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BC Golden Gloves
The Golden Gloves in British Columbia, Canada has been a key amateur boxing tournament since its inception in 1939. The debut Golden Gloves champions in 1939 were Wayne Morris, Alan Dunn, Phil Vickery, Erick Burnell, Bob Hickey, Henry Devine and Kenny Lindsay. The first Golden Boy was Phil Vickery. The Sun Golden Gloves Following promotion of amateur boxing in 1938, the executive of the BC Amateur Boxing Association believed it was time to start a Golden Gloves tournament. The ''Vancouver Sun'' newspaper accepted the sponsorship for the province of British Columbia. The first tournament took place in 1939. Some of the Golden Gloves Alumni (boxers) from 1939 to 2010 were: * Gordon Grayson - Royal Canadian Navy heavyweight boxer * Bobby Parker - 1940s boxer * Tommy Symes - 1940s boxer * Chester Orr - 1945 Golden Boy * Art Burgess - Victoria boxer in 1946 Golden Gloves * Everett Biggs - Alberni boxer 1946 Golden Gloves * Eddie Haddad - 1947 * Harold Mann - 1958 * Jack Straza - 1959 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amateur Boxing
Amateur boxing is a variant of boxing practiced at the collegiate level, at the Olympic Games, Pan American Games and Commonwealth Games, as well as many associations. Amateur boxing bouts are short in duration, comprising three rounds of three minutes in men, and four rounds of two minutes in women, each with a one-minute interval between rounds. Men's senior bouts changed in format from four two-minute rounds to three three-minute rounds on January 1, 2009. This type of competition prizes point-scoring blows, based on number of clean punches landed, rather than physical power. Also, this short format allows tournaments to feature several bouts over several days, unlike professional boxing, where fighters rest several months between bouts. A referee monitors the fight to ensure that competitors use only legal blows (a belt worn over the torso represents the lower limit of punches – any boxer repeatedly landing "low blows" is disqualified). Referees also ensure that the boxers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Haddad
Eddie Haddad (February 20, 1928 in Winnipeg, Manitoba – August 14, 1978 in Chilliwack, British Columbia) was a boxer primarily active in the 1940s in Manitoba and British Columbia. His first major international tournament was at the 1948 Olympic Games as a lightweight boxer where he lost in the quarterfinals to the eventual gold medalist, Joseph Vissers of Belgium. Haddad was also a Canadian team member of the 1950 British Empire Games (now called the Commonwealth Games). In local amateur boxing in British Columbia one of his important achievements was the 1948 Golden Boy award. 1948 Olympic results Below are the results of Eddie Haddad, a Canadian lightweight boxer who competed at the 1948 London Olympics: * Round of 32: defeated Ezz El-Din Nasir (Egypt) on points * Round of 16: defeated Edward Grey (Ceylon) on points * Quarterfinal: lost to Joseph Vissers (Belgium) on points Haddad is an inductee in the Military, Manitoba and the Greater Victoria Sports Halls of Fame. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freddy Stephen Fuller
Freddy Fuller is an ex-amateur boxer from British Columbia, Canada. He was a member of the 1967 Pan American Games, 1967 Canadian Pan Am Games boxing team, a several times Canadian Amateur Boxing Champion in the 1960s and 1970, and a member of the Canadian boxing team for the 1970 Commonwealth Games. Fighting career Fuller began his boxing journey in the 1950s at the Burnaby Boxing Club under coach Harry Twist, then joined the East Vancouver Optimist Club. In his junior years Fuller was twice named Emerald Boy and in 1963, he earned the BC Jr. Golden Boy award. As a junior boxer Fuller won the 1963 Jr Golden Boy Award and the 1965 Golden Boy Award. Some of his Golden Gloves victories in the US were reported in ''The RING'' magazine in an article by Tony Simnett. In 1965, Fuller was a Tacoma Golden Gloves champion. Stan Smith, chairman of the British Columbia branch of the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) in 1966 said: "Fuller is the best boxer I've seen in the Western Canadian are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manny Sobral
