Russ Anber – “Unequalled” – A Boxing Memoir

This 12 months is an enormous one, in a profession of huge ones, for boxing’s Russ Anber.

In 2026, we’ll see him inducted into the Worldwide Boxing Corridor of Fame in June. This 12 months additionally sees the discharge of his e-book, “Unequalled- A Boxing Memoir” (Paul Harrietha/Curtis Press).

Anber, a lifer within the sport, has a narrative price studying. The eagerness, dedication, and professionalism he brings to boxing is certainly unmatched and creator Harrietha is right here to inform his story.

The e-book additionally features a foreword from fellow IBHF creator Thomas Hauser.

Quebec native Anber has one of the recognizable and profitable boxing gear firms on this planet. He began “Rival Boxing” in his residence province of Quebec, Canada, in 2003 and has since expanded to Las Vegas in 2014, the UK in 2017, and Australia in 2019. 

Whereas the enterprise is likely to be boxing gear, his enterprise is the game and the fighters.

For his complete grownup life, Russ has been working with a few of the sport’s best possible boxers. If there’s a huge combat someplace on this planet, there’s a good likelihood that you will note Anber within the nook of 1 (or extra) of the premier fighters on the cardboard.

Anber has skilled and been in camp with the very elite of the game. 

Teaching and conditioning everybody from novice-level amateurs to working with Canada’s Olympians, to working with numerous world champions on the skilled degree, Anber has performed all of it. 

What’s nice to see is the fervour and enthusiasm he brings to all phases of a boxer’s journey. I’ve seen Anber working small, club-level newbie {and professional} reveals. He brings the identical infectious enthusiasm to these reveals as he does an enormous task in a legendary enviornment.

Anber can be in excessive demand as a minimize man and skilled hand wrapper for a lot of world champions. With arms being the instruments of the commerce, skilled wrapping is important to the protection and success of a fighter within the ring. Anber is unmatched on this function.

All the abilities that Anber brings to the nook have been discovered from nice trainers, his function fashions from the previous. These embody (buddy) Angelo Dundee and extra legends like Freddie Brown, Ray Arcel, Eddie Futch, and Gil Clancy.

One other function of observe is Anber’s stint as host (together with co-host, the late Darren Dutchyshen) of the favored and excellent boxing present, “In This Nook with Russ Anber”. This was top-of-the-line boxing reveals to ever air. It was seen on “The Sports activities Community” (TSN), Canada’s premier sports activities station. Broadcast nationally, it was a superb present that was ‘must-see TV’ for Canada’s combat trustworthy. The present had a fantastic run earlier than going off the air – a lot to the chagrin of devoted viewers. (I’d like to see the entire sequence launched on DVD)  

Names like Otis Grant, Vasily Lomachenko, Roy Jones, and Oleksandr Usyk are only a few of the (dozens of) championship names on a resume that runs as deep because it will get in boxing.

This memoir permits Anber to acknowledge and thank the individuals who have formed and helped him. It additionally permits the boxing world to shine a lightweight on actually one of many best possible within the trade.

Canada is his residence, however he’s acknowledged the world over as being nearly as good because it will get within the sport.

Minimize man, nook man, conditioning, teaching, businessman, boxing man – his story is unmatched.

Test it out.