ONTARIO AMATEUR BOXING HALL OF FAME

THE  FIRST 46:  by brian zelley
*As we begin this new journey for Ontario Amateur Boxing,deciding on the first inductees and the number of boxers and buildersto be selected as the core group in 2012 is expected to be difficult choice.
The first four days of the nomination process is proving to bea challenge, but interesting journey.  After four days, 46 havebeen nominated, but there is at least 12 more days before thenominations close.
There are 38 individuals and eight family groups entered.The family names would be known by many in the Ontarioand Canadian boxing circles.  They are:Baggio, Bland, Doiron, MacDonald, Marsh Nolan, Rannelli and the Summerhayes boxing families.
The individual names range across many decades to aSAMMY LUFTSPRING to the year 2000 with MICHAEL STRANGE.  They include well knownboxers such as the iconic GEORGE CHUVALO and many more.The other names include:Asif Dar, Bev Cartier, Billy Haines, Billy Irwin, Billy Lehman,and Bobby Proulx.  Some of the others include multi-termamateur boxing champions Domenic Filane Figliomeni, Ian Clyde,Marc Leduc and Mark Simmonds.  But the roll call continues withbuilders such as Denis Bradley, George Fraser,  Joe Sandulo, Hank Boone, and Jerry Doroin Sn.,and long term trainers such as Ken Hamilton and Jerome "Hook" McComb.
There are others such as Gary Broughton, Jamie Pagendam, John Kalhbenn, Steve Pagendam, Steve Beaupre,  Dennis McNeil Jr.,Troy Ross, Willy Featherstone and Walter Henry.
The first groups, in thee first four days, are not expected to be theend of the nominations which closes August 31st. as there are manymore excellent Ontario based boxers, coaches and officials that haveearned the right to be nominated.