Sunday, April 24, 2011

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.