My boxing story - zelley buzz

THE 2012 Selection for the BC Amateur Boxing Hall of Fame

*This the third year, we are now in the process of selecting the
ones for 2012 with a combination of boxers, builders, clubs
events, women in boxing etc. It is now a matter of days, and it
all boils down to the numbers of inductees. It is now down to
the number 10 to 16. The event is a significant point in
Canadian boxing history "the 1984 Canadian National Junior
Boxing championships and the Senior box-offs" the senior portion
of the event would finalize the 1984 Olympic team but the Junior
portion would provide about half of the team for 1988 Olympics.

Persons involved in the selection process:
A. Brown, B. Zelley, D. Scott, R. Beaulieu,
S. Galloway, S. Wood and T. Boyce.
Various folks provided input on the various nominees.

 

http://nanaimoboxing.blogspot.ca/

*This is a story of Nanaimo boxing from 1963 to 2012, it starts with the
beginning of Nanaimo's Newcatle Boxing Club and shows how it had an impact on the formation of the Nanaimo Boxing Club in 1971.:happy:hi::bbb

The early story in 2010 takes us back to 1972 and the first boxing
card hosted by the Nanaimo Boxing Club. It lists the names of the
first Nanaimo boxers to compete in a Nanaimo hosted card.

 

ONTARIO AMATEUR BOXING HALL OF FAME

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*A fresh new story of the unknown, takes us to Ontsrio, Canada
where they have a rich history of boxing including some top notch
achievements in amateur boxing.

This s a journey to recognize those that have been a part
of the Ontario amateur boxing scen over the decades,
In the early years there were the likes of AMMY LUFTSPRING,
and as the year 1999 turned in 32000 there was MICHAEL STRANGE.
Between Luftspring and Strange, there have been many names, but
now is the time for a NEW BEGINNING with the OABHOF,

In five days, there is a list of 50 nominees but the
nomination process continues until August 31st.:hi::happy

 

THE SELECT FIFTY: ONTARIO AMATEUR BOXING:

Looking through the list of fifty names is a very interesting
journey. There are many ways to travel through the list.

There are a number of family names that have been
considered Baggio, Bland, Doiron, Marsh, MacDonald,
Nolan, Rannelli and Summerhayes.

Then there are those boxers that were part of the
pre-1970 era and the new era from the Seveties
and onward that was part of the CABA 0 BOXING CANADA.
One of the many names of interest as a boxer was
WALTER HENRY.

As we travel through the Seventies two names of
importance were IAN CLYDE and NICKY FURLANO.
But, we also have the likes of JOE SANDULO who
was an Olympic boxer in 1948 and a coach of the
Beaver Boxing Club in Ottawa.

As we trip through the Eighties, some star quality
in the ring was provided by those such as LEWIS
and O'SULLIVAN, JOHN KALBHENN, the brothers
PAGENDAM and many more.:bbb

Then comes the Nineties with the likes of
MICHAEL STRANGE, BILLY IRWIN and MARC LEDUC.
One that has held many titles but has also
arranged events and documented some of the
history id DOMRNIC FILANE FIGLIOMENI and the
beat rocks on.

Getting back to those pre-1970 decades, who could
forget HORACE "Lefty" GWYNNE, SAMMY LUFTSPRING,
EARL WALLS, and GEORGE CHUVALO.

But behind every boxer there are coaches and
officials with the likes of HANK BOONE, KEN HAMILTON,
PETER WYLIE, GEORGE FRASER and DENNIS BRADLEY.

 

MOVING TOWARDS 2013
*Well two items on the go for 2013:
artytime:boohooarty
1. The selection for the 2013 BRITISH COLUMBIA
AMATEUR BOXING HALL OF FAME. As at October 22nd.
there are 32 nominees with a good mix of boxers
and builders including high profile names in Canada
such as DERRICK HOYT.:bbb

2. The building process of a
CANADIAN AMATEUR BOXING WALL OF FAME :deal
*The objective is to have four regions of Canada
work on nominations including:
THE MARITIMES, QUEBEC, ONTARIO and WESTERN CANADA.:good

Good progress is being made, with the strongest show of support
being in THE MARITIMES and there are plenty of names to
sprinkle into the wall of fame mix such as:
RAY DOWNEY, TAYLOR GORDON, CHRIS CLARKE
and then the late BOB EDGETT.

From the Western Canada, there are also plenty of names
and expected to be in the top ten or fifteen of Western
Canada would be SCOTTY OLSON, WILLIE DEWIT, DALE BROWN
and the old timer from the Fifties WILF GREAVES. But, we
can't forget some of the BC names such as HAROLD MANN,
BERT LOWES, LINDY LINDMOSER and many more.

