Sunday, July 25, 2021

2010 BC boxing clubs and head folks: by Brian Zelley

                                                                                                                                                                               B  C Boxing Clubs in 2010                         


From Boxing BC records, these are some of the boxing clubs in BC in 2010:   


                                                                                                                                                                                         Action Boxing club *** Terry Cooke.                                                                              Astoria Boxing Club, George Angelomatis  Beyond Boxing, Robin,  Blue Corner  - Schubert,                  Campbell River, Mike Wood, Capital City, Chris Jones, Contenders - Ted Costelo -                                         Counterpunch -   Cranbrook Eagles - Tom White - Fernie Old School -   Garth Rizzulo -                             Gibsons - Lance Gibson - Griffin's - Dave Brett - Inner City - Bob Pegues  - Island - Jason Heit,             Just Do It  - Richard Edwards,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Kelowna - Dave Habib, Kitimat - Bill Franklin, Lights Out - Ken McInnes, Madkatz - G. Lawrence,          Maple  Ridge - John Skanks,  Mission City - Dale Gatin, Morning Star - Mark Stephen's, Nanaimo - Barry Creswell, North Burnaby - Manny Sobral, Port Kells - Al Harper, Thistletown - Graham McIntosh, Two  Rivers - Wally Doern,                                               

            

Sunday, July 18, 2021

2022 VI Nominees 11 Choices: by Brian Zelley


Eddie Haddad, Fred Desrosiers, Tommy Black, Larry Cardinal, Clarke McLellan, George Nepper, Harry Morris, Lou Bujdoso,  Rick Brough, London Boxing Club/Victoria Athletic Association. The 1994 Commonwealth Games Boxing (1989 to 1994)                                                                                                                EDDIE HADDAD is in a number of sports halls of  fames such as Manitoba, Greater Victoria and Canadian Military Halls of Fame. CLARKE MCLELLAN  boxed and coached in Nanaimo and FRED DESROSIERS and RICK BROUGH  are also Canadian Military Sports  inductees for boxing. +          
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Tommy Black and Larry Cardinal were great boxers.  In the 1964 Vancouver Island Championship TOMMY BLACK  outboxed Desrosiers to win a title, but Desrosiers would be an Olympic Canadian boxer in 1964.                                                                                                                                                                    HARRY MORRIS  was the founder and initial head Boxing coach for the LONDON BOXING CLUB.  GEORGE NEPPER  was the founder of Nanaimo's Newcastle Boxing Club in 1963. NEPPER would also help with the formation of the NANAIMO BOXING CLUB  co-founded by BRIAN ZELLEY  and DAN WRIGHT in 1971.    LOU BUJDOSO  was a boxer with the LONDON BOXING CLUB and one of the three initial  boxing coaches of the  VICTORIA ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION along with Mike Caird & Brian Zelley. RICK BROUGH helped start the Ladysmith boxing club, served as an Island Commissioner in the eighties, served as a ring official and participated in some of the early meetings for boxing in preparation to the1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria.                                                                                                                                                                            

It is expected that the 2022 Year 2 Inductees will join the six inductees from year one 2021
;           BILLY TOWNSEND, BRIAN ZELLEY, DONNIE ORR,                                                                         JASON HEIT, JEANNINE GARSIDE  MICKEY GRIFFIN