Tuesday, April 27, 2010

BOXING CLUBS of BC






Photos By: Dorothy Godbold Zelley

BC BOXING CLUBS: By Brian W. Zelley

As of April 2010, there are about 50 registered amateur boxing clubs in British Columbia
in various regions. Some of the clubs have years of activity such as the Astoria Boxing Club,
the Campbell River Eagles. the Nanaimo Boxing Club, some are making revivals such as
the 2 Rivers Boxing Club of Quesnel, and some are new clubs in the past or current year
such as  Capital City Boxing Club in Victoria and the Just Do It Boxing Club in Lilooet.

In Prince George, there is the long running Spruce Capital Warriors under the direction
of WAYNE SPONAGLE and the Inner City Boxing Club under the direction
of BOB PEGUES (one of the original members of the Nanaimo Boxing Club
in the Seventies. Also there is the Shaolin Club under the direction of BETTY CLARK.

In Greater Victoria, besides the Capital City there is Island Boxing under the direction of
1995 Canadian Champion JASON HEIT, and Olson's Gym.

Some of the clubs have interesting names such as Action Boxing Club,
Beyond Boxing, Blue Corner Boxing, Counterpunch Boxing, Lights Out
Boxing Club and Thistletown Boxing.

For 2009/2010 season, a number of clubs have hosted boxing tournaments
such as the BC Golden Gloves by Victorias CAPITAL CITY BOXING CLUB amd
the BC Buckskin Gloves by the newly revived 2 Rivers Boxing Club of Quesnel.

CLUBS:
Action Boxing Club - Vancouver - Terry Cooke
Astoria Boxing Club - Vancouver
Beyond Boxing Club - Port Coquitlam
Blue Corner Boxing - Abbotsford
Campbell River Eagles
Capital City Boxing - Victoria
Contenders Boxing - Vancouver
Counterpunch Boxing - Vernon
Cranbrook Eagles - Cranbrook - Billy Watson, Tom White
Fernie Old School Boxing
Gibson's Boxing - Port Moody
Griffin's Boxing Club - North Vancouver
Hazelton Boxing Club
Inner City Boxing - Prince George - Bob Pegues.
Island Boxing - Victoria - Jason Heit
Just Do It Boxing - Lillooet
Kelowna Boxing
Kitimat Boxing
Lights Out Boxing Club - Richmond
Madkatz Boxing - Kelowna
Maple Ridge Boxing -
Mission City Boxing
Morning Star Boxing - Surrey
Nanaimo Boxing Club
North Burnaby Boxing
North Peace Boxing Club
Olson's Gym - Victoria
Peachland Boxing
Pemberton Boxing
Pep Boxing & Fitness - New Westminster
Port Kells Boxing
Powell River Boxing Club
Prince Rupert Boxing
Queensborough - New Westminster
Revelstoke Boxing
Revolution Fight Team - Chilliwack
Rudy's Boxing Club - Kamloops
Shaolin Boxing Club - Prince George
Spruce Capital Warriors - Prince George
St Louis Boxing Club - Burns Lake
Sugar Ray's Boxing Club - Vancouver
Suitela Fight Team - Surrey
Sunshine Coast Boxing - Gibsons
Thistletown Boxing - Kelowna
Trojan Horse Boxing - Burnaby - William Kennedy
Two Rivers Boxin Club - Quesnel
(2 Rivers)
Vernon Boxing Club
Williams Lake Boxing

1 comment:

  1. 2011 UPDATE - some of the clubs are now involved with the
    alternative group called COMBSPORT which is a Langley based
    group that is attempting to provide and alternative form of
    amateur boxing with some different rules from Boxing BC
    and Boxing Canada.

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