THE CLOUTING CANUCKS

FIGHTING CANADIANS:  by brian zelley

                              An Olympic Team from past decades


Some of the best Canadian boxers were born in Nova Scotia.  
Two of the best were GEORGE DIXON  and SAM LANGFORD.
Some of the Canadians have won world titles such as 
JIMMY MCLARNIN and LOU BROUILLARD, and others
have won Olympic medals such as LENNOX LEWIS, 
DALE WALTERS.  SHAWN O'SULLIVAN et al. 

Some of the current elite senior amateurs are hoping to
make the cut for the 2012 Canadian Olympic team such 
as KENNY LALLY, ALEX RYNN and JOEY LAVIOLETTE.

                                 National Elite Champions - 2011


Some of the professional boxers, never won world titles, but they
are still considered legends in Canada or parts of Canada.  Some
names of interest include George Chuvalo, Clyde Gray, Sammy
Luftspring, Al Sparks, Billy Townsend, Harold Mann  and many more.


Take any given decade for any specific province and there were many
boxers that made the headlines or the front page of the sports section 
of the daily newspaper.  Some were local heroes and others National 
stars.  

                                      Victoria, BC, Canada
               Caird, Orr, O'Sullivan, Robinson, Orr, Zelley, Wright
                              (photo by Dorothy Zelley,  November 2010)

                 THE BEST OF  BRITISH COLUMBIA 1948 to 1984
                         Freddy Fuller - Eddie Haddad - Frank Scott 
                        Dale Walters - Dick Findlay - Fred Desrosiers