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