1967 BC Golden Boy Dick Findlay was Golden Boy runner-up. Ray Lampkin Ray Lampkin, the 1968 BC Golden Boy, would turn professional and become a top ranked lightweight boxer. In 1975, he was considered the United States lightweight champion. In world rankings in July 1975, Lampkin was the number one contender for the lightweight title held by Panama boxer Roberto Duran. 1984 BC Golden Gloves The tournament took place in January 1984 in Burnaby at the Boxing BC Training centre, which would also be used as a training camp for the 1984 and 1988 Canadian Olympic boxing teams. At the end of the tournament the Golden Boy for 1984 was boxer Michael O'Connell and the runner-up was Joe Pendry, and the best youth boxer was Deep Butter. Ring officials Bert Lowes, Fred Fuller, Rudy Bianco, Sid Knopp Vic Murdoch, Larry Carney, Earl Vance, Jack Mellor, Larry Krangle, Brian Zelley, Rick Brough and Bob Newbrook. Announcer: Joe Swift. Glovers: Tommy Yule and Gordon Miller. Champions and finalists Bassam Batrani, Scott Bannink, Jamie Ballard, Gary Wood, Dale Walters, Scott Cessford, Joe Pendry, Ken Smith, Alex Angelomatis, Tim Howie, Leon Chambers, Dan Zaleski, Lee Gauthier, John Wilson George Pires, Derek Wolfe, Deep Butter, Willie Curry, Michael O'Connell, Kika Singh, Al Harper, Garry Serko, Cody Redford, Joe Martin and Tom Coady. 2012 BC Golden Gloves and other tournaments The 2012 BC Golden Gloves were scheduled to take place in Vernon, BC in April. The 2012 Silver Gloves were scheduled to be hosted by the Mission City Boxing Club in June 2012. The Silver Gloves has a history that begins in 1943 due to the efforts of Val Roach. In 1960, the tournament was hosted by the South Burnaby boxing club under the direction of Harry Twist. From 1961 to 1967 the tournament remained inactive until a revival in 1968 in Richmond, BC. References Sources Brian W. Zelley, former editor BC Amateur Boxing News, 1984 BC Amateur Boxing News Annual Ring records of Frederick Stephen Fuller, and Boxing BC Boxing records of Bert Lowes, Mike Caird and Tommy Paonessa The Paonessa records are courtesy of John Paonessa Boxing records of Gordie Lawson, former amateur and professional boxer Boxing records of Howard Curling, former Vancouver Island Amateur Boxing Commissioner and ring official For 2012, the sources include Boxing BC and the host clubs. Boxing in Canada Golden Gloves Amateur boxing