THE LAST ROUND

BRIAN ZELLEY VS CLARK MACLELLAN

MY LAST FIGHT:  BY Brian Zelley

Based on the result, I could of continued to box

but I was living in Victoria, and I wanted to spend

time helping to rebuild the sport and help to train

boxers, also being an acountant did not leave much 

time for being a fighter on a regualr basis.

I am pleased that my last fight took place in

Nanaimo and was hosted by the 

Nanaimo Boxing Club.

For all of my active years between 1963 to 1968

all of my fights took place in  locations other than Nanaimo

from Portland, Oregon to Vancouver, BC, 

from Victoria to Port Alberni

and other places such as

Seattle and Tacoma.

So in 1973, it was well worth the wait

and to win that fight was a bonus.

And, it was one of my best fights due

in part to former top ranked welterweight

boxer MANUEL GONZALEZ

MANUEL GONZALES

Welterweight Contender - Sixties

1964 NANAIMO BOXERS in VICTORIA BOUTS

                                              brian zelley, roger nepper, leo rock, gilles nepper
                                                                       Nanaimo Daily Free Press photo
                               (this photo was taken in May 1964 and relates to a boxing tournament)



"NANAIMO BOXERS EARN
SPLIT IN VICTORIA BOUTS"


"Nanaimo boxers coached by GEORGE NEPPER
added to their impressive tournament record last
night  in the all-star card staged by the London
Boxing Club in Victoria.


The Hub City Scrappers fighting under the
Newcastle Boxing Club banner won three 
victories, lost three and had one fight 
posponed due to illness."


GILLES NEPPER over ANDY ROSS
ROGER NEPPER over LARRY HAY
BRIAN ZELLEY  over  PAT ALWOOD


Other boxers in action were:
Leon Nepper, Charles Forscutt, Leo Rock, Norman Williams,
Chris Balatti, Tom Kelly, Gorden Harvey, Dave Way, 
Mike Miller, Jim Fenwick, Richard Uche and Bill Pepper.
Uche is a member of the Royal Canadian Navy stationed
in Esquimalt.

The publicity photo - original in the Nanaimo Daily Free Press, 1964.

A FEW OF THE MANY

BOXERS THAT FOUGHT ON NANAIMO BOXING CARDS: by brian zelley

From Alan Brown to Zach McKay, they all have a boxing story.  Some even
return to the bright lights of the public years later such as boxer Ed Lee who
along with Dale Walters were responsible for getting 1984 Olympic boxer
Shawn O'Sullivan to take part in the 2010 the running with the Olympic torch.
Shawn from Ontario was overlooked in Ontario, but through the efforts of 
folks like Eddie Lee and Dale Walters, O'Sullivan returned to the bright lights
of the Olympic buzz for a brief moment in time.

Bob Pegues was one of the original members of the Nanaimo Boxing Club.
He had a number of bouts including one with Olympic boxer Les Hamilton.
Chris Ius was a former Olympic boxer when he was matched against 
Nanaimo boxer Mickey Griffin in a special main event held during a
Vancouver Island Bronze Gloves tournament in the mid-Seventies.
Chis would also, be part of the 1976 Olympic team.  But, the bout for
Griffin would be one of a number of bouts that would see Griffin quite
amateur boxing while he was still young and had not reached his potential.

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