BOXING HALL OF FAME
JIM GALLAGHER
2013 Inductee
Builder Category
Authorized by 2013 Administrators
Ray Beaulieu, Dean Bruckshaw
Seth Gotro, Steven Kodiak,
Steve Wood and Brian Zelley
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Monday, April 1, 2013
Sunday, March 17, 2013
2010 BC AMATEUR BOXING HALL OF FAME
BRITISH COLUMBIA AMATEUR BOXING
HALL OF FAME
2010
Eddie Haddad - Boxer
authorized by the 2010 administrators
Ray Beaulieu, Scott Galloway, Steven Kodiak
Daniel McGarvie, Steve Wood, Brian Zelley
authorized by the 2010 administrators
Ray Beaulieu, Scott Galloway, Steven Kodiak
Daniel McGarvie, Steve Wood, Brian Zelley
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Selecting the nominees for the Canadian Wall
THE SELECTION PROCESS BEGINS - by b. w. zelley
The Western Canadian past and present boxing community is now in the
process of of going through a list of names to decide how many of about
thirty names from British Columbia to Manitoba. Early in the process
one of the many names receiving early support from the wider
Western Canadian viewpoint is DALE BROWN.
*two names that will be considered despite not being on the list
include: WILLIE deWIT and WILF GREAVES.
ALLAN BAYNE
BERT LOWES
DALE WALTERS
DICK FINDLAY
EDDIE HADDAD
FRANK SCOTT
FREDDY FULLER
HAROLD MANN
PAT O'REILLY
ROGER ADOLPH
TOM PAONESSA
BILL MCGRANDLE
CARMEN RINKE
DALE BROWN
HARVEY RETI
DOUG BOLIANATZ
KAI YIP
KELLY PERLETTE
PAUL HORTI
SCOTTY OLSON
WM. TITLEY
CURTIS FIDLER, HANK HARTENBERGER, KEN GOFF MORGAN WILLIAMS
WESLEY SUNSHINE, ALLAN TUMMON, BILLY PINKUS, KEN JOHNSON,
HERB EMBUDENIYA, KENT BROWN and LEN JOHNSON.
process of of going through a list of names to decide how many of about
thirty names from British Columbia to Manitoba. Early in the process
one of the many names receiving early support from the wider
Western Canadian viewpoint is DALE BROWN.
*two names that will be considered despite not being on the list
include: WILLIE deWIT and WILF GREAVES.
BERT LOWES
DALE WALTERS
DICK FINDLAY
EDDIE HADDAD
FRANK SCOTT
FREDDY FULLER
HAROLD MANN
PAT O'REILLY
ROGER ADOLPH
TOM PAONESSA
BILL MCGRANDLE
CARMEN RINKE
DALE BROWN
HARVEY RETI
DOUG BOLIANATZ
KAI YIP
KELLY PERLETTE
PAUL HORTI
SCOTTY OLSON
WM. TITLEY
CURTIS FIDLER, HANK HARTENBERGER, KEN GOFF MORGAN WILLIAMS
WESLEY SUNSHINE, ALLAN TUMMON, BILLY PINKUS, KEN JOHNSON,
HERB EMBUDENIYA, KENT BROWN and LEN JOHNSON.
Monday, November 12, 2012
November boxing flashbacks
IT HAPPENED IN NOVEMBER 1983: by brian zelley
*From the pages of the "BC Amateur Boxing News", December 1983
It seems like yesterday, but it was 29 years ago, and all of the players
in the story are no longer active in the sport to any degree.
Victoria Jaycees Boxing Club Show Gordon Head Rec Centre:
As expected it was another one of those sunday afternoon boxing shows
hosted by Mike Sartori and the Jaycees boxing club. As expected there was
support from other boxing clubs including the Ladysmith club, Parksville
and some regulars from the mainland including Ralph Galloway and
his Richmond Boxing Club and the Queensborough club from New Westminster.
*The opening bout featured promising Ladysmith boxer TONY WILLIS
engage inan exciting bout with Victoria's AUGUSTOS DOS REIS.
The main event was bout 12 and featured Victoria's MIKE KENNEDY
defeat Parksville's capable SCOTT CESSFORD in an action packed
senior welterweight bout.
*The ;parade of other boxers that saw action in that exciting club show
included: Paul Bottomley, Shawn Patton, Clint Dumais, Scott Wood,
Richard Compart, Rick Cox, Dave Hendrickson, Lyle Hendrickson,
Brent Lackie, Lyle Ritchie, Kirk Ranneris, Robert Lowe, Kit Munro,
Kevin Cranmer, Tim Cessford, Paul Wade, Paul Deluca and Troy Taylor.
