SHANE "The Comeback Kid" ANDREESON, the new journey

Parksville's Shane Andreeson in his second tour of the ring:
 by brian zelley

*It was 2006 and the BC Golden Gloves was hosted by the
North Burnaby boxing club and held in Richmond's
River Rock Casino.  

One of the boxers that would win was heavyweight
SHANE ANDREESON then he would turn pro and train
under Richard LeSage.  There would be some other 
name boxers training at the Parksville - Qualicum 
boxing club in 2007 including former Campbell River
Eagles boxer Matt O'Brien.

Shane would be like many other pro boxers.  He would
rack up a winning streak and then have some losses.
Then he would take a couple of years off of the action
before making his comeback.

Now he is fighting a Canadian heavyweight title fight
in Windsor, Ontario against champion N. Pajkic who has
an 18 win and 1 loss record to Shane's 12 - 3 record,
The big question is can the "Comeback Kid" from 
Vancouver Island get beyond the ordinary and expectations
and win the Canadian title?

NATIONAL BOXING AUTHORITY history project

BIG PROJECT OF:

THE NATIONAL BOXING AUTHORITY

The History of Canadian Boxing Project: by brian zelley

*Recent word from Blair Cormier, that there are plans to

release a boxing history of facts and stories  in the

near future.  Blair indicates following release, it will

be an ongoing project that will cover Canadian 

boxing history.

BC Provincial Boxing Championships thrill in Revelstoke

BCLocalNews.com - B.C. Provincial Boxing Championships thrill in Revelstoke

Vernon Morning Star - Boxing card showcases talent

Vernon Morning Star - Boxing card showcases talent March 4, 2012

Vernon Morning Star - Boxers swinging for golden glory

Vernon Morning Star - Boxers swinging for golden glory

BCLocalNews.com - CounterPunch card delivers thrills at rec centre

BCLocalNews.com - CounterPunch card delivers thrills at rec centre

AMATEUR BOXING reporting in Canada

THE STORIES AND THE MEDIA; by brian zelley

*Coverage of amateur boxing in Canada has a mixed  success rate form the

type of media to the events and personalities covered. 

Canadian Boxiana which claims to be the top site for reporting Canadian boxing

has had some recent stories about amateur boxers including"

.An article titled "Rapid Fire with Ryan Rozicki", a novice boxer from 

Sydney, Nova Scotia, and

.a story of Ontario's Cabbagetown youth boxer A. Biyanslanov.

The British Columbia Boxing beat and the buzz:

One of the publications that has produced some good stories 

is the Vernon Morning Star  with some of the examples being:

*March 16, 2011: "Counter Punch card delivers thrills at rec centre"
In the main event, boxer Derrick Larson faced
Jag Seehra of Prince George.  And the top official was the  
long time ring official Ian Gibson. 

*March 14, 2012: "Boxing card showcases talent"
Included discussion of a 14 bout card with Tony Stamboulieh.
One of the bouts was an exhibition between Prince George
boxer Thomas Speirs and Vernon's Kyle Ayotte.

*April 15, 2012:  "Boxers swinging for golden glory"
pre-Golden Gloves story with a photo of two Vernon boxers
in training, Tyson Veitch and Derrick Larson. 

A solid publication for amateur boxing stories is
the Prince George Citizen. One of the recent stories in 2012
by Sheri Lamb was July 10, 2012 with the title:
"Bayne receives sweet honour" about Allan Bayne's selection to 
the British Columbia Amateur Boxing Hall of Fame.  Also, mentioned
were inductees Mandy Lapointe and Laurie Mann, and the
Prince George club: Spruce Capital Warriors Boxing Club.
Also mentioned was one of the administrators Brian Zelley.
and Boyd Bayne.

(photo courtesy of Allan and
Boyd Bayne of Allan back in
the days of his ring activity,)

During his active boxing years
in the eighties and nineties,
Allan would record many
titles and award.  He is 
one of the rare few to win
to BC Golden Boy awards in Golden Gloves action
joining the likes of Dick Findlay and Jamie Ollenberger.

One very good quote by Allan Bayne to Lamb was a follows:
"There's a lot of great boxers that are inducted already and to be
 in company with them is phenomenal!"

There have been many other excellent boxing stories in the
various local newspapers over the years reporting on club shows,
tournaments and National or International events.

June 27, 2012 from the pages of the Nanaimo News Bulletin.
*In an article by Greg Sasaki with spokesperson for the 
Nanaimo Boxing Club being Barry Creswell, the article
was titled: "Boxers Shine At Silver Gloves" and profiled
Justis McKay-Topley, Alex Wisniewski and Thomas Eytcheson.

