For amateur boxing on an international level, it stands on the crossroads of history. The decisions that have been made and that will or should be made in the next few years will make or break the sport. On the...
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In recent months there have been a flurry of tragic sports stories from Athletics to Boxing. One recent case is the death of 19 year old LEON ROACH, UC san Diego Pole Vaulter following a tragic accident/ In boxing...
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As a follow-up to "B C BOXING NEWS - Flashbacks & Memories, a new story is to begin which blends some of the issue raised in the past story with expanded information, and fresh new bits and pieces of...
opinion by B. Zelley | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 1417 views | 0 recommendations | 16 comments
With the recent death of Arturo Gatti, it seems a side story on the internet is the debate about real boxing and the MMA craze. Without slamming the MMA craze or the Ultimate fighting fad, my personal opinion of the MMA is a glorified "tough-guy" contest with limited skills...
opinion by B. Zelley | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 929 views | 22 recommendations | 6 comments
Mike Caird, a former amateur boxer and coach to be inducted into the Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame after many years of service to the sport of boxing in Victoria, BC, Canada. The event will take place in November 2009. It has been a long time coming for an individual...
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The 2009 BC Golden Gloves are scheduled for May 9 and 10th. in Richmond, BC. The host club is the "Lights Out Boxing Club". This will be 70 years since the first B C Golden Gloves tournament was held in...
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In recent months some of the Nova Scotia Amateur Boxers in action were B. Blair, Carl Campbell, Taylor Gordon, Kyle Patterson, and Cyrus Taylor. An expected event in June 2009 is the Harry Trainor Memorial Event. May 2009 also marks 25 years since Nova Scotia junior boxers...
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In 2009, Edmonton was the site of the Junior Nationals Boxing Championships. This is but one of numerous tournaments hosted by an Alberta city over the many years of boxing. The next important event for BOXING ALBERTA should be the Annual General meeting to be held in...
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The HE-TIN-KIS PARK Story
Today, one can find the name in various sites from Ucluelet
Tourism to other sites relating to British Columbia to the
history of West Coast trails.
This will be a history story that dates back to the Summer of '71.
but the importance of...
opinion by B. Zelley | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 246 views | 0 recommendations | 5 comments
During 1983 to 1986, I was the editor of two publications: 1983; Vancouver Island Amateur Boxing Newsletter, and 1983 to 1985: British Columbia Amateur Boxing Newsletter The publications were not only a record of...
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AMATEUR BOXING Today amateur boxing in Canada is governed by The Canadian Amateur Boxing Association and the various provincial organizations. A number of Canadian boxers have won Olympic medals such as Lennox...
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An important event in sports history in 2008 includes a decision by Nanaimo to have a sports hall of fame. In 2008, the first ten inductees were included. Some of the names to remember include athletes Phil Olsen, Gerald Kazanowski and Brenda Taylor. Greater Victoria has...
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Amateur and Professional Boxing in British Columbia has an interesting past.
One of the big events to take place in Professional Boxing was the 1972 bouts between Muhammed Ali vs George Chuvalo and the
Clyde Gray vs Manuel Gonzalez welterweight fight.
Amateur boxing...
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The sport of amateur and pofessional boxing has an
interesting past
From the 1950's to 1990's, the most active place for boxing
was Greater Victoria. On the amateur side of the sport,
during the Sixties...
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