Percy Lewis (boxer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Percy Lewis (boxer)

Trinidad and Tobago boxer

Date of Birth: 31-Dec-1928

Place of Birth: Trinidad and Tobago

Date of Death: 03-Oct-2019

Profession: boxer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Percival T.
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 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, 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, won the 1952 Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) featherweight title, against Steve Trainer (Hulme Lads ABC), boxing out of The Royal Air Force, represented Great Britain at featherweight in the Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics, losing to Georghe Ilie of Romania, and won the 1953 Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) featherweight title, against Alan Sillett (The British Army), boxing out of Oxford YMCA ABC, 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, he served with the Royal Air Force.
He died in October 2019 at the age of 90.