THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMATEUR BOXING 1939 to 1968

Posted in February 2012 is:
THE GOLDEN AGE OF BOXING 1939 to 1968
http://zelleyonboxing.blogspot.ca/

In March 2012 there is
BEYOND THE GOLDEN YEAR, THE ROAD TO GLORY 
1969 to 1984


*Much of the golden age of boxing 1939 to 1968
will focus on amateur boxing in British Columbia.
However,  the story for Canadian Boxing History
needs to look at the total Canadian scene and 
the many champions and clubs and some of the
coaches and officials.


A reasonable approach is to look back at such
International tournaments as the Summer Olympics
and the Commonwealth Games/British Empire Games. 


== THE BRITISH EMPIRE GAMES ==
*As time passed, the Games would become the Commonwealth Games.
Between 1950 and 1966, Canadian boxers would win various medals.
Gold medals were earned by WILFIE GREAVES in 1954 
and by HAROLD MANN in 1962.  Some other names to remember
from those years include:
Bill Misselbrook, Eddie Haddad, Frank Scott, Harvey Reti, 
Jerry Buchanan, Jimmy Walters, Len Walters and Robert Piau.


LINDY LINDMOSER

*Each of the  boxers came from different region
 in the country and from different boxing clubs 
from the east to the west.


The boxers Wilf Greaves, Lennie Walters
 and Eddie Haddad are three of many boxers
 that fought during the golden years.
One of the boxers that had the distinction of facing 
Muhammad Ali aka Cassius Clay was Vancouver
 based boxer Lindy Lindmoser who had previously
 won an AAU title.


Lindy boxed out of the South Hill Boxing club under the direction of 
Bert Lowes and Pat West.  The club would later change locations and 

take on the name of the Firefighters boxing club.  Lindy would then
become a boxing coach and work with some of the boxers such as
Gordie Lawson and John Gamble.

OLYMPIC BOXING - Canadian boxer:
*Between 1939 to 1968, Canada participated with a broad
range of boxers.  But,  many of the good boxers did not get
a change to compete.


Some names from the past include:
*Joey Sandulo, Armand Savoie, Eddie Haddad, Clayton Kenny,
Roy Keenan, Jacob Batula, Gaby Mancini, Jeffrey Alleyne,
Fred Desrosiers, Walter Henry, Marv Arneson, Dick Findlay,
Donato Paduano to name some of them that appeared from
1948 to 1968.    Of this group, two that became well known
in Canadian professional boxing were SAVOIE and PADUANO.
JOEY SANDULO would become well known as the head coach
of Ottawa's Beaver Boxing Club.  WALTER HENRY would
participate in the 1964 and the 1968  summer olympic games.


==CLAYTON KENNY==
Clayton Kenny was from the Ottawa region and was a star in
the Fifties along with others such as Vancouver's 1955
Canadian champion Norm Jorgensen.  Both would be two
of the boxers that would compete in Olympic Trials back
in 1956.  Clayton was on the 1952 Olympic team and had
fought at the British Empire Games at Vancover in 1954.


==NORM JORGENSEN==
Vancouver boxer Norm JorgensEn was one of the boxing
stars in the Fifties.  In 1954, he was a runner=up in the
Canadian Dominion Amateur Boxing Championships.
In 1955, Jorgenson won the welterweight title with wins
over Sonny Forbes and Manitoba's Paul Bailey. 


In 1956, Norm was one a select group of boxers to
take part in the Victoria Optimists International
Boxing tournament which also featured others
like Skimp Williams, Lindy Lindmoser and others.
Norm was also in the Canadian Olympic boxing trials.