THE FIFTIES GOLDEN GLOVES

1959 GOLDEN GLOVE: By Brian Zelley

JACK STRAZA - 1959 GOLDEN BOY

At the end of the tournament Jack Straza would be declared Golden Boy
following three convincing wins over Bill Tsuchiya of Wallaces Athletic
Club, Bill Lipsey  of  Sidney and Henry Banki of Vancouver's
South Hlll Boxing Club.  


Some of the other boxers in the tournament was Ernie Burgmann, 
Dick Coulson, Morris Jermyn, Vic Vieberg, Bruce Baille,
Tommy Black, Elroy Engler, Wayne Orrick, Joe Czaja
and Edward "Skimp" Williams.


In one bout is was an all Vancouver Island bout when
Bruce Baille of  Chemainus defeated slick Tommy Black
from Victoria.  

Ollenberger, 1980 and 1981 BC Golden Boy.

                                         JAMIE OLLENBERGER
                       GOLDEN BOY
                      1980 and 1981

BC GOLDEN GLOVES, 1980 to 1989:  by brian zelley

The year 1980 would be part of an excellent decade
in the history of the British Columbia Amateur Boxing
Association's Golden Gloves tournaments from the 
Junior Golden gloves with the likes of CLIFF BALLENDINE
and the Youth and Senior boxers Golden Gloves action with
the first true star being JAMIE OLLENBERGER.

Jamie would follow the Golden Glove boxers of the 
Seventies from the likes of Freddy Fuller, Frank Scott,
Gordie Lawson, Buzz Montour, Derrick Hoyt, Wayne Crowe,
"Dynamite" Dan Wright, David Ius,  and many others. 

Throughout the Eighties there would be many Golden Gloves
alumni - boxers, coaches and officials any many volunteers
including the Golden Boys such as RON PASKIE and
GLEN QUOCKSISTER.

1984 BC JUNIOR GOLDEN GLOVES

The 1984 BC  Junior Golden Gloves took place on
April 28th. at the Boxing BC Training Centre in 
Burnaby.

Boxers:
Donald Galloway, Shane Galloway, Scotty Scott Nathan Smith,
Neil Bordeleau, Merv Davies, Wayne Hinchcliffe, David Aalbers, 
Dean Cooper, John Allen,Jason Downie, Tony Johnson,
Tony Francis, Shawn Painter, Mike Wood, Shane Ribalkin, 
Joe Fower, Jesse Ewasiuk, Tim Smith, Joe Jurich, 
Danny Rickovic, Mike Smith, Joe Fowler, Jason Harris,
Michael Cleary, Suraj Jaswal, Tony Duffy, Bud Keller, 
Manny Sobral and John Newton.

                         TONY DUFFY - 1984 Junior Golden Boy

Officials:
Bert Lowes, Fred Fuller, Ron Whalley, Sid Knopp, Rudy Bianco,
Al Young, Bob Newbrook, Earl Vance, Jim Gallagher, Vic Murdoch 
Larry Krangle, Jack Mellor, Brian Zelley,Larry Carney, Shirley Knopp,
Dr. Herb Dumont, Lindy Lindmoser, George Armson and Bill Long.

                    RON WHALLEY, referee and judge



GOLDEN BOY - Tony Duffy, GOLDEN BOY RUNNER-up
- Manny Sobral, Jimmy Synme Award Winner announcement
TONY FRANCIS.
  

1948 BC GOLDEN GLOVES

                         THE 1948 BC GOLDEN GLOVES - CHAMPIONS
                                     (from the Tommy Paonessa collection)
                                      
                                           -  Ius - Jamel - Langston - May -
                                    -  Haddad - McPhee - Baxter - Walters -

2011 BC GOLDEN GLOVES

2011 BC GOLDEN GLOVES: by brian zelley

FLASHBACKS - 1961

The 2011 BC Golden Gloves marks the Golden (50th)Anniversary
of the 1961 Golden Gloves with the Golden Boy being
BILL (Curly) ADAMS.

FLASHBACK - 2010 BC Golden Gloves
The 2010 BC Golden Gloves were hosted by the
Capital City Boxing Club of Victoria.
At the end of the tournament, selected as
Golden Boy was DYLAN BISHOP and recognized
was the Golden Boy of 1960 - ALAN CURTIS.

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

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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