1980 REVIVAL of the BC DIAMOND BELT Amateur Boxing Tournament - Victoria, BC
Following the 1967 and 1968 tournaments, a dozen years would pass until
a revival of the Diamond Belt tournament took place in Victoria in 1980'
Funny thing, in February 1980, in Max Low's article in Victoria's "Times-Colonist"
part of the pre-1980 Diamond Belt hype and publicity focused on 1967 and 1968
Diamond Belt tournaments with the following headline:
"Young boxers eager while vets look back"
It was interesting as to which former BC boxers would get mentioned.
In chronological order of the names, they were:
Brian ZELLEY, Dave WYLIE, Fred FULLER, Frank SCOTT, Wayne BOYCE,
Dick FINDLAY, Kalman SANTOSI,Clint PAGe, Les VEGAS, Ken ALEXANDER,
Bill TAYLOR, Brian GRAY, Marijon KOLAR and Melvin HARRIS.
The names of USA boxers mentioned were:
Ted WEBB, Jerry WINTERS, Greg GUMFER, Jamie PHILLS, Don STAAB,
Wesley CRAVEN and Larry HIGH.
Not to be forgotten were names of two Victoria coaches:
LOU BUJDOSO and MIKE CAIRD. and
Vancouver Island Commissioner RICK BROUGH.
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