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Percy Lewis
Born(1928-12-31)31 December 1928
Trinidad and Tobago
Died3 October 2019(2019-10-03) (aged 90)
Nationality Trinidad and Tobago
Statistics
Weight(s) feather/ super feather/ lightweight
Boxing record
Total fights30
Wins19 ( KO 8)
Losses10 (KO 2)
Draws1

Percival Joseph Lewis (31 December 1928 – 3 October 2019), better known as Percy Lewis, was a Trinidad and Tobago- British amateur featherweight and professional feather/ super feather/ lightweight boxer of the 1950s and 60s.

Boxing career

Amateur career

As an amateur Lewis 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]

Professional career

As a professional Lewis 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. He died in October 2019 at the age of 90. [7]

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.
  7. ^ Percy Lewis death announcement

External links

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