the newspaper had described him as being 'overweight and flabby' for his last fight, and not giving his all. He received £7,500 damages with costs. Fight record He had 81 official fights, winning 66, of which 38 were by knockouts, and lost 14, with one drawn fight. Retirement He tried various jobs including running a farm, being a publican, and running a haulage firm based at Ninfield in East Sussex. By 1975 he was working as a craftsman blacksmith in the permanent way machine shops at the London Underground Lillie Bridge Depot in Fulham. His last job was as an emergency maintenance man. He died of cancer on 18 July 1983 at a hospital in Tooting. He was married to Patricia Mary Cockell and had a son Patrick and Brother (David Hammond) worked with him Footnotes See also List of British heavyweight boxing champions List of British light-heavyweight boxing champions Sources Biography, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography English male boxers Heavyweight boxers Light-heavyweight boxers 1928 births 1983 deaths People from Balham English blacksmiths Boxers from Greater London