We have a winner, the Undisputed Champion is....

Saturday night's charity boxing match in Ottawa provided headline writers (and twitter fans) across the nation the chance to brush off their prose, with no shortage of snappy lines about the battle between Liberal MP Justin Trudeau and Conservative Senator Patrick Brazeau.

The bout, televised live on the SUN News Network (perhaps gaining its largest audience since inception) also gained much traction in social media with a blow by blow description available on twitter, as the two political opponents wading into pugilistic battle, in aid of the fight for a cure cause.

The preamble to the bout over the last few weeks was kind of an Ali/Frazier light, snappy one liners, lots of boastful promises and the rather worrisome visual of the weigh in last week, in which many of Mr. Trudeau's followers may have feared for his life, such was the the nature of the side by side pictures, which seemed to show Mr. Brazeau as being in slightly better physical fighting form.

Still, it's what you do in the ring, and by all accounts, after the initial flurry of punches by the Blue corner, Mr. Trudeau in his snappy Red Liberal trunks took the fight to the Tory, earning a TKO in the third and final round.

It was a strange little thing to view, both tended to lead with their chins (a fact Mr. Trudeau made comment on post fight), never a great strategy. And while Mr. Trudeau has been boxing for over 20 years and Mr. Brazeau has earned a black belt in karate, neither boxer it would seem stands ready to challenge Manny Pacquaio for the crown.

However, when it comes to fund raising the two were both champs.

Over 230,000 dollars were raised for the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation as part of the Rumble of the less than Humble and for Mr. Brazeau the pain will endure for a few more days.

Besides the pounding he took in the ring over the course of the three rounds, he now has to have his legendary locks of hair shorn and for good measure of humiliation must wear a Liberal hockey sweater around the streets and corridors of Bytown for the week.

The video of the bout is popping up across the YouTube universe, the highest reproduction value seemingly from the offering below, offering Canadians from coast to coast to coast to work on their french while watching the bout...




Below some of the reviews of pre fight hope and the bout itself , an er, epic? battle, that perhaps may gain an honourable mention on a Don Cherry video down the line..

Globe and Mail-- Just Watch Him: Trudeau victorious in charity boxing bout with Tory Senator
Globe and Mail-- Brazeau, Trudeau enter the ring tonight
Globe and Mail-- Justin Trudeau or the senator with a black belt: Who will win in the ring?
National Post-- Justin Trudeau scores major upset in Fight for the Cure boxing match...
National Post-- Justin Trudeau probably can't win his boxing match. But politically...
National Post-- The MP vs. the Senator: Which politician will win a sold-out charity boxing match?
National Post-- Political heavyweights Justin Trudeau and Patrick Brazeau throw verbal jabs..
National Post-- Charity boxing match strikes blow for charity
Ottawa Sun-- Trudeau shows grit
Ottawa Sun-- Brazeau ready to lay a beatdown on Trudeau
Ottawa Sun-- Political pugilists settle into pre-fight routine
Ottawa Sun-- A round in the ring with Trudeau, Brazeau
Ottawa Sun-- Not much hope for Trudeau: Boxing Poll
Ottawa Citizen-- Trudeau beats Brazeau in charity boxing match
Ottawa Citizen-- Trudeau comes out of the ring a winner, no matter what