END OF A DECADE - THE LAST FIGHT CARD 1979

THE LAST FIGHT CARD 1979: by Brian Zelley

* As we step back in time to the end of the Seventies, the 
Nanaimo Boxing Card staged their last fight card December 1979.
The first fight card on the club would take place in early 1972.
                                                     

THE LAST FIGHT CARD:  Pre-Christmas show at St. Peters

Clubs engaged in action were Nanaimo, Victoria, Queensborough,
and the Richmond boxing clubs.

Some of the Nanaimo boxers would include junior novice
Wade Marling who faced Victoria's Paul Deluca, and in the
main event was LEE CAMPBELL who had scored three
knockouts in a tournament earlier in the year would face
Victoria's PERRY EVANS.  This close fight between 
knockout puncher Campbell and the slick boxer Evans
would be selected as the best bout of the night with the
outsider Evans winning a split decision. 

 Then there was
sensation CLIFF BALLENDINE vs GORDIE IVERS. 

The Dawn of the New Age - the Nineties and beyond

 A NAME  for the NINETIES - FRED WICKS Jr. by Brian Zelley

Every decade needs a new hero to keep the sport alive.  Beyond the
eighties, one of the names to raise the bar was Fred Wicks jr.
who would be the face of the new century.  Others would follow
such as Stefan Melideo who would close out the first decade of
the first decade of the 21st Century with a Canadian National
junior title.  And into this new era, the coach to lead the charge
would be a former boxer of the Seventies BARRY CRESWELL. 

BARRY CRESWELL

the new age coach for the 21st. Century

Old Members Still Rocking

Mickey Griffin and Seth Gotro

Pieces of the Nanaimo Boxing story

Every past member of the Newcastle and Nanaimo Boxing clubs
has their own story to tell, and when trying to tell the story of
each club, being the only member of both clubs is an interesting
but difficult task to attempt to measure the importance of both.
The only thing to say when all is said and done, they are both
important in their own way.  

This is not considered to be a complete history of boxing in Nanaimo  from 1963

to 1974, it is just the history that I experienced along the way.

Time To Say Goodbye - May 1974

2013 Canadian Golden Gloves ** Bob Pegues, coach

Former Nanaimo Boxer Bob Pegues:
* one of the boxing coaches for British Columbia boxers
including Prince George boxer Jag Seehra.

2013 Canadian Golden Gloves
* above link, part of a ranking list,  Bob and Jag are two of the names

2013 Canadian Golden Gloves ** Bob Pegues, coach

Former Nanaimo Boxer Bob Pegues:
* one of the boxing coaches for British Columbia boxers
including Prince George boxer Jag Seehra.

2013 Canadian Golden Gloves
* above link, part of a ranking list and bob is one of the names

Three more champions for Nanaimo 1963 to 2013

MORE NANAIMO BASED CHAMPIONS
The link below tells the story of the three latest champs.
Boxers get arms raised at provincials - Nanaimo News Bulletin

The first and the latest:

*The first two champions for Nanaimo amateur boxing

between 1963 and 2013 were Brian Zelley  and Gilles Nepper

back in 1964 to the here and now with the latest being

Justus McKay-Topley, Alex Irvine and Jordan Van Buskirk. 

Joe Preston

Joe Preston -the link