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Our Year in Boxing
Our boxing year started with bouts in September and ended with a summer break in July and August. Join us as we reflect on our amazing 2018/19 year. August/September 2018: We were honoured to host a Canada Winter Games training camp, a sparring showcase with some of BC’s best athletes, and a public open house.… Read more
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George Dixon
Have you ever wondered who the boxer in our logo is? His name was George Dixon and he was Canada’s first professional boxer. Dixon was born in 1870 in Africville, Nova Scotia. Nicknamed “Little Chocolate” he stood 5 feet 3.5 inches tall and weighed only 87 pounds when he began his professional boxing career. Dixon was inducted… Read more
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The History of Boxing (in Nelson)
By Catherine Fisher, Front Desk Coordinator, Nelson Boxing Club I recently visited the Shawn Lamb Archives at the Touchstones Museum and the University of British Columbia’s newspaper archives to find out more about the boxing history of the area. Over the next few months I’ll share findings. Today’s musing on the value of boxing was… Read more
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Book Talk: Facing Ali. In conversation with coach Peter Bockner
Blogger: Catherine Fisher, Front Desk Coordinator You may have seen our little boxing library at the club. You can take out books for free as long as you return them. This is the first in a series of boxing book posts. Yesterday I chatted with boxing coach Peter Bockner about his favourite boxing book, which… Read more
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Pictures from our Boxing/Parkour Summer Camp
In cooperation with Red Path Movement, we hosted our first summer camp in July and here are a few pictures. There’s a second camp from August 19-23, and if you are interested, you can find out more here.
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Our Year in Boxing
Our boxing year started with bouts in September and ended with a summer break in July and August. Join us as we reflect on our amazing 2018/19 year. August/September 2018: We were honoured to host a Canada Winter Games training camp, a sparring showcase with some of BC’s best athletes, and a public open house.… Read more
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