Brian Zelley has a long history of involvement in amateur boxing from 1963 to 2021 as a boxer and a builder. Brian is one of 20 Vancouver Island Boxing champions from one of the two tournaments in 1964 and 1984. Also served as a Boxing BC in the mid eighties, co-founder of the Nanaimo Boxing Club. and four years as a director of the Victoria Athletic Association and a VAA coach along with Mike Caird and Lou Bujdoso. Also served on the Boxing committee for the 1994 Commonwealth Games. And a founding member of the B C Amateur Boxing Hall of Fame.
I had many bouts between January 1964 to my last in 1973 against CLARKE MCLELLAN. Some of the top boxers that I fought include Ray Lampkin, Jimmy McMillan, Del Deagau, Neil Knight, Wayne Boyce and Frankie Scott, plus tough fighters from various club in various locations Such as Billy Gray and Brian Gray. In 1967, the first boxer that I fought in the BC Golden Gloves was VERN FOUTH from Calgary. I fought other club mates ROGER NEPPER, KEN STANT, FRANKIE SCOTT and CLARKE MCLELLAN.
November 22, 1974: IAN WEIR * MIKE CAIRD * BRIAN ZELLEY This photo was taken by "Big" Jim Ryan for a boxing story by Patty Pitts in the newspaper "The Victorian". The photo was from the Greater Victoria Sports Hall Of Fame. The photo was included on the plaque given to Mike Caird when he was inducted as a builder in 2009. Both Ian and Mike were mentioned in the Donnie Orr Story for his recent formal Induction.