Ring Officials: head official: Brian Zelley, judges and referees:
Bob Perry, Howard Curling, Ian Weir and Tom Turnbull
Glover was coach Steve Barnes.
*The opening bout featured promising Ladysmith boxer TONY WILLIS
engage inan exciting bout with Victoria's AUGUSTOS DOS REIS.
The main event was bout 12 and featured Victoria's MIKE KENNEDY
defeat Parksville's capable SCOTT CESSFORD in an action packed
senior welterweight bout.
*The ;parade of other boxers that saw action in that exciting club show
included: Paul Bottomley, Shawn Patton, Clint Dumais, Scott Wood,
Richard Compart, Rick Cox, Dave Hendrickson, Lyle Hendrickson,
Brent Lackie, Lyle Ritchie, Kirk Ranneris, Robert Lowe, Kit Munro,
Kevin Cranmer, Tim Cessford, Paul Wade, Paul Deluca and Troy Taylor.
Ring Officials: head official: Brian Zelley, judges and referees:
Bob Perry, Howard Curling, Ian Weir and Tom Turnbull
Glover was coach Steve Barnes.
IT HAPPENED IN NOVEMBER 1985
* It was the 1985 Emerald Gloves held on November 15, 1985.
At the end of the tournaments the open junior Emerald Boy
was TONY DUFFY of the Sunshine Boxing Club. The top
junior novice was Larry Barber of Maple Ridge. In the finals
Duffty faced the active Troy Taylor of the Queensborough club.
In the open senior light-heavyweight division it was GARY WOOD
of Campbell River.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
MANITOBA AMATEUR BOXING history page
THE MANITOBA AMATEUR BOXING STORY
- by brian zelley
BOXING MANITOBA: The Here and Now
*today in the year 2012, Manitoba continues to be a solid part of
Boxing Canada with a good selection of boxing clubs, experience
members of a board of directors and plenty of coaches, officials
and share of boxers from the junior novice stage to open seniors
in men and women's boxing programs.
*Some of the folks on the front stage on behind the scenes getting
things done and making things happen include folks such as:
Mark Collins, Phil Natividad, Claude Plante, and Kent Brown
But, each of the boxing clubs have various coaches, trainers
and volunteers that ensure the bright lights will shine down on
ring activity in club shows and tournaments.
*Some of the folks on the front stage on behind the scenes getting
things done and making things happen include folks such as:
Mark Collins, Phil Natividad, Claude Plante, and Kent Brown
But, each of the boxing clubs have various coaches, trainers
and volunteers that ensure the bright lights will shine down on
ring activity in club shows and tournaments.
Current Listed Clubs of Boxing Manitoba:
Alliance, Brandon, Clifton, Crow Lake, Eastman, ITC, Gojo,
Orioles, Pan Am, Power, Sweatshop, YFC, ITC, United
and the Winnipeg Elite Boxing Academy.
Some boxers of note in the current period are:
Jonathan Quinit, Katie Saull, Brad Katona, Andrew Gardinson.
Names and Faces from the Past:
Herb Embuldeniya is one of a
number of high profile names
from the past. Herb became the
President of Boxing Canada in
the mid-Eighties during the
tame that Canadian boxers were
winning medals at the Olympic Games.
Some other names from the past
include ALLAN TUMMON,
Len Johnson and Billy Pinkus.
One of the star boxers from
Manitoba that was part of the Canadian Armed Forces
boxing teams was the late Eddie Haddad who is in
a number of sports or boxing halls of fame.
A sample of boxers from the Eighties include"
Shane Poole and Ken Johnson.
number of high profile names
from the past. Herb became the
President of Boxing Canada in
the mid-Eighties during the
tame that Canadian boxers were
winning medals at the Olympic Games.
Some other names from the past
include ALLAN TUMMON,
Len Johnson and Billy Pinkus.
One of the star boxers from
Manitoba that was part of the Canadian Armed Forces
boxing teams was the late Eddie Haddad who is in
a number of sports or boxing halls of fame.
A sample of boxers from the Eighties include"
Shane Poole and Ken Johnson.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
THE CANADIAN AMATEUR BOXING WALL OF FAME
THE WESTERN CANADIAN PROCESS: by brian zelley
THE WESTERN CANADIAN PROCESS to select at least
ten boxers and builders for nomination into a
Canadian Amateur Boxing Wall of Fame begins with
each provincial committee such as British Columbia and Alberta
who will each send names to the Western Canadian Amateur
boxing committee by November 2012, and a committee of
volunteers will try and select ten from a potential list of 40.
BRITISH COLUMBIA:
After a few weeks, it is likely the selection will be made by
the BC Committee from about 14 or 15 likely candidates.
