Percy Hayles
Percy Hayles | |
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Born | Percival Hayles 24 October 1940 Colony of Jamaica, British Empire |
Died | 28 August 1978 (aged 37) near Kingston, Jamaica |
Statistics | |
Weight(s) | light/light welter/welterweight |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 70 |
Wins | 34 (KO 11) |
Losses | 30 (KO 9) |
Draws | 6 |
Percival Hayles (24 October 1940 – 28 August 1978) was a Jamaican professional light/light welter/welterweight boxer of the 1950s, '60s and '70s who won the British Commonwealth lightweight title, and was a challenger for the Jamaican lightweight title against Bunny Grant, and World Boxing Council (WBC) light welterweight title and World Boxing Association (WBA) World light welterweight title against Carlos "Morocho" Enrique Hernandez Ramos, his professional fighting weight varied from 132 lb (60 kg; 9 st 6 lb), i.e. lightweight to 142 lb (64 kg; 10 st 2 lb), i.e. welterweight.[1] He was the 1964 Men's Winner of the Jamaica Sportsperson of the year, he was killed when he was hit by a motorist while riding a bicycle near Kingston, Jamaica.[2]
References
External links
- Boxing record for Percy Hayles from BoxRec (registration required)
- Image - Percy Hayles
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- 1961: Bunny Grant
- 1962: George Kerr
- 1963: Noel Douglas
- 1964: Percy Hayles
- 1965: Phillip Alexander
- 1966: Jackie Hendriks
- 1967: Octavius Morgan
- 1968: Orville Haslam
- 1969: Paul Nash
- 1970–71: Don Quarrie
- 1972: Lawrence Rowe
- 1973: Maurice Foster
- 1974: Lawrence Rowe
- 1975–77: Don Quarrie
- 1978: Mike McCallum
- 1979–80: David Weller
- 1981–83: Bert Cameron
- 1984–87: Mike McCallum
- 1988: Jeff Dujon
- 1989–90: Mike McCallum
- 1991: Patrick Patterson
- 1992–93: Winthrop Graham
- 1994: Jimmy Adams
- 1995–96: James Beckford
- 1997: Deon Burton
- 1998–2000: Courtney Walsh
- 2001: Christopher Williams
- 2002: Michael Blackwood
- 2003: James Beckford
- 2004: Danny McFarlane
- 2005–07: Asafa Powell
- 2008–09: Usain Bolt
- 2010: Chris Gayle
- 2011–13: Usain Bolt
- 2014: Nicholas Walters
- 2015–16: Usain Bolt
- 2017: Omar McLeod
- 2018: Fedrick Dacres
- 2019: Tajay Gayle
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