CRANBROOK EAGLES HOST 2013 GOLDEN GLOVES

CRANBROOK EAGLES 

- 2013 Golden Gloves:  by brian zelley

* Once again the Cranbrook Eagles will be

hosting a major tournament sanctioned by

Boxing BC.  This time it will be one of the

oldest tournaments in BC boxing history 

and that is the Golden Gloves which began

in British Columbia in 1939 in Vancouver.

The two contact folks are coaches

Bill Watson and Tom White.  President

of Boxing BC, the sanctioning body is 

Mickey Sims.  

50 th. Anniversary of the 1963 Golden Gloves:

* Although there is no announced special 

ceremony for alumni of the 1963 Golden Gloves,

the 2013 Golden Gloves in Cranbrook will be

the 50th anniversary of that '63 event and the

Golden Boy was Vancouver boxer Kalman Santosi.

UNSUNG BOXERS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

OVERLOOKED BOXERS OF BC: by brian zelley

*Once upon a time, the British Columbia Amateur Boxing Association decided

in 1970 to host and sponsor the annual Golden Gloves tournament.  As part of 

the big promotion, they highlighted the names of 57 past golden gloves boxers.

The big problem with that decision was all but a few were mainly from the

Greater Vancouver area, but even some outstanding boxers from Vancouver

were overlooked such as JIMMY WALTERS who was a regular Golden Gloves

boxer between 1954 and 1958.  In his first tournament in '54 he stopped

Bill Adams in the finals.  Some others that were overlooked were:

Jack Meda, Earl McLeay, Dave Allerdice, Steve Tohill and Dick Coulson.

Some of the others include many Vancouver Island boxers such as:

Mike Caird, Skimp Williams, Danny Daniels, Terry Eastman,
Bruce Baille, Cal Osmond, Larry Cardinal and boxers

from other locations such as Denis Rorick of Prince George,  Hugh Lindsay of

100 Mile House and many other local boxers from Greater Vancouver clubs

such as Del Deugau,  Gord Sinclair, Ken Henderson, Bob Kacer and MARION KOLAR. 

OUR BC GOLDEN GLOVES STORY: By Brian Zelley

Our Golden Gloves  boxing story as displayed on a site is comprised
of three pages which summarizes some of the history. 

2012 BC GOLDEN GLOVES

2012 BC GOLDEN GLOVES, THE STORY BEGINS:  By Brian Zelley 
Steps have been taken to promote the tournament slated
for April 21 and 22 in Vernon, BC.  

AMATEUR BOXING in Greater Vancouver BRITISH COLUMBIA - Topix

AMATEUR BOXING in Greater Vancouver BRITISH COLUMBIA - Topix

1984 BC BOXING DIAMOND BELT

THE DIAMOND BELT CHAMPIONSHIPS:  by brian zelley


As boxers of 2011/2012 get ready to compete in the 2012 Diamond Belt
tournament some in the game may remember the 1984 Tournament
which was hosted by Vancouver's Shamrock Boxing Club and was  held 
at the Boxing BC Training Centre in North Burnaby.


THE FINALS:
Jim Cumberland, Willy Curry, Wayne Welsh, Trevor Holmes, 
Deep Butter, Roger LaFlamme, Peter Beltrame, Alan Brown,
Richard Compart, John Cozad, Leon Chambers, Cody Redford,
Paddy Nelson, Mike O'Connell, Laird Goodwill and Jaime Ballard.

1967 BC CENTENNIAL GOLDEN GLOVES

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 1967 GOLDEN GLOVES

THE FINALS

Derek Austin vs  Randy Jones, Ray Lampkin vs Frank Scott

Wayne Boyce vs Brian Zelley, Dick Coulson vs Philip King

Dick Findlay vs Freddy Fuller, Lenni Erdmann vs Steve Tohill 

Gordon Sinclair vs Colin Coleridge, Ron Manson vs ron Wilson

Ken tommy vs Marion Kolar, Wes Craven vs Jack Meda 

GOLDEN BOY - DICK FINDLAY

G. B RUNNER-UP - RAY LAMPKIN

BEST BOUT - FINDLAY vs FULLER

MOST SPORTSMANLIKE - BOB KACER

MOST SCIENTIFIC - LENNIE ERDMANN

BEST CLUBS - Portland and Firefighters