Percy Lewis (boxer)

Percy Lewis
Statistics
Rated at feather/super feather/lightweight
Nationality Trinidad and Tobago
Born (1927-12-31) 31 December 1927
Trinidad and Tobago/British
Boxing record
Total fights 30
Wins 19 (KO 8)
Losses 10 (KO 2)
Draws 1

Percy Lewis (31 December 1927) is a Trinidad and Tobago/British amateur featherweight and professional feather/super feather/lightweight boxer of the 1950s and '60s who as an amateur was runner-up for the 1950 Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) featherweight title, against Peter Brander (Slough Centre ABC), boxing out of The Royal Air Force,[1] was runner-up for the 1951 Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) featherweight title, against Jim Travers (Lansdowne BC), boxing out of The Royal Air Force,[2] won the 1952 Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) featherweight title, against Steve Trainer (Hulme Lads ABC), boxing out of The Royal Air Force,[3] represented Great Britain at featherweight in the Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics, losing to Georghe Ilie of Romania,[4] and won the 1953 Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) featherweight title, against Alan Sillett (The British Army), boxing out of Oxford YMCA ABC,[5] and as a professional won the British Empire featherweight title, his professional fighting weight varied from 124 1⁄2 lb (56.5 kg; 8 st 12.5 lb), i.e. featherweight to 134 lb (61 kg; 9 st 8 lb), i.e. lightweight,[6] he served with the Royal Air Force.

References

  1. ↑ "1950 63rd ABAE National Championship". abae.co.uk. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "1951 64th ABAE National Championship". abae.co.uk. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "1952 65th ABAE National Championship". abae.co.uk. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "The lords of the ring". oxfordmail.co.uk. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "1953 66th ABAE National Championship". abae.co.uk. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  6. ↑ "Statistics at boxrec.com". boxrec.com. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.


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