Over the last year< I have managed to connect with former club mates
and/or team mates of the past - including Mike Lazare and Gordie Lawson.
Looking back, Mike and I trained in Nanaimo at the old
Newcastle Boxing Club in the mid-Sixties and
Gordie and I trained at Vancouver's Firefighters Boxing Club
in the late Sixties.
Both Mike and Gordie became champions in various
Provincial tournaments and one thing both could
do very well was throw effective body punches.
Both Mike and Gord have been mentioned many times
in various stories, but when you connect with those you
hadn't seen for many decades, it makes for an interesting story.
Over the last several years, I have reconnected with many more
from the past days of boxing in the Sixties and Seventies
such as
Freddy Fuller, Glenn McGee, Jack Snaith,
Dan Wright, Mike Caird, Ian Weir, Bob Lewis
Jim McFadden, Clark MacLellan
(photo shot: Brian Zelley and Clark MacLellan)
THE GORDIE LAWSON BOXING STORY, FINDING THE GOLDEN KEY
is located on the following site:
http://zelleyonboxing.blogspot.com/
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