Stefan Melideo, Mike Caird & Chris Jones

[Zelley]

Hey Zelley. I like that you keep the canadian boxing scene, past and present in print and going. I see you on Facebook on various groups. Steve Beaupre is well-known is these parts, for his international fighting in amateurs. Is coaching now. As well, some others of note, Dominic Filane Figliomeni and the Olympic team from that era. Were a good bunch of quality boxers. I know and have met a bunch of them, and the coaches. Having a go myself at that path so is cool to see you bring up names and the stories, history.

Don't know much about the BC history, but more regarding Ontario where currently fighting and training. So is nice to learn a bit from there.

Good to hear about Steve Beaupre, and Domenic Filane Figliomenti and
other Ontario boxers, coaches and officials. Where do we start and end
with Ontario boxing? We have the Nolan family and the likes of
Frank Sr., Frank Jr., Brian, Steve and the Sault Ste Marie group.
We have Shawn O'Sullivan, Lennox Lewis, and Michael Strange and
the beat goes on.

Maybe we should have a thread the life & times of amateur boxing in
Ontario where we could touch on old clubs like the Beaver Boxing Club
in Ottawa or the likes of two-time Olympian Walter Henry.

In BC amateur boxing history we could charge out of the gate with some
of the old timers from the Forties like Vic Murdoch, Stan Almond,
Jimmy Crook and hundreds of others. Then fast forward to the Fifties
and Sixties with scores of boxers such as Harold Mann, the Boyce brothers,
Frank Scott, Fred Fuller, Skimp Williams, Fred Desrosiers, Dick Findlay
hundreds of others from novice boxers to Canadian champions.

[Zelley]

November 21, 2009 - Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame
Induction Ceremony

- Weir - Zelley - Robinson - Wright -

[Zelley]

- November 21, 2009 - Boxers line-up - Hall of Fame ceremony
at the Pacific Institute for Sports Excellence (Photo by: Dorothy Zelley)

[Zelley]

BEYOND BC and into ONTARIO

Interesting hearing about Domenic and his extensive involvement in Ontato, Canadian and International boxing. Recently, there was a reunion of past Canadian boxers, I think it was in Doms town. Good news was it was not confined to Ontario boxers. I have never met Dom or many of his teammates of the Nineties, I should have met them in 1994 at the Commonwealth Games, but that did not happen
abd the only member of the Canadian team that I saw fight life was MICHAEL STRANGE, but that took place in 1990 in Seattle not 1994 in Esquimalt.

[Zelley]

the story revisited
A few weeks back, I received a call from Cliff Ballendine, the tree-time junior golden boy.
Also, linked this story to a facebook site called: Support Youth Boxers of Canada, they Belong".

[Zelley]

A FRESH NEW LOOK

This thread has now been linked to the BRITISH COLUMBIA AMATEUR BOXING - News and Views site along with the 1975 song by the Three Dog Night: "The Show Must Go On".

[Zelley]

AWARDS and RECOGNITION and THE SOUNDS of SILENCE

This was some of the events of 209, but for special award in 2011
or expected awards in 2012 there has been no major public
announcements just the "Sounds of Silence".