BOXING - NEVER ENDING STORIES

MY BOXING STORIES: by brian zelley

Since the mid-sixties, I have had the
opportunity to write many amateur
boxing stories and reports, and a 
few pro boxing articles and 
countless letters some of which
appeared in "The RING",
"Boxing Illustrated", "International
Boxing" and "World Boxing"
But, starting in 2009, there was a greater opportunity to tell the boxing
story about boxers, coaches, officials, tournaments and other matters.

The Variety of Topics

The variety of topics have ranged from stories about boxing clubs
including the Newcastle Boxing Club, the Firefighters Boxing Club,
the Nanaimo Boxing Club, the Campbell River Eagles Boxing Club,
the London Boxing Club, the Victoria Athletics  and many more
to individuals such as current Canadian amateur boxing champions
Kenny Lally and Alex Rynn, to old club mates such as Gordie Lawson
and Mickey Griffin, and many others such as Paul "P-Mac" MacKenzie,
to Alan Brown, Michael Strange and Donnie Poole to name a few.

The stories have also covered regions of amateur boxing areas
such as Vancouver Island Boxing from 1954 to 1984, and many
tournaments from the junior related tournaments such as the
Bronze and Emerald gloves to Golden Gloves and Diamon Belt
tournaments, and much more such as the 2012 London Olympics. 

 http://zelleyonboxing.blogspot.ca/
The above link covers many of the individual stories about past
and present folks in boxing, to the latest one that is title:
"BRIGHT LIGHTS TO FLASH IN 2013" which refers to 30 plus 
nominees for the "British Columbia Amateur Boxing Hall of Fame".

 1984 A VERY IMPORTANT YEAR IN CANADIAN AMATEUR BOXING:
*A link that look at the year on a National basis
http://canada1984.blogspot.ca/
This lists the National champions in the Junior,Youth and Senior
areas of boxing and the various individuals in the senior tournament.
Then another important area in this Olympic years was the box-of
competition that helped to determine the final members of the
Olympic team for the Los Angeles Games.

 ART and SCIENCE OF BOXING
http://bzboxing.blogspot.ca/
http://bzgloves.blogspot.ca/
From my days in the eighties being the editor and main contributor
for the Vancouver Island Boxing News  and BC AMATEUR BOXING NEWS, I always tried to have something concerning the skills in boxing, coaching and officiating.  Some of the stuff plus other 
odds and ends, I have added to the ART AND SCIENCE OF BOXING.
http://bzboxing.blogspot.ca/

 *the blog covers many important topics
 for effective and efficient boxing.


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Mike Caird, boxer and builder

Image
The MIKE CAIRD boxing story: By Brian Zelley Mike was an amateur boxer until 1964 and was a 1963 BC Golden Gloves Champion.  After boxing, Mike would turn to coaching.  In 1974, Ian Weir. Brian Zelley and Dan Wright would join up with Mike to revive boxing in Victoria. Revival of Boxing in Victoria 1974: Photo, courtesy of the Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame was published November 22, 1974 with a story by Patty Pitts in the "Victorian".in picture are Ian Weir - Mike Caird - Brian Zelley.  After that photo, the Victoria Boxing Club rejoined the London Boxing Club.  In 1976, Mike, Brian and boxing commissioner received appreciation certificates from the BC Amateur Boxing Association under the direction of president Walter Boyce. In August 1976, the Victoria Athletic Association replaced the London Boxing club. For the boxing program coaches were Mke Caird, Brian Zelley and Lou Bujdose.Lu would go on to form the Jaycees Boxing Club. D...
Read more

Vancouver Island Boxing Hall of Fame

Image
               2018 BCABHOF Inductees Brian Zelley VS Clarke McLellan                                      DONNIE ORR the 2000 Olympics 2021 VIBHoF Inductees    From about 28 names to consider the boxing supporters primarily focused on the five selected.  Each Inductee have years of experience. And each one are also inductees of the British Columbia Amateur Boxing Hall of Fame established in 2010,  It is hoped the Vancouver Island Boxing Hall of Fame will continue to operate for many years to come.  Also, there is hope that some Island clubs and events will be selected in 2022 or later. Vancouver Island Boxing Hall of Fame Year one 2021 Donnie Orr, Brian Zelley, Jason Heit,  Jeannine Garside, & Billy Townsend                                 ...
Read more

BC AMATEUR BOXING NEWS, 1983 to 1986

Image
BC AMATEUR BOXING NEWS: by brian zelley The back page of one of the old issues of the boxing news: Taking it all the way from 1983 to 1986 Back in September 1982, there were no great big plans to get involved in any news reports for the the provincial boxing association.   It just happened due to the initial meetings  with officials and coaches of Vancouver Island at some of our meetings at the home of Rick Brough when he was  living in Esquimalt and later when he was living in the Ladysmith region.  What went from a regionsl news for Vancouver Island expanded to the BC Amateur Boxing News after Bert Lowes had an opportunity to get copies of the 1983 spring and fall issues of the Vancouver Island  Amateur Boxing News.   That led to a trip to the 1983 Annual General Meeting of    the BRITISH COLUMBIA AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION. I was elected to the board as the news editor and so began a trip to the past...
Read more