THE BRIAN ZELLEY BOXING JOURNEY

  Canadian content: By Brian Zelley "Rings Around The World: * British Columbia - Jim Johnston and Brian Zelley * Ontario  and Quebec - Frank Allnutt In Victoria, the coverage by Zelley was to do with the revival of professional boxing in the capital city. Names mentioned were: Jerry "Mack Truck" Reddick, Carl "Bobo" Olson, Floyd Buchanan, Archie Mooreand Eddie Cotton. Also mentioned were the London Boxing club and the Victoria Athletic Association. Names mentioned by Johnston were: Gord Racette, Fred Reed, Jerry Reddick, Danny Kirk, Brent Racette, Mike Quinsey, Kelly Anderson, Vinnie Curto, Larry Sims, Tony Dowling, Dave Simmonds, Bruce Strauss, Scotty Welsh George Jerome and Trevor Berbick.. Frank Allnutt mentioned: Eddy Melo, Nicky Furlano, Regis Levesque, Elisha Obed, Willie Featherstone, and Chuck Spencer.

In Living Colour/Color: by B Z The Never Ending Story

"Boxers Earn Victoria Prominence" by Brian Zelley. "The Sport caster". March 18, 1981 Brad Dennison of the "Victoria Jaycees" brought another boxing championship to Victoria after winning the 100lb. junior championship at the "BC Winter Games" Dennison won two bouts  including his final victory over Derrick Wolf of Cranbrook. Brad stopped Wolf with a left hook and right uppercut combination in the second round. The BC Intermediate and Senior open Golden Gloves are slated for Vancouver March 20and 21st. with defending  champion Gary Robinson expected to see action. The next club show is expected to take place  on April 18th. in Campbell River. Paul jr. and Dean Deluca and Darryl Swift are exected to see action. Boxers are trained by Paul Deluca sr., Brian Zelley and Lou Bujdoso. The ongoing battle to establish a boxing commission moves into round four with the drafting of a city bylaw.

Video Two A group of images of Canadian boxing. The beginning twi are of Ian Clyde and Scotty Olson, Then there is Donnie Poole and George Chuvalo  The highlighted image above is a focus on the "Campbell River Eagles" with  Eddie Haddad and Dick Findlay added over the main photo.

A Mix of Videos in a BC Boxing Journey

A look back at slices of the history: by brian zelley The images are scattered images that range from 1964 to about 2010. Includes some of my Nanaimo club mates in the sixties and a photo with my last official opponent which was Clark MacLellan. Clark would not only box for the Nanaimo Boxing club, but would also serve as a coach, and later as a  ring official such as the 2010 BC Golden Gloves. * The first photo was taken in 1964 and includes Leo Rock, Chri s Balatti,  Gilles, Leon and Roger Nepper and I. * The  last photo is DAN W RIGHT, but there were a couple of photos of   boxer  Fred Wicks jr.    

Hassan Sunderani: by Brian Zelley It was 1989 in Victoria, BC, and a boxing committee was formed to prepare and plan  for the 1994 Commoneealth Games. Hassan would be the chairman in 1989 and 1990, and 1992 to 1994. The other original committee members were Brian Zelley, Mike Sartori and Glynn Jones. The 20th. Anniversary Plans are underway for a 20th. year anniversary reunion of folks that were part of the process between 1989 and 1994 Events are expecte in August 2014. For the boxing part of that period some of the volunteers have passed on. Bert Lowes The Boxers Allan Bayne Boxing Canada team 1994