Dalis has a site set up where donations can be made to help him train.

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When Dalis Gures arrived as a teenager in Vancouver with his single mother and four siblings in 2016 — via a refugee camp in Kenya — the Canadian-Ethiopian athlete had played soccer but never considered boxing.

According to Boxing Canada’s high-performance director, Kraig Devlin, Gures stands a real chance of soon representing his new country — last year becoming a citizen — on the international stage.

“If you’re not carded … in most cases, the athletes are left to fundraise for themselves,” Devlin explained, “or spend their own money in order to pursue the training and competition opportunities.”

“To see his rise from his first fight all the way up to becoming provincial champion … and being ranked one of the top athletes in his weight class in Canada in a very short space of time is definitely kudos to his natural ability, his zest, and his love for the sport,” Abdulrahman said while coaching Gures on Monday.

Mendoza and other fellow fighters are organizing a boxing event to help Gures’ fundraising efforts, which is not unusual for emerging champions.

For Gures, every defeat in the ring — most recently to Canada’s number-one featherweight boxer in June �— helps teach him patience and persistence.

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