Back to the beginning 1963

Back To Where In All Began 1963

*  Although amateur boxing in Nanaimo Boxing 

will continue with new faces in the future, the

real starting point is September 1963 when it

all began at the Newcastle Hotel and the start

of the Newcastle Boxing Club which would 

become the foundation and the vision for

the Nanaimo Boxing Club.

Founding Coach -

George Nepper

September 1963.

The First Champions

in first tournament.

The First to Compete

in 1964:

Leo Rock

Chris Balatti

Gilles Nepper

Leon Nepper

Roger Nepper

Brian Zelley

* and all of the rest is 

decades of history.