Manuel "Manny" Sobral (born September 12, 1968) is the former Canadian and IBO Champion of the World, competing in the Super welterweight division. A resident of Vancouver, British Columbia, he represented Canada at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, where he was eliminated by Olympic bronze medallist Finland's Joni Nyman on points (1:4). He has taught at Burnaby North Secondary School Burnaby North Secondary School is a secondary school in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. It encompasses two buildings at 751 Hammarskjold Drive in Burnaby. Nearly 1,800 students from grades 8 to 12 attend the school. A statue of a Viking hea .... External links Manny Sobral Biography and Olympic Results , Olympics at Sports-Reference.comCanadian Olympic Committee* 1968 births Living people Canadian male boxers Welterweight boxers Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Canada Sportspeople from Vancouver Spanish emigrants to Canada Spanish male boxers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Meda
Jack Michael Meda (November 17, 1945 – September 22, 2019) was a boxer from British Columbia, Canada in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In 1970, he won a bronze medal in the 1970 Commonwealth Games. He was born in New Westminster, British Columbia New Westminster (colloquially known as New West) is a city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada, and a member municipality of the Metro Vancouver Regional District. It was founded by Major-General Richard Moody as the capita .... Boxing tournaments and teams In 1967, Meda made his initial entry into the 1967 BC Golden Gloves tournament and was defeated by Seattle boxer Wesley Craven. After that first setback, Meda, under coach Harold Mann of Prince George's Spruce Capital Boxing Club, came back to win three Golden Glove heavyweight titles in British Columbia, and Canadian titles in 1970 and 1971. Later life Meda was inducted into the Prince George Sports Hall of Fame in 2003. He died in Prince George at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Findlay
Dick Findlay is a Canadian boxer who represented Canada in the 1968 Summer Olympic Games. Early career In 1966 and 1967, Findlay was the first boxer to earn back-to-back "Golden Boy" awards in the BC Golden Gloves. He also boxed in the 1967 International Diamond Belt Centennial Boxing Championship hosted by the Rajah and Burnaby Shrine Clubs at the PNE Agrodome in Vancouver. After earning a decision over Nicky McDonald in the finals of the 1968 BC Golden Gloves, he was named BC Golden Boy runner-up in 1968. Commonwealth, Pan-American and Olympic Games In 1966, Findlay competed in the British Empire and Commonwealth Games. In 1967, Findlay was a member of the Canadian Pan American Games Boxing Team. In 1968 he was a member of the Canadian Olympic boxing team.Boxing Canada 1968 Olympic results Below is the record of Richard (Dick) Findlay, a Canadian light welterweight boxer who competed at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics: * Round of 64: lost to Giambattista Capretti Giambattist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Ius
Chris Ius (born January 14, 1954, in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian boxer, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1972. In both tournaments he was eliminated in the third round. Boxing Club Chris was one of the many outstanding boxers that were part of the North West Eagles Boxing Club in North Vancouver. His primary coach was his uncle Elio Ius. Another key boxer at the club during the Ius boxing journey in the Seventies was Les Hamilton and Ian Douglas. Others were Dan Wright and David Ius. Canadian Championships Chris Ius was a four-time senior national boxing champion in 1971, 1972, 1973 and 1976. During this six-year period some of the other top ranked champions were Carmen Rinke, Chris Clarke, Cleveland Denny, Ian Clyde Ian Clyde (born May 15, 1956 in Verdun, Quebec) is a retired boxer from Canada, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics. After defeating Charlie Magri of Great Britain, he wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dale Walters
Dale Walters (born September 27, 1963) is a retired Canadian boxer and former child actor. During his boxing career, he won a bantamweight bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Acting career Walters appeared as a child actor in several Canadian television series in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He attended Burnaby Central Secondary school alongside Michael J. Fox, who subsequently moved to Los Angeles to pursue his acting career. Walters had prominent roles in ''Huckleberry Finn and His Friends'' (1979) and '' Ritter's Cove'' (1980). He returned to some other minor acting roles after his Olympic Games appearance in 1984 (see below). Junior amateur boxing One of the more important junior international tournaments that Walters engaged in took place on June 6, 1976, in Victoria, BC, hosted by the London Boxing Club. The tournament was called "Northwest Counties S.A.B.A. Team of England" vs The British Columbia Team". Walters fought in the fourth bout against England's J. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Albert Scott
