Comments on: The Astoria Boxing Club

By: Kevinfairbridge

Kevinfairbridge — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:46:00 +0000

i meant tony dowling

By: Kevinfairbridge

Kevinfairbridge — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:45:00 +0000

was trying to find tony doweling to say hi and thank him for the hard work.with his wife doing aerobics

By: Brian Zelley

Brian Zelley — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 08:46:53 +0000

Beyond ASTORIA and NORTH WEST EAGLES there was the
SOUTH HILL – FIREFIGHTERS club names of the boxing coaches PAT WEST and BERT LOWES. Not to take anthing from Astoria or NWE, but from the mid-Fifties to about 1970 these clubs had many of the best boxers in BC boxing history.

By: Brian Zelley

Brian Zelley — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 05:12:46 +0000

Although BILLY TAYLOR was a 1967 Canadian Champion,he did not win the title while a member of Astoria. He won the heavyweight title while a member of Victoria’s LONDON BOXING CLUB.

When looking at the history of one boxing club,
one will never get the full story. One club past club that has often been overlooked while the
Astoria and North West Eagles clubs get excessive coverage would be the East Vancouver Optimists.

By: Brian Zelley

Brian Zelley — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:23:45 +0000

The ASTORIA BOXING CLUB is anteresting boxing story comprised of a number of parts, The first part begins in the Sixties when the BOYCE family split from the Hastings Boys Club boxing club
and set-up shop at the Astoria Hotel. tHe coaching was led by WALTER BOYCE, but in the early Seventies the coach was WAYNE BOYCE.

After the BOYCE involvement, came the renewed club with the North West Eagles connection
until George and Jack began a new run in 1977.

Like many others some of the boxers crossed over from other clubs. MANNY SOBRAL was a member of the SHAMROCK BOXING CLUB with coach BOB DECKER.

Some the fighters in the Sixties were Wayne Boyce, Glen Magee, Rick Fleck, Billy Taylor,
Clint Page and John Amos. Amos, Taylor and Boyce
were three of the 19 BC boxers that participated
in the 1968 Seattle Golden Gloves.

By: Jockey Wilson

Jockey Wilson — Mon, 10 May 2010 14:34:02 +0000

Nice to see that someone around town remembers some of the history of this great boxing club i cant speak for prior to 1977 but i do remember Kevin Howard who went on to win 2 Canadian championships and was the first National champion from the Astoria after it moved to its new digs on Hastings.

By: bubba

bubba — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 22:51:33 +0000

The Astoria Boxing Club was founded By Walter Boyce several years early and the road for fighters such as the Mitchell brothers, Gallers, Sobral, Bie and Warral was pved by The Boyce brothers, Wayne and Tommy who held and still hold records for KO’S and Golden gloves won in a year.

By: Dustin Bromley

Dustin Bromley — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:41:55 +0000

The Boxing gym is still under the Astoria, and regularly used. Cool stuff.