Percy Lewis (boxer)
Percival T. Lewis, 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 featherweight title, against Peter Brander, boxing out of The Royal Air Force, was runner-up for the 1951 Amateur Boxing Association of England featherweight title, against Jim Travers, boxing out of The Royal Air Force, won the 1952 Amateur Boxing Association of England featherweight title, against Steve Trainer, 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 featherweight title, against Alan Sillett, boxing out of Oxford YMCA ABC, and as a professional won the British Empire featherweight title, his professional fighting weight varied from, i.e. featherweight to, i.e. lightweight, he served with the Royal Air Force. He died in October 2019 at the age of 90.
