THE HISTORY and STORY: by
brian zelley
Over the years there have been many boxing clubs scattered
across British Columbia with an interesting history
This blog will attempt to touch on many of those past and present clubs.
The three clubs that have been added to the British Columbia Amateur
Boxing Hall of Fame are:
*** Campbell River Eagles Boxing Club
*** Nanaimo Boxing Club
*** Spruce Capital Boxing Club
South Hill/Firefighters Boxing clubs
with Bert Lowes and Pat West
( names in the photo *** Freddy Fuller,
Dick Findlay, Dave Wylie, Brian Zelley,
Gordie Lawson, Jimmy Walters,
John Gamble, Frank Scott, Lindy Lindmoser )
East Vancouver Optimists
Boxing Club in the Sixties
Victoria Athletics - the Seventies
Nanaimo's Newcastle Boxing Club -the Sixties
South Burnaby Boxing Club
*** head coach Harry Twist ***
Index of BC boxing clubs - past and present
2Rivers, 100Mile House, Boilermakers,
Ambassador, Astoria, Bluebird, Campbell River Eagles
Carnegie Boxing, Comox Boxing Club, Cranbrook Eagles
CounterPunch Boxing, Crofton Boxing Club, Cloverdale,
Chemainus, Cumberland Boxing Club
Eagletime, East Vancouver Optimists, Elk Valley,
Firefighters Boxing, Genesis Boxing, Gold River,
Hastings, Boxing Club,Inner City Boxing Club,
James Bay Boxing Club, Junior G-Men,
Jaycees Boxing Club,Kelowna, Kingsway Boxing Club
Kimberley, Ladner Boxing Club, Ladysmith,
Langley Boxing Club, London Boxing Club,
Maple Ridge,
Mission City Boxing, Nanaimo Boxing Club,
Newcastle Boxing Club, North Burnaby Boxing Club
North West Eagles, Parksville Boxing, Olson's Gym
Ocean Falls, Port Alberni Boxing , Port Kells,
Prince Rupert, Queen's Own Rifles,
Queensborough Boxing Club, Richmond Boxing Club,
Royal Canadian Navy (Naden - Esquimalt)
Revelstoke, Shamrock at Main Street gym
Sooke Boxing Club, South Burnaby Boxing Club,
South Hill Boxing Club, Sunshine Coast, Terrace,
Spruce Capital,Thistletown Boxing Club, Vernon, Victoria,
VictoriaAthletic Association, Wallaces,
Williams Lake Boxing, Western Sports Centre
Kelowna and Thistletown
co-operation to support boxing
Genesis Boxing, Parksville
Cranbrook Eagles Boxing
home of the Victoria Athletics 1976
the faces of boxing in British Columbia
2 Rivers, past days
Astoria Boxing Club
" The original club was formed at Astoria Hotel
In 1966, one of the coaches was Johnny Creanza, but by 1972 the nature of the club changed when Eliot Ius was involved briefly, then it became a new organization in 1977
When George Angelomatis and Jack Duke
re-made the club.
Over the years, it would continue to change
Until it closed in 2012.
George Angelomatis, Dale Walters and Taylor Gordon
Manny Sobral and Alan Brown
Training at Bob Decker's
Shamrock Boxing Club, Main street gym, Vancouvrr
