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.

SASKATCHEWAN BOXING

SASKATCHEWAN AMATEUR BOXING

REGINA - KEN GOFF

There is much boxing history in the clubs of Saskatchewan of which one long serving one is the
REGINA BOXING CLUB founded by KEN GOFF in 1949. Since 1994, the boxing club hosts
the annual "Ken Goff Memorial Boxing Classic. This annual show was initiated by
George Goff and Pat Fiacco.

FIDDLER, SUNSHINE & LINKLATER

There have been a number of outstanding amateur boxers over the years.
In the early Eighties one of many was CURTIS FIDLER of the Prince Albert Boxing Club.
In 1983, he received "The John Galon Trophy" as Saskatchewan's "Boxer Of The Year".
There would be other outstanding boxers such as WESLEY SUNSHINE and VERNON LINKLATER.

IAN's CORNER - SOO LINE BOXING and Coach Hartenburger

In late 1973, Saskatchewan's Weyburn boxer from the "Soo Line Boxing Club" IAN WEIR and Nanaimo's
DAN WRIGHT and BRIAN ZELLEY would join the Victoria Boxing Club that was being operated out of the
Victoria Boy's Club in Victoria, BC which was then being operated by MIKE CAIRD and GORDIE MAGAW.
With the arrival of Ian and the two from Nanaimo, it would begin a major revival in for boxing in
Victoria in the 1973/74 boxing season that would see boxer WAYNE CROWE winning a silver medal in
the Canadian senior natioal boxing championships.

Weir's Soo Line coach was HANK HARTENBURGER and one of his teammates was noted boxer and official
MORGAN WILLIAMS. Over the years, Coach Hartenburger would have fine boxers such as DON GRANT
and KELLY NELSON an many others.

In recognition of boxing coach Hank Hartenburger, he was roasted at the
Royal Canadian Legion to recognize his long service in amateur boxing.

HALLS of FAME - Canadian Boxing

Photos: Mike Caird (Victoria), Jack Meda (Prince George),

HALLS OF FAME - AMATEUR BOXING in CANADA

The year 2009 has seen a number of former boxers entered in a local, provincial of international sports or boxing hall of fame.
Names of interest include - Lennox Lewis, Steve Beaupre, Scotty Olson and Mike Caird

MIKE CAIRD - Former amateur boxer and coach - Victoria, BC, Canada

Caird will be inducted into the Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame on November 21, 2009
at the Pacific Institute of Sports Excellence along with a number of others such as the late
Jack Short known by many as "The Voice Of The Races", golfer Bill Wakeham, fastball builder
Herb Bate, olympic medalist Jesse Monroe-Gonin, Moe Elewonibi and
the Victoria Lawn Bowling Club.

Some of the sponsors include:
IBM, Pacific Institute of Sports Excellence, Save On Foods, Pacific Sport Victoria,
Pemberton & Holmes, Little & Davies, Mann Moulson & Co., Joe Frenette.
Brian Zelley, Times-Colonist, Chek News, C-Fax 1070 and Outside The Box Info.

CAIRD's JOURNEY:

For Mike Caird, his boxing journey began in the mid-Fifties as an amateur boxer
in Victoria with numerous bouts including his victory in the 1963 BC Golden Gloves
and participation in many club shows and tournaments including the
1964 Vancouver Island Amateur Boxing Championships.

His coaching journey began after 1964 until about 2001 when boxer Donny Orr Jr.
won a senior National Boxing Championship and in 2000 Orr was in the Summer Olympics
as part of the Canadian Olympic Boxing Team that included Michael Strange, Scott MacIntosh
and others (See listing).

Some of the other coaches that worked with Mike throughout the years were:
Gordie McGaw, Larry Montgomery, Brian Zelley, Lou Bujdoso, Jim Ballendine,
Ian Weir and Don Orr Sn.

Some of the boxers were:
Geoff & Gary Robinson, Wayne Crowe, Dan Wright, Ian Weir, Danny O'Sullivan,
Matt Montgomery, Paul Panke, Cliff Ballendine, Jason Heit, Theresa Taylor and Orr.