Frank Albert Scott (1949–2005) was a boxer and boxing coach. Career Scott won a bronze medal at the 1966 Commonwealth Games. He was a member of the Canadian boxing team in the 1966 and 1970 Commonwealth Games and the 1967 Pan American Games. During his active years, some of his bouts took place in Seattle, Washington, including an "All Star" boxing card that took place on March 23, 1968. Scott also competed in the 1968 Seattle Golden Gloves/Pacific Northwest AAU Championships as part of one of the largest British Columbian teams ever to compete. Prior to the 1968 Seattle Golden Gloves, Scott competed in the 1968 BC Golden Gloves, held at Vancouver's PNE Garden Auditorium. He made it to the finals with a victory over Steven Flajole of Renton, Washington Renton is a city in King County, Washington, and an inner-ring suburb of Seattle. Situated southeast of downtown Seattle, Renton straddles the southeast shore of Lake Washington, at the mouth of the Cedar River. As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barney Ross
Barney Ross (born Dov-Ber "Beryl" David Rosofsky; December 23, 1909 – January 17, 1967) was an American professional boxer. Ross became a world champion in three weight divisions and was a decorated veteran of World War II. Early life Dov-Ber (or Beryl) Rosofsky was born in New York City to Isidore "Itchik" Rosofsky and Sarah Epstein Rosofsky. His father was a Talmudic scholar who had emigrated to America from his native Brest-Litovsk after barely surviving a pogrom. The family then moved from New York to Chicago. Isidore became a rabbi and owner of a small vegetable shop in Chicago's Maxwell Street neighborhood, a vibrant Jewish ghetto akin to the New York's Lower East Side of the 1920s and '30s. Dov-Ber was being raised to follow in his footsteps. The young Rasofsky grew up on Chicago's mean streets, ultimately ignoring his father's desire for him to become a rabbi and his admonition that Jews do not resort to violence. Let the ''goyim'' be the fighters, Ross later recall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boxing In Canada
The sport of boxing has been practised in Canada since before Canadian Confederation in 1867. Boxing was illegal in Canada during the Bare-knuckle boxing, bare-knuckle era but fights took place in remote areas and the last of them was in Halifax (former city), Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1901. Tommy Burns (Canadian boxer), Tommy Burns from Normanby Township near Hanover, Ontario, was the first Canadian to win the world heavyweight title, becoming the champion in 1906 and defending the title thirteen times until he was defeated via Referee's decision by Jack Johnson (boxer), Jack Johnson on Boxing Day December 26, 1908 at Rushcutters Bay, Sydney NSW Australia. On May 10, 2014, Bermane Stiverne won the vacant WBC World Heavyweight Championship after a sixth-round knockout of Chris Arreola. Governing bodies There is currently a debate in Canadian boxing circles regarding the oldest active professional championship sanctioning body. The National Championship of Canada (NCC) claims to be the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Gloves
The Golden Gloves is the name given to annual competitions for amateur boxing in the United States, where they are awarded a belt and a ring. And the title of nations champion is awarded. The Golden Gloves is a term used to refer to the National Golden Gloves competition, but can also represent several other amateur tournaments, including regional golden gloves tournaments and other notable tournaments such as the Intercity Golden Gloves, the Chicago Golden Gloves, and the New York Golden Gloves. History Arch Ward, sports editor of the ''Chicago Tribune'', came up with the idea of a citywide, Chicago amateur boxing tournament in 1923, and gained sponsorship from the ''Tribune'' in 1927. An annual tournament was held between Chicago and New York. In later years the idea was taken up by other cities, and a national tournament was held. Along with the New York Golden Gloves, the Chicago tournament was viewed as one of the two elite Golden Gloves Championships in the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
