BRITISH COLUMBIA AMATEUR BOXING HALL OF FAME

BRITISH COLUMBIA AMATEUR BOXING HALL OF FAME: The British Columbia Amateur Boxing Hall of Fame was established in 2010with a core group of inductees of 15 (5 builders and 10 boxers).In 2011, there were more categories added including the Pioneer category in which TOMMY PAONESSA was selected.Also, selected was the Campbell River Eagles Boxing Club.

Ranker Site above: by Brian Zelley
The Ranker site lists all inductees an administrators
some past and present.

Laurie Mann, Michael Olajide, Tony Duffy, Bert Lowes,

Donnie Orr, Mandy Lapoint, Alan Bayne, Roger Adolph

Mickey Griffin, Gordie Lawson, Wally Doern

Stan Smith, Ian Gibson, Sid McKnight.

Freddy Fuller Eddie Haddad, Frank Scott,

Dale Walters, Dick Findlay, Fred Desrosiers.

1994 Commonwealth Games, boxing

Elio Ius, a 2010 inductee

Freddy Fuller and Elio Ius

(photo courtesy of Freddy Fuller)

A Look at Elio: by Brian Zelley

* Elio Ius is a former champion boxer

in the forties that became a coach

of the North West Eagles in

North Vancouver and briefly in the

seventies Ius would serve as a coach

of the Astoria Boxing club in Vancouver's

east side.

* Elio Ius would replace his former coach

Tommy Paonessa, Two others that were assisting Ius

would be brother  Mel Ius and Terry Cooke.

In the sixties the Ius team would be a long term

host of the annual BC Bronze Gloves

which was a tournament for 

novice junior boxers and for many

it would be a stepping stone to 

other tournaments in British Columbia

A Testimonial Banquet to

recognize Elio Ius

April 25, 1969

* organized by

Maurice Hammer-Jackson 

and a team of others.

(Smith, Fuller, Ius, Page, Lowes)

The Sixties

Elios Ius was an important part of

this "Golden Age"

first as a boxer then a coach 

and builder for BC boxing.

The early years of the

North West Eagles

1948

Bob's boxing song

The Bob Pegues  journey:

                          Wally Doern journey

 Frederick Stephen Fuller

The Alan Brown journey

Tommy Paonessa

"the pioneer"

  

BC Boxing Hall

                                         2014

              

    2013

2012     

2011

2010

BCABHoF moments 2010 to 2014

Year One: 2010

BCABHoF, in memorium

Gone but not forgotten:

                              Ron Whalley, builder

Bert Lowes, Billy Townsend, Charles John,
Dave Brown, Eddie Haddad, Elio Ius, 
Frank Scott, Fred Desrosiers, Fred Fuller,
George Angelomatis, George Armson,
George Nepper, George Shiels, Harry Twist,
Jamie Ollenberger, Jeff Yule, Jim Gallagher,
Jim Howie, Jimmy Walters, Lennie Walters
Lindy Lindmoser, Pat O'Reilly, Ralph Galloway,
Rick Brough, Stan Smith, Tommy Paonessa,
Vic Murdoch and William "Billy" Finlay.

Asof 2016 more names: Sid and Shirley Knopp,
Boyd Bayne and Harold Mann.
Another lost in 2016 is 2017 inductee
Leif Albrechtsen

James "Jimmy" Walters

George Shiels

Fred Fuller, builder

Smith, Boyce, Paonessa

BCABHoF, clubs and events

BCABHOF the faces

BC Amateur Boxing Hall of Fame

Visions of Five Years: by Brian Zelley

* The images in the 16 minute video above is a collection 
of imagrs used over the last five years to recognize some
of the boxers, builders, events and clubs that have been or are
involved with the sport of amateur boxing in British Columbia,

Canada.

Sources of images and narrative:

* A variety of sources such as the
"B C Amateur Boxing News" of the
eighties,  the British Columbia Amateur
Boxing Association (Boxing BC), and 
from many  individuals including inductees.

* The first image is the  the list of the first
 two years of 25 names. Includes Pioneer 
 Tommy Paonessa, and the first boxing club
 to be selected was the  Campbell River  Eagles.
           

Year Five, 2014 BCABHOF

Year Five, 2014 Inductees by Brian Zelley

Ten individuals and one event mark the results for 2014:

Pioneers:     Billy Townsend and  William Finlay

All-Rounder:   Jimmy McMillan
Junior/Youth:  Jamey Ballard

Builders: Bert Wilkinson, Bob Pegues
                  Harry Twist and Jeff Yule

Boxers:   Jack Meda and Kit Munro

1994 Commonwealth Games Boxing 

Year Four - 2013 Inductees

Year Four, Inductees of 2013

A good selection of inductees from various regions and time periods.

Mickey Griffin

Gordie Lawson

Wally Doern

Stan Smith

Ian Gibson
Sid McKnight
George Nepper,
Ralph Galloway
Jim Gallagher,
Jack Snaith
Gary Wood


Vic Murdoch, Teresa Taylor, Jeannine Garside, Derrick Hoyt,                                                                            Mickey Griffin, Dick St. Louis, and Linda Gigliotti.

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*Vic Murdoch, Tresa Taylor, Jim owie, Ralph Galloway

Jeannine Garside, Derrick Hoyt, Ron Whalley

2012- Year three BCABHOF

Year Three, 2012 Inductees: by brian zelley

An important, but interesting addition to the categories  was "women-in-boxing" which resulted
in one builer Marg O'Reilly and boxer
Mandy Lapointe.

                            Tony Duffy - junior/youth

2012 inductees

Video

Video of 201c2 indcctvees