The Centennial Boxers of 1967

1967 CENTENNIAL BOXERS: by Brian Zelley

The names of the 1967

Diamond Belt Tournament

                              *The two key tournaments in British Columbia in 1967
                       1967 BC Golden Gloved and the
                       1967 Diamond Belt Championships

Dick Findlay

1967 Golden Boy

Dave Wylie

1967 Diamond Boy

Firefighters Boxing Club

Vancouver, BC

Brian Zelley

Finalist 1967

Golden Gloves and Diamond Belt

Newcastle Boxing Club

Nanaimo, BC

Donate Paduano

, diamond boy runner-up 1967

Boxers in the finals

Austin, MacEachern, 

Scott, Logan, Boyce,

Zelley, Coulson, Lee,

Wylie, Fuller, Russell, 

O'Reilly, Paduano, Rorick, 

Smith, Wilson, Allan,

Kolhar, Craven, Taylor.

Promo for

1967 Golden Gloves

Dick Findlay

1966 Golden Boy

Freddy Fuller

1965 Golden Boy

Donato Paduano, Frankie Scott

Dick Findlay and Freddy Fuller

Ray Lampkin

1967
Golden Boy runner-up

Ray would also be the

1968 BC Golden Boy

from Portland, Oregon.

In the seventies, Lampkin

fought Roberto Duran 

world lightweight title

in Panama.

Wes Craven, heavyweight

1967 Diamond Belt Champion

from Seattle, Washington

Beyond '67

Brian and Neil Knight

Neil Knight, Seattle

was 1968 Seattle 

Golden Gloves champ

and

1969 BC Golden Boy