He came to office with the same message and momentum as Barack Obama. Nine years on, that’s a distant memory
In one corner of the boxing ring, a lanky-looking Justin Trudeau, 6ft 2in, shifted nervously on his feet. On the other stood Patrick “Brazz Knuckles” Brazeau, a heavily tattooed Conservative senator and former naval reservist with a black belt in karate.
Going into the 2012 charity fight, Trudeau, an MP for a small district in Montreal, was considered the underdog, with bookies giving 3-1 odds against.
Trudeau, however, defeated his rival in three rounds.
