The important ongoing tournament that connects all years is the Golden Gloves
that started as The Sun Golden Gloves due in part to one William Finlay.
But other tournaments including the Bronze, Emerald and Silver Gloves played a role
along with the Diamond Belt tournaments in the fifties, and 1967 and 1968.
This blog will attempt to highlight some of the history and personalities that
played a part between 1959 and 1968.
Still remember my friend Dave Wylie winning '68 Diamond Boy and welterweight decision over Freddy Fuller! I shook hands with Rocky Marciano in the audience that night, too! He died within a year in the plane crash. That was the last Diamond Glove Tourney, I think...
ReplyDeleteBert Lowes was the coach but I think you, Brian, were the second in the corner, weren't you, or was Pat still involved?
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