Fitz Vanderpool Explained

Fitzroy "Fitz the Whip" Vanderpool is one of Canada's most decorated professional champions holding 6 title belts. Born November 3, 1967, in Trinidad and Tobago, he's a Canadian professional boxer who held the Canada Boxing Authority (NBA) Middleweight title. Known as Fitz The Whip (With Hope It's Possible) Vanderpool, he moved to Canada at the age of six with his family. Coming from a family of five boys who were all boxers, life was always competitive in the Vanderpool household. This gave Vanderpool the hope, dream and drive to become a professional world boxing champion.

Professional Titles

Out of Retirement

Vanderpool retired in 2005 with a 24-7-4 professional boxing record with 13 knockouts. He had won five national and international titles during his professional career. In March 2013, after a 7.5-year hiatus from professional boxing, Fitz came back to win the National Boxing Authority championship defeating an opponent 17 years younger, achieving his 6th professional national title. The victory made Fitz the oldest Canadian Champion in history - succeeding George Chuvalo - and a three-division boxing champion at 45 years of age.Vanderpool came out of retirement and won a six-round decision over Phil Rose on Sept 15, 2012, in Ontario, Canada.[1] In a second comeback bout at 45 years of age, Vanderpool won a ten-round unanimous decision over Roberto McClellan on March 2, 2013, to win the vacant Canada National Boxing Authority NBA Middleweight title in New Brunswick, Canada, making him the oldest ever Canadian national boxing champion. George Chuvalo was 43 years old when he retained the Canadian Heavyweight title over George Jerome in Toronto in December 1978.[2] [3] The NBA Middleweight title is a new Canadian belt.

Later career

Fitz announced his retirement "for good" from professional boxing on January 4, 2014,[4] during the grand opening of the new location for Vanderpool Fitness with special guest George Chuvalo passing the torch for the oldest Canadian boxing champion. But the recognition of his abilities did not end here. In 2016, Fitz was inducted into the Ontario Boxing Hall of Fame, he was awarded the Rochester Boxing Hall of Fame (Courage Award), and he received the Service Award from the National Boxing Authority Hall of Fame.

In January 2018, he was selected as the Ontario New Democratic Party candidate for the riding of Kitchener South—Hespeler in the 2018 Ontario general election.[5] He finished a close second to the winning candidate, Amy Fee.

Accomplishments

Endeavours

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 44-year-old former champion Fitz Vanderpool wins comeback bout, now fighting for respect - . 20 September 2012 .
  2. Web site: Fitz Vanderpool Continues Comeback, Decisions McLellan.
  3. Web site: George Chuvalo - Boxer . 2013-03-03 . 2015-04-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150401200158/http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=119&cat=boxer . dead .
  4. Web site: Canadian boxing icon Fitz 'The Whip' Vanderpool announces retirement. 15 January 2014.
  5. News: Boxer puts down his gloves readying for a different kind of fight. 31 January 2018. Waterloo Region Record. Jan 21, 2018.
  6. http://www.region.waterloo.on.ca/web/region.nsf/97dfc347666efede85256e590071a3d4/D22EE171F2AA335185256B0A004D7B4C?OpenDocument{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  7. Web site: Waterloo Region News - Latest Daily Breaking News Stories.
  8. http://www.vanderpoolfitness.com vanderpoolfitness.com

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