Easter earns silver medal
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This article was published 22/01/2011 (5482 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Brandon’s Colton Easter came up just short in his bid for a national boxing title on Friday.
The 15-year-old member of the Brandon Boxing Club dropped a tight 2-1 decision on points to Quebec southpaw Kevin Ercolano in the gold-medal super middleweight (165 pounds) bout in the Cadet C 14-15-year-old age group at the Canadian junior boxing championships in Saint Hyacinthe, Que.
It was a tough loss for Easter, who had trained hard for his shot at a national title.
"I wanted the gold and that’s where I had my expectations, but a silver is better than a bronze or coming in fifth or sixth and I have a chance now to try out for Canada’s B team, so that’s good," Easter said, via telephone.
"The last two fights, I have held them to two and one point, so it was a good defensive gameplan. … But it’s hard to catch that guy when he won’t stop and throw, he just moves his feet. In a 24-foot ring, it doesn’t sound big, but it is big when you’ve got to track a guy down when he is just moving to try to not get any points scored on him."
Ercolano took a 2-0 lead into the third round when Easter cut the gap to 2-1 but couldn’t find an equalizer against the defensive-minded Ercolano.
"It was just a good defensive fight and both kids were really solid," Easter’s Brandon coach Mike Frederickson said.
"The kid got a 2-0 lead, but after that he just ran the whole third round and it’s tough to score. But, second best in Canada and (Easter) lost by one point, what can you say? It was a good fight."
Easter who his first two bouts in the nine-fighter field in his weight class, beating Quebec’s Marc Leblange 15-9 on Tuesday and Ontario’s Jacob Quarrell 6-1 on points in Wednesday’s semifinals to advance to the title bout.
"I was extremely happy with him," Frederickson said.
"We worked a lot on his defence before coming here and he stuck to it and he did great. It’s not too often that you can hold an opponent to two points and lose."
Easter, who now sports a solid 13-7 amateur record, will next focus on making Canada’s junior B team and competing in Canada’s Golden Gloves competition in Edmonton in March.