BRITISH COLUMBIA BOXING HALL OF FAME

BC AMATEUR BOXING HALL of FAME - By Brian W. Zelley The opening round of the selection of past or presemt members of Amateur Boxing in British Columbia, Canada is the first 50 to be considered. ROUND TWO BEGINS THe list of 50 has been reduced to 31 in the opening round of the selection and elimination phase. The second round selected ones include 14 boxers and 17 builders. THE BOXERS The former amateur boxers moving into the seond round are: Chris Ius, Dale Walters, Dick Findlay, Donnie Orr, Eddie Haddad, Frank Scott, Fred Desrosiers, Freddy Fuller, Harold Mann, Jimmy Walters, Les Hamilton, Manny Sobral, Roger Adolph and Sid McKnight.

The idea for a BC Amateur Boxing Hall of Fame. THere are countless names to recognize, two from my experiences from 1963 to 2010 would be Frankie Scott (boxer) and Elio Ius (builder) In recent days there are 24 names that will be considered for the first ever selection to a BRITISH COLUMBIA AMATEUR BOXING HALL OF FAME. The Builders will be chosen from ten names: Bert Lowes, Dave Brown, Elio Ius, fred Fuller, Howard Curling, George Shiels, Pat O'Reilly, Rick Brough, Stan Smith and Tommy Paonessa. The Boxers: Eddy Haddad, Harold Mann, Jimmy Walters, Dick Findlay, Frank Scott, Fred Desrosiers, Freddy Fuller, Roger Adolph, Chris Ius,Les Hamilton, Sid McKnight, Dale Walters, Manny Sobral and Donnie Orr.