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Welshman was first black GB Olympic boxer but was held back by racism

Summary by Ground News
Cuthbert Taylor was a professional bantamweight and flyweight boxer. During his career he had 250 official bouts recording an enviable 151 wins, 22 draws, and 69 defeats. He became the first black boxer to compete as a flyweight for Great Britain at the 1928 Olympics. But he was never recognised or fulfilled because of the discriminatory colour bar. The bar ran from 1911 to 1948 and said fighters had to have two white parents to compete for British titles.

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