May 30, 2012 from the pages of "The Free Press" by
Adam R. MacDonald: 
"Fernie Hosts BC Bronze Glove"
* chief organizer was Garth Rizzuto of the
Fernie Old School Boxing Club.

November 29, 2011 - "Revelstoke Times Review"
article by Aaron Orlando titled:
"B. C. Provincial Boxing Championship thrill in Revelstoke"
*The article included an action photo of Connor Null and
Vancouver boxer Marcus Sandhu.
*Host spokesperson was Revelstokes'  Sam LEROSE.
and some of the champions were:
Sandhu, Spencer Howard, Robbie Cusine, Thomas Speirs
and Jag Seehra.

The Club Promotion: The Art of Public Awareness:

* An important part of the public acceptance and awareness

is promoting the club, joint club events and individuals

Back in the day one of the regions

of British Columbia would host

annual Golden Gloves shows

including the first regular one in '54.

The Golden Boy of this first

tournament would be boxer

Bert Wilkinson who would

be an Island Commissioner 

ten years later when the

Island clubs would hold 

their first Island 

Boxing Championships.

That would be a one year

show in 1964 and would

return again in 1984 with another Island Championships.

Then came a boost in the 

annual Golden Gloves

tournament when the 2007

tournament was promoted

like the big events of the

Sixties.

One of the all time best

boxing tournaments in British Colubia

was the 1967 event that  had the

appearance of undefeated champion

ROCKY MARCIANO as a guest speaker

and a guest referee.

This tournament would be the first

event inducted into the 

BC Amateur Boxing Hall of Fame

and would set an example that

has yet to be matched ub viyram

drama and quality of production

and promotion.

A Joint Promotion in Kelowna:

It would be a well publicized 

event in Kelowna with the 

combined effort of membwea

od rhw Thistletown and the

Kelowna boxing clubs  hosting

SIN Tournament and a 

Canada Winter Games BC team

box-off.

Mission City Boxing Club

combine the here and now

with a page from the past

in it's own coverage of the

60th anniversary of the 

Emerald Gloves  that has a

rich history in British Columbia

for producing quality champions

and exciting and entertaining

action a a few pages of amateur

boxing history  in the halls and 

on the walls  from gym to 

fight night sites.

And At The End of one Show or Tournament it is getting ready for the

next big moment be it a club show, a regional tournament, a provincial

tournament or the National stage, and the bottom line it all gets down

to acceptance, achievement, participation and experience such as

the next boxing card to be staged by the 2 Rivers Boxing Club

set of December 15 th. at the Bouchie Lake Hall in Quesnel.

CANADIAN BOXING NEWS SITES

FOLLOWING THE BOXING BUZZ: by brian zelley

"Canadian Boxiana"

http://blog.canadianboxiana.com/

*One of the interesting sites on-line is the "Canadian Boxiana"

founded by and editor-in-chief G M ROSS.  Some of the 

contributors from across the nation include those such as

Durell Wambolt (Ontario) and Darren Hauck & Jamie Taylor

(Alberta).  There does not seem to be any contributors from

British Columbia but there are various folks that write

about boxing in British Columbia for different media 

outlets.

The "Boxiana" stories:

There have been a good collection of stories, and they do

not always involve the high profile pro boxers.  Sometimes

the refer to a club or a gym, and sometimes an amateur boxer.

Two examples of  these type of articles include:

1. "Sad News for Halifax Boxing: Palooka's 

Gym Closing it' Doors: Sept 30".

2.  then there was an article on amateur boxer

Brody Pigeon, of Lamb's Boxing Club in Regina.

There are many more stories which will be reviewed

on a random basis and any of extreme importance or 

is very interesting, will be mentioned on this site.

DECEMBER 2012 -
*Some recent stories about  Canadian Youth boxers  at the World
Youth Championships such as Nova Scotia's Cyrus Taylor.

July 2013 Update: 
*  More interesting stories added in recent months to the web site:

"Cook vs Brosch at Casino Royale,
*"Cam O'Connell Wins Big in Home Town Debut",

* "Boxing volunteer  Carol Skanks honoured by Boxing BC"
story by Neil Corbett, Maple Ridge News

* "Arbuckle Looking to Build on Recent Win".

* "Trophy Memoralizes BC boxing official Jim Gallagher"
Jim Gallagher also received more recognition as one of the
inductees for 2013 British Columbia Amateru Boxing Hall of Fame.

JIMMY MCLARNIN vs CLYDE GRAY

MCLARNIN vs GRAY: By Brian W. Zelley, B. Comm, CA

*Introduction: From a "Let's Talk Boxing - Ontario" facebook site
somebody claimed CLYDE GRAY was the best Canadian 
welterweight ever.  Now in order for that to be true, there is a need
to compare there records of achievement to deternine what
activity can support  the claims made.

