I have recently linked this to the BRITISH COLUMBIA AMATEUR BOXING HALL OF FAME site so folks that need to question selections or nominations or who is better than the rest and to enable those that need to question and debate every decision that is made by others. Hopefully, for those rare birds that need to question or debate every detail are free to do it here. However, reasonable levels or respect should be maintained.
http://cabhof.blogspot.ca CANADIAN AMATEUR BOXING WALL OF FAME * Decisions have been made and the first group effective January 1, 2013 will include 55 names of individuals from various regions and from many time periods. In alphabetic order the first two of the list are ARMAND SAVOIE and ASIF DAR. :good:happy:hi::bbb WOMEN in BOXING - The Builders * of the 55 selected, there are four women builders selected including ALISON ARSENAULT, GINNIE BROWN, MARG O'REILLY and ROSEMARY PAGE.
http://bzbox.blogspot.ca/ A NEW STORY and SITE: "Vancouver Island Boxing History and Wall of Fame" * covers a wide range of topics regarding clubs, boxers, coaches, officials, club shows and tournaments throughout the decades.
http://briansboxing.blogspot.ca/ CANADIAN PROFESSIONAL BOXING:bbb * unlike all other blogs, posts and stories, it was never about the numbers of how many would read a story or two. But, the link above will resort to the cruel harsh world of economics and the law of SUPPLY and DEMAND.atsch The first story is an introduction and the number of visits of the first page if the story will continue or will the whole journey come to a quick end with a first round knockout. Will we reach the first threshold or are we doomed for failure. Will it be :happy or i am confident that the first threshold will be reached within the next 12 hours and we can continue the dance of Canadian professional boxing :hammertimeartytime
NOW BEEN EXPANDED with a cross section of highlights for different boxers such as DENTON DALEY and many more :bbb
2014 BC AMATEUR BOXING HALL OF FAME The nominees for 2014 have been picked, so the process of understanding the 23 nominees begins. Some quality nominees include former boxing great BILLY TOWNSEND in the boxer category. Some other names in the boxer category include Geronimo Bie, Jimmy McMillan, Dave Wylie, Willy Curry, Jack Meda, Kit Munro. Some of the builders with multo-levels of involvementt include Bert Wilkinson, Bob Pegues, Billy Watson, Howard Curling and others that are primarily coaches such as Burnaby sports hall of fame inductee Harry Twist.:happy:bbb
2014 NOMINEES = BC AMATEUR BOXING HALL OF FAME With the close of nominations, there are 23 choices to sort through. Some special categories such as Pioneer and Junior/Youth boxer will be an easy decision picking nominees William J. FINLAY fro pioneer, and JAME BALLARD for junior/youth. For events, there are two choices: 1954 Empire Games boxing and the 1994 Commonwealth Games boxing. For boxers, there are eight choices with a likely top choice, in my opinion, being BILLY TOWNSEND, some other solid choices include GERONIMO BIE, JIMMY MCMILLAN and JACK MEDA The builder category has 11 names with a wide variety of contributions - achievements - participation (C A P). For a wide range of activity over many years, two with extensive "C A P" are BERT WILKINSON and HOWARD CURLING, with a third being BOB PEGUES. Then there are those coaches with a long history of success such as HARRY TWIST who ran a boxing club for over 30 years with a long list of boxers that achieved success such as Freddy Fuller, Frank and Keith Scott,Ron Wilson, Johnny Phillips and Des Archer.
2014 Nominees: some of the names receiving good support include the 1994 Commonwealth Games Boxing, Boyd Bayne, Kit Munro, Geronimo Bie, Jamey Ballard, Jack Meda :happy
:hi:BILL DOWNEY boxing journey :happy A recent story started in the BILL DOWNEY BOXING JOURNEY The late Billy Downey is a former boxer from Nova Scotia who achieved success in the 1986 Commonwealth Games, and is one of the potential nominees for the 2014 Canadian Amateur Boxing Hall of Fame:bbb:mj http://zelleyonboxing.blogspot.ca/