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Marty Gervais is an award winning poet and photographer who has been writing about boxing in the Windsor area for many years. Marty has a column in the Windsor Star that has featured several boxers and coaches as well as boxing events in our area. In 2004 Marty published a book of photographs that he took while traveling with the Border City Boxing Club on sparring excursions and to competitions. He also held an exhibit of the photographs, along with journals he provided to club members, at the Art Gallery of Windsor. The exhibit, A Show of Hands, was named after the book and featured a live boxing event put on by Border City at the Art Gallery.

Tom Glesby moved to Windsor after representing Canada at the Olympics. "The Bomb" turned professional under Dave Martin and has won the Canadian Heavyweight Title.

Wayne Goodchild was the Head Coach of the highly successful Amherstburg Boxing Club in the late 80's and early 90's.
Matt Gorman has been involved in boxing in the Windsor Area for several decades.  He remains a valuable member on the board of the Border City Boxing Club.

 

Henri Guenette won two Canadian Amateur Championships in the late 1980s and fought for the Canadian Professional Title in the 90s. His amateur coach, Doug Bedard, remembers Henri as a determined young boxer who did not have all of the natural ability that some elite athletes are blessed with but who did possess the heart of a champion. Henri was able to overcome any of his short-comings by listening to his corner and putting in an extraordinary effort.

 
Bill Grant coached at the Border City Boxing Club and later opened Grant's Boxing Academy. He brought Olympian Andrew Kooner to the Canadian Championship then opted to retire from coaching to spend more time with his family.

 

Bernie Grass fought for the Windsor Boxing Club in the late 1980s and won the Ontario Championship.

Len Harding was one of the coaches of the Windsor Boxing Club when Harry Marshall was the manager.

Bob Hart fought in the 1970s for the Windsor Boxing Club then went on to coach at the Windsor Club. Bob also runs a Youth Outreach Boxing Program each year in Toronto.

Kyle Hartley started his successful amateur career under Kim Botterill at the Chatham Boxing Club. When he came to the University of Windsor, Kyle joined the Windsor Boxing Club and has been an assistant coach at the St. Joachim Boxing Club.

Al Helbertstat, along with Frank Montello and Bill White, formed the Border City Boxing Club and brought in Doug Bedard as its first Head Coach in 1987.
John Hogan was the Canadian Heavyweight Champion before becoming coach of the Police Athletic League (P.A.L.) Boxing Club at Drouillard Road's Holy Rosary Church. John also coached at the Ren-Cen Boxing Club of Windsor.

Shane Huard fought for the Windsor Amateur Boxing Club. Shane's favorite fighter was Mike Tyson who Shane emulated in the ring. That aggressive style brought Shane to two Canadian Championships.
Jason Hurst began his career with Wayne Goodchild at the Amherstburg Boxing Club. He won the several Ontario Championships and a silver metal at the Canadian Championships for the Windsor Boxing Club.