Roger Adolph, one of the most famous and successful fighters ever to come out of B.C., was not your typical boxer.
“He was the nicest guy in boxing,” said Martin, from his home in Powell River. “He did so many things. He spoke in front of the United Nations. He went and accepted the pope’s apologies for residential school abuses. He was a judge in Nicaragua on native subjects. He was a great fighter, a Canadian champion at 118 pounds and he turned pro and fought in the biggest venues in England.
In 1979, he moved back to his home near Lillooet and was arrested several times by federal fisheries officers for catching salmon out of season. One of his arrests resulted in the jail being surrounded by protesters who refused to leave until he was released. “When I face frustrations and want to quit, I remember my old coach saying, ‘You’re only into the eighth round, you’ve got two more rounds to go,’” said Adolph, in a Dec. 7, 1973 Citizen article. “I was unsure before I came here but I gained a lot of friends and self-confidence.”
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