It’s 5 o’clock in the morning in the middle of the work
week, and while most people are sleeping, Brandon Cook
is getting ready for his 45-minute morning jog. Once he
goes through his routine, he’ll head to work at Pro tech
Glass Windows and Doors Ltd., put in a 12-hour day
glazing windows for customers, and then go straight to
the Ajax Boxing Club near his home.
If it sounds like Cook takes his favorite sport a little more
seriously than the average blue collar men’s league hero,
it’s because he does. He isn’t just boxing because he
loves it, he’s boxing because he hopes to one day raise a
world title belt over his head.
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The X-factor that has allowed him to experience
tremendous success in the ring as a professional is his
natural ability to fight and win. Cook learned that the
hard way as a student at Sir Robert Borden High School
in Scarborough, Ontario. It was there that he found
himself in a fight with the toughest guy in school, who
decided he was going to intimidate Cook and take all
of his money after a dispute in the schoolyard. When
classmate and present day trainer Mike Guyett witnessed
what happened, he too hit it off.
“I ended up being in Mike’s class and we sat beside each
other and started talking,” said Cook. The biggest bully in
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