Dick Turpin
Professional Boxer, Boxer
1920 – 1990
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Who was Dick Turpin?
Dick Turpin, was an English middleweight boxer. He was British and Commonwealth middleweight champion, reputedly being the first black fighter to win a British boxing title. He was elder brother and trainer of the more famous Randolph Turpin, who became world middleweight champion after beating Sugar Ray Robinson in 1951.
Dick was the son of Lionel Turpin who had been born in British Guyana and his wife, Beatrice Elizabeth Whitehouse. He had two brothers Jack, who was a featherweight and Randolph, a middleweight.
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- Born
- Nov 26, 1920
Leamington Spa - Siblings
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Lived in
- Leamington Spa
- Died
- Jul 7, 1990
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on July 23, 2013
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