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.

Boxers of the Sixties - Boxing BC

My Sixties Boxing:  By Brian Zelley

Looking back through the Sixties there is much to remember from the boxing clubs such as Nanaimo's Newcastle Boxing Club to the Vancouver Firefighters Boxng Club.

Looking back through the windows to the past, I remember the coaches Georg Nepper, Harry Pollitt, Skimp williams, Gerry Sorenson, Bert Lowes and Pat West or my visit a a guest trainee at the Hastings Community Centre boxing club and sparring with Orland Ralph and Kalnan Santosi.

And who could forget the Astoria boxing club with the Boyce family members

Walter, Tommy, wayne and Gerald Boyce and many others that were

part of the club such as Rick Fleck, Glenn McGee, Clint Page and many more

Looking back towards the bright lights shining down onto the ring, I remember some of the opponents such as Don White, Roger Nepper, Robert  Kacer , Ken Stant, Wayne boyce, Jimmy McMillan, Del Deugau, Bill Gariepy,  Ray Lampkin Frank Scott, Neil Knight, Clark MacLellan and many more.

From Nanaimo to Vancouver, I remember the club mates and sparring partners Bob Lewis, Mike Lazare Gilles Nepper, Murray Glover, Frank Scott, Freddy Fuller, Dave Wylie, John Gamble,  Nick McDonald,

Jake Wiebe, Gordie Lawson and Tony James,   

From the tournaments in 1964 to 1968, I remember the boxers such as Tommy Black, Howie Rabey, Wayne Powell, Donato Paduano, Ron Wilson, Ed Williams, Chester Douglas, Ken Alexander, Les Vegas, Hugh Lindsay, Fred Desrosiers, Wes Craven, Jack Meda,  Billy Taylor, Jake Wiebe

and many others.