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BC AMATEUR BOXING HISTORY

BC AMATEUR BOXING HISTORY

LENNIE WALTERS - BC BOXING LEGEND

                   Lennie Jr. and Lennie Walters
                     (Photo courtesy of Dale Walters)


THE LENNIE WALTERS BOXING STORY: BY  brian zelley

INTRODUCTION

Lennie Walters was an amateur and professional boxer.
He is an inductee of  the BURNABY SPORTS HALL
OF FAME and the BC SPORTS HALL OF FAME.

Len was also a member of the Canadian Boxing Teams
for the 1950 BRITISH EMPIRE GAMES and in 1952
the OLYMPIC GAMES.

Walters is a former boxing coach and was an
Honorary life member of BOXING BC -
British Columbia Amateur Boxing Association.

AMATEUR BOXING -  LENNIE THE BOXER

PROFESSIONAL BOXING

COACH WALTERS - BURNABY BOXING CLUB

            ( a sample of some of the 1973  Burnaby boxers)

ACHIEVEMENTS and AWARDS -  Two Key Ones
.Inductee,  British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame
.Inductee, Burnaby Sports Hall Of Fame

BC Amateur Boxing Hall of Fame

Lennie Walters, all-rounder 2011

2011 NOMINATIONS - as of March 13th.

 MARCH 13, 2011 - NOMINEES  TO-DATE
(Revised to APRIL 20 th. yo 24)

                        Tommy Paonessa - Lindy Lindmoser
                               Dave Wylie  -  Alan Brown
BOXERS:
Alan Brown *, Dave Wylie, Jamie Ollenberger,  Les Hamilton, 
Lindy Lindmoser, Matt O'Brien,  Willy Curry, Derrick Hoyt
* Junior/Youth Category
BUILDERS:
Bob Decker, Charles John, George Angelomatis, 
 George Shiels, Stan Smith, 
Terry Cooke,  Wally Doern, 
PIONEERS or MULTI-LEVEL
Lennie Waters - Tommy Paonessa 

                                  LENNIE WALTERS

                                     Stan Smith presemts Harold Mann Award
                                          to Tommy Paonessa

CLUBS, FAMILIES, TEAMS, TOURNAMENTS

Campbell River Eagles, East Vancouver Optimists,
South Hill - Firefighters, The Boyce Family
-1970 BC Senior in 1970 Nationals
.1967 Shrine Invitational Diamond Belt Tournament
(Note - deadline for other nominations - June 30 th.)
(Final number or categories will be decded by Administrators)
comments or suggestion open to all including honorary directors.

STANLEY F. SMITH: By Brian Zelley

In reviewing the history of amateur boxing, for many many decades
one name that can be connected to the "GO TO" tag is the one they
call Stanley F. Smith or to many "Stan the Man".

When it comes time to recognize others, or support others for an award
"who are you gong to call".  Well in Greater Vancouver and the
Lower Mainland. the first name on the call list would be "Stan the Man"
to get things done.   From those early years at the East Vancouver Optimists
boxing club at the Fraserview Boy's Club to his involvement at the 1984
Junior Nationals and Olympic box-offs, it was always Stan that would be
 in the front of another work detail, and during his days with the
 AAU of Canada or the British Columbia Amateur Boxing Association,
Stan was always ready to supply a letter to support someone else
get recognition or an award.

Recent Nomination - DERRICK HOYT, The Pride of Cranbrook.

JAMIE OLLENBERGER

Wally Doern - coach - 2 Rivers Boxing Club 

LES HAMILTON - 1972 Canadian Olympic boxer

VANCOUVER ISLAND BOXING - Topix

VANCOUVER ISLAND BOXING - Topix

it start with the Campbell River Eagles Boxing Club
and touches on the two other long lasting clubs -
the Nanaimo Boxing Club and the 
Comox Valley Boxing Club.

The link above takes us to eight stories  which have not been
widely promoted

BC BOXING - HALL of FAME

                                (six of the core group of 15 in 2010)
                    Freddie Fuller - Edie Haddad - Frank Scott
                  Dale Walters - Dick Findlay - Fred Desrosiers
BRITISH COLUMBIA AMATEUR BOXING  

2011 BCABHOF NOMINATIONS


Junior/ Youth Boxer - ALAN BROWN


Boxers
DAVE WYLIE - JAMIE OLLENBERGER - LES HAMILTON
LINDY LINDMOSER - MATT O'BRIEN - WILLY CURRY
DERRICK HOYT -


Builders
Charles John - George Angelomatis - George Shiels
 - Stan Smith - Terry Cooke - Wally Doern


All Rounder  -LENNIE WALTERS


Pioneer -  TOMMY PAONESSA


Other - Clubs/Families/Events/Teams
The Boyce Family -  Campbell River Eagles -  East Vancouver 
Optimists  -  South Hill/Firefighters -  1970 BC Team
1967 Shrine Invitational Diamond Belt Championships.
(updated - April 16th.)


the results: 2011

Nanaimo Boxing - 40 years - September 2011

THE NANAIMO BOXING CLUB STORY
One of the many boxer in his year of glory - 2009
Nanaimo boxer to fight in Caribbean
a piece about STEFAN MELIDEO.

NANAIMO BOXING CLUB (1971 - 2011)
-  September will mark the 40th. official anniversary.

NANAIMO ALUMNI - BOXERS 
(sample of names only, as many trainees were not that active)
- Barry Creswell - Bob Jameson - Bob Pegues
Bob Walsh - Brian Zelley - Britton Gillette - Barry Neufield 
Chris Rathy - Clark MacLellan - Dan Wright - Dave Alton
Darren Lussier - Cody Redford  - Don Preston - Don Williams - Jack Snaith  
John Navaroli - John Ormandy - Kevin Jolly -  Kevin Long - Lee Campbell
 - Lloyd Anderson - Lyle Jack - Malcolm Eldridge
Mark Barr - Mark Guttenberg - Mickey Griffin
Mike Murray - Norm Greenwell - Ralph Torrie - Rob Argyle
Rick Davidson - Ron Williams - Stefan Melideo
Steve Venuti - Stu Springett - Takashi Sasagawa -
 Wade Marling -Wayne Peace - Zach McKay -
others: kelly gourlay,   dwayne evenson, dave houliston,  doug english,  
robbie wentland, 

(there are others including some of the active members and some
of the trainees that did not compete)
FOUNDERS - Brian Zelley - Dan Wright - assisted by John Ormandy
and George Nepper. Some of the past and present coaches/trainers -
Brian Zelley, Dan Wright,  Clark MacLellan,
 and current head coach Barry Creswell. 
In 1976 Nanaimo boxer Mickey Griffin assisted in coaching;
Long time supporters of the club were Dorothy and Sid Runacres.

The Foundation for the Nanaimo Boxing Club was the Newcastle Boxing Club
* the club was founded by George Nepper in September 1963.
Prior to the formation of the club, George would trave on a 
regular basis to Chemainus/Ladysmith with the local boxers
to train with the likes of Skimp Williams, Danny Daniels and
many others including Terry Eastman.  The initial folks to help
with the coaching in 1963 would be Harry Pollitt and Skimp Williams.
Some of the early boxers in Nanaimo were the Nepper brothers
Gilles, Jules, Leon and Roger, the Balatti brothers  Chris and Ted,
Brian Zelley, Leo Rock and Mike Lazare, but many others would follow. 
The first fight card would be  January 1964 in Victoria, and the first
boxer to step into the ring for Nanaimo was Roger Nepper.