BOXING in NEWFOUNDLAND to NOVA SCOTIA

BOXING in NEWFOUNDLAND: by Brian Zelley

NEWFOUNDLAND BOXING FLASHBACKS 1997

The sport of amateur boxing on the Island of Newfoundland is not
as high profile as many other Provincs, but they do have a history.

JUNE 1997 MOMENTS TO REMEMBER

DOUG FOWLER would be re-elected for his sixth ther
as president of BOXING NEWFOUNDLAND. Some of the
other names of interest were Randell Rideout,
Kevin Greeley, Ian MacNeil and Mike Summers.

Some of the boxing clubs were:
Conception Bay South Boxing club,
Hilltop Boxing Club and Twin Cities Boxing club.
One of the boxers to remember was Donnie Hunt.

THE HERE AND NOW, 2000 to 2011
The Republic Boxing club and two key names associated
with the club are Jason Hayward and Eddie Raymond.
Around 2005/2006, Hayward was a fine young featherweight boxer.

In 2008, Jason "Too Sweet" Hayward was training
in Halifax, Nova Scotia and fighting as a super bantamweight
and a bantamweight. He briefly held the Canadian Super
Bantamweight title from October 2006 to March 2007 and in 2008
he lost to Andrew Kooner for the Bantamweight title.
he

PAN AM GAMES

CANADIAN PAN AM GAMES BOXING:
PAST and PRESENT CANADIAN BOXING
by brian zelley

As Canadian boxers prepare to participate
in the 2011 Pan Am Games in Mexico, it is
a good time to flashback to past tournaments
to touch on the history and the acnievements
of the many boxers such as 1975 Gold medal
winner Chris Clarke. One of the 2011 boxers
that hopes to follow in the footsteps of Clarke
will be BRODY BLAIR.

FLASHBACKS 1967
As we look back one of the teams was the
1967 team including Walter Henry, Frank Scott,
Wayne Boyce, Gerald Ratte, Dick Findlay,
Freddy Fuller, Donato Paduano and Marijan Kolar.

BOXING CANADA The Road Ahead

THE NEW BEGINNING FOR CANADIAN BOXING; By Brian Zelley

Before we can start the NEW BEGINNING for 2011/2012
we must ask the following question:
are BOXING CANADA, The provincial associations and
each and every amateur boxing club READY,
WILLING and ABLE to meet the challenge of
GROWTH, OPPORTUNITY and ACTIVITY or will it be
BACK TO BLACK?

THE FOUNDATION
The foundation starts at the club level and each
club must be given the support and encouragement
from their Provincial Amateur Boxing Associations
to participate, and the starting point is growth,
followed by an opportunity to have regular boxing
cards and to work with other regional clubs for
greater training opportunities and activity.

BC Hall of Fame

2011 nominations - 24 Choices

no decision has been made, but by July 1, 2011 it will be time to
consider the 24 choices by the administrators and then the second year
for the BRITISH COLUMBIA AMATEUR BOXING HALL OF FAME will be complete.

Boxer Alan Brown in black at the 1984 Canadian Olympic team training site.

DAVE WYLIE

Dave Wylie along with 1967 opponent and 1968 teammate Freddy Fuller.
Dave was named BC  Diamond Boy in 1967

JAMIE OLLENBERGER

Two-time BC Golden Boy,Jamie Ollenberger was a popular boxer who would turn pro.
sadly, he was lost in 1991 from a vehicle crash.

SASKATCHEWAN BOXING

SASKATCHEWAN AMATEUR BOXING:  By Brian Zelley

BOXING SASKATCHEWAN

Regulates the sport of amateur boxing 
-  the 2010/11 Board of Directors
Frank Fiacco, Marlo Pritchard, Fitzroy Solomon,
Don Racette, Joe Stack, Tammy Mason, 
Morgan Williams, Mike Kucik, Armin Roettger.

Executive-Director - GRAHAM CRAIG.

BOXING CLUBS - Past and Present

BLACK COBRA BOXING CLUB - Gravelbourg

Club Official - ROSS ANDERSON.

GRASSLAND BOXING CLUB - Ponteix

Contact - MIKE KUCIK

HUB CITY BOXING CLUB - Saskatoon

Coach - JOE STACK


LONSDALE BOXING CLUB - Regina

Coaches:  Frank Fiacco and Ivan Lyon.

NEW LINE BOXING ACADEMY - Regina

Contact - MOSES ALLI

PRINCE ALBERT BOXING CLUB

Contact - Bob Tichkowsky

REGINA BOXING CLUB

The Regina Boxing club was founded in 1947 by KEN GOFF
and is host to the KEN GOFF MEMORIAL BOXING CLASSIC
which has been kept alive through the efforts of George Goff and Pat Fiacco.

SOO LINE BOXING - WEYBURN

(kneeling - Morgan Williams and Ian Weir)

In 1974, IAN WEIR moved to Victoria, BC and would be part of Victoria and

London Boxing Clubs and his last bout would be in 1976

later he would serve as an official and then coach in Victoria

along with Don Orr and Mike Caird.