We may all respect both
boxers for their long
records of achievement.
But, at the end of the day,
discussion or debate or
even a debate there
must be a selection based on a fair and objectivbe analysis of the records.

THE RECORDS and BACKGROUND of Jimmy and Clyde:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_McLarnin
Jimmy fought the likes of Sammy Mandell, Barney Ross,
Tony Canzoneri, and Lou Ambers, while Clyde fought
the likes of Donato Paduano, Manuel Gonzalez and 
Jose Napoles and many others.  

BURKE EMERY

The BURKE  EMERY Story:  by Brian Zelley


Introduction: 
When it comes to great Canadian boxers, Burke Emery is one of our finest,
But beyond being a Canadian champion and a member of the Canadian
Boxing Hall of Fame which has been inactive for many years,  Emery was
also a fine boxing trainer  of such boxers as Art Hafey.  In October 2012,
Burke will be recognized by the California Boxing Hall of Fame and will
join Hafey who was previously inducted.


BURKE, The Boxer
*Burke fought as a professional boxer from about 1954 to 1966 and
won the vacant Canadian light-heavyweight title in 1960
 and lost it in 1965 to Leslie Borden.


BURKE, The Trainer
*Burke Emery first started training Canadian boxer Art Hafey
in San Diego, but later moved to Los Angeles.  In a story by
G. M. Ross that appeared in "The Boxing Examiner", Hafey
spoke about Emery and said:  "Burke Emery started teaching me
what would be the most effective for my stature."  The important
teaching issue was to teach Hafey effective punching skills where
he would use leverage to become one of the hardest hitting punchers
in the featherweight division.


After the training days, Burke would move back to San Diego and 
operate "Champ's Lounge" bar.  

ART HAFEY

ART HAFEY in the black and white pages
of an old  magazine:  By Brian Zelley

*To many persons connected to boxing in Canada
and California they remember well the excellence
of our fine Canadian warrior named Art Hafey.
Much has be written and some of the moments 
have been remembered to add a chapter to the
history of boxing in Canada, California and
to professional boxing history.

For just a moment in time, one of many years
stands out for me when I travel back in time
and get lost in the black and white pages of the
dusty old boxing magazines.  Then there was
that one copy in 1975 that is one of my 
Art Hafey treasures.

It was the July 1975 issue of "The RING" magazine.
On the glowing cover in red, white and green was a
full profile photo of  Muhammad Ali,  but it was on
those old pages of the black and white pages where
a golden moment of recalling ART HAFEY was
displayed.  

And there it was between a story about Ali, and
a story about bantamweights Ruben Olivares and
David Kotey was the main article that focused on
our own Canadian "Toy Tiger" Art Hafey in an
article by Jess Hernandez  and that treasured photo
with some great narrative, as follows:
"Nova Scotia's Art Hafey poses with manager
Al Bachman  and trainer Burke Emery, right after
one of Hafey's workouts" and the second photo
of Hafey being helped into his robe, while his 
KO victim Fernand Beaudin is being helped by
his cornerman and watched by referee Gary Simon.

However, the theme and mood of the article was all
about Art Hafey and his standing in the world ratings
in the Featherweight division and touches on his two
bouts with the bantamweight champion Ruben Olivares.
Of course, the article touches on the broken promises
of the group that controlled the Forum boxing, and 
why Art moved to the Olympic Auditorium for a 
better chance for a title shot.

Beyond the Hernandez article:
*But in the black and white pages, there were more
stories and data on Art Hafey.  

in a column called "Sunny California", it featured
a photo profile of Art and a report about the 
recent bout in which Art defeated boxer David Sotelo.

In the various ratings, there he was as Number 1
Art Hafey to featherweight champion Alex Arguello.
On a personal note, those ratings bring back memories
of my own as one of my opponents in the 1968 Tacoma
Golden Gloves and opponent in the finals of the
1968 Seattle Golden Gloves/Pacific Northwest AAU
Championships was ranked number three in the 
lightweight division and his name was Ray Lampkin
who I had called the "Portland Panther" in a Lee Kerr
column in an old "Boxing Illustrated" magazine. And for
many of us that fought in the various Golden Gloves 
tournaments in the Pacific Northwest there was another
one of our alumni of those '68 wars named Mike Colbert
who was Number 7 in the middleweight division, and also
Tacoma's own Sugar Ray Seales.

