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Miles Templeton

Boxing historian

IT IS hard to believe now, but in 1942 a contest took place for the British and Empire light heavy weight titles where both boxers, the referee and the promoter were all serving members of the Royal Air Force. Of course, there was a war on, but many boxers were in reserved occupations and therefore exempt from service, and the majority

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