Canadian Amateur Boxing pre-1969

[Zelley]

THE STORIES NEVER END - By Brian W Zelley

With the introduction of social networks such as the Sado Boxing Forum,
facebook, my space, twitter, bebo and the various boxing sites that now
also have group sites on places like facebook the past, present and future
is s wide open field.

In the Canadian amateur boxing sites, we have ex-boxers from the Sixties
communicating with the new breed of young boxers like they like they
were long lost friends be they from Prince George, Edmonton, or some
town or village in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia or Saskatoon.

What is clear, there are thousands of stories to be told from past days.
another recent example is the case of the 2010 BC Golden Gloves
which will take place in April 16 and 17 th. in Langford on Vancouver Island
Through communication on a regular basis, there will be some old time
ex-boxers that will attend, but without the timely communication they likely
would have been left in the dark.

The event will be co-hosted by the Capital City Boxing Club and Boxing BC.
To focus the Golden Gloves, I will start a new topic. And anytime there
is boxing in BC, our friends in Alberta, ;Washington State and other
locations are always welcome. Some of the great moments in
BC Amateur Boxing history have included our friends from other
regions from RAY LAMPKIN (Portland), NEIL KNIGHT (Seattle) and
SCOTTIE OLSON (Edmonton) an others such as DONATO PADUANO,
ROCKY MARCIANO, JIMMY MCLARNIN, and even CHUCK ROBINSON
before his 1980 date with destiny and tragedy in Poland along with
other members of the ill-fated USA Boxing Team.