Fiacco charged with whipping Canadian boxing into shape

Fiacco charged with whipping Canadian boxing into shape

NAMES and FACES of BC BOXING

BC BOXERS 1970 to 1975

                       (photo from the files of the Victoria Athletic Association)

Larry Adams, Rick Albrechtsen, Peter Alec, Nelson Ali, Dale Anderson,
Ken Anderson, Lloyd Anderson,  Shane Anderson, Alex Angelomatis,
George Angelomatis, Derek Austin, Neil Austin, Cliff Ballendine, 
Scott Bannink, Mark Barr, Steve Bellis, Peter Beltrame, Willie Benallie,
Alex Beveridge, Rick Biden, David Blair, Jimmy Blair, Peter Blair,
Barry Blatter, Wayne Blatter, Dean Bohn, Gary Bridal, Graydon Britton, 
Alan Brown, Dean Bruckshaw,  Fred Buckle, Murray Burton, 

Kevin Carney, Barry Cartwright, John Casano, Fred Clarke, 
Steve Connolly. Joe Cooke, Lou Cooke, Mike Cote, Danny Crawford,
Wayne Crowe, Lorne Daigneault,  Capi Damani, Bob DelRio, 
Perry Demosten,  Gary Desrosiers,  Paul DiBenedetto,  Rod Dickie, 
Chester Douglas, Ian Douglas, Sid Douglas, Randy Durante, Rick Eedy,
Bruce Edwards, Malcolm Eldridge, Danny Elgie,   Ron Elgie, Dwayne Evenson,  

                              NEIL AUSTIN - JOE COOKE - FRANK SCOTT
                              (Courtesy of Freddy Fuller and the Scott Family)

Jim Fidler, Derek Flanagan, Mike Frank, Tony Francis, Freddy Fuller
Kerry Gallagher, Scott Galloway,  John Gamble, Bill Gariepy, Titch Gill, 
Mickey Griffin, Roman Grimard, Lorne Hamer-Jackson, Les Hamilton, 
Billy Hardie, Todd Hatley, Danny Herman, John Herman, Kevin Howard,
Derrick Hoyt, Shane Hoyt, Jim Hunter, Keith Hunter, Tim Hunter, 

Hamid Ismail, Chris Ius, David Ius, Gary Ivers, Mike jaeger< Lyle Jack

Ken Jesson, Clyde Johnson,  Billy Johnstone, Brian Jones, Kelly Justaon,

Arnold Kelly, Hugh Kelly, Bill Kennedy, Gary Kuipers, Roger Laflame, 

Kurt Lang, Gordie Lawson, Don Louis,  Wes Luke,  Darren Lussier,   

WILLIAMS LAKE BOXING CLUB

Leif Albrechtsen, Coach

Ed McCaffrey, Joe McCaffrey, Ken MacDonald, Tommy MacDonald

Sid McKnight, Jimmy MacMillan, Tom McMurchie, Brian Majors, 

Laurie Mann,  Jack Meda, Monty Mold,

Malcolm and Matt Montgomery, Buzz Montour, Sonny Mullis, 

JACK MEDA - Prince George Boxer

Danny Neal, Glenn and mike O'Connor, Mike and Pat O'Reilly

Danny O'Sullivan, Jamie Ollenberger, Darryl Olsen, Don Orr, 

Danny O'Sullivan and Brian Zelley

(photo courtesy of Dorothy Zelley)

(Training for the Silver Gloves)

John and Paul Panke, Roy Pattison, Bob Pegues,  Joe Pendry, Gerald Peters,

Harold Prince, Ian Pye  Robrt Ratcliffe, Gary and Geoff Robinson,

Laurie Rorick, Sheldon Samuels,  Taac Sasagawa, Frank Scott,

John Silver, Arnie Smith,  Jack Snaith,  Jim Stevenson, Andrew  Swim, 

Kelly and Super Sumra, Danny and Gary Tatton, 

Lance Taylor, Ron taylor, Lanny Thom, Danny Thompson,

 Dave Thornhill, Steve Tohill, Glenn Tubbs, Tom Turnbull, 

Victoria Athletic Association - Boxing photo

Mike Vukelic, Ed Wainright, Gary and Rick Walker, 

Dale and Dave Walters, Bill Watson, Ian Weir,

 Rick Wentland,' Ed Williams, Ron williams,  Lyle Wold,  

 Gary Wood, Dan Wright,  Brian Wise, Dave Wylie, 

Dean Yourng and Brian Zelley

Ian Weir, Mike Caird, Brian Zelley - 1974 Victoria, BC

Start of a Revival  of Amateur Boxing in Victoria

(photo  courtesy of the Greater Victoria  Sports Hall of Fame)

DIRECTORS, OFFICIALS and COACHES

The Seventies BC Amateur Boxing

Jim and Maureen Airey, Leif Albrechtsen, Alex & George Angelomatis

Uto Arnold, Walter Austin, Len Barker, Gordon Bens,

Rudy Bianco, Walter Boyce, Wayne Boyce, Bill Brenner

Bernie Brisch, Rick Brough, Lou Bujdoso, Gerald Burton,

Mike Caird, Ian Carmichael, Darcy Clayton, Joe Cooke,

Terry Cooke, Dave Coventry, Howard Curling.

