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Nanaimo Boxing

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Back to where it all began: Recent Concerns Concerning the History:  Some recent issues in the pre-nomination process have arisen when a former boxer of the Nanaimo boxing club wanted to nominate his former coach.   *  the issue concerns the starting year of the boxing club and who was responsible for starting the club.  This concern is a result of changes to the history that was recorded in three  articles in 1975 and 1979 in Nanaimo newspapers that indicated the  coach in question started the club.  When the facts were reported in previous newspapers including an article  by  the sports editor  in May of 1974 that outlined the facts. Later the incorrect facts were reported in the Nanaimo daily newspaper in 2008.   To avoid any future misunderstanding the following highlights the real beginning:     As previously documented in early issues of the Nanaimo Daily Free Press and the Nanaimo Times, and later disclosed in the Nanaimo Times in