MORGAN WILLIAMS would serve as a boxing official

and travel to British Columbia to be part of the

1984 JUNIOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

one of the Saskatchewan boxers was WESLEY SUNSHINE

WEYBURN SOO LINE BOXING CLUB - SEVENTIES - WEYBURN, SASKATCHEWAN

Current club contact - ARMIN ROETTGER 
Former Coach - Hank Hartenberger
 (also an inductee - Saskatchewan  Sports Hall of Fame)

THE BOXERS - PAST and PRESENT

  

                      BRODY PIGEON - Active boxer 2011
                                          (photo by Maurice Laprairie)

Some other recent boxers:
Cody Dill, Heath Dionne, Jared Clarke, Lucas Allan,
Marco Muller, Patrick Thibault, Rob Umbach, Stuart Twardzik.

ADAM FAUL - 1948 Canadian Olympic Boxing Team
(Inducted into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame).

EIGHTIES
Some of the boxers from the Eighties were:
Wesley Sunshine, Trent Latham, Jeff Hill and Steven Penrod.

1983 SASKATCHEWAN BOXER OF THE YEAR - CURTIS FIDLER

CURTIS FIDLER of the Prince Albert Boxing Club was recipient of
"The John Galon Trophy".  He started boxing in 1980. 
With Curtis at the trophy presentation was
JOE WEBB, Provincial Boxing Coach.


NEWS and VIEWS

CANADIAN NATIONAL TEAM BOXERS to arrive at REGINA BOXING CLUB
for several days of training prior to two International boxing shows against
TEAM ENGLAND.

http://www.thetelegram.com/Sports/2010-09-27/article-1796354/Battle-of-the-Atlantic/1

http://www.thetelegram.com/Sports/2010-09-27/article-1796354/Battle-of-the-Atlantic/1

CANADIAN AMATEUR BOXING CLUBS

AMATEUR BOXING CLUBS by brian zelley


(excluding Ontario and Quebec)

From British Columbia to New Foundland, there are hundreds of
boxing clubs.  Each one has a mission and a purpose. They try
to follow the rules of  BOXING CANADA and the Provincial
Associations such as boxing bc, boxing alberta and  others.


BRITISH COLUMBIA CLUBS

Starting with British Columbia, a list of the active clubs
 can be found on the BOXING BC web site.  Some
have the history of 40 years include Campbell River Eagles
now  Campbell River Boxing  and Fitness another Island 
club of long duration is the Nanaimo Boxing Club.  


There are numerous clubs from Action Boxing Club to the 
Williams Lake Boxing Club with Gary McLellan and 
Rick Albrechtsen.


Some older clubs include:
Prince George Spruce Capital, Cranbrook Eagles Boxing, 
and the Vancouver based Astoria Boxing Club.

        (location of the Action Boxing Club - Terry Cooke
         and original site of the Astoria Boxing Club
          with the Boyce family of Vancouver Boxing)


ALBERTA BOXING CLUBS


a large number of clubs scattered in the big cities and the 
small  towns from the Bowmont Boxing club in calgary
 to the the Slave Lake Boxing Club with LEE TANGHE 
Then there is the Calgary Boxing Club home to Alex Rynn






SASKATCHEWAN BOXING CLUBS


Sample of active clubss:
Black Cobra Boxing - Ross Anderson
Hub City Boxing - Joe Stack
Lonsdale Boxing - Frank Fiacco
Lambs Boxing - Aaron Cross

                                (from Boxing Saskatchewan website)




MANITOBA BOXING CLUBS


Sample of  boxing clubs:
Alliance Boxing, Eastman boxing, United Boxing, 
Pan-Am Boxing and Go-Jo Boxing.

                    (from Brandon Boxing Club, Manitoba)


NOVA SCOTIA BOXING CLUBS 


Albion Boxing - Jim Worthen
Citadel Boxing - Wayne and Taylor Gordon
Pegasus Boxing - Bruce Harkness


NEW BRUNSWICK BOXING


.The Saint John Golden Gloves ABC
.Charlotown's Ko-Ed Boxing Club
.Kentville Evangeline Boxing Club


NEWFOUNDLAND and LABRADOR  BOXING


A sample of clubs include TRC in St. John's and
The Conception Bay South Boxing Club.

BOXING BC - 2011 Diamond Belt

http://www.bclocalnews.com/sports/114755874.html

LALLY, PEGUES and SEEHRA, the never ending boxing story

THE KENNY LALLY, JAG SEEHRA and BOB PEGUES story continues:
by brian zelley

http://www.bclocalnews.com/bc_north/pgfreepress/sports/114599839.html

For some of us , following the performance of Bob, Jag and Kenny is a pleasure.
The Prince George news media has done a good job of tracking their combined
journey.

For me, it is a different sort of interest that began in 1969.  I still remember that teenager
named BOB PEGUES wanting a boxing club in Nanaimo.   Well fast forward through the
decades and the recent years since 2000 has been an interesting story of Bob and his
boxers in Prince George.

The recent performances of KENNY LALLY  and JAG SEEHRA were exceptional.

