Varsity Arena – Donovan Boucher vs. Shawn O’Sullivan
This match was international. Shawn O’Sullivan won Olympic silver in 1984 in Los Angeles, while Donovan Boucher had world title ambitions. It was also personal, as the men had been sparring partners in the past. And it was intensely local: O’Sullivan was the pride of the Cabbagetown Gym, while Boucher got his start at Toronto’s Sully’s Gym. Each man drew a passionate group of supporters to Varsity Arena on fight night, but the bout itself was one-sided. Boucher, younger and quicker, beat O’Sullivan to the punch repeatedly before knocking him out in the second round. Afterward, O’Sullivan announced the first of his three retirements.
