Western Canadian Amateur Boxing Committee

THE WESTERN CANADIAN COMMITTEE: by brian zelley

The Western Canadian Committee will consist of the four western provinces
Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia and if possible
there will be room for the Yukon Amateur boxing members.

Sub Committees:
There have been committees set-up for each of the Provinces
with steady growth of the British Columbia and Albert groups.
Also, there is good representation of Saskatchewan in the
western Canadian group site to support the 
Canadian Amateur Boxing History and Wall of Fame.

NAMES FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA:

Donnie Orr
in 2000 and
boxing folk 
from Victoria
in 2009






Donnie Orr, Canadian Olympic Boxer in 2000
Tom Turnbull Ian Weir Mike Caird Jason Heit Don Orr Brian Zelley

More names in British Columbia boxing:

More names from British Columbia Amateur Boxing:

some of the names from the sixties boxing include:
Danny Crawford, Danny Daniels, Darryl Olsen, Dave Allerdice, Dave Way and Dave Wylie.
some of the names from the seventies boxing include:
Darren Lussier, Derrick Hoyt, Dick St. Louis and Gordie Lawson.

The above 3 lists represent only a small number of the names, there are
many more and some of the other names have been listed in other places.
Be it an Al Harper or an Alex Crabbe, the first list represents a broad section
of boxers, coaches and officials that have been part of the boxing scene in
one or more decades.  some like Billy Pinkus are known in other  provinces
such as Manitoba.

The second list from MANDY LAPOINTE to ZACH MCKAY list
more names with a variety of backgrounds and the years that they
were directly involved in British Columbia's amateur boxing. Some
like MIKE WOOD and TERRY COOKE are still boxing coaches.
However, some of the names are deceased members that were 
involved in past decades.  Some of those deceased individuals 
that may be considered for a Canadian Wall of Fame
at some future date would include: 
Bert Lowes,  Charles John, Pat O'Reilly, Ralph Galloway, Rick Brough,
Tommy Paonessa, Walter Boyce, Wayne Boyce,  and many other names
not included on the two lists such as Elio Ius,  Fred Fuller, George Armson,
George Nepper,  Jim Gallagher, Frank Scott, Fred Desrosiers and more.

ALBERTA BOXING:

There are many names to consider such as:
Billy McGrandle, Brent Kosolofski,  Carmen Rinke,  Dale Brown,  
Harvey Reti, Jack Dunbar,  Jim Parsons, Kai Yip, Kelly Perlette,  
Paul Hortie, Robbie Carrington, Scotty Olson, Wilf Greaves and Willie deWit.


DOUG BOLIANATZ
* Not to be overlooked in any selection of Alberta builders would
be Doug Bolianatz who has been very active for many years
including being one of the Team Canada boxing coaches in
a number of tournaments such as the 1994 Commonwealth 
Games that were held in Victoria. BC.
Some may remember his for his involvement in training
sessions at the "Lodgepole Training Centre:.


SASKATCHEWAN BOXING:
There are many names to consider for Saskatchewan such as:
* Adam Faul, Claude Warwick, Curtis Fidler, George Goff,
Hank Hartenberger, Jeff Hill, Ken Goff, Morgan Williams, 
Pat Fiacco,  and Wesley Sunshine, 

MANITOBA BOXING:
*There are many names to consider for Manitoba such as:
Billy Pinkus, Len Johnson, Ken Johnson, Kent Brown, and
Eddie Haddad (also on the BC list).  then we have the
former Boxing Canada president Herb Embuldeniya.