Canadian Amateur Boxing is about amateur boxing and the many stories from decades past to the here and now.
Canadian Amateur Boxing is about the many people involved
in the sport - boxers, coaches, officials and even the media.
Canadian Amateur Boxing is about a journey on the boxing highway with many paths, but for many there is only one
road and that is the road to excellence.
It is about the many past and present boxing clubs scattered
from Vancouver Island to Newfoundland.
This will be the last round of this "Canadian
Amateur Boxing" blog that spans seven years
of story telling beginning in 2009
to attempt to summarize each story
would take much time, and
readers can visit each year
to determine what they want to read, but I will point out some
select posts by year posted starting with the five top posts
regardless of year published.
Top viewed Posts (All Time) * November 2009: Golden Glovex with close to 6,000 views. *"Alberta Boxing - Then and Now" * Nanaimo Boxing - 1963 to 1974". * "Saskatchewan Boxing", and * " 1980 - 1989 Canadian Boxing
Beyond The Top Five
As we trip through all the years, in my opinion there
are some worthy and interesting stories such as:
One story in 2009 that deserves some attention
is tge story about "Frank Scott",but some others are
The 2015 Pan Am Games Jouney: by BrianZelley * The road to the 2015 Pan Am Games begins now as Canadian boxers train and prepare for the Canadian Elite Senior Championships which is the first test on the road for selection to the Canadian Pan Am Games boxing team.
The Vancouver Island Boxing Story: by Brian Zelley Inspired by the search for the boxing story of boxer/coach Louis McIvor from the Oliver region of BC. Special thanks to Brian Barker for passing the Mr. McIvor situation, and his positive comments concerning this Canadian blog.
Introduction: Since the mid sixties, I have been a direct and indirect part of amateur boxing and have also served as type of historian with numerous articles, reports and stories in various newspapers, magazines, and in various blogs, pages and group sites Over the decades, many in the sport do not have a full detailed understanding of the sport's history and highlights. Videos - part of the history through a variety of images for three locations.
The above video takes a brief look at three key
locations. But, there were many other
clubs in places like Gold River with
Monty Brown and the Nelson family
and others. There was the
Comox Valley club started by
Jack Snaith. Lloyd Anderson,
There was once a club in Cumberland,
Port Alberni, Parksville, Ladysmith,
Chemainus and Crofton
In Chemainus some key names
were Skimp Williams, Nepper family,
Terry Eastman and others.
George Nepper would follow-up that
journey by forming
the Newcastle club in Nanaimo '63.
George Nepper and boxers
Nanaimo 1963 - 1974
More Videos:
a brief look at
Vancouver Island
Amateur boxing
Starts with Nanaimo boxing in the Seventies
and photos such as profiles of:
Bert Wilkinson, Bob Pegues and George Shiels
Followed by Dale Walters, Mickey Griffin, Pud Smith
Boxing - 1963 to 1974".
