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Vintage Canadian Boxing
Posted: 07 Jun 2008, 11:19
by Ric
Seeing recent forum posts mentioning old-time Canadian boxing, I think a thread devoted to that topic is in order--much like the "Classic American West Coast Boxing" thread. Let's see what becomes of it. For starters, see the Wiki page on "World Title Fights Held in Canada." Does that page need updating? Have there been any more world title bouts held in Canada since December 2003? (IBF doesn't count.) (I'll also merge one other recent Canadian topic to this thread.)
Re: 70s canadian fighters.
Posted: 07 Jun 2008, 13:33
by Collins2000
rugrat wrote:back in the 70s there was some good tough canadian fighters. chuvalo. gray. clarke. hollett. hafey. borden. marcotte. berbick. sponagle. durelle.and the list goes on.
I remember ITV showed clips of the dangerous but erratic Roy Gumbs hammering Hollett twice in Canada in the build-up to Gumbs vs Mark Kaylor.
Re: Vintage Canadian Boxing
Posted: 08 Jun 2008, 01:29
by Robert in NYC
Clyde Gray was,imo, the best Canadien fighter of the last 40 years.His first fight against Chris Clarke was a classic!
Gary Summerhays, though largely forgotten, was also a good fighter.He won a great bout against Tony Mundine.
Re: Vintage Canadian Boxing
Posted: 09 Jun 2008, 16:13
by rugrat
yes gary summerhays was a good one. his brothers were also good. johnny and terry summerhays. terry had a win over clyde gray before both were pros. johnny was lightweight champ of canada.
Trivia Question
Posted: 19 Apr 2009, 01:30
by Ric
Here's a trivia question for you old-time Canadian boxing fans (BoxRec Editors cannot play): What was the main event of the card that inaugurated professional boxing at the historic Montreal Forum (which presented its final boxing show on December 15, 1995)?
Re: Vintage Canadian Boxing
Posted: 19 Apr 2009, 14:32
by Trainer Monkey
Here's one Oulette/Hilton
Great fight
Re: Vintage Canadian Boxing
Posted: 20 Apr 2009, 05:00
by robert.snell1
what a good idea mate, if you checkout my dads fight record you will understand why I think so. This document will be of interest
http://boxingbiographies.com/bio/index. ... &Itemid=34
Re: Vintage Canadian Boxing
Posted: 20 Apr 2009, 11:56
by Seamus
I'd like to hear more about guys like Carl Tremaine, Frenchy Belanger, Jackie Callura, Maxie Berger, Arthur King, Frank Battaglia and Charlie Belanger.
Re: Vintage Canadian Boxing
Posted: 20 Apr 2009, 14:42
by robert.snell1
Re: Trivia Question
Posted: 24 Apr 2009, 23:38
by Ric
Ric wrote:Here's a trivia question for you old-time Canadian boxing fans (BoxRec Editors cannot play): What was the main event of the card that inaugurated professional boxing at the historic Montreal Forum (which presented its final boxing show on December 15, 1995)?
So? Does anyone have a guess?
Re: Vintage Canadian Boxing
Posted: 25 Apr 2009, 06:23
by bollox
The only fight that comes to mind is Duran - Leonard
Re: Vintage Canadian Boxing
Posted: 25 Apr 2009, 06:49
by john wilson
Is it Leo(Kid)Roy vs Bobby Garcia on 4-20-1925? Or Bert Schneider vs George Fifield. Jimmy Britt also fought on that card.
Re: Vintage Canadian Boxing
Posted: 25 Apr 2009, 13:58
by Ric
Leo (Kid) Roy vs. Bobby Garcia on April 20, 1925 it is! The Forum would present boxing and hockey for over 70 years. The building is now a shopping mall and movie theatre.
Re: Vintage Canadian Boxing
Posted: 27 Apr 2009, 18:37
by hooch
Also on the Topic of fight locations , How about Tommy Burns Arena in Calgary Alberta ?.
Unfortunately it was torched right after the Pelkey vs McCarty fight . This fight was unfortunately
the last one for McCarty :( .