Then we trip forward into the Commonwealth Ratings,
there was our lad ART HAFEY listed number 2 along
with David Kotey listed number 1 for the vacant 
featherweight title.  Of course, those ratings would be
nice for Canadians as other Canadians in the ratings
were welterweight champion Clyde Gray,  and Fernand
Marcotte and Lawrence Hafey.  There were also others
including Gary Summerhayes, Gary Broughton, Donato
Paduano, and Johnny Summerhayes.

Over the years, Art's name appears in many stories and
photos, but for one brief moment in the old black and 
white pages of that dusty old magazine, ART HAFEY
adds a touch of gold.

2012 NEWS:  Burke Emery
*Recent news from the California Boxing Hall of Fame
is former boxer and trainer of Art Hafey will be inducted
into their Hall of Fame in October 2012.

2012 Canadian boxing team aim for London via Rio

The Gate To London, Begins and Ends in Rio:
By Brian Zelley

The story of the last gate in Rio began
at the training camp before the boxers
and coaches left for Brazil.

Team captain Alex Rynn was quoted
in a Boxing Canada news story by
R. Ruiz titled:
"Team Canada heart set in the Olympics:,
Lightweight boxer Rynn said it well:
"We had a tremendous camp and will now
show our potential in Brazil."
Team coaches are Jimmy Boisvert and 
Adrian Teodorescu.  Also travelling to Rio to support the team will be
the Boxing Canada president.

ACTION IN RIO:
In early action the boxers moved forward with victories except the
to be eliminated in the heavy competition was Justin Hocko. But, 
some of the other Canadian boxers have won by convincing margins.
BC's got by his first bout without throwing a punch when he won
the bout by a walkover.

THE FIRST SIX SESSIONS:
Quebec boxer Emilien Boucher showed the right stuff with victories
in bout 1 of the first session and followed that win over Ricardo
Blackman with a convincing win over Bayron Molina.

Canadian boxers getting past there first test include:
Brody Blair, Yves Ulysse, Jonathan Savard, Kenny Lally
Samir El Mais. Custio Clayton and Alex Rynn.
Super heavyweight Simon Kean received a double win
without a punch or a drop of sweat when he hit the
jackpot with two byes.

THE SETBACKS: Beyond Sesssion Six
*Simon Kean stops Christopher Joseph to move forward, but
by the end of session nine more Canadian boxers are eliminated
including Alex Rynn,  Brody Blair, Custio Clayton,  and Kenny Lally.

THE TEAM MEMBERS:
It would be Custio Clayton and Simon Kean that would land on the team
for London along with Ontario's Mary Spencer.

Three Canadian women boxers still in the Olympic hunt.

THE WOMEN BOXERS SPELL MEDIA MAGIC: By Brian Zelley
*The article linked touches on the three women boxers that are
still punching  towards a spot on the 2012 Olympic team
Presently training in North Vancouver before heading to the
tournament in China that may open the gate for a trip to London.
But, sometimes stories do not stick to the subject matter but
venture to other topics such as advertising potential and money.
Olympics 2012: Canada’s women boxers to train in North Van

THE ALBERTA CANADA BOXING STORY

ALBERTA CANADA, BOXING YESTERDAY and TODAY:
- By Brian W. Zelley

Introduction
When we look back at the history of boxing
in Canada, the Province of Alberta has
played an important role.  Also, in 2012
Alberta is very active with the promotion
of Professional boxing with some world
class boxers and many fine prospects.


Looking back to the past, there are
many starting points, but one very
important link to the past in amateur 
and professional boxing are four boxers
that cover the Fifties to the Nineties with each representing a different
time period.  My pick of the four include: WILF GREAVES, 
BILLY MCGRANDLE,  AL FORD and SCOTTY OLSON, but there
are many others to add to the story including active boxers of 2012.


THE HERE AND NOW:  AMATEUR BOXING 2011/2012
The starting point to understand the here and now of amateur boxing
is to start with BOXING ALBERTA and recognize some of the key names
involved in the administration and regulation of the sport.  The next step
is to look at the various clubs in operation and review the key players
of each club.  And, success in amateur boxing is connected to the
National championships in junior, youth and senior open boxing.

Canadian Featherweights

AMATEUR and PROFESSIONAL FEATHERWEIGHT BOXERS" By Brian Zelley

Introduction

As a former featherweight boxer, I welcome stories about the former 
featherweight amateur and professional boxer of Canada.  In 1967 and 1968 one of the boxers that I fought was 1967 Canadian amateur featherweight champion 
WAYNE BOYCE others included FRANK SCOTT,  NEIL KNIGHT,  RAY LAMPKIN.  Some of the others were:
Bob Kacer, Steve Flajole, Roger Nepper, Ken Stant, Del Deugau and many others from January 1964 to sometime in 1973.  The last bout was a victory over CLARK MACLELLAN who would
become an effective coach at the Nanaimo Boxing Club and in 
recent years serve as a ring official such as the 2010 BC Golden
Gloves tournament.
  But there are many others of interest throughout the decades.
Many would compete in more than one weight division.