Joe Deslaurier, Ian Douglas, Robert Edge, Bob Eedy,

Earl Elgie, Darrel Elmore, Tommy Fagan, Dick Findlay,

Fred Fuller, Freddy Fuller, Lawrence Fuller, Jim Gallagher,

Ernie George, Ian Gibson, Ed Gilmore, Bob Ginetti,

Gord Griffin, Ed Higginbottom, Wally Hill, Andy Hinds,

Jim Howie, Elio, Leo and Mel Ius, Sid and Shirley Knopp

John Kovak, Thorky Larsen, Paul LeMay, Lindy Lindmoser,

Sandy Lorenzen, Fred & Walt Louie, Bert Lowes, Arnold McEwan, 

Mickey McMillan, Cliff McNabb, Harold and Irving Mann, 

Ken Marjoram, Nick Martin, Peter Mazurak, Bram Melis,

Jack Mellor, Bob and Joe Mercer, Mike Moore, Vic Murdoch, 

Peter Murray-Driver, Marg and Pat O'Reilly,  John O'Shea,

(Courtesy of Gordie Lawson - Firefighters)

Coaches:  Lindy Lindmoser, Bert Lowes,  Sandy Lorenzen

Gary Oakden, Buddy Palmer, Bob Perry, Jack Pidgeon, Joe Preston

Denny Ross, Art and George Shiels, Ray Silver, Stan Smith, Joe Swift,

Dave Thompson, Alan Tummon, Bill Walker, Lennie Walters, Bill Watson,

Ron Whalley, Dave Wylie, Jeff and Tommy Yule, Brian Zelley.

RON WHALLEY, RING OFFICIAL  

(Courtesy of Boxing BC Memorial Photo of Ron Whalley)

Random Faces

  

  

BC BOXING NEWS April 1985

BC AMATEUR BOXING NEWS, April 1985.  Brian Zelley, editor 


(Note - the two key areas to be covered were:  1985 Senior Nationals and
Flashbacks 1975 to 1979, club shows and other issues)


THE FRONT PAGE
On the front page were two photos:
Main photo:  Tim Hunter, Rick Brough and Mike Murray
(selected as the best bout in a Victoria Jaycees boxing card)
The other photo was boxer Dave Walter of Vancouver vs
Hamid Ismail of Ladner from the 1981 BC Golden Gloves.


CLUB SHOWS - March 1985


For Vancouver Island , it was three club shows:
March  9th.  Host Club, CROFTON
Heavyweight bout featured RON YOUNG  in a split decision
over JOHN HUNTER.

March 16th. Host Club, CAMPBELL RIVER
an interesting bout featured GARY WOOD  vs JACK SNAITH


March 24th. Host Club, VICTORIA JAYCEES
In the Jaycees card, Tim Hunter of Campbell River was picked as the
best boxer. Mike Murray vs Tim Hunter was the best bout.
The main event had KIT MUNRO over PAUL DELUCA.


TEAM BC - 1985 SENIOR NATIONALS
Boxers:  Augusto Dos Reos. John Henry Wilson, Tim Cessford,
Joe Pendry, Joe Martin, Andrew Riley, Terry Dermott, 
Alex Bankier, Gary Serko, Wayne Welsh and Brian Lansing.
Coaches: Ken Marjoram and Mike Sartori, Manager:  Dave Thompson.


OLD and NEW CLUBS


Some clubs highlighted were:
North West Eagles, East Vancouver Optimists
 and Astoria Boxing Clubs.


The EVO began in 1958 and operated until the early Seventies.
Two of the early persons involved were LARRY KRANGLE and JOHN WYLIE
The net two to operate the club were JOHN BALLAM and JIM WILSON.
There were other coaches and managers of the club such as Don Cowan, 
Fred Fuller, Stan smith and Earl Thompson.


A lot of young boers passed through the club from one club to another 
such as Dave Wylie,  Freddy Fuller and Colin Coleridge.  Two of the last
 boxers to represent the club were Joe and Lou Cooke.  And, of interest
for the 1967/1968 season Dick Findlay left the Vancouver Firefighters
and Les Vegas  left the London Boxing Club of Victoria to be part of the 
EVO experience.