Glad he got battered in the post I saw then!
Didn't know VP had so much boxing.
It's been mentioned before, but:
On 28 June 1948, Dick Turpin, brother of Randolph Turpin, became the first non-white boxer to win a British title in a fight against Vince Hawkins in front of 40,000 spectators (at Villa Park) after the British Boxing Board of Control lifted their ban on non-whites challenging for titles