Link to some of the current happenings in pro boxing in Canada:
Battle of Undefeated Featherweight Prospects Canadian Tyler Asselstine vs. Italian Nicola Cipolletta Saturday night in Montreal

BOXING CANADA
*before the formation of the Canadian Amateur Boxing Assoociation 
there had been many Canadian featherweight champions and other
capable and good featherweights from including Roger Adolph and
Wayne Boyce.  Based on performance in the Golden Glove tournaments
in the Pacific Northwest and other activity, the two likely featherweights
for Team BC in 1968 Olympic Trials should have been Wayne Boyce
and Brian Zelley, but due to injury it was South Burnaby boxer
Ron McEachern stepped into the action and made it to the finals
of the Olympic Trials but lost to boxer TED BILLINSLEY who would


From 1969 to 2012, there have been many outstanding featherweight 
boxers and a good selection of champions to represent Canada in
international competition such as Dave Anderson, Frank Scott,
Wesley Sunshine, Stephen Nolan, Steve Pagendam,  Michael Strange
and many more. 


Canadian Professional Boxers
*The professional boxing stories about Canadian featherweights
takes us through many decades of excellence with names that range
from the great George Dixon to the "toy tiger" Art Hafey.

Some names from the past:
Jackie Callura, Leo (Kid) Roy, Vic Foley, Rocky MacDougall,
Billy McGrandle, Les Gillis, Jackie Burke, and Tony Pep.
During his term of champion, Tony Pep would face 1984 Olympic
bantamweight bronze medal winner Dale Walters.  Based on styles 
and punching power skills, Walters did not have the punching power
to stop Pep, and Pep would use his height and reach to outbox Dale
until the bout was stopped in the tenth round of the 12-round title bout.

THE LIGHTWEIGHTS

THE CANADIAN LIGHTWEIGHTS and FEATHERWEIGHTS:  By Brian Zelley


On the professional boxing scene, Canada has produced a good crop of 
lightweights and featherweights on the Canadian and International stage.
Looking back to the Sixties and Seventies, two of our finest were
Al  Ford and Nick Furlano.


^Some from the west may remember Al Ford during his amateur days 
fighting in Golden Gloves action.  In his early pro fights, Ford would
 beat the likes of Mickey McMillan and Andy Aanderson, and in 1968
ford won the vacant Canadian lightweight title with a victory over
J. Mandel in Edmonton.  Title fights  would include victories over
Fernand Durelle   and Laurence Hafey.  Ford would then move up
in rankings with a victory  over Percey Hayles, but in a Commonwealth
title fight, Hayles would get the decision.  He would also face the likes of 
 KEN BUCHANAN. JOHNNY SUMMERHAYES and NICK FURLANO.


Furlano was best known for his action in the Seventies including his
initial bout with Al Ford.  Furlano would win the Canadian
super featherweight title again Danny Stokes and would defeat
Gaetan Hart for the Canadian lightweight title.  In world class
fights, Nick is best known in the Eighties  for his bouts with
Davey Armstrong and Aaron Pryor. 

CANADIAN AMATEUR BOXING 1990 to 2009

ANOTHER TIME AND PLACE 1990 to 2009:  by Brian Zelley


Introduction:
Twenty years of promise, twenty years with a variety of results and
happenings.  With success in the bag at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics,
there would be time for the Canadian amateur champions to make
the Nineties another decade of excellence.  Then came the year 2000
and interesting times at the Olympic Games for some.  But, the
most recent Olympics in 2008 turned out to be a bust for Canada.
So 2001 to 2009 would be building years as our boxers approach
the possibility of action in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London,
England.


FROM LIGHT FLYWEIGHT to SUPER HEAVYWEIGHT
*During the period 1990 to 2009, there would be a lot of 
standouts from:
light-flyweight champion Domenic Filane Figliomeni to 
super heavyweight Vernon Linklater
But there would be other standouts in the various
divisions including three time Olympic boxer
Michael Strange and Olympic medalists 
Mark Leduc, David Defiagbon, Chris Johnson.


*There would also be some standout women boxers
such as: Danielle Bouchard, Crystelle Samson, 
Mary Spencer, and Ariane Fortin.  Some other names of
interest are Katie Dunn, Mandy Bujold and Susan Haas.


