BC AMATEUR BOXING HALL of FAME - 2010

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EDDIE HADDAD - By Brian Zelley
Of the 14 remaining boxers, the one that fought in the Forties was EDDIE HADDAD.

For many current folks connected with amateur boxing, the name EDDIE HADDAD
is not likely a name that they remember, but if one was to take a trip into the dsitant past, then it is likely they would understand why HADDAD should be high in the selection process and considered one of the best lightweight boxers of Canada.

Today, Eddie Haddad is remembered as an inductee of the Canadian Forces
SPORTS HALL OF FAME, the Greater Victoria SPORTS HALL OF FAME and the Manitoba
SPORTS HALL OF FAME. In the book ISLAND OF CHAMPIONS, Eddie is the only person to be recognized in the boxing category. Tha main focus of the story by writer Cleeve Dheensaw was HADDAD in the 1948 Olympic Games.

Following Eddie, the next two in the list of 14 are HAROLD MANN and JIMMY WALTERS
whose main period in amateur boxing was the Fifties.And, what a decade that was.