All three have many hopes, wishes and dreams,  but thinking back to 1969 and the wide-eyed
teenager named Bob confirms that sometimes hopes are realized and dreams come true.

Updates of Story in 2015:
Since the original story, all three have moved
forward and racked up more achievements
and have participated in many shows and 
events.

Bob and Kenny are now inductees in the
British Columbia Amateur Boxing 
Hall of Fame:

Where my Journey Began: Sackville, New Brunswick, aims to Rebuild Bob Edgett’s Boxing Club

THE CANADIAN BOXING STORY:  By Brian Zelley

 BOB EDGETT is one of many that have made a significant contribution to Canadian boxiung.

The story by Gregg Ross is one of many on the role of Bob Edgett.

The story touches on the experience of one G Ross and his experience at the Bob Edgett  boxing club.

Once uon a time, there was an interesting story about Bob in the magazine "Boxing Illustrated"

Where my Journey Began: Sackville, New Brunswick, aims to Rebuild Bob Edgett’s Boxing Club
- as reported in the East Side boxing site -

BOXING ON VANCOUVER ISLAND

ALAN BROWN - VIC MURDOCH - BRIAN ZELLEY

BOXING ON VANCOUVER ISLAND

coach george nepper and boxers 1967

dale walters - victoria match

victoria atheletic association - training

some names to remember from the eighties in Nanaimo

DEAN BOHM - MIKE MURRAY -

PETE SEGGIE - JOE PRESTON 

Making the seconds count - Sports - The News (New Glasgow)

BRODY BLAIR - 2011 A Team member - BOXING CANADA

Making the seconds count - Sports - The News (New Glasgow)

Interesting article that focuses on Blair's arrival onto the 2011 A-Team
and some comments from 1984 Olympic boxer Wayne Gordon

2011 - The A-Team's Journey and Boxing Canada Teams

Four of the Team A members -
 Rynn -  Ulysse -  Lally - Laviolette
(photo courtesy - Alex Torres Rynn)

The important next step for the boxers is to engage in more International competition
to work towards the selection process for the 2012 London Olympic Games which will not be easy based on past situations but a repeat of 1984 or 1988 would be welcome news for Canadian boxing

As time goes by, we will focus on all of the team members and the
B-team which includes Jag Seehra:

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Jag and Bob, April 2010, a dorothy zelley photo


Another 2011 A-TEAM member  - BRODY BLAIR  -  Nova Scotia.
(See story from New Glasgow that covers Blair and coach Wayne Gordon).
Title - "Making The Seconds Count"


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2011 A TEAM MEMBERS:

                     kenny - alex -
                     yves - samir


Benoit Fleury - Kenny Lally 
 Joey Laviolette - Alex Rynn 
 Yves Ulysse - Custio Clayton
Brody Blair - Janathan Savard
Samir El Mais - Simon Keane


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CLUBS, HOME BASE, COACHES
 of the A-Team:


Starting from the west, we have
KENNY LALLY from Prince George. 
His coach is BOB PEGUES
who began boxing -  Seventies
-  Nanaimo Boxing Club -   

                     Coach - Bob Pegues


From ALBERTA we have ALEX RYNN
representing the Calgary Boxing
Club.  His coach is  KEVIN MCDERMOTT.

OPERATION LONDON :  by brian zelley
- 2012 olympic games -


We all know what the end game
for Boxing Canada is, but to avoid
being left at the starting gate, 
the team must do the best 
in the various tournaments in 2011, 
the most important will be the
World Amateur Championships,
but the Pan American Games 
may be a valuable alternative 
for some 
A-team and B-team members, 
then there are women boxers with 
MARY SPENCER in the lead role.
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THE NEXT ROUND - AT THE BELL


PAN AMERICAN GAMES - 2011

SEPTEMBER 2011 - AIBA - 

CANADIAN SENIOR WOMEN 
THE 2011 CHAMPIONS

                 (Source - BOXING CANADA - news and reports-)


A good cross-section of woman boxers from across Canada
from SUSAN HAAS (Alberta) and the Quebec war machine.
Then Ontario with MANDY BUJOLD - MARY SPENCER
and MELINDA WATPOOL.

2011 JUNIOR BOXING NATIONALS - senior box-offs

JUNIOR/YOUTH BOXING NATIONALS
Tournament scheduled for January 18 - 22, 2011, St. Hyacinthe, Quebec.

52 kg - expected boxers include BC boxer CODY BROWN,
and opponents expected Jessie Rochar (Alberta), Tajinder Lall
and Zack Ridgewell of Ontario.

SENIOR A and B TEAMS

Expected to be a hot competition will be lightweight
division with AYAN HUSSAIN, JAG SEEHRA, ALEX RYNN,
CAM O'CONNELL.

1968 - BC BOXERS

THE LAST OF THE OLD DAYS

Some of the BC boxers to engage in a shot at the Olympics
were Frank Scott, Ron McEachern, Freddy Fuller,
Dick Findlay, Chester Douglas, Patrick O'Reilly,
Rick Fleck, Darryl Olsen, Earl McLeay and Gordon Sinclair.