Boxing's Sizzling Sixties

Some names from BC Boxing - Sizzling Sixties

Bill ADAMS - Roger ADOLPH - Tommy BLACK - Tommy BOYCE -
 Wayne BOYCE - Fred DESROSIERS - Dick FINDLAY - Richard FLECK -
Freddy FULLER - Harold HANDLIN - Marijan KOLER - Lindy LINDMOSER -
 Hugh LINDSAY - Jimmy MCMILLAN - Jim MCGOWAN - Earl MCLEAY -
 Jack MEDA - Clint PAGE - Pat O'REILLY - Kalman SANTOSI - Winnie SCHELT -
Frankie and Keith SCOTT - Ron WILSON -  Ed WILLIAMS - Chester  DOUGLAS
Skimp WILLIAMS - Dave WYLIE - Brian ZELLEY - BOB KACER -  Roger NEPPER
Tony JAMES - Ken TOMMY - John COWAN - Mike CAIRD - Del DEUGAU -
Glenn MCGEE -  Ken ALEXANDER - Bruce BAILLE -  Larry CARDINAL -
Danny DANIELS -  Len DIGGS - Fred FRANCIS - Gilles NEPPER - Gary TRAINOR
Cal OSMOND - Earl PILGRIM - Wayne POWELL - Howie RABEY - Gerry CHU -
Dave WAY - Robbie GRANT - Garry BRIDAL - Rick JOHNSON - Ian HARDING -
Michael STANLEY - Uwe BLANK - Kelly BARROWS - Richard WATTS -
Bob SCHARFF - Allan RANGER - Gary VAN BUSKIRK - Keith CARNEY -
Al CURTIS - Derek AUSTIN - Ron MACEACHERN - Dick COULSON Dck HUBER
John COWAN - Orlan RALPH - Derek AUSTIN - Dan TOHILL - Steve TOHILL -
Gordon SINCLAIR - COLIN COLERIDGE - Ron MANSON - Alec STEVENS -
Michael O'REILLY - Eddie McCAFFREY - Johnny MCCLUSKEY -  Jim CROOK -
Ian PYE - Billy BERROW - David IUS - Chris IUS - Happy SEIGNER - Alf COOL -
Les HAMILTON - Dave SWARTZ - Neil AUSTIN - Perry DEMOSTEN -
John GAMBLE  - Bob LEWIS  - Terry LEWIS - Joe COOKE - Lanny THOM -
Danny GONTAS - Gordie LAWSON  - Wayne TICKELL - Buzz MONTOUR -
Darryl OLSEN - Howard HEWITT - Dennis RORICK - Bill TAYLOR -
Brian BREMNER - Buddy PALMER - Harold MANN - Roger TOUCHET -
Nick MACDONALD - Ken MACDONALD, AND MANY MORE

1985 DIAMOND BELT & DALE WALTERS

DALE WALTERS, 1984 Olympic bronze medalist was one of many that attended the tournament that was revived
in Victoria in 1980. The previous tournament was in 1968. The 1985 version of the tournament also took place in
Victoria.

Former boxer and ring announcer DANNY MCDONALD introduced a select group at the beginning of the tournament
with DALE WALTERS being the lead-off VIP. Others that followed included JACK SNAITH (1973 Canadian Champion),
Former Island commossioner HOWARD CURLING, DON DORNICK, MIKE SARTORI, BRIAN ZELLEY, PAUL CALVE, DAN WRIGHT, IAN WEIR, HAROLD HANDLIN, GEORGE ARMSON (BCABA President), FRED FULLER and BERT LOWES.

At the end of the tournament the 1985 Diamond Belt tournament champions were Ron Ogden, Rick Albrechtsen, Jim Hunter, Russ Lyon, Dan West, Jordan Woods, Don Mayes, Shawn Elms, Mathis Hill, Alex Bankier and Al Harper

Diamond Boy was ALBRECHTSEN of Williams Lake with a victory over USA boxer Willy Davis.
Runner-up was AL HARPER from Port Kells club. In prelim action he defeated Tim Hunter
of Campbell River and in the finals earned a victory over Gerald Peters of Vernon.

