Twelve years after his last fight, former world title contender Troy (The Boss) Amos-Ross is headed to the Boxing Canada Hall of Fame. Egerton Marcus, his cousin and 1988 Olympic silver medallist as a middleweight, is also being inducted. Other inductees are Olympians Jamie Pagendam, Raymond (Sugar Ray) Downey, Howard Grant and Domenic (Hollywood) Filane, former amateur world champion Jennifer Ogg and former Olympic boxing coach Colin MacPhail.
“It’s incredible,” said the 49-year-old Amos-Ross, a former Canadian and Commonwealth cruiserweight champion. “I’m very happy to be part of that elite group.” The induction class will be honoured Nov.
24 in Sarnia, Ont., during the Canadian amateur boxing championships. Amos-Ross is already in the Ontario Boxing Hall of Fame and Brampton Sports Hall of Fame.
Born in Georgetown, Guyana, in 1975, Amos-Ross moved to Canada with his family in 1982. He was taught to box by his father Charles Ross, a former Guyana Olympian, and joined the Bramalea Boxing Club in 1986. Amos-Ross competed for Canada as a light-heavyweight in both the 1996 and 2000 Olympics.
He finished sixth in ’96 in Atlanta, recording two wins before losing to eventual gold medallist Vassiliy Jirov of Kazakhstan in the quarterfinals. Four years later in Sydney, he was stopped by Nigeria’s Jegbefumere Albert in the round of 16. He won bronze as a light-heavyweight at the 1999 Pan Am Games in Winnipeg.
Turning pro, he won 23 of his first 24 fights before losing.
