16-year-old Victoria Vergos is looking forward to the opportunity to further stamp herself on the national scene when female boxing is held at the 2023 Canada Winter Games for the first time. The competition begins Tuesday in Summerside, P.E.I.
Victoria Vergos is shown in a handout photo. Shock, then excitement. Those were the feelings of 16-year-old Vergos when finding out female boxing was being held at the 2023 Canada Winter Games for the first time. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Boxing Ontario
"It's such a privilege and I'm really excited that I'm able to go," the Hamilton native told The Canadian Press. "Female boxing is still relatively new and I think there's a lot more recognition that needs to go in it," Vergos said. "So our organization, the Canada Games Council, which is responsible to select sports, we have made adjustments to make sure that we can have a sport program that's more responsive to adjustments at the international level in terms of the Olympic Games, but also adjustments that happen in Canada on a social level and what is the right fit for the sport program."
"My turning point was kind of just 'OK, well, I'm not as interested in gymnastics anymore.' And it was a fantastic experience for me and it's helped me a lot. But boxing kind of just took over, and now that's my passion." "I couldn't ask for a better team, they're just more than what I could ask for. … My coaches, all the Wilcox brothers, they're professional boxers themselves and my dad actually coaches them too, so we all help each other out and we all make sure that everyone has what each other needs when it comes to boxing."
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