Unbeaten Thonson twins hope for World title shots

CHANN AND Trevor Thonson, the boxing twins who have Jamaican and Canadian lineage, continued their steady progress to what they hope will be world boxing titles, when they both won their fights last month at the Roberto Duran Arena in Panama City, Panama.

Chann, who now has a 14-0 record, with 11 knockouts, defeated Kevin Rivera by third-round technical knockout (TKO) in a fight scheduled for 10 rounds, while Trevor, who is 8-0, all inside the distance, defeated Eduard Gonzalez, who retired in round seven, after being knocked down in rounds two and three. Rivera was totally outclassed in a fight that was also scheduled for 10 rounds.

Chann, who is the younger of the 31-year-old boxing twins by seven minutes, entered the professional ranks in 2016, while Trevor, who, as Jamaica’s amateur lightweight champion had aspirations of winning an Olympic Gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020, delayed his entry. His hopes of qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics, which were delayed until 2021, were dashed by the COVID-19 pandemic however, and he became a professional in January 2022. He has been doing as well as his twin brother since then, and they have been moving ahead together, most times on the same fight card.

Chann, who is trained by Jamaica-born, Canada-based trainer Chris Johnson, now holds the North American Boxing Association title, which he won on December 2, 2022 with a second-round TKO victory over Aelio Mesquita, at the Georgia International Convention Center in Atlanta, Georgia.

THE SKY IS THE LIMIT

Based on that victory and his most recent success against Rivera, he is now ranked 14th among lightweights by the World Boxing Association (WBA).

Speaking to The Sunday Gleaner, Chann said his goal now is “to break into the WBA top-10 within the next six months and, from then on, the sky is the limit”. He thinks that there is definitely a possibility of fighting for a world title “within the next two years”.

Trevor, in the meantime, who is trained by Bobby McRoy and fights out of Las Vegas, hopes to make up for lost time and plans to have at least four more fights this year.

“I am hungry for fights and hope to have a busy schedule this year. I have to make up for lost time,” he said.

“Boswell Promotions, our promoters, know that we are ready to fight anytime. We are always in the gym, as we want to to be ready whenever we get the call.”