Sports Halls of Fame:
*Some of the boxers from 1990 to 2009 have been inducted
into various sport halls of fame such as Casey Patton who 
was inducted into Ontario's London Sports Hall of Fame
in 2008.  Casey was a gold medalist in the Victoria based
1994 Commonwealth Games, and competed in the 
summer Olympic Games, and was a multi-term 
Canadian champion.


In Prince George, Allan Bayne was inducted into the
Prince George Sports Hall of Fame which includes 
starts of the past such as Harold Mann, Sid McKnight
and Jack Meda.  Allan was one of the members of 
Canada's 1994 Commonwealth Games boxing team.

Some of the boxers and coaches at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
including boxers Mike Strange, Dale Brown, Domenic Filane Figliomeni.
and Allan Bayne (front).


Commonwealth Games and the Medal Count:
*Between 1990 and 2006, Canadian boxers have
won a large number of Commonwealth Games 
medals:
Domenic Filane Figliomeni, Sebastien Gauthier, Geronimo Bie,
Andrew Kooner, Casey Patton, Benoit Gaudet, Marty O'Donnell,
Mike Strange, Greg Johnson, Wald Fleming, Jeremy Molitor,
Ray Downey, Scott MacIntosh, Jean Pascal, Chris Johnson,
Rowan Donaldson, Trevor Stewardson, Michael Walchuck,
Adonis Stevenson, Dale Brown, Troy Amos, Patrick Jordan,
Steve Gallinger, Mark Simmons, Jason Douglas, 
Vernon Linklater and David Cadieux. 


AWARDS: 
 BOXING CANADA and PROVINCIAL  ASSOCIATIONS


The Ron Whalley Award:

*Ron Whalley was a long term official
from British Columbia who passed away
several years ago.  In recognition of his
long service, Boxing Canada introduced
the "Ron Whalley Award" with the first
presentation in 2007. Recipients are:
2007 -  BILL ARSENAULT
2008 -  JAMES GALLA
2009 -  SONNY WONG
2010 -  ALISON ARSENAULT 




PROVINCIAL BOXING 1990 to 2009
Although much of the focus by Boxing Canada is to deal
with International and National events, so even as far back
as the Eighties, BOXING CANADA has not documented 
much of the history in the Provinces.  Some of the 
Provincial organizations and clubs have kept some details
but often difficult to find complete stories in detail on the
every day moments in Provincial or regional boxing.


== BRITISH COLUMBIA ==
*The major event hosted in British Columbia between
1990 and 2009 was the 1994 Commonwealth Games.
The boxing committee was formed in 1989 which included
Glynn Jones, Mike Sartori, Brian Zelley and Hassan Sunderani.
In 1990, the committee organized a number of public meetings
to build a volunteer base.  Some of those that would help 
included Bert Wilkinson, Tommy Black and Bert Lowes.


*A key tournament on an annual basis since 1939 in the
annual BC Golden Gloves which are hosted in various
locations.  The 2009 Golden Boy was Dylan Bishop. 
President of Boxing BC in 2009 was Chris Jones.
Over the years some of the outstanding boxers have been
Geronimo Bie, Allan Bayne, Jason Heit, Donnie Orr, 
Marcus Hume, Stefan Melideo, Jag Seehra, and Ken Lally.
Some of the coaches with a long term of service are:
George Angelomatis, Wayne Sponagle, Bob Pegues, 
Mike Caird, Barry Creswell, Don Orr,  Dale Gatin,
Al Harper, Dave Habib, Terry Cooke, and Scotty Jackson.
Some of the junior and youth boxers that are part of the post 2009
period include Mission City boxers Jess an Cody Brown
and their coaches Dale Gatin and Matt Brown.


== ALBERTA ==
http://www.boxingalberta.com/
A few of the names that make things happen at a
Provincial level include Dennis Belair, Sylvio Fex, Rosemary Page
Robert Carswell, Ginnie Brown, Roland Labbe, an Kerry Fahlman. 
Alberta also have many fine coaches and trainers at the club level 

who have coached or trained some of out National champions and
silver medalists. A few of the many include: Doug Bolianatz,
Kevin McDermott, Sheldon Hinton, and Stuart McCrandle.


== BOXING  SASKATCHEWAN ==
http://www.boxingsask.com/
One of the important annual events for Boxing Saskatchewan is:
the annual "Ken Goff Memorial Boxing Classic".
Some well established names associated with Boxing Saskatchewan
include: Fitzroy Solomon  Frank Fiacco, George Goff, Joe Stack,
Morgan Williams, Moses Alli,  and Ron Racette.  One of the   
standout boxers of the past is Wesley Sunshine.


==  BOXING MANITOBA ==
http://boxingmanitoba.com/
The big event for Manitoba from 1990 to 2009 was tge
hosting of the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg
with some medal results for the Canadian team
which included Scott MacIntosh and Mark Simmons as
two of the six medal winners.


