ROBERTO MCLELLAN - Williams Lake boxer
Friday, July 8, 2011
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
TRAGIC BOXING STORIES
LOST WARRIORS and TRAGEDY: by Brian Zelley
From - Tragic Boxing Stories -
East Side Boxing
Throughout the history of boxing there have been hundreds
of stories of tragic persons in the sport of boxing, Somr have
died as a result of ring tragedies such as BENNY KID PARET,
DAVEY (the Springfield Rifle) MOORE, and JOHNNY OWEN.
Others have died in tragic accidents such as ZORA FOLLEY,
EDDIE HADDAD, ROCKY MARCIANO and JACK JOHNSON.
Others have been killed by the violence of murder, suicide
or under strange circumstnces. Then there was the 1980 USA
boxing team tragedy when a plane crashed and exploded in
Poland. \
DAVEY S. MOORE - Featherweight Champion
(from Find A Grave - http://www.findgrave.com/
Some lived after a ring death but paid a price with regret
such as GEORGIE SMALL- EMILE GRIFFITH - MAX BAER.
EMILE GRIFFITH - Welterweight and Middleweight Champion
Selected by "Boxing Illustrated" - The Best of the Sixties
Emile was fighting Benny Paret for the welterweight title in 1962
when it ended in tragedy. Despite the inner turmoil, Griffith
continued to defend the title, then after a victory over Texan
MANUEL (Manny) GONZALEZ, Emile faced and defeated
Middleweight Champion DICK TIGER.
THE EMILE GRIFFITH STORY
ZORA FOLLEY, EDDIE MACHEN, SONNY LISTON
and OSCAR BONAVENA who would have guessed that tragedy
would hit all four.
EDDIE MACHEN (1932 - 1972)
I first remember EDDIE MACHEN from his 12-round bout with
former heavyweight champion FLOYD PATTERSON in July 1964.
It was interesting looking back in old magazines about the
boxing journey of Edward Mills Machen of California.
Then in 1972 came the announcement
that he died from a fall in San Francisco.
During the late Fifties and Sixties, Eddie was a fine boxer
and fought many of the top boxers including a bout with
the soon to be heavyweight champion SONNY LISTON.
Despite and injury, Eddie was able to go the distance with
Sonny. Another of his opponents a couple of times was
another tragic boxing warrior named ZORA FOLLEY.
May 1981 in the "Big Book Of Boxing" published by
G. C. London Publishing Group, publisher Stanley Weston
included a story about the late Eddie Machen titled:
"EDDIE MACHEN: THE SAD LIFE OF A
HEAVYWEIGHT CONTENDER
(remembering one of the '60's best).
East Side Boxing
Throughout the history of boxing there have been hundreds
of stories of tragic persons in the sport of boxing, Somr have
died as a result of ring tragedies such as BENNY KID PARET,
DAVEY (the Springfield Rifle) MOORE, and JOHNNY OWEN.
Others have died in tragic accidents such as ZORA FOLLEY,
EDDIE HADDAD, ROCKY MARCIANO and JACK JOHNSON.
Others have been killed by the violence of murder, suicide
or under strange circumstnces. Then there was the 1980 USA
boxing team tragedy when a plane crashed and exploded in
Poland. \
DAVEY S. MOORE - Featherweight Champion
Some lived after a ring death but paid a price with regret
such as GEORGIE SMALL- EMILE GRIFFITH - MAX BAER.
EMILE GRIFFITH - Welterweight and Middleweight Champion
Selected by "Boxing Illustrated" - The Best of the Sixties
Emile was fighting Benny Paret for the welterweight title in 1962
when it ended in tragedy. Despite the inner turmoil, Griffith
continued to defend the title, then after a victory over Texan
MANUEL (Manny) GONZALEZ, Emile faced and defeated
Middleweight Champion DICK TIGER.
ZORA FOLLEY, EDDIE MACHEN, SONNY LISTON
and OSCAR BONAVENA who would have guessed that tragedy
would hit all four.
EDDIE MACHEN (1932 - 1972)
I first remember EDDIE MACHEN from his 12-round bout with
former heavyweight champion FLOYD PATTERSON in July 1964.
It was interesting looking back in old magazines about the
boxing journey of Edward Mills Machen of California.
Then in 1972 came the announcement
that he died from a fall in San Francisco.
During the late Fifties and Sixties, Eddie was a fine boxer
and fought many of the top boxers including a bout with
the soon to be heavyweight champion SONNY LISTON.
Despite and injury, Eddie was able to go the distance with
Sonny. Another of his opponents a couple of times was
another tragic boxing warrior named ZORA FOLLEY.
