Saturday, December 11, 2010
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
CANADIAN BOXERS invade QUEBEC CITY
MAPLE RIDGE BOXING CLUB
TEAM BC
DYLAN BISHOP
light-welterweight division
THE CANADIAN LIGHTWEIGHTS
For some Canadian boxers it will be an early Christmas when they receive a gold medal
and have their names listed on the wall of the National boxing champions.
Expectations would be high for current, past Canadian champions and those few
that participated in the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games, but past achievements
are not sure guarantees that a boxer will be the last man standing in the middle of the ring
with his or her arm held high.
The invasion of Quebec City by boxers, coaches and officials will be an opportunity for many
but only a select few will prevail.
THE LIGHTWEIGHTS
In the 2010 Commonwealth Games, the lightweight division was one of the dream divisions.
With the line-up of talent it appears that the lightweight division will be the one to watch
for action and possible upsets. ALEX RYNN of Alberta was part of that dream division in Delhi.
Now he has an opportunity to repeat his excellent performance, but there are no guarantees
with the other Alberta boxer CAM O'CONNELL and ERIC TAYLOR. Then there are the
pair from BC - JAG SEEHRA and ROBBIE CUSINE. Not to be forgotten is the
boxer from the east named MITCH CORMIER and the strong team of boxers from Quebec and Ontario.
... ,boxer,,Jag Seehra and coach Bob Pegues ( photo - April 2010 Dorothy Zelley)THE CANADIAN LIGHT-WELTERWEIGHTS
For the light-welterweights, Quebec boxer YVES ULYSSE will be trying to top the rest.
From the far west, three BC boxers that will be trying to upset the lad from Quebec will be the
likes of DYLAN BISHOP (2010 BC Golden Boy) and the double threat from MARCUS HUME and DAVE FUNK. Not to be forgotten is ALONZO JOHNSON from Nova Scotia.
THE FLYWEGHTS to FEATHERWEIGHTS
Throughout the history of amateur boxing in Canada, we have produced an excellent group of flyweights to featherweights such as those that were there in the Sixties including WALTER HENRY and FRANK SCOTT, then came the Seventies with IAN CLYDE and many others.
DALE WALTERS
Bronze Medal - 1984 LA OLYMPIC GAMES
FRANK SCOTT
Bronze Medal - 1966 COMMONWEALTH GAMES
WALTER HENRY
In the eighties, we had SCOTTY OLSON, DALE WALTERS, STEVE BEAUPRE, COREY BURTON and many others.
IAN CLYDE
1976 - OLYMPIC GAMES
SCOTTY OLSON
GOLD MEDAL - COMMONWEALTH GAMES
1988 OLYMPIC GAMES
IBO FLYWEIGHT CHAMPION
In recent years, two boxers of interest have been Canadian champions KENNY LALLY of British Columbia and JOEY LAVIOLETTE of Nova Scotia. In the prior year competition, Joey earned a decision over Kenny, but for the December showdown they will be in different
joey laviolette
boxing nova scotia
weight divisions.
FACES & PLACES
ALEX RYNN - Alberta, Canada
2010 - DELHI COMMONWEALTH GAMES
DYLAN BISHOP - 2010 BC GOLDEN BOY
Dylan Bishop of the Maple Ridge Boxing Club has stepped-up the skill level in recent years and has been recognized by the BOXING BC officials in recent tournaments with the 2010 BC Golden Boy award
in April and has followed this up with his latest achievement at the Provincial Championships. Of interest, two of the BC boxers that he has faced in recent years DAVID FUNK and MARCUS HUME are expected to participate in Quebec City in the light-welterweight division.
For the front runner YVES ULYSSE, he is back from the Commonwealth Games where on 10/10/10 he dropped a decision to the English boxer BRADLEY SAUNDERS.
STEVE ROLLS was expected to attend the 2010 Commonwealth Games, but he missed the training camp and was eliminated from the team. So the question is can he bounce back
and be the last man standing in the competition. And how will the boxers from BC do following the setbacks in the previous year. The two BC boxers that will try to be part of the BC comeback will be THOMAS SPIERS and ROBERT TAYLOR
WOMEN'S BOXING
STEPHANIE WALKER of Nova Scotia is expected to be the one to beat
in the women's lightweight division.
THE MIDDLWEIGHTS - WOMEN's CHAMPIONSHIP
The two opponents are no stranger to each other as they have faced-off before.
