Saturday, December 3, 2011

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















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