Some of the possible ones include Roger Adolph,
Harold Mann, Eddie Haddad, Jimmy Walters,
Dale Walters, Dick Findlay, Frank Scott, Freddy Fuller,
Bert Lowes, George Shiels, George Armson,
Lindy Lindmoser, Pat O'Reilly and Allan Bayne.
*It is difficult to predict who will get dropped and which
ten names or so will be sent to the Western Canadian
amateur boxing committee.
*the WCABC will receive all of the names from BC,
Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba and decide on
the ones to nominate for the CABWOF.
*At best, each of the four provinces may have three or
four selected out of their list of ten. Looking ahead of
the BC Committee, there is no predicting how many
of the ten will get picked for nomination. In some early
support polls two standouts were Freddy Fuller and
Harold Mann, but in another Bert Lowes appeared to be
in the running.
ALBERTA
*There is no shortage of qualified candidates from Alberta
be in 1954 British Empire Games gold medal winner
WILF GREAVES or fan favorite SCOTTY OLSON and
Olympic medal winner WILLIE DEWIT.
good cross section of builders as coaches and or officials:
Billy McGrandle, Brad Hortie, Carmen Rinke, Dale Brown,
Dennis Belair jr., Jack Dunbar, Kai Yip, Kelly Perlette,
Randy Jackson, Rick Duff, Robbie Carrington,
Doug Bolianatz and Tedd Bilingsley
SASKATCHEWAN
Be it a top loved coach like the late HANK HARTENBERGER
of a boxer like WESLEY SUNSHINE, Saskatchewan will be
have a few names to be considered such as MORGAN WILLIAMS
and many more such as IAN WEIR who boxed for Hank and then
moved to BC and was involved with the coaching team during
Donnie Orr's road to the 2000 Olympics.
Saskatchewan moments
from the Seventies.
Second photo in 1974 shows
Ian Weir of Saskatchewan
now in Victoria, BC to help
with the revival and growth
of amateur boxing in the
capital city on Vancouver Island.
MANITOBA
*Over the years, Manitoba has played it's part in amateur boxing
with names like Billy Pinkus, Eddie Haddad, Ken Johnson and
Kent Brown. But, there are others that will be considered and
recognized along the way.
THE WESTERN CANADIAN PROCESS to select at least
ten boxers and builders for nomination into a
Canadian Amateur Boxing Wall of Fame begins with
each provincial committee such as British Columbia and Alberta
who will each send names to the Western Canadian Amateur
boxing committee by November 2012, and a committee of
volunteers will try and select ten from a potential list of 40.
BRITISH COLUMBIA:
After a few weeks, it is likely the selection will be made by
the BC Committee from about 14 or 15 likely candidates.
Some of the possible ones include Roger Adolph,
Harold Mann, Eddie Haddad, Jimmy Walters,
Dale Walters, Dick Findlay, Frank Scott, Freddy Fuller,
Bert Lowes, George Shiels, George Armson,
Lindy Lindmoser, Pat O'Reilly and Allan Bayne.
*It is difficult to predict who will get dropped and which
ten names or so will be sent to the Western Canadian
amateur boxing committee.
*the WCABC will receive all of the names from BC,
Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba and decide on
the ones to nominate for the CABWOF.
*At best, each of the four provinces may have three or
four selected out of their list of ten. Looking ahead of
the BC Committee, there is no predicting how many
of the ten will get picked for nomination. In some early
support polls two standouts were Freddy Fuller and
Harold Mann, but in another Bert Lowes appeared to be
in the running.
ALBERTA
*There is no shortage of qualified candidates from Alberta
be in 1954 British Empire Games gold medal winner
WILF GREAVES or fan favorite SCOTTY OLSON and
Olympic medal winner WILLIE DEWIT.
good cross section of builders as coaches and or officials:
Billy McGrandle, Brad Hortie, Carmen Rinke, Dale Brown,
Dennis Belair jr., Jack Dunbar, Kai Yip, Kelly Perlette,
Randy Jackson, Rick Duff, Robbie Carrington,
Doug Bolianatz and Tedd Bilingsley
SASKATCHEWAN
Be it a top loved coach like the late HANK HARTENBERGER
of a boxer like WESLEY SUNSHINE, Saskatchewan will be
have a few names to be considered such as MORGAN WILLIAMS
and many more such as IAN WEIR who boxed for Hank and then
moved to BC and was involved with the coaching team during
Donnie Orr's road to the 2000 Olympics.
from the Seventies.
Second photo in 1974 shows
Ian Weir of Saskatchewan
now in Victoria, BC to help
with the revival and growth
of amateur boxing in the
capital city on Vancouver Island.
MANITOBA
*Over the years, Manitoba has played it's part in amateur boxing
with names like Billy Pinkus, Eddie Haddad, Ken Johnson and
Kent Brown. But, there are others that will be considered and
recognized along the way.
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