For Quebec, we have some good potential such as
ARMAND SAVOIE, DONATO PADUANO and JERRY SHEARS.

For Ontario where do we start and end with folks from
ASIF DAR to WALTER HENRY, and multi-term boxing
champions such as MICHAEL STRANGE or Olympic
medal winners such as LENNOX LEWIS or MARC LEDUC.
And we can't forget IAN CLYDE or DOMENIC FIGLIOMENI.:hi:

 

THE NEVER ENDING STORY -
a new round in my boxing journey.
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This journey is another look at the journey with no end
until the bright lights fade to black.

 

A NEW JOURNEY BEGINS:
- A CANADIAN AMATEUR BOXING WALL OF FAME AND HISTORY
Introduction
Over the years there have been many interesting moments for
amateur boxing in Canada including the 1976 Montreal Olympics
and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver in 1954 and
Victoria in 1994.

Although there are various halls of fame for sports in Canada,
and the Boxing Canada does induct folks to their hall of fame
from time-to-time (at best it is an invisible hall of fame with
no public exposure with whose in and when - just some random
names of folks that one may discover by accident. Also, there
is a CANADIAN BOXING HALL OF FAME which is also
clouded in myster, so there is support for a revival of the old
or a fresh new CANADIAN BOXING HALL OF FAME, but the bricks
and wood from the ground up may take years.

Now the proposal for a CANADIAN AMATEUR BOXING WALL OF FAME.
For some background, back in 1984/1985 time period while a director
and editor with the BRITISH COLUMBIA AMATEUR BOXING NEWS I
suggested that Boxing BC begin their own Amateur Boxing Hall of Fame.
But the suggestion remained dormant for 25 years. What triggered the
renewed interest began in 2009 when I was approached by director
JEEVAN DILLON of the Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame to ask me
if I would like to sponsor one of the inductees that was inducted in
2009 by the name of MIKE CAIRD, a former coach that I had coached
with in the Seventies and helped to rebuild boxing in Greater Victoria.
During this time period while putting together a story about coach Caird,
I came across my old story about a BC AMATEUR BOXING HALL OF FAME.
In short order in BC, there were volunteers who agreed to join the
journey to start a Hall of our own for 2010. After three years, we
have inducted 41 boxers, builders, clubs and events with the core group
of 2010 being 15 individuals that included 5 builders and ten boxers.
The five builders are: DAVE BROWN, ELIO IUS, FRED FULLER,
PAT O'REILLY and RICK BROUGH. Of the original six administrators,
a few of us are still active with some new ones each year. Special thanks
to STEVE WOOD and RAY BEAULIEU for staying active.

THE CANADIAN WALL
It began with a SUPPORT GROUP from across Canada, and is now
followed by four regional groups including Western Canada,
the Marities, Ontario and Quebec. By the end of December 2012m
it is hoped the various groups will submit ten to fifteen names
to a CANADIAN GROUP SITE to sort through the 40 to 50 names.

There are some interesting front runners in the various regions,
but anything can happen over the next month and into 2013,
The three top ones for support in Western Canada include
DALE BROWN, SCOTTY OLSON, and WILLIE DEWIT, but BC
has a few that should make the final cut as well as Saskatchewan
and Manitoba with names like Wesley Sunshine or Hank Hartenberger,
In the Maritimes some top choices so far appear to be names like
CHIRIS CLARKE, RAY DOWNEY, BOB EDGETT and TAYLOR GORDON, but
there at least eight other names in contention to be the first ones picked
In Ontario there are plenty of names such as LENNOX LEWIS and
MICHAEL STRANGE and others, and Quebec has the likes of
DONATO PADUANO, JERRY SHEARS, and a long list of others.

IN FUTURE DAYS
No one can guess as to the final results, but regardless of which
ones get selected in year one, it is only the beginning to a
different way of remembering, recognizing and appreciating
the contributions and achievements of so many from days gone by.

 

As we are talking about AMATEUR BOXING, I do not think TONY PEP
is relevant to selecting folks for amateur boxing in British Columbia.
Also, Willy Featherstone was nominated for the ONTARIO AMATEUR
BOXING HALL OF FAME, so Willy isn't overlooked. TONY PEP belongs
in the CANADIAN BOXING HALL OF FAME. Now DONOVAN BOUCHER
may be one of the former amateurs that get nominated, but that
is a Quebec issue where they must select who they want to nominate
not you or I.:hi::bbb:good