Beau Jack, Forgotten boxers

Beau Jack, Lightweight Champion
 - a forgotten champion: by Brian Zelley

https;://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beau_Jack 










        

Coach BARRY CRESWELL

From Boxer to Coach: by Brian Zelley

Coach wins top honour

The above nesw article reveals Barry's reasons for joining a boxing
club back in the mid seventies, and some of his moments as a coach
for the Nanaimo Boxing clu

                                                               Creswell images

 

 

Videos of Nanaimo boxing

 

 

the Nanaimo boxing dance in the rain

 

Between  1963 to 1968

*The two Nanaimo boxers tosee action

in open senior tournaments were

Brian Zelley and Tony James

* we each fought in the

BC Golden Gloves

 

Saw action in  Nanaimo shows

Nanaimo Boxing Club 

 

The above list includes Nanaimo

and other boxers to see action

in Nanaimo club shows or tournaments.

But, many of the Nanaimo boxers

were junior and/or novice boxers.  

For the Nanaimo boxers, each one

has his own story of why, when, how

and what they did.  Some like Alan Brown,

Brian Zelley, Dan Wright and Jack Snaith

would be experienced when they

joined the Nanaimo Boxing club,

Of the Nanaimo boxers of the seventies

three standouts are

Barry Creswell,Jack Snaithl and 

Mickey Griffin

In 2014 two that are

boxing coaches are:

Barry Creswell * Bob Pegues

  

Introduction to Shadow Boxing In The Rain

The
Boxer: by Brian Zelley

The road to  being open senior boxer is paved with many unknowns.
Many try, but most fade away and quit before the dance in open senior competition.
My first open senior bout took place in early 1966 after I had ten novice bouts.
For many others that I trained with in various clubs some would
but many never made it past ten bouts.

This blog will try to tell the story of those that did and did not and the "whys" and "hows".