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Lally takes on Olympic challenge

Kenny Lally is on the move again. The six-time national boxing champion leaves today for Montreal for the Canadian Olympic team trials which start Sunday and run through Thursday.
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Kenny Lally of Prince George, proudly holds up the bronze medal he won for boxing at the Pan Am Games that recently ended in Toronto. Citizen Photo by James Doyle July 29, 2015

Kenny Lally is on the move again.

The six-time national boxing champion leaves today for Montreal for the Canadian Olympic team trials which start Sunday and run through Thursday.

The national team camp will help Lally, the 26-year-old Pan Am Games 56-kilogram bronze medalist in 2015, prepare for the Americas Olympic qualifying tournament set for Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 8-20.

Lally represents the Inner City Boxing Club of Prince George.

The final Olympic qualifier is the AIBA world tournament scheduled for Baku, Azerbaijan, June 7-19. The Olympic tournament will be held Aug. 5-21 in Rio de Janiero, Brazil.

In other local boxing news, Inner City fighter Jag Seehra of Prince George won the 60kg silver medal at the Western Canadian championships two weekends ago in North Vancouver to qualify for the national championships in Quebec City, April 28 to May 2, 2016