1 9 5 0 ▁Am ateur ▁Box ing ▁Association ▁of ▁England ▁( AB AE ) ▁fe ather weight ▁title , ▁against ▁Peter ▁Br ander ▁( Sl ough ▁Centre ▁ABC ), ▁box ing ▁out ▁of ▁The ▁Royal ▁Air ▁Force , ▁was ▁runner - up ▁for ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 1 ▁Am ateur ▁Box ing ▁Association ▁of ▁England ▁( AB AE ) ▁fe ather weight ▁title , ▁against ▁Jim ▁Tra vers ▁( L ans d ow ne ▁BC ), ▁box ing ▁out ▁of ▁The ▁Royal ▁Air ▁Force , ▁won ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 2 ▁Am ateur ▁Box ing ▁Association ▁of ▁England ▁( AB AE ) ▁fe ather weight ▁title , ▁against ▁Steve ▁Tra iner ▁( H ul me ▁L ads ▁ABC ), ▁box ing ▁out ▁of ▁The ▁Royal ▁Air ▁Force , ▁represented ▁Great ▁Britain ▁at ▁fe ather weight ▁in ▁the ▁Box ing ▁at ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 2 ▁Summer ▁Olympics , ▁losing ▁to ▁Georg he ▁Il ie ▁of ▁Roman ia , ▁and ▁won ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 3 ▁Am ateur ▁Box ing ▁Association ▁of ▁England ▁( AB AE ) ▁fe ather weight ▁title , ▁against ▁Alan ▁S ille tt ▁( The ▁British ▁Army ), ▁box ing ▁out ▁of ▁Oxford ▁Y M CA ▁ABC , ▁and ▁as ▁a ▁professional ▁won ▁the ▁British ▁Empire ▁fe ather weight ▁title , ▁his ▁professional ▁fighting ▁weight ▁varied ▁from ▁, ▁i . e . ▁fe ather weight ▁to ▁, ▁i . e . ▁light weight , ▁he ▁served ▁with ▁the ▁Royal ▁Air ▁Force . ▁He ▁died ▁in