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With the formation of the Canadian Amateur Boxing Association, it is like
a big dark wall has fallen between 1969 and those early years of
amateur boxing from British Columbia to Newfoundland.

From time-to-time, some of the old stuff may get mentioned such as
when individuals are inducted into a sports hall of fame, or in the
obit column of the local newspaper. But the web sites of Boxing Canada
to the various Provincial Associations are a little short on the pre-1969
stuff. One would have to dig pretty hard and long to find a few
bits and pieces on the likes of 1967 Canadian champions such as
Bill Taylor and Wayne Boyce or others.

Even the Golden Gloves and Diamond Belt Championships of past
decades are often buried deep in the archives of some group.

In recent months, I have attempted to document some of the history,
but there is so much missing or buried information in such places as
British Columbia and Alberta. One example is documenting the
history of the Nanaimo boxing scene from 1963 to 2009.
One of the troubling moments was when current boxers from
Nanaimo had no idea of the history of their own club and it's
early years from 1971 to 1978. And, how many know that
one of the 1980 USA Boxing team members killed in that
plane crash in Poland had fought in a tournament in Nanaimo in 1978.

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Sometimes boxing is not about the glory or the gold, it is about
the participation.

The attachment is only one all-star amateur boing card in Seattle in 1968,
but 12 stories of Canadian & Washington State boxers with different twists and turns.
But, for a moment in time we few 12 joined together to fight beneath the bright lights
in dome facility in Seattle/

There was Fraser Scott who would be involved in that controversial bout
with Middleweight Champion Nino Benvenuti. Then there was Wilbur Seales,
brother of Sugar Ray Seales and part of
that great group of Tacoma Boxing Club members.

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Thanks Zelley, again.

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Canadian Amateur Boxing

Another attempt to tell the Canadian Amateur Boxing story