Boxing Canada beyond 1999

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Boxing coach Bob Pegues a 2014 Inductee

former ring official Bob Perry

takes in the 2010

BC Golden Gloves

1969 A New Beginning

, the BC boxers to old titles would be 1967 Canadian National Champions: by Brian Zelley


It was the start of the post golden age from 1939      to 1967, but some old faces would
 return such as 1968 Canadian Olympic boxer  Walter Henry. One of the new faces
 on the scene was BC boxer Neil Austin,  Others names appeared such as Hick, Groleau,
 O'Reilly, Bozic and Summerhayes.

Neil Austin, Joe Cook and Frankie Scott

The Family Connections in British Columbia

*For  1968, the two BC boxers to be given the 

opportunity to compete were Neil Austin and Pat O'Reilly jr.  Both were from boxing clubs where their fathers were the head coaches.  Austin was from the Langley Boxing club and his father was coach Walter Austin and O'Reilly

was from the long running Hastings Community Centre boxing club coached by Pat O'Reilly.

Faces of the Champions

POTRAITS of CANADIAN BOXERS: by Brian Zelley

Famous Canada Boxers | List of Boxers from Canada (Page 5)

THE LIST OF BOXING NAMES:  by Brian Zelley
* Who are famous Boxing names of Canada depend on the yardsticks
to measure fame.  Some of the boxers listed would not be considered
famous on an International level and some would not be considered
great at the amateur level. 

In Canada, the degree of fame would depend on where they fought
and when they fought.   As many of the ancients before 1969 would
not necessarily be known to current boxing fans.

Also, the list does not include some boxers that would be on a famous
list in their own city or province but not so on an International list. 
Famous Canada Boxers | List of Boxers from Canada (Page 5)

The above list includes the names of four boxers that were amateur boxers
in the Seventies and Eighties but it does not include the following
boxers that were seven of the initial ten of the first boxers picked for the
BRITISH COLUMBIA AMATEUR BOXING HALL OF FAME.
Ones not included in the list include:
Dick Findlay, Eddie Haddad, Frank Scott, Fred Desrosiers
Fred Fuller, Harold Mann and Jimmy Walters.

Canadian Amateur Boxing, the Seventies

A Partial Review of the Seventies and Eighties:

- by Brian W. Zelley, B. Com., CA

http://bzseventies.blogspot.ca/

The above link takes a provincial focus of British Columbia, but out of

all the names would be some of those that held National titles in the Seventies.

The Stories on the Canadian Amateur Boxing site:

http://bzelley-canadianamateurboxing.blogspot.ca/2010_02_01_archive.html
The above series of posts would cover the champions of the Seventies with
many names such as:
Jack Snaith, Ian Clyde, Les Hamilton, Sidney McKnight, Derrick Hoyt,
Bill Rannelli, Frank Nolan jr., Carmen Rinke, Roger Fortin, John Rafferty
Chris Clarke and Carroll Morgan.

Of the stories, one of the standout events was that of
CHRIS CLARKE who would win a gold medal in the
1975 Pan American Games.

Another Canadian boxer of interest was Cranbrook, BC
boxer DERRIC HOYT.  He would be one of BC's top boxers
in the second half of  the Seventies.

1970 Some Old Faces but a New Decade

A NEW DECADE THE SEVENTIES: by Brian Zelley

The 1970 Champions:

There would be some former

champions from the Sixties

and some new faces.

Neil Austin from 1969 would

return in 1970 along with

 new champions from BC

by the name of Joe Cooke

Darryl Olsen and Jack Meda.

Some other champions from

the pre-1969 period would

return including

Freddy Fuller and Frank Scott.

A boxer from the east would be

Ray Doiron and another that 

would return in the future was

Marvin Arneson.

For some of the boxers there

are extensive records, but for

others there are limited sources to tell their stories.

Links to some of the Champions:

 

http://fullerboxingstory.blogspot.ca/

FRANK SCOTT:
*Prior to his victory in 1970, Frankie had won a bronze medal in
the 1966 Commonwealth Games

http://bzelley-canadianamateurboxing.blogspot.ca/2009/11/frank-scott.html

JACK MEDA and DARRYL OLSEN
http://bzelley-canadianamateurboxing.blogspot.ca/2010/02/1970-start-of--new-decade.html
(go to September 2010 for the story that mentions Jack and Darry.
Then trip off to the Prince George Sports Hall of Fame where Jack Meda and
six other names appear for boxing including Allan Bayne, Boyd Bayne,
Harold Mann, Laurie Mann, Sid McKnight and Wayne Sponagle.
http://www.pgsportshalloffame.org/

BOXING 1969 to 1999

THE CHAMPIONS: by brian zelley

Introduction:

To fully understand the history of Boxing Canada, it is important to focus

on the National champions in the senior open category.  One of the

ideal methods is to look at the champions from 1969 to 1999.  There have

been many including a number that have been multi-term champions, but

many that won a title in only one year.

This blog will attempt to review all of the champions and tell a part of their boxing 
stories and their boxing journey.  For some there have been extensive stories, but
for many they are just names on a page with little historical documentation.

Some of the boxers over the years:

1969 The Beginning of the Canadian boxing story:

*The first group of champions for the period between 1969 and 1999

would include two-time Olympic boxer Walter Henry from Ontario

and young BC boxer Neil Austin from BC' s Langley Boxing Club.

Another BC boxer would be Pat O'Reilly jr. from the long-time

Hastings Boxing Club of east Vancouver that was formed by coach

Pat O'Reilly sr. 

LINKS:
http://canboxbwz.blogspot.ca/