Like most successful athletes, this future world champion was involved in a number of sports growing up, and excelled at them all. While attending St. Ignatius High School in Thunder Bay he was a standout on the football field, in track and field events and on the soccer pitch, spending time with the Thunder Bay Chill in later years.

He first got involved in the contact sports of karate and taekwondo, earning his brown belts in both disciplines. He then took his talents into the boxing ring during the early 1990s and in no time at all he was making a name for himself, claiming provincial and national honours, including the 1994 Canadian Intermediate 71 kg title.

Earning a spot on the National Team, he represented Canada at bouts throughout the United States and internationally. Deciding to combine all of his contact sport talents into one, in 1995 he joined Progressive Martial Arts and focused his attention on the sport of kickboxing. Competing first as an amateur, he amassed a record of over 40 wins, and added another accomplishment to his growing record of success by claiming the 1996 World Kickboxing Association (WKA) Canadian Amateur Welterweight title.

Turning professional, he competed in both boxing and kickboxing and went on to win several bouts and multiple titles, including both the 1998 Karate International Council of Kickboxing (KICK) Welterweight and Middleweight North American belts. In 1998 he took up an offer of a pro boxing contract moving to the United States to train with and fight a number of champions, boxing out of gyms in Providence and Boston.

Stepping away from the ring in 2002, his absence was short-lived. Returning to kickboxing in 2004 he went on to add another belt to his collection, the 2005 International Kickboxing Federation (IKF) Light Heavyweight World title which he earned by defeating Nick Rondinelli of London. Ontario in a 12-round split decision. To make the event even more memorable, he proposed to his now wife in the ring following the fight.

Retiring from the ring in 2009, while still holding the title of World Champion, he left behind a professional record of 23 wins with 10 knockouts and only one loss. Pursuing a career in law enforcement, he claimed a gold medal in the Master Division in the Toughest Competitor Alive event at the 2016 Can-Am Police Fire Games, adding to his already impressive record of accomplishments in sport.  

Inducted into the Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame, September 28, 2024