meetings, I met a beautiful, young woman name Gilda. Vinnie trained me to the height of my career. He captured his first New England Heavyweight championship in August of 1991, beating Marc Machain at Nickerson Field in Boston. I decided to return to the ring in 1990 after an absence of 15 years. "When we were called to the center of the ring for our instructions, I remember trying to stare him down," he said. I wanted to make up for lost time and I knew that only Vinnie could help me do this. So, in 1990, Poirier made another decision that began with a telephone call to an old buddy. [9] The two began skating together in May 2001.[10]. So, because of my love of the sport and my ability to box, Massachusetts State Boxing laws changed for the future. My natural skills and my innate desire to succeed and be the best, quickly elevated me from six round preliminary fights to eight and ten round bouts. [35] At their first Grand Prix event, the 2018 Skate Canada International, Gilles fell during the rhythm dance, leaving them in sixth place. one, over the high ranking Sullivan, who had just lost to "Sugar" Ray Seals - and the other bout, over high ranking Vito Antuofermo. Mac Clean, New Bedford?s home town boy was allowed to continue to fight. [5], At the 2019 Canadian Championships, Gilles/Poirier placed second in the rhythm dance, behind Weaver/Poje due to lower scores on the Tango Romantica pattern. [4] He continues graduate studies in linguistics part-time. Poirier called this "something new for us and something that we’ve wanted and it’s one of the things we really hoped we’d be able to do this year. My first sparring partner was a guy called Kippy. My inspiration to return to boxing happened when I witnessed George Foreman's successful return to the ring. "I was being very aggressive and he was hardly throwing a punch. They nevertheless completed the program and led second-place finishers Lajoie/Lagha by 11.60 points going in the free dance. And, more importantly, what led me to leave the ring so young when I had so much potential ? Two of the losses were to Alex Stewart, rated #1 by the IBF, WBC, WBA RATINGS and Tony Tucker, former heavyweight champ. After Poirier defeated New England competitor Marc Machain for a second time, Vecchione then got Poirier the fight with Holmes. Yes, he was a three-time New England heavyweight champion, but he was prouder of being a three-time grandfather. I even trained and fought some light heavyweights like Dan O?Malley, who was a heavy puncher. "[5], Following Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje's decision not to skate the 2018–19 Grand Prix series, Gilles/Poirier became the top-ranked Canadian team competing there. After that fight, Poirier turned down a $50,000 offer to fight Eric “Butterbean” Esch (who, by the way, lost to Holmes in 2002, when Holmes was 52 years old in the final fight of “The Easton Assassin’s” career).

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