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.

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.

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.

YVES ULYSSE Jr

YVES ULYSSE JR. BOXING CHAMPION: by brian zelley

                        THE FOUR DIAMONDS OF CANADIAN BOXING
                                     Alex - Yves - Kenny - Joey

THE DERRICK HOYT BOXING STORY

DERRICK HOYT: PRIDE OF CRANBROOK
(  Golden Boy and Canadian Champion)
 By:  brian zelley


Introduction
Looking back through the years, I remember watching Derrick 
in two of his bouts with Jamie Ollenberger, they were 
slam bang affairs in Victoria and Vancouver, BC in the late Seventies.
 Fast forward to April 2011 and I was standing in the ring with
Derrick, Bob Pegues, Les Vegas and others at the 2010 
BC Golden Gloves in which Derrick was serving as an official
while Pegues and Vegas were two of the many coaches that
were there for the tournament hosted by the Capital City
Boxing Club.  Between those exciting bouts in the Seventies
and Eighties and his role in the Golden Gloves, Derrick also
served as a boxing coach and was part of the BC Team in a
Canada Games which had the likes of Canadian Champion
Ken Lally on the team.


Recently,  DERRICK HOYT has been nominated for induction into
the BRITISH COLUMBIA AMATEUR BOXING HALL OF FAME
- based on his boxing performance coupled with his term as
 a coach and an official, Derrick has the Right Stuff to be inducted.


AMATEUR BOXING - THE BOXER


One of the many highlights was Derrick twice winning a senior
 national boxing championship in 1978 and 1979. 

DERRICK HOHT - BOXING COACH


In the 2000 plus period Derrick served as a coach with the SOOKE BOXING CLUB


From the Sooke  Boxing club web site:

Games officials should reconsider boxing decision: Gibson - Sports - The Register/Advertiser

Games officials should reconsider boxing decision: Gibson - Sports - The Register/Advertiser

BC AMATEUR BOXING HISTORY

BC AMATEUR BOXING HISTORY