Friday, August 26, 2011

LALLY and PEGUES chat on Daybreak North

LALLY and PEGUES Interviews
It was another routine day for "Daybreak North" when
Kenny Lally was interviewed about his boxing journey.
also interviewed was Prince George based coach Bob Pegues.

Kenny and Bob met up with Robert Doane at the UNBC
Sports Centre and demonstrated two types of left hooks and
then touches on his first tournament in the Bronze Gloves.

Also, touches on the World Championships and the
need to win three bouts to qualify for the Olympics.

Bob touches on the thrills of coaching Kenny
and the skills of Kenny and the importance of
preparing for bouts.

CBC.ca | Daybreak North
| Prince George boxer has Olympic dreams

KENNY LALLY - A NEW CHAPTER IN THE BOXING STORY

A NEW DAY BEGINS FOR KENNY LALLY:  by brian zelley

     Canadian Champion Kenny Lally and Coach Bob Pegues 2009

Introduction
The first story looked back at Kenny's boxing journey
from those early days in Prince George to his victory
in the 2011 Boxing Canada senior elite boxing
championships and his earning a place on the 
A-Team.

MOMENT IN MAY AT REGINA
In the month of May, Kenny won a pair of bouts over
England's GARETH SMITH in the annual 
KEN GOFF MEMORIAL and the MAYOR'S CUP.

                   (Boxing Canada Team in 2011 - The medal count)

PUNCHING IN PUERTO RICO in JULY

Kenny followed-up his two wins against England in Regina
to split a pair of bouts in Puerto Rico.


THE 2011 WORLD AMATEUR BOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS

The World championships in October for Kenny Lally and 
his team mates will be very important in the selection process
for the 2012 Olympic Games in London.   For those A and  B
team members, and the women boxers, some will see action in
the 2011 Pan American Games. 

TRAINING CAMPS
There were expectations that Canadian boxers would train
in Hungary, but the late August news is the Hungarian 
experience will be replaced by a training date in Germany.

NEWS and VIEWS


Thursday, August 18, 2011

THE MIKE KENNEDY BOXING JOURNEY

MIKE KENNEDY a boxer's story: by brian zelley


THE FIRST ROUND: the introduction

As I LOOK BACK TO THE eighties MIKE KENNEDY was one of the
boxers of British Columbia that quickly showed he had ability and desire.

Mike joined the Victoria Jaycees boxing club founded by
 LOU BUJDOSO in the late Seventies.  Some of the one
 time coaches for the Jaycees were Bujdoso, Brian Zelley,
 Mike Sartori, Paul DeLuca and Barnes.

Aside from MIKE KENNEDY, some of the other boxers
for the Jaycees in the late Seventies to the mid Eighties
were KIT MUNRO, KIRK RANNERIS, AUGUST DOS REIS,
DEAN DELUCA, PAUL DELUCA, PAUL WADE,
RON OGDEN and many more.

ROUND 2 -  BC TOURNAMENT WIN

RING ROUND-UP:  1983 S.I.N. October 22nd.

In prelim action Victoria's Mike Kennedy earned  a victory over
MIKE PARSONS of the Prince George Spruce Capital club,
then moved into the finals with a victory of the Shamrock boxer
EDDIE LEE.

Other Victoria boxers were:
Lyle Ritchie,  Paul Wade, Ian Middleditch,  and Augusto dos Reis.

Some of the other boxers from various clubs were the likes of:
Ray Abraham, Tod Hatley, Tim Cessford, Jesse Kaellis, 
Duncan Murdoch, Tonka Young, Isaac Gock, Jason Trottier,
Terry Dermott and Kelowna's Mark Smith.

Ringside Officials:
Bert Lowes, Fred Fuller, Sid Knopp, Rudy Bianco, Larry Krangle,
Jack Mellor, Brian Zelley, Lindy Lindmoser, Bill Gurvich Allen Young
and Vic Murdoch.  Glovers:  Tommy Yule and Gordon Miller.

ROUND THREE - the Victoria Club Show

NOVEMBER 13, 1983 MIKE WINS

As reported in the December 1983 issue of the
BC Amateur Boxing News it was one of the regular
club shows hosted by the Victoria Jaycees and this one
took place at the Gordon Head Recreation Centre.

Mike Kennedy would face the capable Scott Cessford of the
Parksville-Qualicum Boxing Club operated by Smith and Sacho
in the main event.

Other Victoria boxers in action were:
Augusto dos Reis, Ian Middleditch, Scott Wood,  Lyle Ritchie,
Kirk Ranneris, Kit Munro, Paul Wade and Paul DeLuca.
Other boxers will represent Ladysmith, Parksville, Richmond
and the Queensborough boxing club of New Westminster.

Some of the other boxers were:
Tony Willis, Paul Bottomly,  Jay Grewal, Clint Dumais, 
Rick Cox, Dave and Lyle Hendrickson, Brent Lackie, 
Robert Lowe, Tim and Scott Cessford and Troy Taylor.

Officials were:
Head official:  Brian Zelley
Others:  Bob Perry, Howard Curling, Ian Weir and 
Tom Turnbull while gloving was handled by Steve Bsrnes.

It was a good afternoon for boxing and MIKE KENNEDY 
would do an excellent job in the main event with Cessford.

ROUND 4: 1984 BC GOLDEN GLOVES

KENNEDY  would be one of many that would compete in the
Senior and Intermediate Golden Gloves and would be one
of four good senior welterweight boxers.  The other three would be
GERALD PETERS, KEN SMITH and AL HARPER.

Other well known names that competed include Dale Walters,
Lee Gauthier, Willie Currie, Alex Angelomatis, Joe Pendry,
Deep Butter, Cody Redford, Peter Paskie, Lawrence Rolfe,
Roman Grimared, Glen Quocksister and many others.
Golden Boy for the tournament was MIKE O'CONNELL
of the Hastings Community Centre Boxing Club.

OFFICIALS - Bert Lowes, Fred Fuller, Rudy Bianco,
Sid Knopp, Vic Murdoch, Larry Carney, Earl Vance,
Jack Mellor, Larry Krangle, Brian Zelley, Rick Brough,
and Robert Newbrook. 


The Mike Kennedy Boxing Story:

According to Mike, his story is a work in process but below is
a sample of the cover for the story: