CANADIAN BOXING CLUBS - past & present

                                      NEWCASTLE BOXING CLUB  - Nanaimo Boxing Club

                                       Brian Zelley preparing for a semi-main event bout     

                                        against Vancouver Firefighters boxer Del Deagau

                                        PORT ALBERNI AMATEUR BOXING CLUB - 1966 

   There is always hope with a revival of an old boxing club that has been idle for some time

such as the 2 Rivers Boxing Club in Quesnel.

There is always hope when new clubs are formed such as the recent happenings in

Lillooet, BC.

There is always hope when old clubs fade, and a new ones  arise from the ashes

such is the case of Nanaimo when the Newcastle Boxing Club faded away and, 

within a couple of years, the Nanaimo Boxing Club began in 1971, or

in Victoria, BC  when the London Boxing Club was replaced by the Victoria Athletic 

Association in 1976 or a couple of years later when the Victoria Jaycees Boxing Club

joined the competition.

Across Canada there are many past and present clubs such as the Hastings Boxing Club

 North Burnaby Boxing Club, Spruce Capital and Inner City in Prince George.

As we step past the Rockies we find such clubs as the West Edmonton Knights

and many more in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

Then there are those many clubs past and present in Ontario such as London's

East End Club where London, Ontario Sports Hall of Fame boxer Casey Paton

began on his path to Olympic action, or the Sault Ste. Marie Boxing Club

with a family of stars and others as well., or as we approach Quebec we find

the Beaver Boxing Club in Ottawa with many past names and faces.