THE BRIAN ZELLEY BOXING JOURNEY

NANAIMO BOXING STORY: by brian zelley George Nepper and boxers http://nanaimoboxing.blogspot.ca/ It would begin in 1964  Gilles Nepper and Brian Zelley winning Island championships, then Mike Lazare would win back to back titles in the novice bronze gloves and the open junior emeral gloves.  And, others would follow in 1966 and 1967 such as Ken Stant and Rick Johnson. NANAIMO BOXING HISTORY * The link above covers about 50 years of history (1963 to 2012) The story begins with the Newcastle Boxing club and the Nepper family, and then the formation of the Nanaimo Boxing Club in 1971 and blastd through years of history with many names and faces including some detail of  some of the early members such as Jack Snaith and Mickey Griffin, and Bob Pegues to Barry Creswell. MY VICTORIA BOXING Photo: November 1974 by Jim Ryan for the old "Victirian" newspaper and a story by writer Patty Pitts with the title "Box...

The Canadian Amateur Boxing story: by brian zelley http://bzelley-canadianamateurboxing.blogspot.ca/ The first blog - 2009 * This is a collection of  69 stories between 2009 and 2012 with a cross section of topics.  2009 - Some of the story titles: * History - Boxing BC  , * Training Centre and Fade To Black, * Frank Scott,    * What Is Boxing, * The Maritimes Boxing, and * Boxing in Alberta 2010 to 2012 -  Some of the story titles: * Victoria Jaycees Boxing Club,  * The Boxing Highway - 2010, * BC Canadian champions and contenders, * Flyweights to Lightweights * 1969 A New Beginning, * 1970  The Start of A New Decade, * 1971 Marvin Arneson and Jack Meda remain champs, JACK MEDA, returns as  the heavyweight champion * 1972 The Dawn of The Elite Champion This piece would mention IAN CLYDE who would continue to be a champion until 1980 when he...

THE LINKS TO THE STORIES: by Brian Zelley BRITISH COLUMBIA AMATEUR BOXING HALL OF FAME http://bcabhof.blogspot.ca/ BOXING IN BRITISH COLUMBIA http://boxinginbc.blogspot.ca/ Where does one begin in telling a story about amateur boxing in British Columbia as it  covers many decades with a large body of history from boxing clubs, officials, coaches and the trainees and experienced boxers. * The stories run the gamut  from the first that touches on the 1967 Diamond Belt tournament to a recent boxing card hosted by the 2 Rivers Boxing Club. THE GOLDEN GLOVES and THE DIAMOND BELT http://bzgloves.blogspot.ca/ * the above link covers various golden gloves tournaments that took place between 1939 and 2010, also there is a  list of boxers that participated in the Sixties.  BC BOXING COACHES and OFFICIALS                   IAN GIBSON, long time ring officials in Brit...

ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL: By Brian  Zelley (photo of my last fight in 1973) Beyond our own personal little story, there are many others with very interesting stories and significant achievements and contributions. The Canadian Amateur Boxing Wall of Fame is a logical idea to recognize the cream of the crop and the best of the best. To do this on a Canadian level is a big project, but with three years involvement with the British Columbia Amateur Boxing Hall of Fame, the logical process would be to break the project down into regions as folks in each province and collection of provinces would be best able to select their own for nominations.  In the beginning it was thought that there would be about 40 or so nomionations from four regions and then some of those would get picked. But, based on the quality of the regional process, the end of what we could call year 1 there are 55 selected from across Canada. For all 55 sele...

MY LAST FIGHT: by brian zelley *The last fight was likely one of my best fights for effective punching, defense and movement. It took place in Nanaimo,  and was agains Clark MacLellan.  Prior to that fight I had been  with former top world welterweight  contender  Manny Gonzalez who showed me movement where it was inches instead of feet.   1973 1974: A NEW JOUREY BEGINS: 1974 A New Journey