Canadian boxing, flashbacks

British boxers of 1968

Whose who of British Boxing 1968: by Brian Zelley

                                                        Henry Cooper
                                 Top British Heavyweight

The Heavywrights:
* It was 1968 and the British champion was still
Henry Cooper with Brian Lndon and Billy Walker
high in the rankings. Others included:
Carl Gizzi Johnny Prescott, Jack Bodell, Billy Gray,
Dave Ould, Vic Moore and Peter Boddington.


Other Champions:
* Young McCormack, Johnny Pritchett, Johnny Cooke,
Maurice Cullen, Howard Winstone, Walter McGowan, 
and John McCluskey.

Some oter top names were:
Mark Rowe, Eddie Avoth, Ralph Charles,
Ken Buchan, Brian Cartwright and Alan Rudkin.

Some of the prospects would include Jimmy Revie, 
 and Brian Hudson. Some on the edge  of
 retirement would be  Brian McCaffrey who had
lost to Johnny Cooke in the fight of the year.

Honourary Inductees BCABHoF

2015 BCABHoF Honourary Inductees: 
by Brian Zelley

* As part of the continued growth of the
British Columbia Amateur Boxing 
Hall of Fame, year six will consider
the following five greats as "Honourary Inductees":

Barney Ross, George Chuvalo, Jimmy McLarnin,
Muhammad Ali and Rocky Marciano

                                      Muhammad Ali



                                                             Barney Ross - Boxer
                                           Barney giving boxer Jimmy Walters pointers in 1954
                                                at the "Sun Golden Gloves in Vancouve

ROCKY MARCIANO

Guest referee and speaker

1967

JIMMY MCLARNIN

George Chuvalo

Induction Process

At the present time folks are

being given an opportunity to

discuss if these five should

be inducted as honourary members.

If it is decided to induct them

steps will be taken

to highlight their stories.

Names In Support

Brian Zelley,  Carol Skanks, Gardipy Donyvon

Justin Pagani, Robert E. Shannon, Scott Galloway,

     Robbie MGregor, Asif Dar, Scotty Olson,  

               Victor Hernandez , Hugo Corral , Rick Gagne 

  

                             

2015 The Eight Nominees, BCABHoF

BCABHoF, 2015 Nominees

BCABHoF, 2015 Nominees: BC Amateur Boxing Hall of Fame nominees for 2015

Some of the eight: by Brian Zelley

Eddie Mulhern,  pioneer
* inductee of the UBC sports hall of fame

Kenny Lally, boxer

Barry Creswell, builder

John Skanks, builder

The Forgotten BC Golden Boy

RAY  LAMPKIN, 1968 B C Golden Boy
by Brian Zelley

Ray Lampkin * Neil Knight

In the flashback section of the May 1984

BC Amateur Boxing News

I reprinted the real story as reported by

Dave Empey in the

"Vancouver Sun"The Golden Boy? Ray Lampkin"

Canadian Boxing - Anniversary Waltz.

LOoking Back  1954 to 1994: by Brian Zelley

Introduction
beyond the video sounds, we step back in time to the years:
1954 - 1964 - 1974 - 1984 - - 1994
From the British Empire Games in 
Vancouver 1954 to Commonwealth Games
in Victoria 1994, and regional tournaments
on Vancouver Island such as the  Island
championships in 1964 and 1984. Also, 
the road to the 1964 and 1984Olympic Games
And many other events in those anniversary years in 2014.


Those Past Years in Canadian Boxing: