Monday, August 5, 2013

THE HARRY TWIST BOXING STORY

THE HARRY TWIST JOURNEY:   by Brian Zelley
(special thanks to Freddy Fuller for providing a lead jab
to start the Harry Twist story.)

* as a youngster, Frederic Stephen Fuller would be a 
member of the South Burnaby Boxing Club along with
other boxers such as Frank and Keith Scott.  The head
coach was HARRY TWIST assisted by Johnny Phillips


* Harry Twist with some of 
the boxers at the South
Burnaby boxing club with
boxers including:
Freddy Fuller AND
Frankie Scott.

late Fifties

Freddy is pleased to
support Harry Twist's
nomination for 2014
in the 
British Columbia Amateur
Boxing Hall of Fame.


Harry's former pupil Freddy Fuller speaks up for Harry:


* Special thanks to 2010 inductee Frederick Stephen Fuller for taking
the time to step up to the plate to hit a home run for his early boxing
coach HARRY TWIST, one of the great coaches in BC Amateur boxing 
history.  

HARRY TWIST makes THE RIGHT TURN
* For his long service to the sport of Amateur Boxing
Harry was inducted into the Burnaby Sports Hall of Fame:


a few of the many that were mentioned include:
Frankie Scott, Freddy Fuller, Des Archer and Johnny Phillips.

Burnaby Sports Hall of Fame:
Those connected to boxing in the Burnaby Sports Hall of Fame
Harry Twist, Al Principe, Des Archer, Dale Walters,
Lennie Walters and Manny Sobral.
Harry, Dale, Lennie and Manny are also inductees of the
BRITISH COLUMBIA AMATEUR BOXING
HALL of FAME 2010 to 2014.

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