Back to the beginning 1963

Back To Where In All Began 1963

*  Although amateur boxing in Nanaimo Boxing 

will continue with new faces in the future, the

real starting point is September 1963 when it

all began at the Newcastle Hotel and the start

of the Newcastle Boxing Club which would 

become the foundation and the vision for

the Nanaimo Boxing Club.

Founding Coach -

George Nepper

September 1963.

The First Champions

in first tournament.

The First to Compete

in 1964:

Leo Rock

Chris Balatti

Gilles Nepper

Leon Nepper

Roger Nepper

Brian Zelley

* and all of the rest is 

decades of history.

END OF A DECADE - THE LAST FIGHT CARD 1979

THE LAST FIGHT CARD 1979: by Brian Zelley

* As we step back in time to the end of the Seventies, the 
Nanaimo Boxing Card staged their last fight card December 1979.
The first fight card on the club would take place in early 1972.
                                                     

THE LAST FIGHT CARD:  Pre-Christmas show at St. Peters

Clubs engaged in action were Nanaimo, Victoria, Queensborough,
and the Richmond boxing clubs.

Some of the Nanaimo boxers would include junior novice
Wade Marling who faced Victoria's Paul Deluca, and in the
main event was LEE CAMPBELL who had scored three
knockouts in a tournament earlier in the year would face
Victoria's PERRY EVANS.  This close fight between 
knockout puncher Campbell and the slick boxer Evans
would be selected as the best bout of the night with the
outsider Evans winning a split decision. 

 Then there was
sensation CLIFF BALLENDINE vs GORDIE IVERS. 

The Dawn of the New Age - the Nineties and beyond

 A NAME  for the NINETIES - FRED WICKS Jr. by Brian Zelley

Every decade needs a new hero to keep the sport alive.  Beyond the
eighties, one of the names to raise the bar was Fred Wicks jr.
who would be the face of the new century.  Others would follow
such as Stefan Melideo who would close out the first decade of
the first decade of the 21st Century with a Canadian National
junior title.  And into this new era, the coach to lead the charge
would be a former boxer of the Seventies BARRY CRESWELL. 

BARRY CRESWELL

the new age coach for the 21st. Century

Old Members Still Rocking

Mickey Griffin and Seth Gotro