May 1981 in the "Big Book Of Boxing" published by
G. C. London Publishing Group, publisher Stanley Weston
included a story about the late Eddie Machen titled:
"EDDIE MACHEN: THE SAD LIFE OF A
HEAVYWEIGHT CONTENDER
(remembering one of the '60's best).
Monday, July 4, 2011
1984 BC WINTER GAMES
BC WINTER GAMES - FORT ST JOHN: By Brian W. Zelley
(In the March 1984 issue of the BC AMATEUR BOXING NEWS
I reported on the opening ceremony and the boxing results. Sadly, the
Games do not have boxing anymore, but for many years it was one of
the top attended sports.)
(In the March 1984 issue of the BC AMATEUR BOXING NEWS
I reported on the opening ceremony and the boxing results. Sadly, the
Games do not have boxing anymore, but for many years it was one of
the top attended sports.)
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
2011 Election process BCABHOF
BRITISH COLUMBIA AMATEUR BOXING HALL OF FAME
THE 2011 SELECTION PROCESS BEGINS
Input and Sources:
Over the last couple of months various folks have helped compile
a story about the nominees and individual stories about some of the
nominees. Stories on this blog include information about the
Boyce Family, Lennie Walters, Tommy Paonessa, Alan Brown,
Derrick Hoyt, the Campbell River Eagles, South Hill/Firefighters
and other information and photos including Jamie Ollenberger,
Wally Doern, Stanley F. Smith, Dave Wylie, and Les Hamilton.
THE 2011 SELECTION PROCESS BEGINS
Input and Sources:
Over the last couple of months various folks have helped compile
a story about the nominees and individual stories about some of the
nominees. Stories on this blog include information about the
Boyce Family, Lennie Walters, Tommy Paonessa, Alan Brown,
Derrick Hoyt, the Campbell River Eagles, South Hill/Firefighters
and other information and photos including Jamie Ollenberger,
Wally Doern, Stanley F. Smith, Dave Wylie, and Les Hamilton.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
JAKE WEITZEL
THE JAKE WEITZEL BOXING STORY: by Brian Zelley
(authorized by courtesy of Jake Weitzel, boxing champion).
INTRODUCTION
JAKE WEITZEL has travelled from a BOXING BC amateur boxer
to a COMBSPORT boxing champion over several years of activity,
but his boxing story begins at his boxing club.
AMATEUR BOXING
Jake as a member of the BLUE CORNER BOXING CLUB engaged in numerous tournaments from the BC EMERALD GLOVES to the 2008 SENIOR NATIONALS which included other BCboxers such as DARCY HINDS, STEWART HILL, BRENNAN LOWRIE, NATHAN KULCZYCKI, SARAH PUCEK, PEGGY MAERZ and ROSALLIA CALLA.
COMBSPORT CHAMPION
Jake has continued his boxing with some important victories under
the banner of the Combsport group of which JAMIE ALLISON is
a co-founder of the group that supports old style boxing with a
departure from Computer scoring which is used by Boxing Canada.
(authorized by courtesy of Jake Weitzel, boxing champion).
JAKE WEITZEL has travelled from a BOXING BC amateur boxer
to a COMBSPORT boxing champion over several years of activity,
but his boxing story begins at his boxing club.
AMATEUR BOXING
Jake as a member of the BLUE CORNER BOXING CLUB engaged in numerous tournaments from the BC EMERALD GLOVES to the 2008 SENIOR NATIONALS which included other BCboxers such as DARCY HINDS, STEWART HILL, BRENNAN LOWRIE, NATHAN KULCZYCKI, SARAH PUCEK, PEGGY MAERZ and ROSALLIA CALLA.
COMBSPORT CHAMPION
Jake has continued his boxing with some important victories under
the banner of the Combsport group of which JAMIE ALLISON is
a co-founder of the group that supports old style boxing with a
departure from Computer scoring which is used by Boxing Canada.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
BCLocalNews.com - Big hearts and a lot of guts
BCLocalNews.com - Big hearts and a lot of guts
When the news media of a local host club ignores the other clubs in a story about
a Provincial tournament that is not good reporting.
When the news media of a local host club ignores the other clubs in a story about
a Provincial tournament that is not good reporting.
Sunday, May 29, 2011
YVES ULYSSE Jr
YVES ULYSSE JR. BOXING CHAMPION: by brian zelley
THE FOUR DIAMONDS OF CANADIAN BOXING
Alex - Yves - Kenny - Joey
Alex - Yves - Kenny - Joey
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