1968 SEATTLE GOLDEN GLOVES

THE SEATTLE GOLDEN GLOVES:  by Brian Zelley
.Northwest AAU Championships - February 23 and 24, 1968
Seattle Center Arena, Seattle, Washington

                                         alumni of 1968  Golden gloves' tournaments
                                                     Brian Zelley, Ray Lampkin
                                                     Wayne Boyce and Frank Scott

                                     THE BOXERS FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA

AAU REGISTRATION;  DICK FRANCISCO.
CHAIRMAN:  FRANK GILMAN, Canadian AAU Rep. DAVE BROWN

SAMPLE OF OFFICIALS:
Joey Velez,Pat McMurtry, Freddie Ward, Clay Nixon, Dick Stokes

REGISTERED BOXERS;
Lee Thode, Neil Knight,, Dave Johnson,Joe Cooke, Steve flajole,
Frank Scott, Derek Austin, Larry Richards, John Alstine, Lloyd Cole,
Ray Lampkin, , Jim Anderson, Wayne Boyce, Brian Zelley, Gary Dowling,
Georgr Mankin, Rick Hamilton, Charles Hilyard, Dave Allerdice, John Carr,
Pat Arnardi, Buddy McKay, Mike Fisher, Clarence Hammick, Paul Hohman,
Dick Findlay,  Nick MacDonald, Freddy Fuller, Chico DeJackson,
Mike Colbert, Alva Smith Jr., Pete Salgot, Dave wylie Les Vegas,
Steve Brigadeen, Fraser Scott, Ernie Ivery,  Larry Sinitsin,  Ted Kallenger,
Richard Barbee, Steve Beaugadine, Ramone Benneditti, Fred Elbel,
Curtis Johnson, Glenn McGee,  Harry Chamberlain, John Howard,
Bill Cross, Larry Davidson, Bill Taylor, Rick Fleck, Bob White,
Earl McLeay, John Amos, nafiz Ahmed, and Blaine Olson, .(note
( some of the boxers such as Dave Allerdice did not make the tournament
and other boxers such as Danny Gontes served as replacements.
- see The "Vancouver Sun" report re. changes to BC Team.)

BC BOXERS IN THE FINALS and OPPONENTS
DEREK AUSTIN vs LARRY RICHARDS
BRIAN ZELLEY vs RAY LAMPKIN
FREDDIE FULLER  vs DICK FINDLAY (both BC team)
DAVE WYLIE vs MIKE COLBERT
BILL TAYLOR  vs BLAINE OLSON

                                NEIL KNIGHT, Seattle Boxing Club

Note: some  other winners were Neil Knight,
Mike Fisher, John Howard, Fraser Scott and Bill Cross

1968 results for BC boxers in finals

1970 BOXING's "New Beginning" in B C

THE SEVENTIES in AMATEUR BOXING - New Beginnings:  By Brian Zelley

If we just focus on amateur boxing in BC, the Seventies was an interesting decade of activity
due to the formation of the Canadian Amateur Boxing Association in 1969
and the many changes effecting the sport.

For active boxers in the open senior class, they are all products of the Sixties, but in
 the early years of the Seventies there would be many new clubs, coaches and competitions
 with new stars to carry the torch forward.  From Vancouver Island to the Rocky Mountains,
 "TIMES THEY WERE A CHANGING'.

To begin the story, the 1969/1970 boxing year was a bonus for British Columbia boxing,
 and likely started with the 1970 Golden Gloves in Vancouver and reached
 the Commonwealth Games with some boxers from British Columbia on the team
and Jack Meda from Prince George winning a bronze medal.
Then there were "old friends" that had been touching gloves and shadow boxing
from before the Sixties in the form of FRANK SCOTT  and FREDDY FULLER

Back to Vancouver Island, there would be growth and expansion with the formation of the
Nanaimo Boxing Club in 1971 and a major increase in activity in Victoria in 1974.  Clubs in Campbell River and Parksville  would join the party for another round of "fistic happenings".  Some of the names
include  Howard Curling, Mike Caird, Brian Zelley, Dan Wright, Jim Howie Bill Walker, Art Smith,
Lou Bujdoso and gyms full of boxers such as Mickey Griffin, Jack Snaith, Bob Pegues, Barry Creswell,

Wayne Crowe, Gary Robinson and "Dynamite" Dan Wright. and msny more.

There would be fight cards in Nanaimo, Campbell River, and Victoria and tournaments and club shows in Greater Vancouver and many clubs such as Cloverale, Richmond, North West Eagles, Astoria, Cranbrook and  the Spruce Capital Warriors of Prince George, and many more such as Langley and the last years of the old  Firefighters and boxers like DAVE WYLIE taking another shot at ring glory.