The Best Bout was the ALEX BANKIER (Vancouver) vs TIM CESSFORD (Parksville).
In earlier action Bankier defeated Haroan Talman and Cessford defeated Eddie Lee.

However, it was boxer RON OGDEN that received top coverage in the "Times-Colonist"
with the headlines "OGDEN IN RING SHOCKER AT DIAMOND BELT MEET" (January 21, 1985).

Also in a special bout for a spot on the Zone 6 B C Winter Games team as reported by the "Times-Colonist":

"In a BC Games trial bout held in conjunction with the Diamond Belt competition, TRENT STOREY of Gold River earned a berth
on the Zone 6 team by defeating KEN JAY of Victoria when referee Brian Zelley stopped the bout late in the third round of
their Junior C flyweight bout.

Reprted in the "B C Amateur Boxing News" - February 1985 was information on other special bouts
that were includec with the preliminary bouts - boxers in special bouts were Paul Dodd,
Augustus Dos Reis, Alan Brown, Dan McCaskin, John Hunter, Gary Wood, Terry Dermott,
In evening action - Gary Serko and Todd Alain touched gloves and came out to perform in another special bout.

FAST FORWARD - 2011
1985 BC DIAMOND BOY Rick Albrechtsen is now involved as a
boxing coach with the Williams Lake Boxing Club.

He was named by pro boxer ROBERTO MCLELLAN aas one of
the coaches that helped prepare him
for a title winning bout against Alberta's ANTHONY LESSARD.

July 2014:

Recent News: Paul Calves, recognized at the
1985 Diamond Belt Championships  recently
Passed away in Victoria.

1967 BC DIAMOND BELT BOXING

FREDDY FULLER and DAVE WYLIE


DONATO PADUANO and DICK FINDLAY


FRANKIE SCOTT


ED WILLIAMS


BRIAN ZELLEY

............

1967 B C DIAMOND BELT BOXING Tournament Memories: By Brian Zelley

The year 1967 was an important Centennial Year in Canada, and the sport of amateur boxing in British Columbia
opened the year with a one-two knockout punch of action, entertainment and participation in Centennial Celebrations.
Following the BC Golden Gloves in February "67, the sport followed-up with a dynamic drama filled event in the form of the
International Diamond Belt Tournament with over 55 boxers competing in ten weight divisions at Vancouver's
"PNE Agrodome" and the special guest referee was the former undefeated Heavyweight Champion ROCKY MARCIANO.

Weigh-in and sign-in took place on a thursday and boxing action took place Friday evening, Saturday afternoon and night.

The twenty boxers that fought their way into the finals were:
Derek Austin, Ron MacEachern, Frank Scott, James Logan, Wayne Boyce, Brian Zelley, Dick Coulson,
Ken Lee, Dave Wylie, Freddy Fuller, Jim Russell, Pat O'Reilly, Donato Paduano, Dennis Rorick,
George Smith, Ron Wilson, James Allen, Marijan Kolar, Wesley Craven and Bill Taylor.

Wesley Craven - Seattle Boxer



Semi-finalists included:
Randy Jones (Oregon), Allen and Ted Webb (Oregon), Del Deugau, Andy Anderson (Seattle),
Dick Findlay and Steve Tohill (Vancouver Firefighters), Jerry Winters, Gord Sinclair,
Wm. Daniels (US Navy), Sam Wilson (California), Clint Page (Astoria Boxing Club).
Terry Eastman, Ken Alexander, Melvin Harris and Don Staab.

Other competitors:

Ken Henderson, Mike Fisher, Brian Gray, Stan Parker, Larry Housman, Ronnie Brown,
Ed Williams, Therman Mikes, Robert Hawkins, Chester Douglas, Les Vegas, Colin Coleridge,
Kalman Santosi, Frank Bull, Bruce Geis, Richard Fleck, Larry High, Bob Winters, and Jamie Phills.

