Willimot wins provinvial Golden Gloves

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A 13-year-old Chatham boxer won a provincial championship.

KAYO Boxing Club’s Landen Willimot is the provincial champion and Golden Gloves champion in the 60-kilogram (Junior B) division earlier this month.

The gold-medal fight took place on October 4 in Windsor.

A Grade 8 student at King George VI Public School, Willimot has a 17-3 record.

Willimot is part of a fifth-generation boxing family. His mother Aimee is a three-time national champion, and his father Floyd Porter is a former provincial and Winter Games champion.

Porter has also led the KAYO Boxing organization for decades.