West Coast Golden Opportunity - March 26th, 2007  In what turned out to be a daring Toronto air-raid on the British Columbia Golden Gloves by Atlas Boxing Club, Coach Armand Teodorescu took multiple time Ontario 64 Kg champion Jonathan Bochner and Ontario 60 Kg silver medalist James Carpio as the only Ontario boxers to attend the tournament.  The tournament was held in Vancouver , BC this past March 23rd and 24th at the River Rock Casino and also featured teams from the home province, Alberta , Quebec , as well as a team from the US Olympic Training Center in Michigan .  Friday night saw both Ontario boys in action, James first up as the third bout, and Jonathan tenth as one of the co-main events.  James faced off against Luke Davies of British Colombia, the 13th fight of his career and the first against somebody from outside of Ontario .  The first two rounds saw a few exchanges in which James made his power obvious, but they were brief as both boxers failed to put their punches together with any great success.  Davies proved to be a tough and determined competitor who found himself outgunned as James began to warm up as well as loosen up, and the exchanges became more heated and James began to really rack up the computer points.  After the 3rd round it James was up by 15 pts, and putting the pressure on now that he was in his groove, and sure enough, halfway through the 4th and final round James caught Luke with a vicious left hook that downed him.  Davies tried to get up, but fell to one knee as the referee counted him out giving James the win in the semi-final match.  Jonathan had elected to compete in this tournament in the 69 Kg category as it would be the more populated on at this tournament.  His semi-final bout saw Jonathan lacing up against 2007 Canadian 69 Kg Champion Marc Bourassa of Quebec , who lost to Adam Trupish at the National FTS in St. Catherines to claim the National B Team spot.  Jonathan entered the fight knowing a bit about his opponent and on how to fight him, so he started off very cool and composed, determined to pick Marc apart.  By the 2nd round the action started to heat up as Jonathan applied his unusually high dose of pressure, dominating the exchanges.  By halfway through the 3rd round Jonathan had racked up enough points to hear the whistle blown signifying a win by outclass.  Jonathan breezed his way to finals with a dominating performance against the #2 boxer in Canada at the 69 Kg category.  Saturday was much more relaxed as everyone had a chance for a good night’s rest and everybody was ready to make some noise in their finals matches.  James was slated to fight Eric De Guzman of Alberta , a veteran fighter of many bouts who owns and operates a club of his own.  Having seen James’ fight the night before De Guzman knew better than to try to engage with James, so much of the fight saw him feinting and dodging out of the way of James’ punches.  Although James did land some very convincing shots, he wasn’t able to connect nearly enough to gather more points than Eric, who had been pelting James with quick counter punches that threw off James rhythm and had him behind on points by quite a bit.  And that was how the fight ended, with Eric De Guzman  the winner on points, and James earning a silver medal at the Golden Gloves, his first multi-provincial tournament.  Jonathan again was slated to fight near the end of the evening and this time destined to square off against long time BC champion in both the 64 and 69 Kg categories, Nathan Kulczycki of Vancouver , who had never before lost a bout in the province in British Colombia.  Both had fought each other before and knew what to expect from one another, so the action started off right from the first bell.  Jonathan put his punches together during what would be a four round war between two very determined and very experienced fighters.  As before, Jonathan’s relentless attack began to give him the edge on points, an edge that Jonathan never gave up, despite the best efforts of Nathan to pull ahead.  Both fighters fought their hearts out as they put on an excellent display of boxing for the crowd of 1000 plus in attendance.  After four rounds of spectacular action, Jonathan had his hand raised, winning the fight on points to be the 69 Kg Golden Gloves champion for 2007.  Having fought two such very distinguished opponents to claim victory the judges and organizers of the tournament saw fit to bestow upon Jonathan the highest honor of the tournament, the Golden Boy best boxer belt, which Jonathan now proudly adds to his list of great accomplishments.