WYLIE - 1967 DIAMOND BOY and FULLER - 1965 BC GOLDEN BOY

                                    1967 DIAMOND BOY,  FIREFIGHTERS BOXING CLUB


1971 BOXING BC CLUB ROSTER - 1970/1971

2010 - A GOLDEN GLOVES ANNIVERSARY - 1960

(Photo - 1960 Golden Gloves Boxer as a Victoria Coach in 1974 and boxers Ian Weir and Brian Zelley ).............................


A GOLDEN GLOVES "Golden Anniversary" - By Brian W/ Zelley, B. Com. CA.................................


As we look forward to the 2010 BC Golden Gloves, to be hosted by the newcomers CAPITAL CITY BOXING CLUN and
sanctioned and officiated by the BRITISH COLUMBIA AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION - BOXING BC, of significance
is the fact that 2010 marks the 50th. Anniversary of the 1960 BC GOLDEN GLOVES. Of significance for Greater Victoria
is the interesting result of ALAN CURTIS of the Esquimalt Boxing Club earned the Special "Golden Boy" Award.
Also, it was announced that the Esquimalt coach NICK LYSTAR along with the South Hill Boxing Club coach BERT LOWES
would be the Team BC coaches for the Canadian Olympic Trials in Montreal.

For Vancouver Island, the 1960 tournament was also significant because a double award winner was Chemainus boxer
SKIMP WILLIAMS. He would win for the "Most Aggressive" and his earlier bout with FRANK JORDISON was declared the best bout. William's final scrap with BILL ADAMS in the finals was won by Adams, but was enough to make Adams the
Golden Boy runner-up. In his prelim bout, Adams stopped MIKE CAIRD. Mike would bounce back in 1963 to win
in his division, but in the 1964 Vancouver Island Championships, Caird was stopped by RIFLEMAN WALSH.

The 1960 Golden Gloves champions were:
Tommy Black, Tony Lalich, Mickey Mazur, Winnie Schelt, Bill Tsuchiya,
Bill Adams, Bob Ginetti, Al Curtis, Lindy Lindmoser and Paddy Clark

Runner-ups were:
Dick Huber, Merritt Bisson, Ernie Falconer, Adrien Charron, Bill Caulson,
Skimp Williams, Norman LaRue, Harry Hinz, Darrell Elmore and VicVieberg.

GOLDEN GLOVES Flashbacks

GOLDEN GLOVES - GOLDEN BOYS

(Photos - EDDIE HADDAD)

The select boxers that received the special Golden Boy award in the first ten years of activity 1939 to 1949
(No tournament in 1943 due to WW II).

Phil Vickery, Terry Doyle, Bob Hickey, Jack Hamilton Harry Smith
Chester Orr, Norm Delaire, Eddie Haddad, Sammy May, Don Codville................

FLASHBACKS - 1978

Special Awards:
Best Bout: Derrick Hoyt vs David Ius, Best Jab: Danny Crawford, Golden Boy: Derrick Hoyt

A sample of boxers - Billy Watson, Laurie Mann, Ed McCaffrey, Jamie Ollenberger,
Lawrence Rolfe, Kelly Perlette, Alex Angelomatis, Jack Snaith, Neil Melrose, John Hunter........

BC BOXERS in 1978 EDMONTON GOLDEN GLOVES:

Sid McNight, Jaime Ollenberger, David Ius, Dave Thornhill, Laurie Mann and Jim Manson

1967 and 1968 BC GOLDEN GLOVES & DIAMOND BELT TOURNAMENTS

1967 & 1968 TOURNaMENTS for BC BOXERS

Some interesting tournaments in 1967 including the Diamond Belt Tournament and the
 1967 BC Golden Gloves. Of special interest, the 1967 BC Golden Gloves were titled the 1967 Centennial BC Golden Gloves with boxers receiving
a 1967 Centennial certificate of participation.

