1968: THE TWISTS AND TURNS FOR BC BOXERS

 REVISITING 1968 WHO WOULD HAVE GUESSED

THE END GAME FOR BC BOXERS:  by brian zelley

When all was said and done, only one BC boxer  made it

into the 1968 Olympic Games and that was DICK FINDLAY

who joined MARVIN ARNESON,  WALTER HENRY
 and DONATO PADUANO.

But, there were other BC boxers that started the journey

beginning in September 1967 including some that made

the 1967 Pan Am games Canadian boxing team such

as FREDDY FULLER, FRANKIE SCOTT and 

                   Zelley (Firefighters) vs Boyce (Astoria)

                 . compete in the 1968 BC Olympic trials in May 1968
                 (but by a twist of fate neither one of the two active boxers
                         would make it into the finals of the Olympic trials.
                           That distinction would fall on the shoulders of 
                               Ron McEachern who would drop a decision
                                       to boxer Ted Billinsley. 



The other Canadian champions were:
Frank Scott, Ted Billinsley, Marvin Arneson,
Jim Titley, Gordon sinclair, Rick fleck and Earl McLeay.


RON MCEACHERN.  Ron lost to Billinsley in the 
finals in the featherweight division.




Some of the BC boxers eliminated in the 
preliminary action were:
Ken Henderson, Dave Allerdice, and Les Vegas.  

                                Donato  Paduano  and Dick Findlay
                                                   Walter Henry