THE BRIAN ZELLEY BOXING JOURNEY

BRIAN'S BOXING PHOTO PARADE The followig is a series of photos that cover many years from 1964 to 2009. the first photo is my last  official bout that took place in Nanaimo in 1973 with Clark MacLellan who would become a boxing coach and a ring official. A Collection of photos covering various years such as 1973, 1967, 1966,  and 1972 The 1966 pphoto is the bottom  left as I was preparing for a  match against Del Deugau of the Vancouver Firefighters. For that bout, I was named the best boxer, but Del went on to win the 1967 Seattle Golden Gloves. Brian Zelley, Roger Nepper, Leo Rock and Gilles Nepper 1972 SEMI -MAIN EVEN in NANAIMO BOXING SHOW An important beginning for the  Nanaimo Boxing Club. This would be the first of many  club shows and tournaments. I was in the semi- main event. Over the years this would be the start of many fine boxers and champions from Nanaimo such as Bob Pegues, Jack Snaith, ...

1983 BC WINTER GAMES, Revelstoke * There was no detailed story in any BC boxing news as it took place February 23 - 27, 1983, I did a small piece on the boxers from Vancouver Island for the "Vancouver Island Amateur Boxing News"  but no great detail. Recently found the agenda with all the names of boxers, coaches, officials and even substitute boxer if necessary

http://zelleyboxing.blogspot.ca/ LOST ON THE BOXING HIGHWAY; by brian zelley *The above link takes us to Lost on the boxing highway which has been started to document the various boxing stories in "BC Amateur Boxing News" between  November 1983 and January 1986. Also, some of the stories that were reported in the "Sportcaster" and other publications.