As I flash back to 1967 BC Golden Gloves, I fought three opponents Vern FOUTH, Steve FLAJOLE and Wayne BOYCE.
The four boxers from Vancouver Island were KEN ALEXANDER, BILLY TAYLOR, LES VEGAS and BRIAN ZELLEY.
At the end of the tournament, the 1967 BC GOLDEN BOY went to Vancouver's DICK FINDLAY. In 1968 and 1969,
the special award went to RAY LAMPKIN and NEIL KNIGHT.....

Photos: Fred Fuller & Dave Wylie, Frankie Scott, Brian Zelley and 1967 BC Diamond Belt tournament....

1968 DIAMOND BELT

                              (photo courtesy of John Paonessa)

1968 BOXERS IN THE OPENING ROUND
Gary Ferrari, Robbie Grant, Dave Allerdice, John Carr, Billy Gray,
Ron McEachern, Brian Zelley, Wayne Boyce, Dick Findlay,
Larry Houseman, Eddie Mullins, George Mankins, Rick Fleck,
Darryl Olson,  Freddy Fuller, Mike Fisher,  Pat O;Reilly,
Fred Hatfield,  Les Vegas and Greg Gumfer.

A quote from reporter Dave Empey:
"Les Vegas bruised Greg Gumfer  of California with fierce
body shots before winning on a TKO."


1968 BC GOLDEN GLOVES THE FINALS
(as reported by Dave Empey of the Vancouver Sun newspaper in February 1968
As they appeared:

Mike Colbert, Les Vegas, Joe Cooke, Robbie Grant, John Howard, Ted Kellenger,
Neil Austin, Lee Thode, Frankie Scott, Brian Zelley, George Perez, Denis Rorick,
Ray Lampkin, Wayne Boyce, Bill Taylor, Rick Fleck, Dave Allerdice, John Carr,
Dick Findlay, Nicky MacDonald, Earl McLeay, Jack Meda.

Other competitors in the semi-finals:
Dave Johnson, Brian Gray, Stephen Flajole, George Mankins, Sammy Johnson,
Dave Codville, Mike Fisher, Larry Davidson, Howard Hewitt.
One of the prelim boxers was Nanaimo's Tony James.

RAY LAMPKIN
1968 BC GOLDEN BOY

2010 B C GOLDEN GLOVES

(Photos - Dick Findlay and Ray Lampkin)...
(Photo - BC Golden Gloves Alumni from Vancouver Island) Brown, Murdoch, Zelley....


2010 B C GOLDEN GLOVES - expected location Victoria, B C, Canada...

The early announcement is the 70 th. B C Golden Gloves will take place in Victoria, BC in April 2010.

The tournament will be hosted by the CAPITAL CITY BOXING CLUB which has been in operation for a couple of years,
and sanctioned by the BRITISH COLUMBIA AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION - BOXING BC.

Of importance to Greater Victoria this will marl 50 years since boxer ALAN CURTIS was named BC GOLDEN BOY in the
1960 BC Golden Gloves. Also, it will mark 30 years since the BC Diamond Belt Tournament was revived in 1980
and hosted by the VICTORIA JAYCEES BOXING CLUB and supported by the VICTORIA ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION.

It will also mark 10 years since Victoria boxer DONNIE ORR was selected to join the Canadian Boxing Team
in the 2000 OLYMPIC GAMES.

Over the decades since 1939, there have been many interesting tournaments, and each year the highest award is the Golden Boy award of which some have been earned by excellent boxers from the south such as Portland's RAY LAMPKIN (1968) and
Seattle's NEIL KNIGHT (1969), There have ben dual winners such as Vancouver's DICK FINDLAY and in Junior Golden Gloves
triple winners such as Victoria's CLIFF BALLENDINE