Some long tern names associated with Boxing Manitoba
include Kent Brown, Ken Johnson, Mark Collins and 
Claude Plante.  Some of the boxing clubs are: 



Brandon
Alliance
Eastman
GoJo
Pan Am
United










==  BOXING ONTARIO and QUEBEC  ==
A major contribution to Canadian boxing during the
Nineties has been the two larger provinces with many
excellent boxers, coaches and officials.


== THE MARITIMES ==
Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland
have all contributed to the success of amateur boxing from 1990 to 2009


Kenny Lally - 2007 Games
THE CANADIAN WINTER GAMES 
*Boxers from across Canada
have competed in the Winter Games.
And due to circumstances,
the 2010 Games may be the last 
tournament as boxing is not expected
to be in the 2014 Games
that will be held in Prince George.


For boxers Brody Blair and Kenny Lally, the 2007 Canada Games
was a stepping stone to National boxing excellence.  Both Brody
from Nova Scotia and Kenny from British Columbia are two
of Canada's hopes to make the 2012 London Olympics.


The Canada Winter Games would play a role in the Nineties with
some of the boxers and coaches using the Games to climb
higher and gain more experience.  Back in 1991 and 1995, some
names of interest include:
Steve Lowry, Brian Bain, Jason Towne, Joe Boulanger,
Wald Fleming, Casey Patton,  Steven Gallinger, Bryon Mackie,
Bryan Gibson, Anthony Lessard, Mike Sound, Doug Bolianatz,
Kelly Cody, Adam Trupish,  Andrew Kooner and many more.


1999 Canada Games:
*The BC Team members would include coaches  Dave Habib and
 Arnold McEwan, and boxers Bill Agar, Steven Featherstone,
James Walker, Jon Moore, Austin Hill  and Dustin Carlson.


*Some of the Alberta names include Doug Bolianatz  and Larry Fleming
along with Arash Usmanee, Troy Perry, Andy Kuiper, and Alan Stewart.


*For Saskatchewan, the Fiacco name played a major role including
Frank Fiacco and Chris Fiacco.  Some of the names from Manitoba
include: Brandt Butt, Jerome Peters, Ryan Savege and others.


*For the other Provinces some of the well known folks include:
Colin Fish, Robert and Steven Wilcox, Josh Canty, Kevin Greely 
and Wayne Hollett.

THE BOXING EXAMINER

A MANDATE OF TIMELY CANADIAN BOXING NEWS:
- by brian zelley


The Boxing Examiner is one of the sources of timely boxing news
that requires boxing fans and friends to provide timely stories
about the events, the individuals and the organizations.


The web site: 
http://www.theboxingexaminer.com/

The faces behind the examiner:
The co-founders are Darell Wambold and Rick McLean.
Assistant editors include G M Ross.
Contributors include:  Michael and Beverley Wynn and Darrell Hauck.


THE COMPETITION:
  Fight News Canada
http://www.fightnews.ca/

Canadian Boxing Talk
http://www.canadianboxingtalk.com/
The group also have a facebook site.

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS OF CANADA (NCC)

ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED IN KEEPING THE HISTORY ALIVE:
-by brian zelley


*It is always good to here of another organization in Canada that is involved in
the sport of boxing.  One such group is called:
National Championships of Canada (NCC).


*Three of the key folks involved on an executive basis are
Ed Pearson, Orest Zmyndak and Brian Caines.


As the days and months flash by, there will be an opportunity to follow
their progress and visit their website and facebook site.  The web site is:
http://ncccanada.com/

HISTORY for Another Time: 2012 BC GOLDEN GLOVES

BC BOXERS TURN A NEW PAGE: By Brian Zelley

Introduction:  The following article is about
boxers from the host club from Vernon, B.C.
It tells how they are getting ready for the
2012 BC GOLDEN GLOVES, and at the 
end of the tournament all those that 
participated will be adding a new page to 
the history of the BC Golden Gloves in
British Columbia that began in 1939.

(link to a pre-tournament story from Vernon)
Vernon Morning Star - Boxers swinging for golden glory


*Selected as the top boxer will be the one that earns the title of 
GOLDEN BOY and will join a long line of past golden boys from
BC clubs and from clubs in Tacoma Portland and Seattle. 
Two of our USA BC Golden Boys RAY LAMPKIN and NEIL KNIGHT.

                                 BC GOLDEN BOYS OF THE PAST
                      RAY LAMPKIN 1968 and NEIL KNIGHT 1969


HOST CLUB for 2012 GOLDEN GLOVES:
*The host club is Vernon's Counterpunch Boxing Club under the
 direction of Antony Stambouliah. 
*The club has been operating since 2007.