The are MARY SPENCER and ARIANE FORTIN
TEAM SASKATCHEWAN CHAMPIONS
RING OFFICIALS - cross country
Monday, November 29, 2010
JUNE 6, 1976 - A TOURNAMENT TO REMEMBER
NORTHWEST COUNTIES SABA TEAM OF ENGLAND
VS
JUNIOR SELECTS BC AMATEUR BOXING TEAM
THE CANADIAN BOXERS
The Boxers from British Columbia included:
Graden Brittain, Brian O'Reilly, John Herman, Dale Walters, Barry Blatter,
Wayne Blatter, Hamid Ismael, Steve Gallagher, Danny Neal. Mike Cote,
Eddie McCaffrey, Dave Thornhill, Ron Herman and Billy Gilmore
DALE WALTERS - BC BOXER
The English Boxers:
T. Bernard, Brent Brooker, K. Wallace, J J Grant, A. Brown,
F. Lacken, A. Taylor, K. Agomber, I. O'Brien, M. Barnett,
T. Willis and J. Sandison.
BCABA President: WALTER BOYCE
Boxing Co-ordinator: JOE WEBB
Recipients of Special Certificates: Howard Curling, Brian Zelley and Mike Caird
The prime two key cities of the English boxers were Liverpool and Manchester
ENGLISH JUDGES
Three officials from England participated in the tournaments held in Victoria and another held in Vancouver - Hoggard, Shea and J. May
Head BC Official - H. A. Bert Lowes
OTHER BC BOXERS
Derrik Hoyt, Peter Blair, Leonard Haln, Jim Blair,
Mike Bonneau, Alan Price, David Hodgkinson
Special Exhibition bout in Victoria - Wayne Crowe and Ian Weir
The author - 1966 to 1973
THE IMPORTANCE FOR BC and Victoria
For British Columbia amateur boxing, it was part of the big revival of amateur boxing and the improvement of our junior boxers. Of the ones that participated as boxers, the one shining star that would be part of the Eighties on an elite level would be Burnaby boxer DALE WALTERS.
In 1984, Walters would be one of three Canadian boxers to win medals
at the LOS ANGELES OLYMPICS.
For Victoria, BC it would be an end of an era for the London Boxing Club
that began in the Sixties
and hosted many club shows and the 1964
VANCOUVER ISLAND BOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS
In August 1976, the London Boxing Club would be replaced by the
VICTORIA ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
Saturday, October 23, 2010
2010/2011 PROVINCIAL AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS
Official - BOXING ALBERTA Notice
From British Columbia to Newfoundland, the various Provincial Amateur Boxing Associations
have begun the journey of selecting Provincial Boxing Champions mosy of which will then move forward to compete against the best of Canada in the various National Championships for open boxers from seniors/Elite to Juniors.
BOXING ALBERTA - October Action
Hosted at the Days-Inn Calgary South - October 23 - 24th. 2010
Host Club - CALGARY BOXING CLUB
Some names of interest from 2009 -
Alex Rynn, Cam O'Connell, Chesley Bursey, Cody Gates,
Dwayne Orubar, Jonathan Andre, Josh Frazier, and Ryan O'Connell
ALEX RYNN recently participated in the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games.
2010-2011 BC BOXING - A New Journey begins
(Round One in BC BOXING's "The Road To Glory")
DAVID HABIB - Coach Kelowna Boxing Club
JAG SEEHRA - BOB PEGUES - Prince George
(Photo by Dorothy Zelley, April 2010)
Kelowna, BC - Coach: GRAHAM MCINTOSH
(Astoria Fraser Arms Boxing Club)
There will be BC amateur boxing action and activity on Saturday and Sunday,
and based on the early reports the tournament will help to select the BC boxers
for the Canadian Games.
Co-Host Club: KELOWNA BOXING CLUB and THISTLETOWN BOXING CLUB.
One of the expected important moments of the tournament will be the presentation
of the Special Award to honour the late Thistletown boxer KIRBY FAHLMAN.
Coach of the Thistletown Boxing Club is GRAHAM MCINTOSH
The tournament is the first of the BOXING BC "Road To Glory' 2010/2011.
Two of the expected boxers will be KEN LALLY and JAG SEEHRA OF
Prince George.
DAVID HABIB of the KELOWNA BOXING CLUB has indicated that boxers
MICHAEL CLARK and DANIEL LAMBERT are expected to see action.
