BC GOLDEN GLOVES - Looking back & Looking forward

[Zelley]

BC GOLDEN GLOVES: By Brian W. Zelley

As boxing members of the past and present prepare for the
2010 BC GOLDEN GLOVES in (Greater Victoria) Langford, BC, Canada,
it has given us an opportunity to connect with the past "glory days".

As part of the preparation, I have been in contact with many including
the 1960 BC Golden Boy ALAN CURTIS, the 1965 BC Golden Boy
FREDDY FULLER and the 1980 BC Diamond Boy GARY ROBINSON
and many others including current amateur boxers, coaches and officials.

When I look at the significance of this tournament, there should be no special significance
over past tournaments, but when the lights turn bright and you can see or have images
of past tournaments from 1939 onward, one clear and present significant thing
bubbles to the surface from the passages of the mind and that is the tournament of 1960
which was held in Vancouver 50 years ago.