From Idea to Action - Canadian amateur boxing

FROM BRIGHT IDEAS TO A REAL ACTION PLAN: 

By Brian Zelley

The ideal of having a formal Canadian
Amateur Boxing History and a
Wall of Fame is not a new idea.
At the present time Boxing Canada
does have their own hall of fame,
but it is not a public item where 
all and sundry can take a quick look.

*The major drawback of having an
active amateur boxing association
involved with a more formal
all-inclusive wall or hall of fame is one
of time management of the active 
body involved in current events.
Also the Canadian Amateur Boxing
Association did not get created until  1969, thus they would not
have some of the history and records prior to 1968.

An All-Inclusive Group To Lead The Way:
As of September 2012, various sites have been established
that will help with the process including regional committees
such as the Maritimes committee and the Western Canada
committee.  The Western Canada committee is also broken
down into provincial organizations.  

On a provincial level there is also the
British Columbia Amateur Boxing Hall of Fame, 
and the  Ontario Amateur Boxing Hall of Fame with various 

inductees:  























(the combined inductees of the British Columbia 
Amateur Boxing Hall of Fame 2010 to 2012)

*the above lists for British Columbia and Ontario would
likely be a source of potential names for a Canadian
Wall of Fame, but the various regional committees would
have to nominate the names of interest.  The 53 individual
names would not all be nominated to a Canadian group.
From the two groups, the committees would  have to 
select five to ten or so and nominate them. 

Ontario Nominees In the running for their 2013 process:
*three of the 2012 inductees are honorary directors and
hopefully will be part of their process in 2013 like the
honorary directors of British Columbia.  The three
directors for Ontario to-date are:
Ian Clyde, Billy Irwin and Asif Dar.

OLYMPIC GAMES considerations:
*some folks feel that participation in the Olympic Games
is very important when selecting nominees.  that is a good
attitude, but countless numbers of deserving boxers have
been left of teams for a variety of reasons, and the old 
argument used to eliminate which has minimum political
consequences is the old INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
issue.  The other problem is with the juggling of the numbers.
so Olympic experience is important, but a more important
qualification for a Wall of Fame is what has the nominee, if a boxer,
given back to the sport by COACHING, OFFICIATING, ADMINISTRATION,
SPONSORSHIPS, MEDIA and PUBLIC RELATIONS and all the other
little issues that serve for the betterment of boxing.

Here is a blog on our Olympic boxers of which many will be
nominated for 2013 or beyond.  
http://zelleysround.blogspot.ca/
In the modern era some of the medal winners have been
LENNOX LEWIS and MARC LEDUC