Three boxers are expected to appear from Vancouver's
ASTORIA FRASER ARMS BOXING CLUB including JAIME WARD.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
FRIENDS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA BOXING
The FRIENDS of BRITISH COLUMBIA BOXING: by Brian Zelley
It could be argued that the sport of Amateur Boxing in British Columbia
has many friends comprised of different groups and individuals scattered around the Province.
BRITISH COLUMBIA AMATEUR BOXING HALL OF FAME
A fresh new group of friends of ex-boxing folk asnd some active folks
that joined together in June 2010.By September 2010 The six administrators are:
Ray Beaulieu, Scott Galloway, Daniel McGarvie,
Steven Kodiak, Steve Wood and Brian Zelley.
By September 2010, 15 names from a list of 50 were selected as the core group;
Rick Brough, Dave Brown, Fred Desrosiers, Dick Findlay, Fred Fuller,
Freddy Fuller, Eddie Haddad, Chris Ius, Elio Ius, Harold Mann,
Pat O'Reilly, Frank Scott, Manny Sobral, Dale Walters and Jimmy Walters.
It is expected more names will be recognized in 2011 by the 2011 Administrators.
THE FRIENDS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA BOXING (2000)
Before the BC Amateur Boxing Hall of Fame, there was a small group
formed in Vancouver in 2000 called Friends of British Columbia Boxing.
Some years back, there was a story in the VANCOUVER COURIER"
about the groups decision to have a group to remember past boxing folks
with their names on plaques on park benches at Hasting's Park.
Some of the folks involved include
RICK FLECK and CID BIANCO,
2001 Names; JAMIE OLLENBERGER and EDDIE OSTAPOVICH
2002 Names: ELIO IUS and FRED FULLER
Not sure if this group still exists, but it was a great way to remember
past members of amateur boxing from the Greater Vancouver area.
THE ROAD AHEAD: EX-BOXERS OF BC
There has been past discussions about the formation of a ex-boxers of BC Group or Society
which could include past or even current pesons involved in the sport of amateur and
professional boxing from boxers, trainers, officials and coaches.
One of the projects of the group could be taking over the administration of the
British Columbia Amateur Boxing Hall of Fame, or they may want to expand
it to include pro boxing, but some of the old time pros such as KEN LINDSAY,
FRANK & STAN ALMOND, JACKIE TURNER, BILLY TOWNSEND
and ithers would be covered in amateur boxing.
Billy Townsend
It could be argued that the sport of Amateur Boxing in British Columbia
has many friends comprised of different groups and individuals scattered around the Province.
BRITISH COLUMBIA AMATEUR BOXING HALL OF FAME
A fresh new group of friends of ex-boxing folk asnd some active folks
that joined together in June 2010.By September 2010 The six administrators are:
Ray Beaulieu, Scott Galloway, Daniel McGarvie,
Steven Kodiak, Steve Wood and Brian Zelley.
By September 2010, 15 names from a list of 50 were selected as the core group;
Rick Brough, Dave Brown, Fred Desrosiers, Dick Findlay, Fred Fuller,
Freddy Fuller, Eddie Haddad, Chris Ius, Elio Ius, Harold Mann,
Pat O'Reilly, Frank Scott, Manny Sobral, Dale Walters and Jimmy Walters.
It is expected more names will be recognized in 2011 by the 2011 Administrators.
THE FRIENDS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA BOXING (2000)
Before the BC Amateur Boxing Hall of Fame, there was a small group
formed in Vancouver in 2000 called Friends of British Columbia Boxing.
Some years back, there was a story in the VANCOUVER COURIER"
about the groups decision to have a group to remember past boxing folks
with their names on plaques on park benches at Hasting's Park.
Some of the folks involved include
RICK FLECK and CID BIANCO,
2001 Names; JAMIE OLLENBERGER and EDDIE OSTAPOVICH
2002 Names: ELIO IUS and FRED FULLER
Not sure if this group still exists, but it was a great way to remember
past members of amateur boxing from the Greater Vancouver area.
THE ROAD AHEAD: EX-BOXERS OF BC
There has been past discussions about the formation of a ex-boxers of BC Group or Society
which could include past or even current pesons involved in the sport of amateur and
professional boxing from boxers, trainers, officials and coaches.
One of the projects of the group could be taking over the administration of the
British Columbia Amateur Boxing Hall of Fame, or they may want to expand
it to include pro boxing, but some of the old time pros such as KEN LINDSAY,
FRANK & STAN ALMOND, JACKIE TURNER, BILLY TOWNSEND
and ithers would be covered in amateur boxing.
Billy Townsend
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