SPECIAL EVENTS at the tournament:
Early buzz is two former boxers that are expected to be recognized
at the event will be Al Chabot AND  Roger Adolph.

Nanaimo Sports Hall of Fame

Nanaimo Sports - Amateur Boxing: by Brian Zelley

As we look at all the Inductees to the Nanaimo Sports Hall of Fame, there is not much about amateur boxing.  We could go back a 100 years and recall the likes of Billy Townsend but you won't find Billy in the Nanaimo Sports Hall of Fame.  You can look at all the clubs, boxers and builders in Nanaimo before 1971 but you won't find any of them in the Nanaimo Sports Hall of Fame. But, if we look at all the clubs, builders and boxers of Nanaimo from the 1920's to 2021, we will find some in the British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame including: Barry Creswell, Bob Pegues, Brian Zelley, Clarke 

1952 CANADIAN OLYMPIC BOXING TEAM

WINNING IS ONLY HALF OF THE BATTLE:  By Brian Zelley


Decisions, decisions:  deciding who wlll on the outside far from the gate:
*Looking back sixty years from 2012 to 1952 is an interesting voyage.
One of the big events in the sports world that took place in Vancouver
was the selection of the CANADIAN  OLYMPIC BOXING TEAM,
The decisions were made in a back room following the completion
of the 1952 Canadian championships.  Three champions would be on 
the outside with no first pick including Jack Batula of Kimberley, 
Buddy Pearson of Vancouver and Bob Shires.


The six initial boxers selected:
*Len Walters, Clayton Kenny, Roy Keenan, 
Bob Malouf, Charles Chase and James Saunders.


Second thoughts and adding another:
*At the end of the process, boxer JACK BATULA was added
to the team.  But, for Pearson and Shires that were left in the 
cold and not given a second chance despite their victories in 
the tournament.


Bad breaks for some:
For BC boxers NORM JORGENSEN and DES ARCHER,
they tried but bad breaks got in the way. For the Burnaby
boxer that was trained by HARRY TWIST, his bout  with
ROY KEENAN ended with a bad cut that resulted with
an abbreviated end to the bout and Archer would also be
on the outside looking in.  For Vancouver's NORM JORGENSEN,
his bout against CLAYTON KENNY ended inside the distance,
but Norm would bounce back in future years to win a title.


== BOB SHIRES ==
*Based on his victory over the excellent GALE KERWIN,
some say that Bob Shires should have been a top choice,
but when committee members get behind closed doors
who can ever guess why some boxers are kept on the
outside looking in, and with nowhere to go.

CANADIAN PROFESSIONAL BOXING

Canadian Boxers Through the Ages:  Br Brian  Zelley*Canada  has  a  rich  history  in  the sport of  boxing with  many  interesting  moments  including  some greatworld  title  fights such  as the  top  light-heavyweight  fight December 1958 ARCHIE MOORE vs  YVON DURELLE.
THE HEAVYWEIGHTS*One of the best and longing serving heavyweight  boxers  in Canada  was GEORGE CHUVALO  who  fought  some of thebest boxers in the world including  MUHAMMAD ALI,  JOE  FRAZIER.FLOYD PATTERSON and  GEORGE FOREMAN. Some of the  other Canadian heavyweight boxers  from the past  are:Bob Cleroux,  James J  Parker,THE LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHTS There have been many fine light-heavyweight boxers in Canada with some of the names being YVON DURELLE,LESLIE BORDEN, AL SPARK, BURKE EMERYGary Summerhayes, Roddy MacDonald and Donny LalondeTHE MIDDLEWEIGHTS:

The middleweight division has produced and excellent groupTwo of the many include WILF GREAVES and BLAIR RICHARDSON. Recent ones from the late eighties and beyond  include the likes of : Darrell Flint, Dan Sherry and Otis Grant and there are other names  of Canadian middleweight boxers.

  

THE FUTURE IS NOW with the JUNIOR and YOUTH BOXERS OF CANADA

THE SENIOR OPEN CHAMPIONS OF THE FUTURE:  by Brian Zelley

*Kelowna's  boxer
Connor McKinley and 
coach Graham McIntosh
in a post fight look at
the 2012 Youth Nationals
(Thistletown Boxing club).


Connor is one of hundreds
 of young junior and youth
Canadian boxers that will
be part of the future in
senior open action 
beyond 2012. 




Beyond The 2012 Nationals 
*For Connor and other boxers from British Columbia, there will be
provincial tournaments such as the annual Golden Gloves.
The 2012 BC Golden Gloves will be held in Vernon, BC and
hosted by the Counterpunch Boxing Club.