BC GOLDEN BOYS of the Sixties

BC GOLDEN BOYS - BC GOLDEN GLOVES - 1960 to 1969:  By Brian Zelley
Allen Curtin, Bill Adams, Buddy Palmer, Kalman Santosi,  Brian Bremner,
Freddy Fuller, Dick Findlay (2), Ray Lampkin, and Neil Knight.

                             RAY LAMPKIN     and     NEIL KNIGHT

Prince George Free Press - Petrovicky takes on boxing

NANAIMO BOXER OF THE SEVENTIES BOB PEGUES:  by brian zelley
From boxing in the Seventies for the Nanaimo Boxing Club, Bob Pegue
continues to make the news as a boxing coach in Prince George.
Aside form coaching his regular boxers, or participating has a team coach
Bob takes the time to coach other athletes in the fine art and science of
boxing.  The linked Prince George Pree Press story is just one example.
Prince George Free Press - Petrovicky takes on boxing

Nanaimo Boxer Bob Pegues
in action in the mid-Seventies
fighting in a Nanaimo Boxing
Club card about 1975.

Later, Bob would become a
regular boxing coach in
Prince George and train
various boxers including
Canadian champion
Ken Lally and National
B-team member Jag Seehra

Photeo 2010 by DorothyZelley
 of Jag and Bob at the
2010 BC Golden Gloves.
Hosted by the Capital City
Boxing Club of Victoria.

1967 BC CENTENNIAL GOLDEN GLOVES

1967 CENTENNIAL GOLDEN GLOVES

- The Semi-Finals and Final:  By Brian Zelley

Following some exciting preliminary bouts on the

Friday night, much of the semi-finals action took

place on the Saturday afternoon before the evening

finals.

                                  Fred Desrosiers - 1964 Olympic Boxer
                                       (1965 BC Golden Boy runner-up)

The boxers that engaged in the prelims in order of 

there appearance:

Belcourt, Flajole, Kacer, Henderson, Zelley, Fouth,  Deugau, Boyce, 
Tommy, Hewitt, Eastman, McGee, Fleck, Kolar, Ostapovich,
 Alexander, Tohill, Saigot, Dickson, O'Reilly, Erdmann, Crook,
Desrosiers,  Perez, Coleridge, Rorick, Eagan, Adams, Sinclair,

Manson, Gourd, Wilson, Smith, Van Nockey,  Smith, Meda, 
Taylor, Ralph, Chabot, Wylie, Fuller, Gontas, and  White.

                                                 Wesley Craven

                                                 Jack Meda

SEMI-FINALS - Results:

Randy Jones over Ervin Combs,  Ray Lampkin over Murray Renshaw 
Frank Scott over Orland Ralph, Brian Zelley over Steven Flajole
Wayne Boyce over Bob Kacer, Dick Coulson over Alec Stevens
Dick Findlay over Clarence Hammick, Freddy Fuller over Les Vegas
Steve Tohill over Pat O'Reilly, Len Erdmann over Fred Desrosiers
Colin Coleridge over Jack White, Gord Sinclair over Dennis Rorick
Ron Manson over Clint Page, Ron Wilson over Richard Barbee
Marion Kolar over Glenn McGee, Ken Tommy over Ken Alexander
Wes Craven over George Van Nockay, Jack Meda over Andy Nacosti. 

                  Fred Fuller                Dick Findlay               Dave Wylie


THE 1967 FINALS
Derek Austin - Randy Jones, Ray Lampkin - Frank Scott
Wayne Boyce - Brian Zelley, Dick Coulson - Philip King
Dick Findlay - Freddy Fuller, Lennie Erdmann - Steve Tohill
Gordon Sinclair - Colin Coleridge, Ron Manson - Ron Wilson
Ken Tommy - Marion Kolar, Wes Craven - Jack Meda.

                                         Brian Zelley   -   Ray Lampkin
                                         Wayne Boyce  -  Frank Scott


1967 GOLDEN BOY:  DICK FINDLAY
G B RUNNER-UP:  RAY LAMPKIN
(note:  in 1968 the results would be reversed with Lampkin 
the Golden Boy and Findlay the runner=-up)


THE MOST SPORTSMANLIKE BOXER:  BOB KACER
BEST CLUB:  Firefighters and Portland
BEST FIGHT:  Dick Findlay vs Freddy Fuller