Saturday, March 31, 2012

CANADIAN AMATEUR BOXING HISTORY

CANADIAN AMATEUR BOXING: By Brian W. Zelley
                    (Gordie Lawson, Brian Zelley, Mike Caird, Tommy Boyce)


Introduction
This blog will attempt to give a history of amateur boxing
in Canada from Province to Province and throughout
the decades.  There are two time periods, pre-1969 and
the Canadian Amateur Boxing years from 1969 to
the present day.
                  (Eddie Haddad, Frank Scott, Dick Findlay, Fred Desrosiers)
MORE FACES OF CANADIAN AMATEUR BOXING



THE SEVENTIES
1970 CANADIAN AMATEUR TEAM

RON WHALLEY, remembered
                           

2 comments:

  1. hi my Dad was RON WHALLEY AIBA boxing official and ref judge hall of fame ect.There is a newspaper clipping of him young age on front page of newspaper when it was called The Vancouver Province with the headline WHO WILL BE THE NEXT GOLDEN BOY? with my Dad flexing mucles with a few other boxers around him he was in the centre.Can you please see if anyone can dig this up for me please it would mean so much to my family and me thanks please email back kswhalley71@gmail.com thanks again!

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  2. Kim, Ron has been nominated for the 2013 BC AMATEUR BOXING HALL OF FAME. If you are on facebook you would be welcome to join the facebook site to comment on Ron.

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