Canadian boxing: We Need a Hero

RON WHALLEY

followed in the footsteps of Bert Lowes and Fred Fuller

was one of many fine ring officials that kept the action moving

with their usual calls "Stop, Box and Break"

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Who are the heroes of 1984 in Canadaian boxing:
*Ring official Vic Murdoch was a boxing hero in the Forties, but for
many years he would toil away as a ring referee and judge, but 
would be one of many of  the unsung hero that served the sport of
amateur boxing across the Nation.  
Some of the others that participated in 1984 were:
Sid Knopp, Rudy Bianco, Al Young, Bob Newbrook, Earl Vance, 

Jim Gallagher, Larry Krangle, Jack Mellor, Rick Brough, Howard Curling,
Bob Carswell, Morgan Williams, Len Johnson, Al Tucci, Jean Paul Ricard,
Lorne Turner, Howard Linn, Larry Logan, Ian Gibson, Ian Weir, Bernie Brisch,
Raj Jaswal, Brian Zelley, Art Shiels, Carson Samuels, George Anderson, Bob Perry,
Bill Donnelly, George Anderson, Tom Hibbert, Dan Wright and many more from
coast to coast.

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More photos and folks that were there in 1984

The beat goes on:
Tony Duffy is one of many junior boxers that participated in the sport and in 1984
he would be the Junior Golden Boy in the 1984 BC Junior Golden Gloves.

some of the many others in the tournament:
Neil Bordeleau, Dean Cooper, Michael Cleary,
Suraj Jaswal, Tony Francis, Manny Sobral,
Mike Wood.





Shawn O'Sullivan
*one of three Canadians to win a medal in the
1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games
the other two: Dale Walters and Willie deWit.

LENNOX LEWIS
*An Olympic boxer in 1984
would use his experience to stay
on the road and win a gold medal
in 1988. 

BERT LOWES, was the head
of Ring Official in 1984 and would
be one of the officials in some of the
National competition, but he was
also at club shows, regional shows
and Provincial tournaments.





Faces of days of the past:

Yes we are all in need of a hero to save the day, but in Canadian
amateur boxing there were a wide range of heroes that performed
as boxers, officials, coaches and volunteers for the betterment of the
sport of amateur boxing in Canada