Kenny Lally (left) training with Jag Seehra (right) ahead of his first fight in a decade.
By Tommy Osborne
Kenny Lally's return

Six-time national champion returns to ring for first time in a decade

Apr 23, 2026 | 3:05 PM


PRINCE GEORGE – For the first time in a decade, 36-year-old Prince George boxer Kenny Lally is stepping back into the ring. Lally is a six-time national champion and has no shortage of international competing experience, including a historic win at the 2010 Continental Championships in Quito, Ecuador, where he became the third Canada boxer ever to defeat a Cuban competitor, Marcos Forestal, en route to a silver medal.

“What I’m excited for, more and more than anything, is the adrenaline dump. There’s nothing like hand-to-hand combat, especially with the lights, the crowd, everything around it, and I’m just really excited for that. It’s going to be lots of fun,” Lally said.

Lally, alongside his 13-year-old student Audrey Edmunds, will both be traveling to Salmon Arm to compete in an exhibition charity boxing card on April 25. Lally explains the charity event saw several fighters drop out, and he was happy to step back into the ring and help fill an opening. He just learned of this on April 16, so he’s been on a significantly expedited training regiment to get back to fighting form, although he says he feels ready.

“When I found out, I had to rip the Band-Aid off. So I took a couple of Wardogs (the Inner City Boxing team) in the ring, and I did some sparring with them just to see what my reaction time was, and my reaction time is actually very good, mainly from doing hand pads with these guys, constantly getting punches thrown at me. What was off was my timing and my throwing, so for the last six days, I’ve been working on my punching, and now I feel like I’m slowly coming back to my range, and I feel good,” Lally said.

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“It’s going to be, not weird, but really cool and exciting to see my coach fight,” Edmunds added.

Audrey Edmunds will also be fighting this Saturday.
Audrey Edmunds will also be fighting this Saturday.

For Edmunds, finding fights in her age and weight class have been challenging, so she is really looking forward to finally stepping in the ring.

“I’m really excited for this opportunity and to finally have someone close to my age and weight,” she said.

“I’ve been going to the gym every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and then training after coaching on Thursdays. I’ve been running Tuesdays and Fridays. I’ve been training a lot,” she added, explaining how hard she’s been working in preparation for an opportunity like this.

With Lally at 36 years old and Edmunds at 13, this upcoming fight in Salmon Arm also marks a unique moment for the Inner City Wardogs, as they will be sending their youngest and oldest fighter to the same card, although Lally isn’t technically a Wardog fighter as he is the coach. Lally is excited to show his students what he’s made of, as his students have never actually seen him fight.

“I’m really excited for them to see me, see what I can do in there. I’ve always wanted them to see, but it was hard for me to begin training and to maintain it. But this has lit the spark again, so I’m going to show these kids a couple moves that I’m capable of, for sure,” Lally said.

The fights will take place on April 25 in Salmon Arm beginning at 7:00 p.m.

by Tommy Osborne

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